Questions –13 The correct answer is false

17 The correct answer is B: 
The text says that Mark Edmundson ‘describes how many 
college students actively avoid the classic literature of the 19th and 20th centuries in favour 
of something simpler as they no longer have the patience to read longer, denser, more difficult 
texts’.
 
He is saying that students’ impatience with more difficult texts (their attitude) means 
that they choose to read simple reading matter rather than classic 19th- and 20th-century 
literature.
 A is incorrect: 
Edmundson does not mention having changed the way he teaches. 
C is incorrect: 
Edmundson does not make a comparison between his own level of concern 
and that of other people. 
D is incorrect: 
Edmundson makes no reference to the views of the 
general public.
18 The correct answer is D: 
The writer says, ‘Multiple studies show that digital screen use may 
be causing a variety of troubling downstream effects’. The word worrying has a similar meaning 
to ‘troubling’.

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19 The correct answer is H: 
The writer refers to Anne Mangen’s study and says, ‘Results 
indicated that students who read on print were superior in their comprehension to screen-
reading peers, particularly in their ability to sequence detail’. Having ‘superior … comprehension’ 
of the details of the plot has a similar meaning to having a more thorough understanding of it.
20 The correct answer is F: 
The writer refers to Anne Mangen’s study and says, ‘Results 
indicated that students who read on print were superior in their comprehension to screen-
reading peers, particularly in their ability to … reconstruct the plot in chronological order.’ If 
the students who read on print were more able to reconstruct the plot in chronological order, 
this means that those who read screens found it hard (were less able) to recall the order of 
information in the story.