The Impact of the Potato

Read The Impact of the Potato and check the IELTS Reading answers. The potato was first cultivated in South America between three and seven thousand years ago, though scientists believe they may have grown wild in the region as long as 13,000 years ago. The genetic patterns of potato distribution i…

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The potato was first cultivated in South America between three and seven thousand years ago, though scientists believe they may have grown wild in the region as long as 13,000 years ago. The genetic patterns of potato distribution indicate that the potato probably originated in the mountainous west-central region of the continent.

Answers

  1. 1. FALSE
  2. 2. FALSE
  3. 2-3: chin
  4. 3. NOT GIVEN
  5. 3-4: C
  6. 4. TRUE
  7. 5. TRUE
  8. 6. flower
  9. 7. prejudice
  10. 8. reverse
  11. 9. meat
  12. 10. crops
  13. 11. soil
  14. 12. cultivation
  15. 13. investment

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