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Cambridge 10 General Training Test A Section Three
Kauri Gum – a piece of New Zealand's history
The text has six sections, A–F.
Which contains the following information?
NB You may use any letter more than once.
28. an example of a domestic product made of high-quality gum
The answer is E.
In paragraph B, these trees have lower economic value for traditional timber markets, compete for growth with higher-value trees, shade out desirable regeneration, and decrease the health of a stand leaving it more vulnerable to poor weather and disease.
29. factors affecting gum quality
The answer is A.
In paragraph A, a large, straight black cherry tree has high value as timber to be cut into logs or made into furniture, but for a landowner more interested in wildlife habitat, the real value of that stem (or trunk) may be the food it provides to animals.
30. how kauri gum is formed
The answer is A.
In paragraph C, wood can be gasified for electrical generation and can even be made into liquid fuels like ethanol and gasoline for lorries and cars.
31. how gum was gathered
The answer is B.
In paragraph B, some people even call these ‘junk trees’, and they are abundant in Pennsylvania.
32. the main industrial uses of the gum
The answer is E.
In paragraph B, some p
33. recent uses of kauri gum
The answer is F.
In paragraph B, some p
Look at the following events in the history of kauri gum in New Zealand (Questions 34–39) and the list of time periods below.
Match each purpose with the correct time period, A–I.
34. Kauri gum was first used in New Zealand.
The answer is A.
In paragraph E, these types of cut reduce the number of sick trees and seek to manage the future spread of a pest problem.
35. The amount of kauri gum sent overseas peaked.
The answer is B.
In paragraph F, it can also be used to develop a two-tier forest so that there are two harvests and the money that comes in is spread out over a decade or more.
36. The collection of kauri gum supplemented farmers’ incomes.
The answer is D.
In paragraph F, it leaves a young forest where all trees are at a similar point in their growth.
37. Kauri gum was made into jewellery.
The answer is E.
In paragraph B, some p
38. Kauri gum was used in the production of string instruments.
The answer is I.
In paragraph B, some p
39. Most of the kauri gum was found underground.
The answer is G.
In paragraph B, some p
40. Choose the correct letter, A, B, C, or D.
What was most likely to reduce the quality of kauri gum?
The answer is B.
In paragraph G, thinnings and dense and dead wood removal for fire prevention also center on the production of low-use wood.