Q 25. One magazine predicted that disposable plates would be used.
Answer:
C 1950s
Part of the passage Par B
The magazine Popular Mechanics did a special feature in
February 1950 entitled, Miracles You’ll See in the Next Fifty Years. Housewives in 50
years may wash dirty dishes-right down the drain Cheap plastic would melt in hot water’.
Q 26. Anew expression for the perfect home was introduced.
Answer:
A 1920s
Part of the passage Par A]:
The term home of tomorrow first came into usage in the
1920s to describe the
‘ideal house
for future living.
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182 DAY 15READING PASSAGE 3Questions 27 – 31Q 27. In paragraph 1, the writer uses the term idle speculation to refer to the study ofAnswer: C when people began to talk.Part of the passage: Pinpointing the origin of language might seem like idle speculation, because sound does not fossilise.Q 28. What does the writer tell us about FOXP2?Answer: D It could have first occurred 200,000 years ago.Part of the passage: FOXP2 in humans differs only slightly from the gene in chimpan-zees, and may be about 200,000 years old, slightly older than the earliest modern hu-mans.Q 29. In paragraph 2, what notion does the writer refer to as being rather silly’?Answer: B That man could travel around the world unable to talk.Part of the passage How could our speechless Homo sapiens ancestors colonize the ancient world, spreading from Africa to Asia, and perhaps making a short sea-crossing to Indonesia, without language?Share with your friends: |
