Cambridge IELTS 20 · Academic · Test 1 · Passage 1
The Kéképé — IELTS Reading Answers
All 13 answers for The Kéképé, Cambridge IELTS 20 Academic Reading Test 1 Passage 1, with the passage evidence and an explanation for each.
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The Kéképé answer key at a glance
Questions 1–13. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this passage tests
This passage is tested with True / False / Not Given (Q1–6), Note Completion (Q7–13). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 1–6: True / False / Not Given
Strategy: Judge the whole statement against the text. FALSE contradicts the passage; NOT GIVEN means the passage never addresses that specific claim.
There are other parrots that share the kakapo’s inability to fly.
“It is the world's only flightless parrot”
It is 'the world's only flightless parrot', so no other parrot shares the kakapo's inability to fly.
Adult kakapo produce chicks every year.
“Kakapo breed in summer and autumn, but only in years when food is plentiful”
Kakapo breed 'only in years when food is plentiful', so adults do not produce chicks every year.
Adult male kakapo bring food back to nesting females.
“Males play no part in incubation or chick-rearing - females alone incubate eggs and feed the chicks”
Males 'play no part in incubation or chick-rearing', so they do not bring food back to nesting females.
The Polynesian rat was a greater threat to the kakapo than Polynesian settlers.
“For the early settlers, the flightless kakapo was easy prey. They ate its meat and used its feathers to make soft cloaks. With them came the Polynesian dog and rat, which also preyed on kakapo”
Both settlers and the introduced rat and dog preyed on kakapo, but the passage never ranks the rat's threat above the settlers'.
Kakapo were transferred from Rakiura Island to other locations because they were at risk from feral cats.
“Unfortunately, predation by feral cats on Rakiura Island led to a rapid decline in kakapo numbers. As a result, during 1980-97, the surviving population was evacuated to three island sanctuaries: Codfish Island, Maud Island and Little Barrier Island”
'Predation by feral cats on Rakiura Island led to a rapid decline', so the survivors were 'evacuated' to three island sanctuaries.
One Recovery Plan initiative that helped increase the kakapo population size was caring for struggling young birds.
“This involved moving the birds between islands, supplementary feeding of adults, and rescuing and hand-raising any failing chicks”
The plan included 'rescuing and hand-raising any failing chicks', which matches caring for struggling young birds.
Questions 7–13: Note Completion
Strategy: Predict the word class from the note, find the paraphrase of the note's keyword in the passage, then copy the answer exactly within the word limit.
“they are entirely vegetarian, with their diet including the leaves, roots and bark of trees as well as bulbs, and fern fronds”
The vegetarian diet includes 'the leaves, roots and bark of trees as well as bulbs, and fern fronds'.
“The 1-4 eggs are laid in soil, which is repeatedly turned over before and during incubation”
The eggs 'are laid in soil, which is repeatedly turned over before and during incubation', so the gap is 'soil'.
“For the early settlers, the flightless kakapo was easy prey. They ate its meat and used its feathers to make soft cloaks”
Settlers 'used its feathers to make soft cloaks', so the gap needs the plural noun 'feathers'.
“A great deal of habitat was lost through forest clearance, and introduced species such as deer depleted the remaining forests of food”
Introduced species 'such as deer depleted the remaining forests of food', so the gap is 'deer'.
“In 1980 it was confirmed females were also present”
The note needs the year females were confirmed present: 'In 1980 it was confirmed females were also present'.
“In 1996, a new Recovery Plan was launched, together with a specialist advisory group called the Kakapo Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee and a higher amount of funding”
The 1996 plan came with a specialist committee and 'a higher amount of funding', so the gap is 'funding'.
“its key goals are: minimise the loss of genetic diversity in the kakapo population, restore or maintain sufficient habitat to accommodate the expected increase in the kakapo population, and ensure stakeholders continue to be fully engaged in the preservation of the species”
A key goal is to 'ensure stakeholders continue to be fully engaged', so the gap is 'stakeholders'.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the The Kéképé passage come from?
It is Passage 1 of Cambridge IELTS 20 Academic Reading Test 1, and it covers Questions 1–13.
What question types appear in The Kéképé?
The passage is tested with True / False / Not Given, Note Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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