You are advised to spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27 – 40 The Discovery of Uranus Someone once put forward an attractive though unlikely theory. Throughout the Earth’s annual revolution around the sun, there is one point of space always hidden from our eyes. This point is the opposite part of the Earth’s orbit, which …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26, which are based on the Reading Passage below. Question 14-20The Reading Passage has seven paragraphs, A-H.Choose the correct heading for paragraphs A and C-H from the list of headings below.Write the correct number, i-xi, in boxes 14-20 on your answer sheet. List of Headings i Scientists’ call for revision of policyii An explanation for reduced water useiii …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on the Reading Passage below. THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT For many environmentalists, the world seems to be getting worse. They have developed a hit-list of our main fears: that natural resources are running out, that the population is ever growing, leaving less and …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1 – 12 which are based on Reading Passage below. THE DEPARTMENT OF ETHNOGRAPHY The Department of Ethnography was created as a separate department within the British Museum in 1946, after 140 years of gradual development from the original Department of Antiquities. If is concerned with the people of …
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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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You are advised to spend about 20 minutes on Questions 32 – 40. The Danger of ECSTASY Use of the illegal drug named Ecstasy (MDMA) has increased alarmingly in Britain over the last few years, and in 1992 the British Medical Journal claimed that at least seven deaths and many severe adverse reactions have …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 13-25 which are based on Reading Passage 27 on the following pages. Questions 13-15The Reading Passage has six sections A-F.Choose the most suitable headings for sections A, B and D from the list of headings below.Write the appropriate numbers i-vii in boxes 13-15 on your answer sheet. List of Headingsi Amazonia as unable to sustain complex societiesii …
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You are advised to spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27 – 40. A.D.D. – Missing Out on Learning Study requires a student’s undivided attention. It is impossible to acquire a complex skill or absorb information about a subject in class unless one learns to concentrate without undue stress for long periods of time. Students with Attention …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 16-28, which are based on Passage 207 below. Irish Potato Famine AIn the ten years following the Irish potato famine of 1845, over 750,000 Irish people died, including many of those who attempted to immigrate to countries such as the United States and Canada. Prior to the potato blight, one …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14- 26, which are based on Reading Passage below. The MIT factor: Celebrating 150 years of maverick genius The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has led the world into the future for 150 years with scientific innovations. The musician Yo-Yo Ma’s cello may not be the obvious starting point …
