You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on the Reading Passage below. Numeration One of the first great intellectual feats of a young child is learning how to talk, closely followed by learning how to count. From earliest childhood, we are so bound up with our system of numeration that it …
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27- 40, which are based on the Reading Passage below. EDUCATING PSYCHE Educating Psyche by Bernie Neville is a book which looks at radical new approaches to learning, describing the effects of emotion, imagination and the unconscious on learning. One the theory discussed in the book is that proposed …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 15–28, which are based on the reading passage below. Write answers to questions in boxes 15-28 on your answer sheet. The Ingenuity Gap Ingenuity, as I define it here, consists not only of ideas for new technologies like computers or drought-resistant crops but, more fundamentally, of ideas for better institutions and social …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on the Reading Passage below. Sheet glass manufacture:the float process Glass, which has been made since the time of the Mesopotamians and Egyptians, is little more than a mixture of sand, soda ash and lime. When heated to about 1500 degrees Celsius (°C) this becomes a …
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Urban planning in Singapore British merchants established a trading post in Singapore in the early nineteenth century, and for more than a century trading interests dominated. However, in 1965 the newly independent island state was cut off from its hinterland, and so it set about pursuing a survival strategy. The good international communications it already …
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Light pollution Light Pollution is a threat to Wildlife, Safety and the Starry Sky AAfter hours of driving south in the pitch-black darkness of the Nevada desert, a dome of hazy gold suddenly appears on the horizon. Soon, a road sign confirms the obvious: Las Vegas 30 miles. Looking skyward, you notice that the Big …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-14, which are based on Reading Passage 185 below. The Value of a College Degree The escalating cost of higher education is causing many to question the value of continuing education beyond high school. Many wonder whether the high cost of tuition, the opportunity cost of choosing …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on the Reading Passage below. Questions 27-30The Reading Passage has six paragraphs, A-F. Choose the correct heading for paragraphs B-E from the list of headings below.Write the correct number, i-vii, in boxes 27-30 on your answer sheet. List of Headings i Commercial pressures on people in chargeii Mixed views …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on the Reading Passage below. Questions 1-7The Reading Passage has seven paragraphs, A-G.Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.Write the correct number, i-ix, in boxes 1-7 on your answer sheet. List of Headings i The search for the reasons for an increase in …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on the Reading Passage below. Ant Intelligence When we think of intelligent members of the animal kingdom, the creatures that spring immediately to mind are apes and monkeys. But in fact, the social lives of some members of the insect kingdom are sufficiently …
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