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Questions
Task
Skills tested
14-19
Identifying paragraphs
• skimming for detailed information
• understanding paraphrase and summary
20-23
Matching
• skimming/scanning for speakers and information
• understanding gist and paraphrase
24-27
Short-answer questions
• skimming for specific information
• identifying question focus
Answer
E
G
A
C
F
D
A
S
Question
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
M
S
22
23
Question
24
25
26
27
Location of answer in text
“This year the survey shows
a doubling of the number of
women serving as non-
executive directors …”
“Sears said that this (de-
layering) has halted progress
for women …”
“Demographic trends
suggest that the number of
women going into
employment is steadily
increasing.”
“Until there is a belief
among employers until they
value the difference nothing
will change.”
Answer
(it has)
double(d)//
doubling
de-layering
demographic
trends
employers

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Answer keys
READING PASSAGE 3
Population viability analysis
Questions 28-31
Questions 32-35
Suggested approach
• Read the task rubric carefully. Note that these
questions are based on Part B of the reading
passage. You will have to decide which
paragraphs in this part cover which processes.
• Note that there are two extra processes which
are not described. The extra processes will be
close to the correct answers but not correct.
Read the text carefully so that you do not fall
into any traps.
• Read through the list of processes to familiarise
yourself with them.
• Read paragraph A carefully, noting any
sections that relate to the processes described in
i - vi.
• Paragraph A states that survival of a species is
largely a “matter of chance” and that not all
animals produce young at the same rate. The
meaning of this paragraph can therefore be
glossed as “the haphazard nature of
reproduction” and vi is the correct answer to
question 32.
• Repeat this procedure with questions 33-35.
Questions 36-39