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You are advised to spend 20 minutes on Questions 15-29. Questions 15-21: Look at the article ‘Clubs for Students’. Which club would you contact for each of the requirements below? Write the appropriate letter A-G in boxes 15-21 on your answer sheet. You may use each letter more than once. The first one has been done for you as an example. Example                                                                                   AnswerYou …

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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26, which are based on Reading Passage 250 below. Mrs. Carlill and the Carbolic Smoke Ball On 14 January 1892, Queen Victoria’s grandson Prince Albert Victor, second in line to the British throne, died from flu. He had succumbed to the third and most lethal wave of the Russian …

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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26, which are based on Reading Passage below. The Ant and the Mandarin In 1476, the farmers of Berne in Switzerland decided there was only one way to rid their fields of the cutworms attacking their crops. They took the pests to court. The worms were tried, found …

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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14- 26, which are based on Reading Passage below. Activities for Children A  Twenty-five years ago, children in London walked to school and played in parks and playing fields after school and at the weekend. Today they are usually driven to school by parents anxious about safety and spend …

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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1- 13, which are based on Reading Passage below. The Impact of the Potato Jeff Chapman relates the story of history the most important vegetable AThe potato was first cultivated in South America between three and seven thousand years ago, though scientists believe they may have grown wild …

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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1- 13, which are based on Reading Passage below. The Rufous Hare-Wallaby The Rufous Hare-Wallaby is a species of Australian kangaroo, usually known by its Aboriginal name, ‘mala’. At one time, there may have been as many as ten million of these little animals across the arid and …

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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1- 13, which are based on Reading Passage below. Dirty River But Clean Water Floods can occur in rivers when the flow rate exceeds the capacity of the river channel, particularly at bends or meanders in the waterway. Floods often cause damage to homes and businesses if they …

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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27- 40, which are based on Passage below. The Columbian Exchange A Millions of years ago, continental drift carried the Old World and New World apart, splitting North and South America from Eurasia and Africa. That sep­aration lasted so long that it fostered divergent evolution; for instance, the development of …

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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1- 13, which are based on Reading Passage below. Reducing electricity consumption on the Isle of Eigg Background The Isle of Eigg is situated off the West Coast of Scotland, and is reached by ferry from the mainland. For the island community of about a hundred residents, it …

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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 15- 27, which are based on Reading Passage below. The history of the poster The appearance of the poster has changed continuously over the past two centuries. The first posters were known as ‘broadsides’ and were used for public and commercial announcements. Printed on one side only using …

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