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Questions 1-7

Use the information in the text to match the people (listed A-E) with the opinions (listed 1-7) below. Write the appropriate letter (A-E) in boxes 1-7 on your answer sheet. Some people match more than one opinion.

A Dr Broca
B Dr Brinkman
C Geschwind and Galaburda
D Charles Moore
E Professor Turner

  1. Human beings started to show a preference for right-handedness when they first developed language.
  2. Society is prejudiced against left-handed people.
  3. Boys are more likely to be left-handed.
  4. After a stroke, left-handed people recover their speech more quickly than right-handed people.
  5. People who suffer strokes on the left side of the brain usually lose their power of speech.
  6. The two sides of the brain develop different functions before birth.
  7. Asymmetry is a common feature of the human body.

Questions 8-10

Using the information in the passage, complete the table below. Write your answers in boxes 8-10 on your answer sheet.

Percentage of children left-handed
One parent left-handed, One parent right-handed... (8) ...
Both parents left-handed... (9) ...
Both parents right-handed... (10) ...

Questions 11-12

Choose the appropriate letters A-D and write them in boxes 11 and 12 on your answer sheet.

11 A study of monkeys has shown that

  • A monkeys are not usually right-handed.
  • B monkeys display a capacity for speech.
  • C monkey brains are smaller than human brains.
  • D monkey brains are asymmetric.

12 According to the writer, left-handed people

  • A will often develop a stammer.
  • B have undergone hardship for years.
  • C are untrustworthy.
  • D are good tennis players.

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Reading Passage 1 - Right and left-handedness in humans

  1. B
  2. D
  3. C
  4. B
  5. A
  6. C
  7. E
  8. 15-20%
  9. 40%
  10. 6%
  11. D
  12. B