You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on the reading passage below. William Henry Perkin The man who invented synthetic dyes William Henry Perkin was born on March 12, 1838, in London, England. As a boy, Perkin’s curiosity prompted early interests in the arts, sciences. photography, and engineering. But it was …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on the Reading Passage below. Information theory – the big idea Information theory lies at the heart of everything – from DVD players and the genetic code of DNA to the physics of the universe at its most fundamental. it has been central to the …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26, which are based on Reading Passage below. The Grand Banks A The Grand Banks is a large area of submerged highlands south-east of Newfoundland and east of the Laurentian Channel on the North American continental shelf. Covering 93,200 square kilometres, the Grand Banks are relatively shallow, ranging from 25 to …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26, which are based on the Reading Passage below. Young Children’s Sense of Identity A. A sense of ‘self’ develops in young children by degrees. The process can usefully be thought of in terms of the gradual emergence of two somewhat separate features: the self as a subject, and …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 28-40 which are based on Reading Passage 24 below. MEASURING ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE There is clear-cut evidence that, for a period of at least one year, supervision, which increases the direct pressure for productivity can achieve significant increases in production. However, such short-term increases are obtained only at a substantial and serious …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on the Reading Passage below. Questions 1-3The Reading Passage has three paragraphs, A-C.Choose the correct heading for each section from the list of headings below. Write the correct number i-vi in boxes 1-3 on your answer sheet. List of Headingsi. The expansion of international tourism in recent years.ii. How …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on the reading passage below. Questions 27- 32 [ Reading Passage – Attitudes towards Artificial Intelligence ] Questions 27 – 32 The Reading Passage has six sections, A-F. Choose the correct heading for each sectiofrom the list of headings below.Write the correct number, i-viii, in boxes 27-32 on your answer …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–15, which are based on the reading passage below. SUGAR AND OTHER SWEETENERS The sweetness of a substance results from physical contact between that substance and the many thousand taste buds of the tongue. The taste buds are clustered around several hundred small, fleshy protrusions called taste papilla which provide a large …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1- 13, which are based on Passage below. SOSUS: Listening to the Ocean A. The oceans of Earth cover more than 70 percent of the planet’s surface, yet, until quite recently, we knew less about their depths than we did about the surface of the Moon. Distant as it is, the …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on the Reading Passage below: Let’s Go Bats A. Bats have a problem: how to find their way around in the dark they hunt at flight, and cannot use light to help them find prey and avoid obstacles. You might say that this is a problem …
