ANSWER KEYS NB: i) answer words in brackets are optional
ii) alternative answers are separated with a stroke ( / )
PRACTICE TEST TWO PRACTICE TEST THREE PRACTICE TEST FOUR
READING TEST TWO READING TEST THREE READING TEST FOUR
Passage 1
Ql. GPS-dropwindsondes
Q2. (weather) balloons
Q3. (the custom of) naming hurricanes
began in the (early) 1950s
Q4. Camille
Q5. hurricanes
Q6. heat (of water) / warm water
(NB: the Atlantic Conveyor does not give energy to all hurricanes) Q7. (the) Atlantic Conveyor
Q8. previously used sensors
Q9. data analysts
Q10. (a) computer (simulation) /
hurricane researchers
Q11. (a) storm surge
Q13
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d
Q14. b
Q15. a
Passage 2
Q16. A
Q17. N
Q18. I
Q19. I
Q20. A
Q21. A
Q22. A
Q23. A
Q24. (academic) controversy
Q25. six quality bands
Q26. performance table
Q27. graduate outcomes
Q28. lack communication skills
Passage 3
Q29. second head
Q30. platter
Q31. special protective coating
Q32. b
Q33. d Q37. B
Q34. d Q38. E
Q35. a Q39. A
Q36. d Q40. G
Passage 1
Q1./Q2. fructose / glucose
(answers may be in any order, but only one answer per question) Q3. white sugar / sucrose
Q4. / Q5. Aspartame / NutraSweet //
Cyclamate
(answers may be in any order, but only one answer per question) Q6. fructose
Q7. abundant
Q8. fruit
Q9. glucose
Q10. technologists
Q l l . substances
Q12. discovered
Q13. maximum
Q14. similar
Q15. chemical
P a s s a g e 2
Q16. E
Q17. A
Q18. C
Q19. D
Q20. F
Q21. 3
Q22. time (and) money
Q23. pharmaceutical companies /
developed countries
Q24. b
Q25. d
Q26. a
Passage 3
Q27. T
Q28. F
Q29. NG
Q30. T
Q31. F
Q32. / Q33. / Q34. E / C / B
(answers may be in any order, but only one answer per question) Q35. (iii) Q38. (ii)
Q36. (vi) Q39. (ix)
Q37. (iv) Q40. (i)
Passage 1
Ql. electrified
Q2. computer
Q3. Beam-Operated Traffic
Q4. roads
Q5. C
Q6. I
Q7. B
Q8. H
Q9. A
Q10. NS
Q l l . S
Q12. S
Passage 2
Q13. male/men
Q14. female/women
Q15. 1998
Q16. TB
Q17. GB
Q18. FB
Q19. MB
Q20. FB
Q21. A
Q22. cripple developing economies
Q23. male and female borrowers
Q24. many large cities
Q25. selling telephone services
Q26. multinational companies
Passage 3
Q27. a
Q28. d
Q29. c
Q30. organised
Q31. hyperactivity
Q32. completion
Q33. side effects
Q34. remedial action
Q35. switch
Q36. children
Q37. successfully
Q38. F
Q39. C
Q40. A
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