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Complete the notes below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 1-9 on your answer sheet.
THE STORY OF SILK
Early silk production in China
Silk used for many purposes
– e.g. evidence found of 6. made from silk around 168 AD
Silk reaches rest of world
Do the following statements agree with the information in Reading Passage 1?
In boxes 10-13 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.
11. Most tradesmen only went along certain sections of the Silk Road.
12. The Byzantines spread the practice of silk production across the West.
13. Silk yarn makes up the majority of silk currently exported from China.
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 2?
In boxes 14-18 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.
15. Experts’ definitions of migration tend to vary according to their area of study.
16. Very few experts agree that the movement of aphids can be considered migration.
17. Aphids’ journeys are affected by changes in the light that they perceive.
18. Dingle’s aim is to distinguish between the migratory behaviours of different species.
Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-G, below.
Write the correct letter, A-G. in boxes 19-22 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
Complete the summary below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 23-26 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.
Reading Passage 3 has seven sections, A-G.
Which section contains the following information?
Write the correct letter, A— G, in boxes 27 — 34 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
Complete the sentences below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 35-40 on your answer sheet.
35. Some areas of both music and mathematics are suitable for someone who is a
36. It is sometimes possible to understand advanced mathematics using no more than a limited knowledge of
37. The writer intends to show that mathematics requires thinking, as well as analytical skills.
38. Some books written by have had to leave out the mathematics that is central to their theories.
39. The writer advises non-mathematical readers to perform while reading the book.
40. A lawyer found that studying helped even more than other areas of mathematics in the study of law.