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TEST 1

PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 ix 27 I
2x 28 D
3i 29 I
4 vii 30 E
5 iii 31 B
32 E
6 viii
33 C
7 vi
34 I
8I 35 F
9D 36 metal
10 B 37 cardboard
11 H 38 wire
12 E 39 current
13 A 40 water

PASSAGE 2
14 YES
15 NO
16 YES
17 NOT GIVEN
18 NO
19 NOT GIVEN
20 temperature
21 (molten) rock/ash
22 food
23 tidal wave
24 ice age
25 rockets
26 D
TEST 2
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1F 28 NO
2D 29 YES
3J 30 NO
4C 31 YES
5E 32 NOT GIVEN
6 goods 33 YES
7 latitude 34 laugh
8 trading centre/center 35 tools
9 pirates 36 sequences
10 G 37 stimuli
11 F 38 C
12 C 39 A
13 E 40 E

PASSAGE 2
14 viii
15 ii
16 x
17 iv
18 ix
19 v
20-22 (in any order)
A, B, G
23 contact
24 disease
25 food
26 nurse
27 C
TEST 3
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 viii 27 E
2 vi 28 A
3 ii 29 G
4 iv 30 C
5 vii 31 B
6 ix 32 H
7 iii 33 D
8 FALSE 34 C
9 TRUE 35 E
10 NOT GIVEN 36 I
11 front 37 A
12 endurance 38 G
13 digestive system 39 F
40 C
PASSAGE 2
14 H
15 D
16 I
17 A
18 F
19 E
20 FALSE
21 TRUE
22 NOT GIVEN
23, 24 (in any order)
B, E
25, 26 (in any order)
C, E
TEST 4
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1E 27 iv
2H 28 vii
3I 29 v
4D 30 i
5G 31 iii
6, 7 (in any order) 32 B
Yeast, bacteria 33 B
8 protein 34 D
9 chemical solvents 35 A
10 (small) holes 36 D
11 FALSE 37 FALSE
12 TRUE 38 TRUE
13 NOT GIVEN 39 FALSE

PASSAGE 2
14 A
15 D
16 B
17 C
18 C
19 D
20 C
21 B
22 Egpyt
23 monks
24 Ptolemy
25 (navigation) satellites
26 (some) cars
TEST 5
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 ii 27 A
2 viii 28 D
3v 29 C
4i 30 B
5 iii 31 C
6 ix 32 B
7 New Zealand / NZ cargreen(s) 33 D
8 agar 34 B
9 seameal 35 A
10 cough mixtures 36 C
11 B 37 H
12 C 38 L
13 A 39 A
40 I
PASSAGE 2
14 crochet hook
15 (paired) leaflets/leaves
16 thorn
17 (tapered) steps
18 TRUE
19 TRUE
20 FALSE
21 TRUE
22 NOT GIVEN
23 FALSE
24-26 (in any order)
C, D, F
TEST 6
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 (atmospheric) carbon dioxide 27 YES
2 300 years 28 NOT GIVEN
3 evaporation 29 NO
4 precipitation (rain) 30 NO
5 glaciers 31 NOT GIVEN
6 40 years 32 YES
7 1875 33 B
8 15% / 15 percent 34 C
9 southern US states 35 D
10 (River) Nile 36 B
11 Pakistan 37 houses
12 15 years 38 (its/the) metabolic pathway
13 A and D 39 (a/the) vacuole/vacuoles
40 (a) transcription factor
PASSAGE 2
14 A
15 D
16 C
17 E
18 A
19 B
20 A
21 C
22 B
23 speed
24 brand image
25 familarity
26 Coke
TEST 7
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1E 27 TRUE
2C 28 FALSE
3A 29 FALSE
4B 30 NOT GIVEN
5 video camera 31 TRUE
6 motion sensors 32 C
7 arm 33 E
8 juggling (balls) 34 A
9 reflection / (arm) movement 35 B
10 neither 36 D
11 limbs 37 H
12 false belief 38 D
13 cognitive development 39 C
40 A
PASSAGE 2
14 E
15 B
16 G
17 F
18 D
19 bottled water
20 fitness
21 imported brands
22 design / features / design features
23 purchaser
24 buyers and users
25 (waste) disposal
26 recycling
TEST 8
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 conditions 27 vii
2 craftsmen and artists / artists and 28 v
craftsmen 29 ix
3 a secure livelihood 30 i
4 (the) Grand Gallery 31 iv
5 481 feet 32 iii
6 (the) Queen’s Chamber 33 re-offending
7 (two) air channel(s) 34 sentencing
8 FALSE 35 victim
9 NOT GIVEN 36 restorative justice
10 TRUE 37 A
11 TRUE 38 C
12 FALSE 39 D
13 D 40 B

PASSAGE 2
14 D
15 B
16 A
17 A
18 C
19 C
20 F
21 D
22 A
23 C
24 E
25 G
26 B
TEST 9
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 TRUE 27 YES
2 NOT GIVEN 28 YES
3 TRUE 29 NOT GIVEN
4 FALSE 30 NO
5 FALSE 31 C
6 NOT GIVEN 32 B
7 Honeymoon 33 A
8 similarities 34 F
9 a/one month 35 E
10 enthusiasm 36 A
11 (cultural) clues 37 C
12 (problem-solving) skills 38 C
13 Adaptation 39 B
40 A
PASSAGE 2
14 viii
15 v
16 i
17 iii
18 ix
19 vii
20 iv
21 B
22 E
23 B
24 D
25 B
26 E
TEST 10
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 FALSE 27 C
2 TRUE 28 B
3 NOT GIVEN 29 A
4 TRUE 30 D
5 FALSE 31 B
6 NOT GIVEN 32 B
7 sizes 33 NOT GIVEN
8 messages 34 YES
9 web surfing 35 NOT GIVEN
10 attention 36 NO
11 bloggers 37 F
12 scientific research 38 C
13 Nature 39 E
40 A
PASSAGE 2
14 E
15 B
16 G
17 A
18 E
19 F
20 G
21 E
22 A
23 mirrors
24 steam
25 depressions
26 irrigation
TEST 11
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 promotion 27 NOT GIVEN
2 unplanned purchases 28 YES
3 fruit and vegetables 29 NO
4 popular items 30 YES
5 NOT GIVEN 31 D
6 TRUE 32 E
7 NOT GIVEN 33 B
8 NOT GIVEN 34 H
9 FALSE 35 C
10 FALSE 36 C
11 frozen ingredients 37 A
12 appetites 38 D
13 ready meals 39 C
40 B
PASSAGE 2
14 vi
15 ii
16 viii
17 iv
18 i
19 v
20 A
20 C
21 A
22 B
23 nervous
24 feelings
25 feelings
26 words
TEST 12
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 TRUE 27 C
2 NOT GIVEN 28 A
3 FALSE 29 D
4 FALSE 30 A
5 NOT GIVEN 31 B
6 TRUE 32 YES
7 see life 33 NO
8 fear 34 NOT GIVEN
9 (a) cultural clash 35 YES
10 mobility 36 NO
11 cross-cultural kids / CCKs 37 D
12 diversity and identity 38 F
13 shared experience 39 B
40 A
PASSAGE 2
14 vi
15 iv
16 ix
17 i
18 viii
19 v
20 ii
21, 22 (in any order)
A, E
23, 24 (in any order)
B, E
25, 26 (in any order)
C, E
TEST 13
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 FALSE 27 B
2 NOT GIVEN 28 D
3 TRUE 29 C
4 TRUE 30 D
5 FALSE 31 A
6 NOT GIVEN 32 NOT GIVEN
7 100,000 children 33 YES
8 test scores 34 YES
9 positive 35 NO
10 parents 36 NO
11 the newspaper 37 D
12 4/four hours 38 F
13 children’s books 39 A
40 E
PASSAGE 2
14 E
15 A
16 B
17 E
18 B
19 D
20 B
21 A
22 C
23 agricultural lands
24 ethanol
25 coal-fuelled
26 (clean) electricity
TEST 14
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 buggies 27 C
2 colouring books 28 B
3 faster (tempo) 29 A
4 FALSE 30 D
5 FALSE 31 B
6 TRUE 32 YES
7 NOT GIVEN 33 NO
8 TRUE 34 YES
9 direct sales 35 YES
10 (the) racks 36 NOT GIVEN
11 kits 37 D
12 15/fifteen months 38 G
13 (satisfied) customer 39 C
40 A
PASSAGE 2
14 vii
15 v
16 ix
17 iv
18 vi
19 ii
20 C
21 D
22 B
23 D
24 entitlement
25 easy
26 selfish
TEST 15
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 (basic) physics 27 NO
2 (small) model 28 YES
3 scrap yards / scrapyards 29 NOT GIVEN
4 (bath) pipe 30 YES
5 tractor fan 31 NO
6 FALSE 32 H
7 FALSE 33 A
8 NOT GIVEN 34 C
9 TRUE 35 G
10 TRUE 36 E
11 39 feet 37 C
12 kerosene 38 B
13 science 39 A
40 A
PASSAGE 2
14 C
15 G
16 A
17 H
18 E
19, 20 (in any order)
A, D
21, 22 (in any order)
D, E
23 explorers
24 summer (season)
25 ice rink
26 melting glaciers
TEST 16
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 TRUE 27 D
2 FALSE 28 B
3 TRUE 29 C
4 TRUE 30 B
5 NOT GIVEN 31 D
6 FALSE 32 YES
7 (a) wire 33 NO
8 solar power 34 NO
9 (an) inflatable dummy 35 NOT GIVEN
10 a mark 36 NOT GIVEN
11 (an extending) arm 37 B
12 movement 38 D
13 two(-)way communication 39 G
40 E
PASSAGE 2
14 D
15 E
16 A
17 F
18 A
19 G
20, 21 (in any order)
C, D
22, 23 (in any order)
B, C
24 forest footprint
25 decaying plants
26 60%
TEST 17
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 FALSE 27 YES
2 FALSE 28 NO
3 NOT GIVEN 29 NOT GIVEN
4 TRUE 30 NO
5 NOT GIVE 31 NOT GIVEN
6 computer science 32 C
7 program 33 A
8 adaptibility 34 D
9 contact lens 35 B
10 a/one quarter 36 V
11 global warming 37 H
12 electric cars 38 A
13 (the) corridors 39 D
40 C
PASSAGE 2
14 iv
15 i
16 iii
17 vii
18 training trials
19 (pre-nominal) position
20 features / cues
21 meaning / concept
22 unhelpful
23, 24 (in either order)
A, C
25, 26 (in either order)
C, D
TEST 18
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 storage (space) 27 YES
2 invention 28 NO
3 colour/color and design / design 29 NO
and colour/color 30 YES
4 (greasy) crayon 31 NOT GIVEN
5 transfer paper 32 B
6 words and images 33 I
7 mass communication 34 E
8 exhibition 35 C
9 (unique) cultural instituations 36 D
10 FALSE 37 C
11 TRUE 38 A
12 TRUE 39 D
13 NOT GIVEN

PASSAGE 2
14 D
15 E
16 A
17 G
18 C
19 (dating) sediment layers
20 ivory and bone / bone and ivory
21 (new) technologies
22 skull shapes
23 C
24 B
25 A
26 B
TEST 19
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 NOT GIVEN 27 C
2 TRUE 28 A
3 NOT GIVEN 29 B
4 FALSE 30 D
5 TRUE 31 C
6 voluntary work 32 YES
7 confidence 33 YES
8 education 34 NOT GIVEN
9 International Development 35 NO
10 working abroad 36 NOT GIVEN
11 (a) focus 37 B
12 young girls 38 A
13 goals 39 D
40 G
PASSAGE 2
14 v
15 viii
16 vi
17 x
18 i
19 iii
20 ix
21 flies and beetles
22 (furry) coats
23 (longer) distances
24 worker bees
25 C
26 E
TEST 20
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 (visually) stunning 27 NO
2 real-life situations 28 NOT GIVEN
3 commercial colour film 29 YES
4 ambitious and experimental 30 NO
5 gender roles 31 YES
6 major advertising agency 32 D
7 twenty/20 years 33 A
8 convential 34 C
9 persuasive photography style 35 C
10 FALSE 36 I
11 NOT GIVEN 37 A
12 TRUE 38 C
13 NOT GIVEN 39 B
40 D
PASSAGE 2
14 vi
15 ix
16 iii
17 i
18 viii
19 iv
20, 21 (in either order)
C, E
22, 23 (in either order)
B, D
24 medical practice
25 (ancient) India
26 treat patients
27 combines
TEST 21
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 FALSE 27 NOT GIVEN
2 TRUE 28 YES
3 NOT GIVEN 29 NO
4 TRUE 30 NO
5 NOT GIVEN 31 NOT GIVEN
6 FALSE 32 YES
7 three/3 meters (high) 33 F
8 (bird-like) beak 34 C
9 curved claws 35 A
10 asymmetrical vanes 36 E
11 (at) dusk 37 D
12 southern / warmer 38 B
13 food chain 39 B
40 A
PASSAGE 2
14 F
15 G
16 A
17 D
18 B
19 very small brain
20 big toes
21 30 / thirty years
22 its large size
23 B
24 D
25 C
26 A
TEST 22
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1B 27 C
2C 28 D
3F 29 B
4E 30 A
31 A
5A
32 B
6B
33 D
7D 34 B
8C 35 A
9D 36 C
10 B 37 B
11 B 38 E
12 B 39 C
13 D 40 C

PASSAGE 2
14 iv
15 ix
16 vii
17 ii
18 i
19 x
20 v
21 food production / many food
products
22 strength and stability
23 dramatic decline
24 sea otter populations
25, 26 (in either order)
A, C
TEST 23
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 clothing / clothes / apparel 27 A
2 building materials 28 C
3 metal 29 B
4 paper 30 A
5 (raw) materials 31 A
6 the poor 32 NOT GIVEN
7 industrialisation 33 YES
8 private contractors 34 NO
9 dust-yard(s) 35 NO
10, 11 (in either order) 36 YES
Dust / cinders 37 NOT GIVEN
12 fuel 38 YES
13 sea 39 C

PASSAGE 2
14 C
15 G
16 D
17 B
18 F
19 D
20 B
21 C
22 B
23 A
24 Hirschfeld attributes
25 automated system
26 exaggerated
TEST 24
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1A 27 B
2A 28 E
3B 29 A
4C 30 C
5 headlines 31 A
6 illustrations 32 D
7 back pages 33 YES
8 (patent) medicine 34 NO
9 production techniques 35 NOT GIVEN
10 branded 36 YES
11 department stores 37 NOT GIVEN
12 (mail-order) catalogues 38 NO
13 (consumer) credit 39 YES

PASSAGE 2
14 vi
15 v
16 ii
17 vii
18 iv
19 D
20 A
21 E
22 C
23 D
24 C
25 C
26 A
TEST 25
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1B 27 D
2B 28 A
3D 29 C
4A 30 C
5C 31 D
6, 7, 8 (in either order) 32 B
A, C, G 33 F
9 polyester 34 A
10 4% 35 YES
11 (the) 1920s 36 NOT GIVEN
12 the interent 37 NO
13 Japan 38 NO
39 NO
PASSAGE 2 40 YES
14 G
15 E
16 B
17 F
18 A
19 D
20 H
21 C
22 E
23 F
24 C
25 D
TEST 26
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 vii 27 iv
2v 28 ix
3i 29 vii
4 iv 30 i
5 vi 31 iii
6 iii 32 vi
7, 8 (in either order) 33 effective
C, D 34 40 countries
9 (possible) upgrades 35 technology
10 deny a transaction 36 years
11 short-term offers 37 army
12 Life Time Fitness 38 farmers
13 Reward points 39, 40 (in either order)
A, E
PASSAGE 2
14 E
15 C
16 A
17 G
18 B
19 E
20 F
21 D
22 D
23 F
24 C
25 B
26 E
TEST 27
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1B 27 D
2A 28 A
3G 29 B
4H 30 D
5A 31 D
6C 32 F
7 words 33 C
8 eyes 34 A
9 information 35 YES
10 slow reader 36 YES
11 often 37 NO
12 tired 38 NOT GIVEN
13 concentrate 39 YES
40 NO
PASSAGE 2
14 D
15 B
16 C
17 B
18 A
19 12,000
20 antennae
21 lizard
22 swarm intelligence
23 F
24 G
25 E
26 C
TEST 28
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 19th century 27 YES
2 1.5 million 28 YES
3 Greenland 29 NO
4 summer (season) 30 NOT GIVEN
5 17 percent / % 31 YES
6 helicopters 32 E
7 800 33 D
8D 34 A
9B 35 C
10 C 36 A and D
11 A 37 B
12 C 38 D
39 G
PASSAGE 2 40 E
14 B
15 D
16 E
17 A
18 A
19 F
20 B
21 A
22 C
23 D
24 A
25, 26 (in either order)
B, D
TEST 29
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1C 27 (African) slaves
2G 28 growing prosperity / rising
3F incomes
4B 29 unskilled workers
5D 30 developing countries
6H 31 with skills
7B 32 C
7 reluctant 33 H
8 (colourful) pictures 34 G
9 story 25 E
10 reading skills 36 B
11 (foreign) language 37 I
12 clues 38 C
13 vocabulary 39 B

PASSAGE 2
14 D
15 C
16 B
17 G
18 A
19 A
20 E
21 D
22 C
23 B
24 C
25 A
26 D
TEST 30
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 remote 27 guns
2 culutre 28 affordable equipment
3 1/one percent 29 uninhabited
4 values 30 definite boundaries
5 lifestyle 31 perceptions
6 main attraction 32 A
7 local populations 33 E
8 studies 34 F
9B 35 D
10 D 36 village censuses
11 B 37 cartographers
12 A 38 feedback and correction
13 C 39 exact locations
40 zone maps
PASSAGE 2
14 vi
15 v
16 viii
17 i
18 iv
19 iii
20 drought
21 3.3 million
22 crops
23 wells
24 sand
25, 26 (in either order)
A, C
TEST 31
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 TRUE 27 NOT GIVEN
2 TRUE 28 YES
3 FALSE 29 YES
4 NOT GIVEN 30 NO
5 Diving industry 31 NOT GIVEN
6 colorless / colourless 32 NO
7 two / 2 33 YES
8 polar bears 34 NO
9F 35 F
10 A 36 H
11 D 37 E
12 G 38 F
13 B 39 I
40 D
PASSAGE 2
14 D
15 F
16 F/G
17 B
18 A
19 C
20 D
21 YES
22 NOT GIVEN
23 YES
24 NO
25 YES
26 NO
TEST 32
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 FALSE 27 C
2 TRUE 28 D
3 NOT GIVEN 29 B
4 FALSE 30 E
5 TRUE 31 A
6 FALSE 32 YES
7 TRUE 33 NOT GIVEN
8C 34 NOT GIVEN
9C 35 NO
10 B 36 prudent practice
11 A 37 privatisation policty
12 D 38 incentives
13 C 39 permit
40 regulatroy agency
PASSAGE 2
14 C
15 A
16 B
17 B
18 C
19 A
20 C
21 B
22 A
23 brain dead
24 sociopathic behaviour
25 neocortex
26 animal propensities
TEST 33
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 3
1 viii 27 D
2 iii 28 E
3 vii 29 A
4i 30 C
5 vi 31 B
6 ix 32 E
7 ii 33 B
8 cauliflower rosettes 34 F
9 periodic unsettling 35 YES
10 milk sugars 36 YES
11 liquified yoghurt 37 YES
12, 13 (in either order) 38 NO
C, E 39 NOT GIVEN
40 NO
PASSAGE 2
14 vi
15 ix
16 v
17 iv
18 x
19 ii
20 vii
21 iii
22 energy
23 subsistence needs
24 rural, impoversished
25 pesticide use
26 protein deficiency (syndrome) /
kwashiorkor

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