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Question 1 of 26
READING PASSAGE 1 : QUESTIONS 1-13
Questions 1-7
Reading passage 1 has seven paragraphs A-G.
Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.
Type the correct number, i-x , in boxes 1-7 on your screen.
List of Headings
i The problem of dealing with emergencies in space
ii How space biomedicine can help patients on Earth
iii Why accidents are so common in outer space
iv What is space biomedicine?
v The psychological problems of astronauts
vi Conducting space biomedical research on Earth
vii The internal damage caused to the human body by space travel
viii How space biomedicine first began
ix The visible effects of space travel on the human body
x Why space biomedicine is now necessary
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Questions 8-9
Answer the questions below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
8 Where, apart from Earth, can space travellers find water?
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9 What happens to human legs during space travel?
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Questions 10 – 14
Choose YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer in the text, choose NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer, or choose NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this.
10 The obstacles to going far into space are now medical, not technological.
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11 Astronauts cannot survive more than two years in space.
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12 It is morally wrong to spend so much money on space biomedicine.
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13 Some kinds of surgery are more successful when performed in space.
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14 Space biomedical research can only be done in space.
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READING PASSAGE 2 : QUESTIONS 15 – 26
Questions 15-20
Answer the questions below using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 15-20 on your answer sheet.
15 What does fluoridation affect in order to prevent tooth decay?
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16 What do dental bacteria produce?
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17 When mouth pH goes below 5.5, what is dissolved?
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18 What does fluoridation form in the mouth to restore mineral density in teeth?
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19 What is the coating that demineralization forms on teeth?
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20 Through what mechanism does swallowed fluoride go to teeth?
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Questions 21-24
Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-J , below.
Write the correct letter A-J in boxes 21-24.
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Questions 25-26
Choose TWO letters A-E .Write your answers in boxes 25-26 on your answer sheet.
Which TWO of the following statements form part of Cornett’s opposition to fluoridation?
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READING PASSAGE 3 : QUESTIONS 27 – 40
Questions 27 – 29
Choose the correct letter A—D.
27 What most surprised Dr. Balabanova about her discovery?
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28 Which of the following was ruled out by Dr. Lescot’s investigation?
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29 Why was the discovery of tobacco in the body of Ramses II ignored?
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Questions 30—34
Match ONE of the researchers (A—D) to each of the statements (30—34) below. Write the correct letters A-D next to the statements 30-34.
NB You may use any letter more than once.
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Questions 35 – 39
Choose YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer in the text, choose NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer, or choose NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this.
35 There is proof that tobacco was grown in Ancient Egypt.
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36 Trade routes across the Atlantic Ocean may have existed thousands of years ago.
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37 Ancient Egyptians were great ship builders.
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38 The scientific community generally rejects the idea of contact between Ancient Egypt and the Americas.
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39 The unusual test results could have come from ‘qat’, a plant native to North Africa.
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Question 40
Choose the correct letter A—D.
40 What is the main idea of this passage?