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Questions 1-6

Complete the notes below.

Choose ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 1-6 on your answer sheet.

Wildfires

  • Characteristics of wildfires and wildfire conditions today compared to the past:

    • occurrence: more frequent
    • temperature: hotter
    • speed: faster
    • movement: 1 __________ more unpredictably
    • size of fires: 2 __________ greater on average than two decades ago
  • Reasons wildfires cause more damage today compared to the past:

    • rainfall: 3 __________ average
    • more brush to act as 4 __________
    • increase in yearly temperature
    • extended fire 5 __________
    • more building of 6 __________ in vulnerable places

Questions 7-13

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?

In boxes 7-13 on your answer sheet, write

  • TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
  • FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
  • NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
  1. The amount of open space in California has diminished over the last ten years.
  2. Many experts believe California has made little progress in readying itself to fight fires.
  3. Personnel in the past have been criticised for mishandling fire containment.
  4. California has replaced a range of firefighting tools.
  5. More firefighters have been hired to improve fire-fighting capacity.
  6. Citizens and government groups disapprove of the efforts of different states and agencies working together.
  7. Randy Jacobs believes that loss of life from fires will continue at the same levels, despite changes made.

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Reading Passage 1, Questions 1-13

  1. spread
  2. 10/ten times
  3. below
  4. fuel
  5. seasons
  6. homes/housing
  7. TRUE
  8. FALSE
  9. TRUE
  10. TRUE
  11. NOT GIVEN
  12. FALSE
  13. FALSE