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Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?
In boxes 1-6 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
1. Marie Curie’s husband was a joint winner of both Marie‘s Nobel Prizes.
2. Marie became interested in science when she was a child.
3. Marie was able to attend the Sorbonne because of her sister’s financial contribution.
4. Marie stopped doing research for several years when her children were born.
5. Marie took over the teaching position her husband had held.
6. Marie‘s sister Bronia studied the medical uses of radioactivity.
Complete the notes below
Choose ONE WORD from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 7-13 on your answer sheet.
Marie Curie’s research on radioactivity
Reading Passage 2 that has eight paragraphs, A-H.
Which paragraph contains the following information?
Write the correct letter, A-H, in boxes 14-19 on your answer sheet.
NB You may use any letter more than once.
14. an account of the method used by researchers in a particular study
15. the role of imitation in developing a sense of identity
16. the age at which children can usually Identity a static image of themselves
17. a reason for the limitations of scientific research into ‘self- as-subject’.
18. reference to a possible link between culture and a particular form of behaviour
19. examples of the wide range of features that contribute to the sense of ‘self-as-object’
Look at the following findings (Questions 20-23) and the list of researchers below.
Match each finding with the correct researcher or researchers, A-E.
Write the correct letter A-E, in boxes 20-23 on your answer sheet.
List of Researchers
A James
B Cooley
C Lewis and Brooks-Gunn
D Mead
E Bronson
20. A sense of identity can never be formed without relationships with other people.
21. A child’s awareness of self is related to a sense of mastery over things and people.
22. At a certain age, children’s sense of identity leads to aggressive behavior.
23. Observing their own reflection contributes to children‘s self-awareness.
Complete the summary below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 24-26 on your answer sheet.
How children acquire a sense of identity
First, children come to realise that they can have an effect on the world around them, for example by handling objects, or causing the image to move when they lace a 24. . This aspect of self-awareness is difficult to research directly, because of 25. problems.
Secondly, children start to become aware of how they are viewed by others. One important stage in this process is the visual recognition of themselves which usually occurs when they reach the age of two. In Western societies at least, the development of self awareness is often linked to a sense of 26. , and can lead to disputes.
Reading Passage 3 has eight paragraphs, A-H.
Which paragraph contains the following information?
Write the correct letter, A-H, in boxes 27-31 on your answer sheet.
NB You may use any letter more than once
27. proposed explanations for the decline of the Harappan Civilisation
28. reference to a present-day application of some archaeological research findings
29. a difference between the Harappan Civilisation and another culture of the same period
30. a description of some features of Harappan urban design
31. reference to the discovery of errors made by previous archaeologists
Complete the summary below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 32-36 on your answer sheet.
Looking at evidence of climate change
Yama Dixit and David Hodell have found the first definitive evidence of climate change affecting the plains of north-western India thousands of years ago. By collecting the 32. of snails and analysing them, they discovered evidence of a change in water levels in a 33. in the region. This occurred when there was less 34. than evaporation, and suggests that there was an extended period of drought.
Petrie and Singh’s team are using archaeological records to look at 35. from five millennia ago, in order to know whether people had adapted their agricultural practices to changing climatic conditions. They are also examining objects including 36. , so as to find out about links between inhabitants of different parts of the region and whether these changed over time.
Complete the summary below.
Look at the following statements (Questions 37-40) and the list of researchers below.
Match each statement with the correct researcher, A, B, C or D.
Write the correct letter, A, B, C or D, in boxes 37-40 on your answer sheet.
NB You may use any letter more than once.
List of Researchers
A. Cameron Petrie
B. Ravindanath Singh
C. Yama Dixit
D. David Hodell
37. Finding further information about changes to environmental conditions in the region is vital.
38. Examining previous patterns of behaviour may have long-term benefits.
39. Rough calculations indicate the approximate length of a period of water shortage.
40. Information about the decline of the Harappan Civilisation has been lacking.