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1.

Question (1) There are other parrots that share the kākāpō's inability to fly.

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

TRUE

FALSE

NOT GIVEN

2.

Question (2) Adult kākāpō produce chicks every year.

TRUE

FALSE

NOT GIVEN

3.

Question (3) Adult male kākāpō bring food back to nesting females.

TRUE

FALSE

NOT GIVEN

4.

Question (4) The Polynesian rat was a greater threat to the kākāpō than Polynesian settlers.

TRUE

FALSE

NOT GIVEN

5.

Question (5) Kākāpō were transferred from Rakiura Island to other locations because they were at risk from feral cats.

TRUE

FALSE

NOT GIVEN

6.

Question (6)One Recovery Plan initiative that helped increase the kākāpō population size was caring for struggling young birds.

TRUE

FALSE

NOT GIVEN

7.

Questions 7-13 Complete the notes below. Choose ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage for each answer.

A type of parrot:

The kākāpō’s diet consists of fern fronds, various parts of a tree, and (7).
The nests are created in (8) where eggs are laid.

Arrival of Polynesian settlers

The (9) of the kākāpō were used to make clothes.

Arrival of European colonisers

(10) were an animal which they introduced that ate the kākāpō's food sources.

Protecting kākāpō

Richard Henry, a conservationist, tried to protect the kākāpō.
A definite sighting of female kākāpō on Rakiura Island was reported in the year (11).
The Recovery Plan included an increase in (12).
A current goal of the Recovery Plan is to maintain the involvement of (13) in kākāpō protection.

8.

Questions 14-18

Reading Passage 2 has seven sections, A-G.
Which section contains the following information?
Write the correct letter, A-G, in boxes 14-18 on your answer sheet.
NB You may use any letter more than once.

14. reference to the research problems that arise from there being only a few surviving large elms
15. details of a difference of opinion about the value of reintroducing elms to Britain
16. reference to how Dutch elm disease was brought into Britain
17. a description of the conditions that have enabled a location in Britain to escape Dutch elm disease
18. reference to the stage at which young elms become vulnerable to Dutch elm disease

9.

Questions 19-23

Look at the following statements (Questions 19-23) and the list of people below.

Match each statement with the correct person, A, B, or C.

Write the correct letter, A, B, or C, in boxes 19-23 on your answer sheet.
NB You may use any letter more than once.

List of People
A Matt Elliot
B Karen Russell
C Peter Bourne

19. If a tree gets infected with Dutch elm disease, the damage rapidly becomes visible.
20. It may be better to wait and see if the mature elms that have survived continue to flourish.
21. There must be an explanation for the survival of some mature elms.
22. We need to be aware that insects carrying Dutch elm disease are not very far away.
23. You understand the effect Dutch elm disease has had when you see evidence of how prominent the tree once was.

10.

Questions 24-26 Complete the summary below. Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.

Uses of a popular tree

For hundreds of years, the only tree that was more popular in Britain than elm was (24). Starting in the Bronze Age, many tools were made from elm and people also used it to make weapons. In the 18th century, it was grown to provide wood for boxes and (25). Due to its strength, elm was often used for mining equipment and the Cutty Sark's (26) was also constructed from elm.

11.

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

27. In the first paragraph, the writer introduces the topic of the text by

A. defining some commonly used terms.

B. questioning a widely held assumption.

C. mentioning a challenge faced by everyone.

D. specifying a situation which makes us most anxious.

12.

Question (28) What point does the writer make about firefighters in the second paragraph?

A. The regular changes of stress levels in their working lives make them ideal study subjects.

B. The strategies they use to handle stress are of particular interest to researchers.

C. The stressful nature of their job is typical of many public service professions.

D. Their personalities make them especially well-suited to working under stress.

13.

Question (29) What is the writer doing in the fourth paragraph?

A. explaining their findings

B. justifying their approach

C. setting out their objectives

D. describing their methodology

14.

Question (30) In the seventh paragraph, the writer describes a mechanism in the brain which

A. enables people to respond more quickly to stressful situations.

B. results in increased ability to control our levels of anxiety.

C. produces heightened sensitivity to indications of external threats.

D. is activated when there is a need to communicate a sense of danger.

15.

Questions 31-35

Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-G, below.

Write the correct letters in boxes 31-35 on your answer sheet.
A made them feel optimistic.
B took relatively little notice of bad news.
C responded to negative and positive information in the same way.
D were feeling under stress.
E put them in a stressful situation.
F behaved in a similar manner, regardless of the circumstances.
G thought it more likely that they would experience something bad.

31. At times when they were relaxed, the firefighters usually took relatively little notice of bad news.
32. The researchers noted that when the firefighters were stressed, they were feeling under stress.
33. When the firefighters were told good news, they always made them feel optimistic.
34. The students' cortisol levels and heart rates were affected when the researchers put them in a stressful situation.
35. In both experiments, negative information was processed better when the subjects were feeling under stress.

16.

Questions 36-40

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

In boxes 36-40 on your answer sheet, write
YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer
NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

36. The tone of the content we post on social media tends to reflect the nature of the posts in our feeds.
37. Phones have a greater impact on our stress levels than other electronic media devices.
38. The more we read about a stressful public event on social media, the less able we are to take the information in.
39. Stress created by social media posts can lead us to take unnecessary precautions.
40. Our tendency to be affected by other people's moods can be used in a positive way.

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