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IELTS reading detail Practice

Die Hauptursache des städtischen Hitzeinsel-Effekts ist der ____ mit von Menschen geschaffenen Oberflächen.

Question type: sentence completion · Difficulty: advanced

  1. A. coordinated effort of property owners
  2. B. replacement of natural landscapes
  3. C. ad-hoc decision to build
  4. D. integration of subsidies

Explanation Preview

Paragraph A identifies the primary cause of the UHI effect: it is 'primarily caused by the replacement of natural landscapes with heat-absorbing surfaces like asphalt and concrete.' This directly matches the idea in the correct option.

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