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chance
4
friction
5
rotating
6
percussion
7
Eskimos
8
despite
Question
Answer
9
10
11
F
D
E
14
A
“… a sealed glass tube …”
12
C
“The first matches resembling
those used today …”
13
G
“… a brewery had the novel
idea of advertising …”
Location of answer in text
“… the red phosphorus was
non toxic”
“… three years later it was
copied …”
“… since white phosphorus is
a deadly poison …”
15
C
“… borrowed the formula
from a military rocket-
maker …”

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Question
Answer
Location of answer in text
26
A
“… 10,000 is a serious
underestimate of the total
number of places
masquerading as zoological
establishments.”
27
D
“One would assume that the
calibre of these institutions
would have been carefully
examined but …”
28
E
The last two paragraphs of the
text but in particular: “Today
approximately 16 species
might be said to have been
“saved” by captive breeding
programmes, although a
number of these can hardly be
looked upon as resounding
successes.”
Practice Test 1
READING PASSAGE
2
Zoo conservation programmes
Questions 16-25
Questions 26-28
Suggested approach
• Read the task rubric carefully. Only three of the
factors in the list are correct. The correct
factors explain why the author doubts the value
of the WZCS document.
• Scan the text and mark the section that
discusses the accuracy/value of theWZCS
document. This is from the third paragraph
onwards.
• Read through the list of factors to familiarise
yourself with it.
• Begin reading the third paragraph more
carefully, looking for phrases that signal that
the writer is going to discuss something that is
wrong with the document. The first signal is:
'This is probably the document's first failing …'
You can infer from what the writer
then states, that A is one of the correct factors.
• Re-read the list of factors from B-F.
• Continue reading the text, looking for other
signals.
• Select the two other correct factors.
Remember that if you put more than one factor
beside each question number on your answer
sheet, you will not get any marks. However the
three correct answers can be written down in
any order.
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in
any
order