Book 11 Academic Reading Test 3

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Questions 1-9

Complete the notes below.

Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes on your answer sheet.

THE STORY OF SILK

Early silk production in China

  • Around 3000 BC, according to legend:
      • silkworm cocoon fell into emperor’s wife’s 1
      • emperor’s wife invented a 2  to pull out silk fibres
  • Only 3  were allowed to produce silk
  • Only 4  were allowed to wear silk
  • Silk used as a form of 5
      • e.g. farmers’ taxes consisted partly of silk
  • Silk used for many purposes
      • e.g. evidence found of 6 made from silk around 168 AD

Silk reaches rest of world

  • Merchants use Silk Road to take silk westward and bring back 7  and precious metals
  • 550 AD: 8 hide silkworm eggs in canes and take them to Constantinople
  • Silk production spreads across Middle East and Europe
  • 20th century: 9 and other manmade fibres cause decline in silk production.

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Questions 10-13

Do the following statements agree with the information in the Reading Passage?

In boxes on your answer sheet, write

TRUE               if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE              if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN    if there is no information on this

10 Gold was the most valuable material transported along the Silk Road.
 

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11 Most tradesmen only went along certain sections of the Silk Road.

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12 The Byzantines spread the practice of silk production across the West.

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13 Silk yarn makes up the majority of silk currently exported from China.

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Questions 14-18

Do the following statements agree with the information given in the Reading Passage?

In boxes on your answer sheet, write

TRUE               if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE              if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN    if there is no information on this

14 Local gulls and migrating arctic terns behave in the same way when offered food.
 

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15 Experts’ definitions of migration tend to vary according to their area of study.

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16 Very few experts agree that the movement of aphids can be considered migration.

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17 Aphids’ journeys are affected by changes in the light that they perceive.

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18 Dingles aim is to distinguish between the migratory behaviours of different species.

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Questions 19-22

Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-G, below.

Write the correct letter, A-G, in boxes  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.

19 According to Dingle, migratory routes are likely to
20 To prepare for migration, animals are likely to
21 During migration, animals are unlikely to
22 Arctic terns illustrate migrating animals’ ability to

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Questions 23-26

Complete the summary below.

Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes on your answer sheet.

The migration of pronghorns

Pronghorns rely on their eyesight and 23  to avoid predators. One particular population’s summer habitat is a national park, and their winter home is on the 24  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 25 . One problem is the construction of new homes in a narrow 26  of land on the pronghorns’ route.

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Questions 27-34

The Reading Passage has seven sections, A-G.

Which section contains the following information?

Write the correct letter, A-G, in boxes on your answer sheet.

NB   You may use any letter more than once.

27 a reference to books that assume a lack of mathematical knowledge
28 the way in which this is not a typical book about mathematics
29 personal examples of being helped by mathematics
30 examples of people who each had abilities that seemed incompatible
31 mention of different focuses of books about mathematics
32 a contrast between reading this book and reading other kinds of publication
33 a claim that the whole of the book is accessible to everybody
34 a reference to different categories of intended readers of this book

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Questions 35-40

Complete the sentences below.

Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes on your answer sheet.

  • Some areas of both music and mathematics are suitable for someone who is a 35
  • It is sometimes possible to understand advanced mathematics using no more than a limited knowledge of 36
  • The writer intends to show that mathematics requires 37 thinking, as well as analytical skills.
  • Some books written by 38 have had to leave out the mathematics that is central to their theories.
  • The writer advises non-mathematical readers to perform 39 while reading
  • A lawyer found that studying 40  helped even more than other areas of mathematics in the study of law.

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