Ielts reading

Q1. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

1. 
   The temperature in the polar region will increase less than that in New Zealand in the next century.
   
2. 
   The weather and climate of New Zealand is very important to its people because of its close location to the polar region.
   
3. 
   The air condition in New Zealand will maintain a high quality because of the ocean.
   
4. 
   The temperature of New Zealand will increase less than that of other region in the next 100 years because it is surrounded by sea.
   

Q2. What is one effect of the wind belt that circles the Southern Oceans?

1. 
   New Zealand will have more moisture in winds in summer.
   
2. 
   New Zealand needs to face droughts more often in hotter months in a year.
   
3. 
   Soil water will increase as a result of weakening moisture in the winds.
   
4. 
   Agricultural production will be reduced as a result of more rainfall in other seasons.
   

Q4. What does “moisture deficit” mean to the grain and crops?

1. 
   The growing condition will be very tough for crops.
   
2. 
   The growing season of some plants can hardly be determined.
   
3. 
   There will be a huge gap between the water plants needed and the water the earth can offer.
   
4. 
   The soil of the grain and crops in New Zealand reached its lowest production since 1970s.
   

Q5. Cumulative changes over a long period of time in mass balance will lead to

1. 
   Alterations is the volume and thickness of glaciers.
   
2. 
   Faster changes in internal deformation and basal sliding.
   
3. 
   Larger length of glaciers.
   
4. 
   Retreat of glacier tongues as a result of change in annual atmospheric conditions.