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B2-C1 IELTS (IELTS Reading) Quiz on IELTS Academic Reading 4 - Passage 2, created by Veronika Bebekh on 28/06/2024.

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IELTS Academic Reading 4 - Passage 2

Question 1 of 3

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Questions 13 -18
The Reading Passage has six paragraphs A-F. Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.

13. Paragraph A -

14. Paragraph B -

15. Paragraph C -

16. Paragraph D -

17. Paragraph E -

18. Paragraph F -

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    Egypt's disappearing coastline
    The danger of flooding the Cairo area
    Interrupting a natural process
    Causing pollution in the Mediterranean
    Less valuable sediment than before
    Effects of irrigation on sedimentation
    The threat to food production
    Looking at the long-term impact

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Question 2 of 3

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Questions 19-24
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the Reading Passage?
In boxes 18-23 on your answer sheet, write

YES if the statement agrees with the writer's claims
NO if the statement contradicts the writer's claims
NOT GIVEN if there is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

19. Coastal erosion occurred along Egypt's Mediterranean coast before the building of the Aswan dams. ( YES, NO, NOT GIVEN )

20. Some people predicted that the Aswan dams would cause land loss before they were built. ( NOT GIVEN, YES, NO )

21. The Aswan dams were built to increase the fertility of the Nile delta. ( NO, YES, NOT GIVEN )

22. Stanley found that the levels of sediment in the river water in Cairo were relatively high. ( YES, NO, NOT GIVEN )

23. Sediment in the irrigation canals on the Nile delta causes flooding. ( NOT GIVEN, YES, NO )

24. Water is pumped from the irrigation canals into the lagoons. ( YES, NO, NOT GIVEN )

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Question 3 of 3

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Questions 25-27
Complete the following summary of paragraphs E and F.

In addition to the problem of coastal erosion, there has been a marked increase in the level of contained in the silt deposited in the Nile delta. To deal with this, Stanley suggests the use of in the short term, and increasing the amount of water available through in the longer term.

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    pollutants
    delta waterways
    natural floods
    artificial floods
    nutrients
    population control
    desalination
    sediment

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