IELTS Reading detail Practice
The main cause of the Urban Heat Island effect is the ____ with man-made surfaces.
Question type: sentence completion · Difficulty: advanced
- A. coordinated effort of property owners
- B. replacement of natural landscapes
- C. ad-hoc decision to build
- 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.