generally,
not two businesses in particular.
Useful strategy: locating the relevant part of the passage 1 1 The key locators are: Norway; the Arctic
2 The key locators are: DNA sequencing; isotope
analysis
3 The key locators are: ‘upside-down jellyfish’
4 The key locators are: Mediterranean Sea
Most of the locators contain a capitalised proper noun.
The locators may also be specific terms such as ‘isotope
analysis’, or may be terms that appear in the question
and in the text in inverted commas, to help you find the
term in the passage.
Exam Practice Questions 27–32 27 nO: Paragraph 1. The writer says that most people
may only have seen a dead, shapeless jellyfish on
the beach, or perhaps been stung by one, ‘so it is
inevitable’ if people have negative views of jellyfish.
inevitable = not surprising
28 YES: Paragraph 1. The writer says that
‘disappointingly little’ research was carried out into
jellyfish and that marine biologists ‘took the easy
option’ by focusing on other species. Therefore,
they ‘should have conducted’ more research.
29 nOT giVEn: Paragraph 2. There are clear locators
here: ‘shallow’ and ‘deep’ water. But the writer
does not say whether jellyfish are
moving from
shallow to deep water, only that they live in both
environments.
30 nO: Paragraph 2. Dr Hansen’s theory has been
‘conclusively proven by independent studies’.
31 nOT giVEn: Paragraph 3. The point the writer is
making is that climate change may, or may not, be
responsible for increasing jellyfish populations –
more research is necessary to find out. The
writer makes no comment about whether the
consequences of climate change can be reversed.
32 YES: Paragraph 3. Previously, some scientists
thought jellyfish had no predators. Paul Dewar has
shown that this is wrong. As a result, ‘the scientific
community now recognises that’ various species
eat jellyfish. Therefore, Dewar’s findings have
been accepted.
