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PAPER 1: READING

COM?REHENS

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Time: I hou

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Sedion

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I I hope this headache

A

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out B comes away C

wears otr D

passes

away

2 w}lat rhe ueasurd said vinually . . . . . . . . . to a confession.

A mounted B came C stood D embodied

3 Mariying

into such a rich fmily hed always been

. his wildest dlems.

A under B above C over D beyond

4 We failed to lay eyes oD a tige dulins ou *pe.htior

. . . . . . . . . film one.

A ler alone B not ro mention C apan from

D bur fo

5 The. . . . . . . . . ofthe word is ur*nom, but ir is cqrainly not flom al}yLatin based

A extEct E derivatio C

genesis

D descot

6 Whethd the sports

club surires is a matrer of @mplete . . . .

A disiDierest B imporrmce C indifference

D iftdest

7 Uhsslted butter

is best for this recipe, bul . . . . . . . . . that,

mdgdile witl do.

A *cept

B

given

C

for all of D failing

8 Union

le.dds feel t is time CabinetMiniste

puttheir..

- . . . . . . on

the table

regarding ibeir long+dm

plans.

A cards B hdds C feet D

papers

9 For rhe f,rst night's

pedomance

the . - . . . . . . . had to be @Ied

in to take the

pan

be€use the

leading lady was ill.

A substitute

B ddostudy C resere D depuly

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A fearu.e B trait C

mark D aspect

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pddes

herseif . . . . . . . . . never having

had a day off sick.

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Jdudy

1950 wasduc at the Albert

Hall, London,wheleSirA.biatrtsoultwas

o

conduct

a

progrme

including dre Elear

md theMendelssohn iolin Concerti.

Diana

dd I left Ncw York or the evening

of the

rwenty-fiflhj with

mple time, as we

pie

sumedj

o keepour appoimment.Wirh every-

one sedre

in his safett'belr, the

planc

shor

down the runway, ther halted

with a tremen

dous screeching

of brales

jusr

short of

rakeof.

This was lwice repeated before the

shaten

passcnges

wereuDloaded

nd old to

retum ro lhe airlor. in the mornins.

Next day we sel otr foi Englandagain.

To

begin widr, so rhick wasNcw Yorl tratric

that

we

,lmost missed he

plee,

which misht

have saved veryonc greardealoftouble.

Disasrer voide4

we ookoilat elelen |hirry,

and shody

afteMards d1e

pilot

madc his

rounds.Wdting

io rea$ueDiana,I stoppcd

him and suggested

hat L\e mroward inci

dcnts of the

day bdore hadnl bcen roo

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n ihat wonderfulcalmblutrEnglish

wayrheanswered)

Airploc

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ou

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of individual

parts,

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t is

quite

mpo$ible ro rellwhenanyone

of thd

may cease o function'; with

which

Job's

conforr he

passed

on. A short while

late oneofLhosemanyarlsdidindccdcease

ro function:

oiL egan lowinsoler thc wingn

dd back we went to Idlcwild Airyort, s

it

dlen wls.

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wesucceededn cro$ingrhe

Atlantic making

one srop to

retuel in Newfomdland and

anorhcr t Shmnon

n the rish Republic, or

onefl wfrom

ddfallto ledfallin thosedays.

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further

prog e$;foshad

closed London Airlon. Ir

was

about 6:30 a.m. iocal time

when we

adived at Shanloni

too edly to despair of

reaching our desti nation.

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agenr, Harold

Holt, and I bofowed an air-

port

office

to

pracrise

in. Howcveri s rhe

hours

pa$ed

and lhe London

fog failed to lift,

I

$ew

acious enough

to tiy to charter from

Aer Lingus

a

plane

smau cnough to

land in

conditions which our big Strarocniser

couid

nor copc wirh. For some

reason Aer Lingus

was nor allowed io rescue

usj so after moie

endles hous, wc took otrin

dre transadandc

plme,

firsl a. three

forty-five when Ltle radio

wrs

fomd to be out oforde

tnd we had ro

tum back, thcn, fina1ly, at four nfteen. AII

hopes of

rehearsing had long been

abm-

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safe.

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trick upitssleeve,

howeler.

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a few

limes

in a vain atrcmpt to

find

a

breal in |he

bldker below him,

dre

pitot

leded ar

Mdsron on

the eastcodsr.Dianaaod I were

delivered

to the earth through

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shaft i the

plale\

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cusroms ar a trot and

thtust inro a waiting car,

which roarcd off the

dirfield with most

gr.ti

fylng drama. One nile flriher on, the centlc

fog of the couDtrrside

tuiled toward us in

thick, soft, totally

opa{tue clouds, dd wc

crawled the

tst of the way at hardlt

more

thd watking spced,

Dima shivering io the

Wc were of

couse lare.

26 After

the tusr anempts ro

trke ofil, Lheauthor ed

his wife were

asked o come back

on

B 2rtth

Januarr.

C 27th January.

D 28rh

January.

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pilocs

remrks, shorrly after

taking of ftom

New York,

A

proved

{tuire nacarate.

B

led to their returning ro

ldtewild.

C

refened ro thcir

previous

disastrouslight-

D were nor calculated

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A To comply with a report by the Otrtdio Royal Comission.

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. . thoe is no doubt

A shopkeepos wolld flourish.

B tbe distlicl wili sufer.

C

other roads wiI be needed.

D ir will beome artractive ro new residors-

37

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f.om

A e oficial

plafring

docddt.

B e applicatioD by s fim of conffactors.

C a

populd

oewspaper arlicle,

D a lelter to a casDalacquaintsnce.

38 The langlage of Extract 2 mighr best be described as

A aggressive

and

hdd-hittiqg.

B impersoml ed mattd{f-faci

C

tdtaiile dd vague.

D frisdly tud

pe-suas'\e.

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posible

that the wiiter of ExEact 3

A has usr movedbou,e.

B also mote E*ract 2.

C lives in Golfcome Way.

D also More Extiact l.

40 l/hich Ea_Eact efeB to a causeofpEs€nt tEfrc

ploblems?

B Extrad 2.

C Extnct 3-

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PAPER 3: USE

OF ENGLISH

Time :

2 houn

Section

A

Fitl each

aJ the flMbercd

btfuki in

the

oun@i4

P6so€e

@nh one

ruito)le @otd'

In. . . . . . . . . ( l )of theefonsof themediainrecentvesls todis i l lus ionu5thegseral

p icru le. . . . . . . .

-

(2)

heo'd indy

publ ic

as

frhe'author ' is

f . .

(3)

sitring

huched

. . . . . . .

(4)

a ttlewnter

in solitude

in a

gallet

or someoiher

place

away

ftom

prying

eyes.And

noi . . . . .

. .

(5)

that'

but

'fovalties',

that nme

Crven

histolically

to rhe inocial

rewards ofthe

writi,ag

profesion,

.

- . . .

(6)

seem o

be

nore than

usl

lwages'

or

'a

salary'.And

. ...

(?)thacsjust

(E)

roy.ldes

are:

they.re celtaitly

not the

'bonus'

that mv

childlen

alwavs magined

ihem to

.

(9)

whea hey

drived flom

.

publisher-Mv fauit

. ..

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(10)not

edlcatingthemprcpetly,IsupPose,butthereceiptofarovaltvcheque.

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(ll)

alwaysbringrithit eppealsftomthe hildrenfo €xtr - .

(12)

hev hought

o f . . . . . . . . .

( 1 3 )

s o m e t h i n g

k i n . . .

. .

( 1 4 )

C h . i s t m a s

r b i l i h d a v

presdrs:itcertainlywasn'tmoneyihat

- . .(15)robeapportionedinthesame

w a y . . . . . . . . . ( 1 6 ) o t h e r s a p P o r t i o n d e i r w a g e s o r s a l a r v . I n d e e d ,

- , ' '

(r,

I not lesmed

very edly on

in my writing

cdeer to

see ovalties

as mv

'sala v'

dd

apport ion. . . .

- . . . .

(18)

caretu l ly

much more

caretu l ly

he other

p@Ple,

.

(19)

they are an

ifecrlar

fom of income

-

I would

lonc

'

(20)

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in dire financial

sftaitsl

Finnh

edchol fieJollauins

sentences

n st.h 4@ar *at

it neaN e'acn)t

thesane

as hesetteqe

E a-pldi

'Renember

to lock

the door whal

you go

oui"

she said to

him

,4rs o./r

She reminded

,in to

loch the daot wh.n

he @ent

out.

a) I'm

haqine a lot of

ouble Dow

be@use lost

mv

passport

last week.

I f r . . . . . . . . . . . . - . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

b)

Iqhen the

police

eught him,

he was climbing

over

the

gardetr dau

The

police

c|uSli ...........

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f)

ICs not

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fault.

g)

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police quire

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thek Ms@et the

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Califomisn omithologists?

c)

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peregrin€

falcons in Califomia

in dange of extinction?

d) What etrectdo

you

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with the dp $siotl'upon

which the

peregrine

ines'

Gines

36-37)?

e)

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your

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phrase

'sclapes

rogether'

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45).

f)

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did ohithologists rhink

the

peregrines

would have a better

chmce of suFival

in

g)

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against the oil €xecutive's

window sulvive?

h) Apart from skyscapers,

what orher duger(s) do

the bilds have to avoid?

i) Explain

the senience

They

make wily urbM

hurers'

(lines

74-75).

j)

W}ly were otnithologists

both

pleased

ard wonied

lasi Malch?

k) How have

city

pieeons

ieuned io dcape

aftacks from

peregrines?

l) Explain the

phase

'litrered

with scraps'

line

111).

n) Wlly,

accolding to the write , were

the

pereednes

still tahing

in DDT?

n) How did the

peregrines

react to beins

given

subsiitute

young?

o) In one

paragraph

of 50-100

words, slll]muise th€ experiment

being carried our

in

Los Angeles to save he

peregrine

fal@n, and

give

a

bridindication of its success

o

failue .

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PAPER

4: LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Time: lpprox. J0minures

Fir6t

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sch@1.

3

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Snesr

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at leasi fou

plays.

5

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comedy.

6 His tust

novet won a litefty

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7 The Headmaster

once diticised the guest's English.

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19 Wnar does he Miter tell us about his

meeting with the wmd?

A Ir was alralged long before.

B It was to do with a

rftdt confersce.

C It had been

tued the dght before.

D It wasa LhmceocLursce.

20 W}len

they had fnished luch,

A the womm idsisted otr

paying

for ihem borh.

B they had

to walk dom the muddy hotel footpath.

C the

rn n foed vdy linle to tdk about.

D they

walkedby the .iver md reminisceL

21

V,har do we lean abour th€ womuh English?

A

It improved durirg rhe aftanoon.

B lr bad oot ihproved sinR fieir lastneeting.

C It was Btill excelldt.

D

Ir had improved since they last met.

22 W}len the womu invited the wdte

home wiih her,

A he alreedy kl€w her mother

had died.

B he had already started

Baying

gmdbye.

C they were

.hirhine cognsc Dear the squre.

D it was already evening.

23 Vhat

did the write 6ad uDusual about the

little

gi l?

A She

spoke Chinese.

B She came

n 'lmoriced.

C She looked innocent.

D She spoke

in

an

umotioMl way.

24 Alrhoueb he had once knolt

ihe woIl6 very weU, the miter

A spoke

only a little Chinese.

B h.d never m€t her moihe .

C lailed lo re@gnise the

little

girl.

D had forgotten a

lot about her.


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i i ) When got my edundancyot ice, d idn ' l e l ieve . l justd dnl b€

ev€ t . kn€w

ihef Inrwas ay ing

eop

e of f ,bui d idn ' t thnk 'dbeoreof ihem.

l reral l , l 'd een

there of sornethng like 25

years,

and l'd only

usi

been

promoted

o rln a n€w

Apprent iceTralngSchemetheywere anning o s lar t p.Oh, lgotqu tegood

red ndancymoney, ut i ' l be vefydi f f icu l t or me o

get

another

ob.

3 Th tableshaushepaJt\esthatdrlfetensnupsaJaork.rsifltheUKhalercEheddutinsthe

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gloup

of worlefi

havehad

rhe largest

ay

rkes?'ff y,

do

you

think?

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he

etrect n $epublic ofcertainpay isesl

Cost

ofcoodsjserviccs rc.)

How do such

pay

risescomparewith ihose n

you

counuy?

4 Votk ifl

pairs.

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lat

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dnarher cpatt an

paee

53.

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laur

partner

dbautt in

J)our

unuatds.Tellhin or her

tuhat

iou

thiflk dbout he tupti.ations f the eport

afl.] ask

o/

h ot het co"maus.

Past reat.

Studt 1t careiull , Ihet be

prepaftd

to .lis.us

the ropXs and

qu^tians

b.|otu.

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8 7 15.8

Train

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im nor to

go

ro ork, bnt io

r€ortu

home.Whcn he told rheft

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dct*nined to go on the night shjft, they

beath'm a.oud lhe headand

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lhe

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o wo.k agaln

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12 Durjng

Queen

Elizabeth's

. . .

-., Britain's

role in the

itoild has chdged

A ru l ig

B mona-Ln)

C rcrgn

D .orona. ior

13 A

soido

handshake

my have a

. . .

etrect when one

is deah rhe

blow of

A @shioning

B

pillowing

C carpeting

D artaining

14 The baby at

the csrre of the

conroversy

hasbeenmadea

. ...

- ofcourt.

A

proseny

B child C

ProrCg6

D ward

15 The

late Rev- Ivor

Jones

wilt be - .

russed-

A sadly B

uhappily C

resrettably D deeplv

16 The

removal of magtines

from this

room is srictly

A discou.aged

B foibidden

C dererred

D illicit

1? The

goverment may be orccd o.

-. -.. their

privarisation

lus

for the

time

A shelve

B implment C

so

6lead with

D cecei

Ia His commdts. - . . . . . . . lirde oi no relation o the factsmd figuresof the casc.

A

rflect B

give

C beai D

posse$

19 I was

awakered arly

n the morniugby

the i..

. ofsheep

n the ieldsoutside

A

baying B braying

C neishing

D bleating

20 I must co.fes

I was . . . .

. . . . . myself with

rage.

A above

B oulside C

beside D beyond

21 To

all intenrsand .

. . . . . . .

-

rhe

estimates ic identical-

A mesings

B dealinss C

concepls D

puposes

22

"11\e

20

year

policy

wodd be a

sood

investmetrt,'

said the

insudce agent'

.

you

wasted

to cash t in within

the firet aen

vears.'

A even though

B in case

C even if

D lesr

2 3

I h a v e a . . .

. - . . . .h c a d a c h e .

A spitting

B raving C

spliuins D

bunins

24 The

imposirionof maftia1

aw has been

ac.ompanied v

d after-dark

A

remand B cuifew

C reccssion

D cusrody

25 You. .

. . . . . . us o bel ieve

hatseFice

d V.A.T. would

be nc luded

A tlicked

B iet C made

D led

Sectiotr B

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uhi.h

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fx

best. Fot each

quest;a4

26 to 10,

indicate oa

vou

aDswer sheet

tnd tutel

A, B, C ot

D aeahn the nunber

oJ he

qtesti.n

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passose

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2a

Jmes

thought it was all righr ro ieaveSwer\ cow ill nexr dai becausc

A that was whar Siccflied had advised-

B

Slmner

had

said herc wasno urgclcy.

C he knew he could do nothing to save he mimal.

D Sumnernevcr

paid

his biUson dme.

The inpressionJanes sivesof Siesfried s that of

A a fairly easy-goins,

cnclous

mployer.

B someonea$er

pompous

and upredicrable.

C a conscientious ut senileo1dmm.

D an insuflerable,yramical bo$.

'You

mus aftend', n rhe conrexrof dE

pa$age,

meMs:

A You must follow vour conscience.

B You must use

your powen

of discretion.

C You mDst

go

oui whenever

you

,re called.

D You must

pay

closeattention

at ail times.

29

l(r

necono passage

In rhe immcdiare

post-war yeas,

rhc ciry of BirmiDgham schedlled

some 50,000 small

working classcottlges as slums due for demol ition.

'foday

that

process

s nearly complete. Yer

itis clea than

quite

apart from any

question

oflacej m environmental

problem

rmains. The

expecladonbuill inlo rhc

plminspolicics

of 1945ses that in the foreseeable uture

the city

would bea bencr

place

o livcin. But now rhat slum clearancehas

un its courselrheresems to

be univereal agreement that ihe toral envircnmdt

where the slums once stood is more

depressing the ever.

For the

past

tcn

years

the slum clearanceareas

hlve looked like bomb sites.The buildings

andplaceswhichsuvive doso onislandsida

seaofrubbleandash. V,hs rhe slums werethcrc

they supported a orgmic community

life

@d

elch

building,

each actitity, flfted in as

part

of

the whole. Bur now thar rhey have beetr destloyed, nothing meaningful

appears ro remain, or

rather those activities which do

so

on do trot scem ro have any meaningful

relation to the

place.

They happen there because t is d empry stage which no-one

is using my moie.

Typical ofthe iue -city inthis sense

s

the

Birmingham

City

Football Ground. slandinsin

dsplendid isolation on what is noiv wasreldd on rhe edse of Small Heath,

ir

brinss

into the

area a srage army on rwetrry or so saruldays a

year

who

come and cheer

dd then

go

away asain

with little concem

my more for the

place

where they have done iheir cheeiing. Evcn thcrr

however,have revolted recently.

'The

eround'says

the leadd ofLl1e evol 'is a slum', thus

pufting

his 6nger on the fact that the demolirion ofhouses deares iather rhaD solves

problems

A new element has now come lpon the scene in the inrei-cirr in the

form

ofthe

tower block.

Somehow tdoesll seem o be what Lc Corbusic r odrbeploners

who wrotethoseposr tar

Pelicans ntended-

Thepublic

spaces

either haven't

yet

beed devetoped or are more meanly

conceived, and dE corddors and lifrs are places of horroi. In fact rbese placeswere always

suspect.Thcy had oo legitimacy inthe minds ofthe

public

s

suburbad fmily housing had,

md those who wele

placed

there

felt that they had

been

cheated. Aiong wirh the decaying

elemenrs,

herdore, that which had been conceived as

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B

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Occupational

herapist

If

-\'oucan

oleratesmellylccr,hepublicbelief

rhat

ou

arcoDll a coft cltrerand,

to

quotc

one cliropodist. "the blue rirsed matrons

who belleve

hat they can

gel

away

wlth

putting

sizc cight fee

inlo size fivc

winklepickere", his

is one of lhc more

a|rractive

para

medic.l carccrs.Tirere

s a

nationwidcshorlageof

qualined

leoplc:

a

high

professionaleiiremcnt ate n the

near

fulure,

growing public

corscrousness

f

footcare. Dd he

nationalcrazebr

jogging

are ikely o increase pportunities

vcr tlt

next decadc.Chiropodlsts

reat tcct,

pre-

scribe hc recessary

ppllances nd so e-

timcsnake then,

thoughmythjng bu lbe

mostmino. surgerymusl

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C

Veterinary urgeon

' ' tcan

isew.kni t ,d.awormakecuddlytoys. '

said

oneoccupational

berapist espcrately.

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asociarions

with

basketwork

n bleak

oons

in hospilal

amexes.Mode.n lherapy

s 1iu

noresophisricatedj

ts

general

ricf s ohelp

people

ho s.e

handicappcd r recovenng

iron se.loN mcntd or

physical

llnc$

(in-

cludingalcoholism

r drug depetdence)

o

adapt 1o

nomal life- As well

as devlsing

connes o ercrcise ody

and mltrd.occupa-

tlonal hcrapislseach

peoplc

ow o live

n

wheelchairs r to work

with onc am.

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ith opc.aling ashing

machines, ookers

and lathes

than wjth

D

Dietitian

Veterinary cicncesoneollhemostcompeti

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entry a cw

ycars

ago. here

ere f,veappljcatrrsor each flhe

335annualplace .

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ycar

ourse

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Fhjlc docton specialise n p.tiicula.

bfanches fh unan

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ali aspects

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isms.That is thc rttracrio .

as well as the

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physiciar.

surgcoD. adiographerand

all,

lbllowjng the case

hrotreh iom stari to

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rlslng

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ocal and

seli_

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endcd o

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as

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bodjeswhoshould

e kept

outof

hamh

way n lhe

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narted

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public

stillalsunes

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nain

job

is advisi.g

people

how o

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s only a

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PAPER 2: COM?OSITION

Time: 2 hours

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I

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opinion that

television

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nqs, but

also nfluences

he nfls'

(About

350 words)

2 Slgsesr

some ways

in which edLcaiion

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be imploved

in

vour

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350

3

Write a short

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tlEfs how

I fnallv succeeded

overcoming

my fea of spidds-'

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4 You de

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in e

English

newspaper

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your

coutry

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300

wordo

Courier

Wanted

conditions

will be sent

by retum.

R€cognised

nglish

anguageschool

on

south coast

of England

requires,

for July

and Auglrst,

a courier

to accompany

groups

of stud€nts

(ages 12 17) travelling

to and from courses

at the school.

The

successful

applicani

must

have a

good

command of

English

and must

speak at

least wo

oth€r

Europear ianguages

luent-

ly. He or

shemust also

havehad

experience

in dealing

with

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youth

kaining work, etc.) andbe conversartwlth

aI kinds

oft.avel and

tavel arrangements.

Please

pply n wdting,

giving

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lum vitae and

qualifications. Full applica-

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and details

re rcmuneration

and

5

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oh the

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ro meet hen.

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whole week

smbathrng.

c)

e)

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doubt

whether fiis

will work.

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always found it

very difrolt to

learn English.

difrcdty

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of

giving

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f)

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c)

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told

me to say exacdy

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a)

The wire suggesrs

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this dav ad age

we might not

attogether

aglee wiih Plato\

desdiprion

of

prodigies

as

'chil.ben

of

gold'

vhv?

b)

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phrtse

'a

piping

r@diiion'

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5

6).

c)

V&ile both are

exmpies of child

prodigies' how are the three

vear_old

and

the l3-veu_

old

girls

ditrelent?

d)

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know that Ruth\

genius

was

lpotted eulv'?

e)

Whar efiect

could being sepdated

from chil.lren

of her

oM age have

on Rurh?

f)

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you

tnink the Mitd

chose o use

the word

'vaulted'

(line

16)?

s)

Why does the

witer say that

'Ruth

is sqrcelv

aiead of schedxle'

(lines

17 l8)?

h) According

to Anira Sffaker,

that happens

to math€maticies

itr their

lare Menties?

i) Why

is it suggested

har it is easier

or chitdren to

be

plodjgies in mths' compurers

asd

music

thm in moy

oiher subjects?

j)

Mike

Hamaoka and

Eugene Volokh

de

quoted

as examples

of- what?

k) Explain he pbrase aken on o the payroll'(line 29).

l) \vhy

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have bed

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m)

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wav might

precocitv

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=

an unusuallv

earlv developmest

of miid or

bodv) be

'a

liability'

(iine

36)

n) Erplain

in

your

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pnrase

'pushv

show-biz

mms'

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39)

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in 50

100 words whtt

the

pa$age

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Is there some

spordng activity

that you've longed to try . . .

. . . but n€verquite known howto

go

about

organising

it? I{you have, now'syour

chance

-

b€caus€all

you

hav€ to do is mak€

your

choice,

book

your

we€k€nd,

and leave the rest to

us. All

prices

include 2 nights' bed and br€aldast.

PARACTIUIING

It tak€s a sp€cial

sort of

nerve

to

parachute

-

but it's an

exhila6-

ting €xperience. Based at

either

Basingstoke or l€yland,

Vou

can

take

a 2-day iraining course at a British

Parachute Association approved

Ptice: Basingstoke

96,

including

hire of alt €quipm€nt,

and

1st

jump.

Izyland

€85,

€xcluding

boots, over-

alls, but including 1st

jump.

MOTORNACING

Do

you

fancy

yourself

as a budding

Niki Lauda?

Now's

your

chance o see t

you've

got

the

nelv€ lor motor ncing: take

a 2-hour course of assessment at

Silverstone Racing School. Driv€

either a race-prepared MG Maestro

or a single-s€at€r Formula Ford.

The course is available at Odord or

Warwick. Pricq €73

7

Th h

Jton

an'A.rixit HatidaJ)s' brarhwe.

Stu.l ir cateiulb dnd then be

?tepared

to .titct$

the

qustions

anti tapics belou.

If

you

could ailord it, or someone

save

you

the money, which s ouid

you

choose? Why?

V,hat sporr

(orhei

the the two above) would

you

like to tiy? \vhy?

V,har spoils are

popular

in

your

own cobtry? Are there any

'new'

spoirs?

4

Work in

srcups

of rhree. vau arc rhe tonnirtue tet?.rsible

Jar

arsdniine an intercollese

Sptts Mutins. Tada' t 25th

Sdnudr':

the sport neerine is set

Jor

27th March.

Bela@ t the dserda

shhs

details lhar tu$t be de.ided at I he caunittee neetiry. Yot tedchet

uiry tell

)ta,

uhi.h iten

ls )

jou

ar. r.sponsibb

for.

Mdke not.s drd be

prepdted

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laur

tuesestiats o the ten oI the cannrtee

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10 l{sc s the alher ir.ensar the deenda).

INTER-COLLEGE

PORTSMEETING

CommineeMeet ing: 5th

January

1 Venue

nd ime:at oneol the Co

eges? r on

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aci ies hat

wi be needed e g. changing ooms)7Mornins? i ternoon? r a l lday?

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ol leges,

r logeneralpub

c?Free?Orcharge

lor seats? f

so,

pr

ce?)

(Any prizes?

f so, what, and how to

purchase?)

3 Proced re or entri€s:

rod

ction ofentrylorms,latestentry ates, tc.Any need

for

qua

fy ing olnds? f so, n

which events, nd when andwhere?

4 Officials: ecruit stldents

and

lecturerc

fom dffefeni coleges? Or rnpartal

outsiders rom

sportsclubs?

5 Any other

busjness.

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12 The ringlader was e*remely

lucky to

set

. . . . . . . . . a suspended semence.

A away B though to

C otr with D rhroush

13 .... - . . . . .

you

aren't

sugge$irg rhar wher he did w8s n any way defensible?

A Certainly B Probably C Undoubtedly D Surely

14 Most

prices

have

befl . in the fnal days of our cledece sale.

A tatd down B dininished C declined D slashed

15 This dnain material

. . . . . . . . easily.

A hmss irself B bends

C makes rself D

qeases.

1 6 I f . . . . . . . . . i n M a r c h , t h e y s h o u l d s i v e y o u a h o s r o f s p l e n d i d b l o o m s a f e w m o m h s

A installed B €nhed

C dug D

pldred

17 Unfortunately it .ll . . . . . -

.

.

. to whether we cm atrord ir.

A boils doM B Educes

C sums up D dngs up

18

She

is

capable of . . . . . . - - . sarcasmwhd she

puts

her mind

to

it.

A

s

iljng

B shdpening C slicing D biting

19

We havebeenable o use hese pl{did

premises

his evening y . . . . -....ofihe

Headmaster dd

governors.

A @urresy B tha*s

C

pefrission

D allowmce

20 Those acting for

the defodanr

propose

to appeal

. the senrence.

A ro B

against C for D our

2l The doctors

have doubdes done alt they

canj . . . . . . . . . thaCs rhe implession I

A moreover

B a.leasr C neveitheless

D tulrhermore

22 Her

polirical

ltue

i5 now hanginBby a .

A rope B

cord C shing D rhread

23 Ihaveno. . . . . . . - . for sel f -opio ionatedeopleikehim-

A time B ifferest

C

@e D

patieoce

24 . . . . . . . . . regards sport

dd 1*ure lcriviries, our two outries appear

o have itrle

A How B lqhar C As D

Vith

25 This is rhe last rime I

. m *ercise Like rhisl

A do B did C have done D

would do

Secrion B

tq,h

Sectifulou@ittfind aJtereath

oJ e

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nMb.r ol

questioa

or unJi,nhed

sratenats

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fo*

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@|ts oJ

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your

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30

Thc London

se,son of 1980

proved

that Chinese liims of drc

People's Republic era

A dcalt solely

with agricultunl dd manial |hemes.

B were better |he man Wesiein films ofrhe samc cra.

C \rerc inf$ior ro

the

Shanghai

30s and 40s

pro.luctrons.

l ) . , u l J d l d J n " i n ,

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f i r \ l a , L ,

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roo i , . le ha. bc.n donc roo Jr . bJ rh c

\x/c{ .

B some films havc srill not

lound then sa]' out of China.

C Western

cnlema

soers

are still rurher ignordi.

D drere are no individual ralenrs n Chlncsc cincma.

The new seaso i

Januarr

and

Fcbnary will be special be.ause lr lvlll

A show

more films from the fifties-

B include

premieres

of some Westerns.

C

be d1e second held l London.

D be suppoired by ihe Chinese.

I watcbcd as

Dr I'n

Srcad,

the archaeotogist n

charge of rhe etca .tion,

besd .arefully removins

the

pear

wirh a clay modcl

ling rool. X-iays taken

through dre box

wliie itwas

at rhe hospiial rcvcaled ribs,

backbone,

am bones dd a

skull

(apparently

wirh frac

turer.

However, rhe bones

showed up only faintly be

cause acid

in the

peat

had

redoved minerals fiom

Using

rhe X-rays, Stead

sErrcd o what

he thought

misht be

a leg. By his side

was

P$fe$or Fra.l<

O1dfield,

of LiverpooL

Universiry, e expc.t o

pear

who could

identify

vegetrtion

fiom stems only

a fracdon ofaD inch lons.

"Similar

bodies fodd in

bogs in Demark show

slgns of a violer dea.h,"

Srcad said.

"h

is

e$ential

for us ro

be able to distin

glish

between the

pianr

fi

bres n

peat

and cloLring or a

piece

of ropc

which mieht

Se.ond

passage

have been used to hang

Occasionaily, Old{icld

would

pop

a small

piece

of

pcat

in his mourh ro clcan it

and then exarnining t with

a m.gnifying

gla$,

ivould

prorounce

uPon ttre sPe

cies.

"Crdb.ry

srems

jn

thc

pca.

around thc bodl

suggestthallrlar ioa

pool

of

waler," he sald. "Then rhe

pool

sradually

silted up,

cotton sedce

grew

in itj and

nnally heather

grew

on rop

of

dre

bodyj

forming a

As Slead continued his

gcntlc probing,

a brown

leathery

limb

began to

ma-

teialise midst the

pedtt

but

nor uril mosr of ir was

exposed could hc and Rob-

ert Comolly, a physical an

thropolosist ar Ljvcrpool

Univesitr, decide

that it

was an dm- Beside r was a

smail

piece

of animal fur

-

perhaps

Lhe remains of

Folloning the lbrearm

doirn inro the

pear,

Sread

found a brotra shiny objcct

and tbc ,

cl{xe by, tqo

morc. At

first

they

looked

likchazelnuts.

Seenunder a

magnii'ins

gtass.

thoughJ

he sudden\ reaLiscd thel

wcrcfingernajls "beauti

fuuy manicurcd and

rvith-

our a s-arch

on them," he

"Most

people

at rhis rime

in rhe llon Age were fam

ersj bur

wjth fingernails like

that,

this

person

can'i have

bed- He mighr hale been

a

pliest

or d aristocrar,"

Especially delicate

wo*

was required

to releal d1e

head. On

|he rhird day, a

curly sidebum appeared

dd, shordy afterwards,

a

mousrachc.

At first it

seemed

that rhe man had

been balding but gradla1ly

he

was sed to have closc-

cropped hairr about an

inch

or two long,

"The

hair wrs

piobably

cut

widr a nzor or

shcars scrssors

were not

nn'ented until larer," Sr cad

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Thiid

pa$age

Grafuar, spelljng,

and rhetusr rime in Brirish stare ac.hieveconpetenceinorhci

pdctuation

should

be educltion. ltr the document

lcarDiog, muchofwhichft

bloughr back to tle fo re- i]le inspectors

ourlioc a ris- lies on the abiliry to read,

ro

front in teaching Elglish

ro orous

pro$me

of targets

dis@$, aod ro record in

schoolplpils,accordinsroa for aU pupils in two of rhe wiring."

coqsulradvc docdent three Rs: readinc and

The consultative docu-

published

todar

by rhe wriring.

men.isrhcf,rsrinanuber

Schools Inspecrorate. Thedocmentsa rs:

"Ifa

of sihild

proposals

ro bc

The doclmenq

Enelish basic lcvcl of ineracy and

plblished

by rhe Deparr

fran

Fi"e ta Sitteen, sets

he

articulatenes is not attained

menr of Edlcation and Sci,

pattern

for agreed

objec- br lhc agc of scven, ir be ence

duling rhc nexr few

tives iq

English reaching for comes very diliicult to

momhs.

MILESTONES

N

ENGLISH

ThcinspectoN sugges

hdt thc

pnpils

shonld have achieved he

folloling

at cach slage

of

their

scLool carccr:

By the ase of 7

Listening:

ary oli slniple. eardinst.ucliolsr

ndestard slnple

oral rlbrmiiionj keep isteninE

ttcltjvell forreasonabl engthy

pe.iodsi

ollowand

renember

an uncompljcatcdtoryi espond ()

Speaking: peak

lea.lyaDdaudibly; aftale elenls:

explainFhat

they

arc doing: dis.trs \rllh

other clildrc ; expres feelings o

adnlts; ask rclevdt qucslionsj

descnbe

whdt thcy havc scenj

conve'sc

ollidetrtly.

Reading: ndenland abels. otccs.and

writlen nsIruction\: ead

slmtle

sroies, h)mcs. rlbmation

palsaees:

Dow hc alph.bel,

con$'ll dictjona.ie ;

cnioy booksr nse books as inio.mrtio

w r j r i n s : c b l e o J e l . i ' - | l . $ r i , c . r ' o n i \ p c e n c .1 r o \ r

and

loctr,vj

ll* {riting to

pictu.es,

gralhs.

and

plansj

recbrd

inlrstigations:wriLe

sinrplcstorjes nd infornial eLLe.s.

escrip-

Bv the ase

of

I 1

A1l

puli]s

should be'abie Lo

e;bafk on secondaq, chooling

''wjthout

hindrance

r

haDdicap

i linexisticablllly

Listening:

Hcaf fairly complex nst.uctions,

nd carry them

oul:

ibllos slory

plots

or broadcast

laysj

espond

o

loctry.

Spe*ing: Speak wilh

e\prcssion and sensitivity1() islencfs

responscr

howsome blllty o malch

vocabulary, ynlaxandstyle

to varloussituations:

onvcsc confidently nd

leasantly;

ramc

Reading: ave brmed hehabitof voltrnta.y ndsuslaincdcadjne

for

pleasu.e

nd Dibnnltio4 know how to nrd books

n

library.

Writing: Descibe

perronal

eelings,

lioughrs,and exleriences:

prodnce

ilid innglnalivewrldng.

ac.uratc ccoftlitrg,

ersuasive

irrnine. ibmal lellers;

havc coDtrol over

lynLai. and

good

handlriiirg.

AboutLangneg.:Rlles ofstelling vowels

ndcoDsonaris, ouns,

pronouns.

crbs.

adjectives, dverbs.

lalenents,

uesliors,

om-

nards,

exclahalions. uliccland objecl. nd emesjsbouldallbe

uscdand uldersrood.

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E\'GLISi1

(pascs

1tl-13)

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nnd a nofe dedicaled

wolker han Mrj

Jorcs

3 al stated rr sh.uld

luve finGhed

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o rcgisr.r rf vn. {d} ro

rcgisi&;xno areplamilg ro r.gisi*

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q'ise

not to

f) [ad

(already]

atenihad rinred ealiirs

4 r) r don'tranr ro be dhtlrbed.

b)

HetooL dre c.npanj r. con.t.n rhe

rrounds

drat he hrd beenurlairl dnmirsedo'

because e feh

ne hrd bdennntuirly dismissed.

.l Therc\ cv.ry likclihoodi.han.cipossibility

d) The Conmiftee\

lreference

Fxs for $e

tus

proposal

o/ The ComDritlee rFressed

rrreferen.e

nr lh. tirn

proposil.

cj t rc,lly must

scr

down o xlsncrilg r11

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rourself.iY.u.e

rot L. blrd..

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3nd ider\ dcl

..nhni sn.nllt b. thc s:mc.

rl tl Erd dis$*cn irs os relledion

fo.

a rirlL

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.) Thet afe beirg $*dii'

rois.ncd

by DD1,

r.hemical rvhich mrkcs i]lcir. gs too lmgile.

d) rlc trics ro make rhe

bhd v,und alnon

huma., dine bu4 ildlsr.xdLbnd} used

f.r

pco 'l.i

ir also iDFlies a selecl

diel.

e) Makes

trirh dific LI lrod bits rd

p1cc.s

s.nr.l\cd lrom dr

groud.

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piEeois

sluld nor ture

the rox,.

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(:xliturnie

.odnt

gl

Irresiin.d cor$cioustre$

jus

in tine

to nr

up xsdr irncad olbein8 enas]1edxganrst he

il lhey are sufi.iindn

clevcr and.lfflng to

rl

lhc {crc

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at dre risht.lil) . esgs

ir dr f.l.on\ nes, ror.ied rne.

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close r,h.

g-und.

l) alov.r.d rldr rhc rcmains ofleorle s

m*ls.

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s. rhc

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.ould orl: caich migrdins

birds,

poisoned trirh DDT.

nt lhcy ldoarc.t drcm and rieaied rhem a

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tirej afe beirg

.i$neJ

wnh d\.ough d.ir

fo.d,

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tilcons n.rc be.n brought Dro

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b teeJ dfi

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plgcols.

l hcy ue

obserled. d at times acrilcl\

asisl.d {trh

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darser

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lute

also

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are

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oi

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