A n s w e r k e y test 1, Paper 1, Reading

Part 2: The sky’s the limit for cloudwatchers
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E: link between ‘here’ at the beginning of E and the Cloud Bar, 
where the writer is before the gap; link between ‘this place’ after 
the gap and ‘here’ in E.
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G: link between ‘Other beachgoers aren’t as convinced’ and the 
comments made by the person before the gap – other people 
don’t think the place is ‘fantastic’ and ‘inspiring’ and don’t think 
Britain has been ‘crying out for’ (really wanting) a place like 
this to be created; (‘the society’ mentioned in B has not been 
previously mentioned in the text at this point; B does not fit here 
because we would not know which society is being referred to).
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B: link between ‘Absolutely’ at the start of B and the opinions 
expressed in the sentence before the gap; link between Ian 
Loxley’s travels, the fact that his favourite place is local in B, 
and his view that ‘you don’t really need to travel at all to see 
interesting clouds’ after the gap.
10 
A: link between ‘why this is’ and the statement before the gap 
that for cloudwatchers, the most important factor is ‘your 
philosophical disposition’; the way that clouds move and 
develop, mentioned in A, are the reasons why someone’s 
philosophical disposition is the most important factor in 
watching clouds (their slowness suits people who want to think 
philosophically); link between ‘That said’ after the gap and what 
he says in A, to introduce a contrast between the two views of 
cloud watching (slow and exciting).
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F: link between ‘all such places’ at the start of F and ‘wilderness’ 
just before the gap; the writer’s point is that humans want to 
explore all wildernesses – ‘them’ in the first sentence of A = 
‘clouds’ before the gap; link between ‘similar experiences’ after 
the gap and the experience described by the pilot in F.
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C: link between ‘such encounters’ in C and the encounters with 
clouds described by Gavin Pretor-Pinney before the gap.

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