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A Remarkable Beetle Reading Answers with Explanations

IELTS is a language proficiency test that assesses your English skill abilities. To get good scores you have to focus on all sections Listening, Speaking, Writing and Speaking. However, the reading part needs the most attention as it evaluates the language of the student in reading skills and ability to understand the test.

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Answers of A Remarkable Beetle Reading Passage with Explanations

Read below to get answers of the above mentioned IELTS Reading passage along with the explanation.

Question 1

ANSWER :Not Given
Explanation :It is provided in sentence 1 of the 7th paragraph where it mentions “Dung beetles were initially introduced.......”.This particular sentence talks about controlling buffalo flies only, with no reference anywhere. Other than this sentence, there is no other discussion about it in this passage. So, the answer is “Not Given”.

Question 2

ANSWER :No
Explanation :It is provided in sentence 3 of the 2nd paragraph where it mentioned: “Between 1968 and 1982, the CSIRO imported insects from about 50 different species of dung beetle, from Asia,.........” In this sentence, it is mentioned that CSIRO imported only 50 different species, not a thousand. So, the answer is “NO”.

Question 3

ANSWER :Yes
Explanation :It is provided in sentence 3 of the 2nd paragraph where it mentioned “Between 1968 and 1982, the CSIRO imported insects.........” in this sentence it is mentioned the number of years- from 1968 to 1982 adds up to become 14 years. Hence, it confirms the above sentence. So, the answer is “Yes”.

Question 4

ANSWER :Yes
Explanation :It is provided in sentence 4 of the 2nd paragraph where it mention's: “Of the 26 species that are known........”. Here, the mentioned number of introduced species in Australia is 26. Hence, if the above question is correct, then the answer would be “Yes”.

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Question 5

ANSWER :No
Explanation :Read the entire 3rd paragraph of the reading passage to understand the whole process “Introducing dung beetles ...........to the pasture are obvious.” Now if you read the last sentence you will realize how much time a beetle takes to improve the cow posture and it is three to four years. So, the above mentioned sentence is incorrect and the answer is “No”.

Question 6

ANSWER :South African
Explanation :“South African beetles dig narrow tunnels of approximately 20 cm below the surface of the pat. Some surface dwelling beetles, including a South African species”. As mentioned in this sentence South African beetles dig narrow tunnels around 20 cm below the surface so the answer is “South African”.

Question 7

ANSWER :French
Explanation :“Some large species originating from France excavate tunnels to a depth of approximately 30 cm below the dung pat.” The line mentioned in sentence 2 of the 4th paragraph answers that the beetles originating from France dig around 30 cm. So, the clear answer is “French”.

Question 8

ANSWER :Spanish
Explanation :“The shallowest tunnels belong to a much smaller Spanish species that buries dung in chambers that hang like fruit from the branches of a pear tree.” As mentioned in this sentence Spanish beetles dig smaller than other ones. So, the answer to the question is “Spanish”.

Question 9

ANSWER :Temperate
Explanation :As per the 2nd line of Paragraph 5: “In the cooler environments of the state of Victoria, the large French species (2.5 cms long) is matched with smaller (half this size), temperate climate Spanish species.” It is clearly mentioned that the Spanish species are smaller in size so they prefer temperate environments. So, the answer would be “Temperate”.

Question 10

ANSWER :Early spring
Explanation :As per the 4th line of Paragraph 5 “ The latter, which multiply rapidly in early spring, produce two to five generations annually. The South African ball-rolling species, being a subtropical beetle...........”. It is clearly mentioned that the Spanish species grow several births in the early morning. So the answer is “Early Morning”.

Question 11

ANSWER :Two to Five
Explanation :As per the 4th line of Paragraph 5 “The latter, which multiply rapidly in early spring, produce two to five generations annually. The South African ball-rolling species, being...........”.It is clearly mentioned that the Spanish species produce two to five generations annually in the early morning. So the answer is “two to five”.

Question 12

ANSWER :Subtropical
Explanation :To figure out this question's answer in the reading passage read the 5th line of paragraph 6 “The South African ball-rolling species, being a subtropical beetle, prefers the climate of northern and coastal New....... ” This line clearly shows that South African species prefer a subtropical beetle. So, the answer would be “Subtropical”.

Question 13

ANSWER :(South African) tunnelling/tunnelling (species)
Explanation :To figure out this question answer in the reading passage read the 5th line of paragraph 6 “The South African ball-rolling species, being a subtropical beetle.... the South African tunnelling species. In warmer climates......”. So, this line mentioned that the South African boll rolling species commonly works with “South African tunnelling species” and that is the answer.

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