Yes/No/Not Given: Practice Test - 3 | Reading for Academic IELTS PDF Download

Directions: Do the following statements/questions agree with the views of the writer in the Reading Passage? Write:
YES: if the statement agrees with the views of the writer.
NO: if the statement contradicts what the writer thinks.
NOT GIVEN: if it is impossible to know what the writer's point of view is.
Passage: The ecotourism business is still very much in need of a shake-up and a standardised approach. There are a few organisations that have sprung up in the last ten years or so that endeavour to educate travelers and operators about the benefits of responsible ecotourism. Founded in 1990, the Ecotourism Society (TES) is a non-profit organization of travel industry, conservation, and ecological professionals, which aims to make ecotourism a genuine tool for conservation and sustainable development. Helping to create inherent economic value in wilderness environments and threatened cultures has undoubtedly been one of the ecotourism movement’s most notable achievements. TES organizes an annual initiative to further aid the development of the ecotourism industry. This year it is launching ‘Your Travel Choice Makes a Difference’, an educational campaign aimed at helping consumers understand the potential positive and negative impacts of their travel decisions. TES also offers guidance on the choice of ecotour and has established a register of approved ecotourism operators around the world.

Q1. Over the decade, organisations have been introduced to educate travelers and visitors about the advantages of ecotourism.
Q.2. Ecotourism business has acquired a strong position in the market.
Q.3. The Ecotourism Society (TES) was first established in 1990 with the objective of making ecotourism a genuinely used tool for conservation and substantial development.
Q.4. TES guides the travelers on the choice of their ecotours and sponsors them.
Q.5. An educational campaign was introduced by TES to make the tourists understand the negative and positive impacts of their travel decisions.

Solution of 1:

Over the decade, organisations have been introduced to educate the travelers and visitors about the advantages of ecotourism – YES.
from the passage, we clearly understand that some organizations have been sprung up in the last ten years to educate travelers and operators about the benefits of responsible ecotourism. So, the answer is YES. Here, Sprung up refers to Introduce, last ten years means a decade, and benefits refer to advantages.

Solution of 2:

Ecotourism business has acquired a strong position in the market – NOT GIVEN. 
it is not given anywhere in the passage that the ecotourism business has acquired a strong position in the market. So, the answer is NOT GIVEN.

Solution of 3:

The Ecotourism Society (TES) was first established in 1990 with the objective of making ecotourism a genuinely used tool for conservation and substantial development – YES.
it is clearly mentioned in the passage that the Ecotourism Society (TES), an NGO of the travel industry, was founded in 1990 to make ecotourism a genuine tool for conservation and sustainable development. So, the answer is YES. Here, Founded refers to establish, aim refers to the objective.  

Solution of 4:

TES guides the travelers on the choice of their ecotours and sponsors them. - NO
it is given in the passage that the Ecotourism Society (TES) offers only guidance on the choice of ecotour for travelers. It does not sponsor. So, the answer is NO.

Solution of 5:

An educational campaign was introduced by TES to make the tourists understand the negative and positive impacts of their travel decisions – YES.
it is clearly mentioned in the passage that the ecotourism society (TES) launched an educational campaign with an aim of helping the consumers to understand the positive and negative impacts of their travel decisions. So, the answer is YES. Here launched refers to Introduction.