|Part 1|
Questions 1-9
Complete the notes below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.
THE STORY OF SILK
Early silk production in China
- Around 3000 BC, according to legend:
- silkworm cocoon fell into emperor’s wife’s (Q:1) {tea}
- emperor’s wife invented a (Q:2) {reel} to pull out silk fibres
- Only (Q:3) {women} were allowed to produce silk
- Only (Q:4) {royalty} were allowed to wear silk
- Silk used as a form of (Q:5) {currency}
- e.g. farmers’ taxes consisted partly of silk
- Silk used for many purposes
- e.g. evidence found of (Q:6) {paper} made from silk around 168 AD
Silk reaches rest of world
- Merchants use Silk Road to take silk westward and bring back (Q:7) {wool} and precious metals
- 550 AD: (Q:8) {monks} hide silkworm eggs in canes and take them to Constantinople
- Silk production spreads across Middle East and Europe
- 20th century: (Q:9) {nylon} and other manmade fibres cause decline in silk production
Questions 10-13
Do the following statements agree with the information in Reading Passage 1?
In boxes 10-13 on your answer sheet, select:
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
(Q:10) [select: TRUE/*FALSE/NOT GIVEN] Gold was the most valuable material transported along the Silk Road.
(Q:11) [select: *TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN] Most tradesmen only went along certain sections of the Silk Road.
(Q:12) [select: TRUE/*FALSE/NOT GIVEN] The Byzantines spread the practice of silk production across the West.
(Q:13) [select: TRUE/FALSE/*NOT GIVEN] Silk yarn makes up the majority of silk currently exported from China.
|Part 2|
Questions 14-18
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 2?
In boxes 14-18 on your answer sheet, select:
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
(Q:14) [select: *FALSE/TRUE/NOT GIVEN] Locust swarms are often big enough to block out the sun.
(Q:15) [select: *TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN] Locust swarms sometimes cover distances of several thousand kilometres.
(Q:16) [select: TRUE/FALSE/*NOT GIVEN] A single locust will eat the equivalent of its own weight in a single day.
(Q:17) [select: *TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN] Most locust plagues happen in Australia.
(Q:18) [select: *FALSE/TRUE/NOT GIVEN] Locusts eat more, weight for weight, than pronghorns.
Questions 19-22
Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-G, below.
Write the correct letter, A-G, in boxes 19-22 on your answer sheet.
A. be discouraged by difficulties.
B. travel on open land where they can look out for predators.
C. eat more than they need for immediate purposes.
D. be repeated daily.
E. ignore distractions.
F. be governed by the availability of water.
G. follow a straight line.
(Q:19) [select: A/B/C/D/E/F/*G] According to Dingle, migratory routes are likely to
(Q:20) [select: A/B/*C/D/E/F/G] To prepare for migration, animals are likely to
(Q:21) [select: *A/B/C/D/E/F/G] During migration, animals are unlikely to
(Q:22) [select: A/B/C/D/*E/F/G] Arctic terns illustrate migrating animals’ ability to
Questions 23-26
Complete the summary below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Pronghorn migration
Pronghorn are similar to goats in their appearance, but, unlike goats, are particularly fast runners. Hugh Dingle believes that, in common with (Q:23) {speed}, other aspects of the pronghorn’s behaviour prove they migrated first. Pronghorns rely on their eyesight and (Q:24) {plains} to avoid predators. One particular population’s summer habitat is a national park, and their winter home is on the (Q:25) {bottlenecks}, where they go to avoid the danger presented by the snow at that time of year. However, their route between these two areas contains three (Q:26) {corridor|passageway}.
|Part 3|
Questions 27-34
Reading Passage 3 has seven sections, A-G.
Which section contains the following information?
NB You may use any letter more than once.
(Q:27) [select: A/B/C/*D/E/F/G] a reference to books that assume a lack of mathematical knowledge
(Q:28) [select: A/*B/C/D/E/F/G] the way in which this is not a typical book about mathematics
(Q:29) [select: A/B/C/D/E/F/*G] personal examples of being helped by mathematics
(Q:30) [select: A/B/*C/D/E/F/G] examples of people who each had abilities that seemed incompatible
(Q:31) [select: A/*B/C/D/E/F/G] mention of different focuses of books about mathematics
(Q:32) [select: A/B/C/D/*E/F/G] a contrast between reading this book and reading other kinds of publication
(Q:33) [select: *A/B/C/D/E/F/G] a claim that the whole of the book is accessible to everybody
(Q:34) [select: A/B/C/D/E/*F/G] a reference to different categories of intended readers of this book
Questions 35-40
Complete the sentences below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.
(Q:35) Some areas of both music and mathematics are suitable for someone who is a {beginner}
(Q:36) It is sometimes possible to understand advanced mathematics using no more than a limited knowledge of {arithmetic}
(Q:37) The writer intends to show that mathematics requires {intuitive} thinking, as well as analytical skills.
(Q:38) Some books written by {scientists} have had to leave out the mathematics that is central to their theories.
(Q:39) The writer advises non-mathematical readers to perform {experiments} while reading the book.
(Q:40) A lawyer found that studying {theorems} helped even more than other areas of mathematics in the study of law.