Cambridge Academic 14 Test 4

READING PASSAGE 1 : Questions 1-13

Complete the notes below.

Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.

Write your answer in boxes 1-8 on your answer sheet.

Ysabel Giraldo’s research

- Focused on a total of 1.  different age groups of ants, analyzing

Behaviour:

- how well ants looked after their 2.

- their ability to locate 3.  using a scent trail

- the effect that  4.  had on them

- how 5.  They attacked prey

Brains:

- comparison between age and the 6.  of dying cells in the brains of ants

- condition of synaptic complexes (areas in which 7.  meet) in the brain’s ‘mushroom bodies’

- level of two 8.  in the brain associated with ageing

Questions 9-13

Do the following statements agree with the information give in Reading Passage 1?

In boxes 9-13 on your answer sheet, write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

9. Pheidole dentata ants are the only known animals which remain active for almost their whole lives.

10. Ysabel Giraldo was the first person to study Pheidole dentata ants using precise data about the insects’ ages.

11. The ants in Giraldo’s experiments behaved as she had predicted that they would.

12. The recent studies of bees used different methods of measuring age-related decline.

13. Pheidole dentata ants kept in laboratory conditions tend to live longer lives.

READING PASSAGE 2 : Questions 14-26

Reading Passage 2 has six paragraphs, A-F.

Which paragraph contains the following information?

Write the correct letter, A-F, in boxes 14-17 on your answer sheet.

14. a reference to how quickly animal species can die out

15. reasons why it is preferable to study animals in captivity rather than in the wild

16. mention of two ways of learning about animals other than visiting them in zoos

17. reasons why animals in zoos may by healthier than those in the wild

Questions 18-22

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 2?

In boxes 18-22 on your answer sheet, write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

18. An animal is likely to live longer in a zoo than in the wild

19. There are some species in zoos which can no longer be found in the wild.

20. Improvements in the quality of TV wildlife documentaries have resulted in increased numbers of zoo visitors.

21. Zoos have always excelled at transmitting information about animals to the public.

22. Studying animals in zoos is less stressful for the animals than studying them in the wild.

Questions 23 and 24

Choose TWO letters, A-E

Write the correct letters in boxes 23 and 24 on your answer sheet.

Which TWO of the following are stated about zoo staff in the text?

Questions 25 and 26

Choose TWO letters, A-E

Write the correct letters in boxes 25 and 26 on your answer sheet.

Which TWO of these beliefs about zoos does the writer mention in the text?

READING PASSAGE 3 : Questions 27-40

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 3?

In boxes 27-33 on you answer sheet, write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

27. Rochman and her colleagues were the first people to research the problem of marine debris.

28. The creatures most in danger from ocean trash are certain seabirds.

29. The studies Rochman has reviewed have already proved that populations of some birds will soon become extinct.

30. Rochman analysed papers on the different kinds of danger caused by ocean trash.

31. Most of the research analysed by Rochman and her colleagues was badly designed.

32. One study examined by Rochman was expecting to find that mussels were harmed by eating plastic.

33. Some mussels choose to eat plastic in preference to their natural diet.

Questions 34-39

Complete the notes below.

Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 34-39 on your answer sheet.

Findings related to marine debris

Studies of marine debris found the biggest threats were

plastic (not metal or wood)

- bits of debris that were 34.  (harmful to animals)

- There was little research into 35.  e.g. from synthetic fibres.

Drawbacks of the studies examined

- most of them focused on individual animals, not entire 36.

- the 37.  of plastic used in the lab did not always reflect those in the ocean

there was insufficient information on

- numbers of animals which could be affected

- the impact of a reduction in numbers on the 38.  of that species

- the impact on the ecosystem

Rochman says more information is needed on the possible impact of
- future 39.  (e.g. involving oil).

Question 40

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

Write the correct letter in box 40 on your answer sheet.

40. What would be the best title for this passage?

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