tailieunhanh - IELTS Academic Reading Sample 61 - The coral reefs of Agatti Island

Thực hành giải IELTS Academic Reading Sample 61 - The coral reefs of Agatti Island giúp các bạn củng cố lại kiến thức và thử sức mình trước kỳ thi. Hi vọng luyện tập với nội dung đề thi sẽ giúp các bạn đạt kết quả cao trong kì thi sắp tới. Chúc các bạn thi tốt! | Question 1-9 Reading Passage 61 has nine paragraphs A I. Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below. List of Headings i. Island legends ii. Resources for exchange iii. Competition for fishing rights iv. The low cost of equipment v. Agatti s favourable location vi. Rising income levels social nature of reef occupations for islanders own use ix. High levels of expertise x. Alternative sources of employment xi. Resources for earning money xii. Social rights and obligations 1. Paragraph A . 2. Paragraph B . 3. Paragraph C . 4. Paragraph D . 5. Paragraph E . 6. Paragraph F . 7. Paragraph G . 8. Paragraph H . 9. Paragraph I . The coral reefs of Agatti Island A. Agatti is one of the Lakshadweep Islands off the southwest coast of India. These islands are surrounded by lagoons and coral reefs which are in turn surrounded by the open ocean. Coral reefs which are formed from the skeletons of minute sea creatures give shelter to a variety of plants and animals and therefore have the 5 potential to provide a stream of diverse benefits to the inhabitants of Agatti Island. ZIM ACADEMY Room 2501 Ocean Group Building 19 Nguyen Trai Thanh Xuan Dist Hanoi B. In the first place the reefs provide food and other products for consumption by the islanders themselves. Foods include different types of fish octopus and molluscs and in the case of poorer families these constitute as much as 90 of the protein they consume. Reef resources are also used for medicinal purposes. For example the money cowrie a shell known locally as Vallakavadi is commonly made into a paste and used as a home remedy to treat cysts in the eye. C. In addition the reef contributes to income generation. According to a recent survey 20 of the households on Agatti report lagoon fishing or shingle mollusc octopus and cowrie collection as their main occupation Hoon et al 2002 . For poor households the direct contribution of the reef to their financial resources is