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BEST IELTS General Reading Test 495
IELTS GENERAL READING TEST 495 – PASSAGE – 2
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READING PASSAGE – 1
Composting
Composting step-by-step guide
• Select a relatively sunny spot on bare soil for your compost. In case you have to place your compost bin on concrete, add a layer of twigs and paper. If there is existing compost at the bottom, even better.
• Take a container such as an old ice cream tub and fill it with fruit and vegetable peelings. Tea bags and eggshells can also be added. Try not to add any meat or fish as they would attract pests.
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• Empty the container into your compost bin along with your garden waste. The ratio of 50:50 for the greens and the browns is considered to be the best for a good compost.
• You need to wait for at least 12 months before your compost becomes ready for use. You can keep adding to the greens and browns meanwhile.
• After almost a year, your compost should ideally look like crumbly dark soil that is thick and moist. Using a spade or a trowel you can now remove the compost by lifting the bin slightly.
• Your compost is ready for use.
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Why compost?
Did you know that almost half of the food waste from your rubbish bins can be composted? A sustainable method of waste management, composting is a natural process that converts your kitchen and garden waste into a nutrient-rich fertilizer for your garden. Composting, moreover, contributes to reducing the amount of waste that is sent to the landfills. Once waste is dumped into a landfill, it breaks down and emits a harmful greenhouse gas, methane. On the other hand, organic waste when composted does not break down on its own. Oxygen helps the ingredients to decompose, resulting in the production of valuable food for your garden.
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Questions 1-7
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the text for each answer.
Composting Guide
– Select a suitable spot for composting and (1)…………….. a layer of twigs and paper or (2)…………….. compost.
– Empty your kitchen and garden (3)…………….. into the compost bin.
– It takes at least (4)…………….. months for the compost to be ready.
– Good compost looks like (5)…………….. soil that is thick and moist.
Composting prevents (6)…………….. of waste into harmful greenhouse gases and is a sustainable method which leads to production of valuable (7)…………….. for your garden.
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Read the text below and answer questions 8-14.
How to Make a Report on the Problem of Obesity among Young Adults
Introduction
Nowadays, a large number of young adults, especially college students, are obese and they eat frequently at fast-food restaurants.
Literature Review
Are there any comparable studies from your city, other cities in India or from elsewhere in the world? You can find out by doing an Internet search, visiting the library and checking electronic journals.
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Methodology
1. Conduct a survey in your class and include all the students in the class. (sample)
2. Prepare a set of questions to find out their diet and exercise habits. (research tool)
3. Measure the height and weight of each individual and calculate their body mass index (BMI). People with a BMI above 25 are considered overweight and those with BMI above 30 are considered obese.
4. Analyse the results and find out the percentage of overweight and obese students.
5. Correlate the individual BMI of each student to their diet and exercise patterns.
6. Prepare material to educate students on the importance of a balanced, nutritious diet and adequate exercise to preserve and promote their health.
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Work Plan
Prepare a schedule and assign duties to each member of the group. The work will include data collection, measurement of BMI, data analysis, study of the results and arriving at conclusions.
Ethics
The information provided by the study is confidential. The participants have to be told why and how the study is being done.
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Conclusion
The study will provide evidence for the need to educate young adults on the importance of fitness through diet and exercise, which will prevent several lifestyle related diseases such as hypertension, coronary artery disorders, several types of cancers and diabetes.
Questions 8-14
Look at the following statements (Questions 8-14) and the list of elements below (A-G)
Match each statement (8-14) with the correct element (A-G)
Write the correct letter, A-G, in boxes 8-14 of the sample reading answer sheet. You may use any answer more than once.
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8. An information form is prepared, which will enable students to provide data about themselves.
9. Research on similar surveys and their results in various localities is conducted by the group.
10. Research on how the findings can be translated to fitness prescription for all those who participated in the survey is prepared by the group.
11. Each participant is given full information before the survey.
12. The relationship between individual BMIs and the lifestyle of the participants are established by the group members.
13. The final inferences of the survey are prepared by the group.
14. All the students of a class take part in a survey.
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A. Ethics
B. Work Plan
C. Sample
D. Conclusion
E. Literature Review
F. Methodology
G. Research Toll
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ANSWERS
1. ADD
2. EXISTING
3. WASTE
4. 12
5. CRUMBLY DARK
6. BREAK DOWN
7. FOOD
8. G
9. E
10. F
11. A
12. F
13. G
14. A
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