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Questions 28-33

The text on pages 72 and 73 has six sections, A-F.

Choose the correct heading for each section from the list of headings below.

Write the correct number, i-viii, in boxes 28-33 on your answer sheet.

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List of Headings

i. Gaining public recognition ii. Reasons for continuing to make the long journey iii. A disappointment followed by desirable outcomes iv. The main stages of the plan v. A growth in the number of natural predators vi. Increasing threats vii. A very unusual feature of these birds viii. Cautious optimism

28. Section A

29. Section B

30. Section C

31. Section D

32. Section E

33. Section F

Questions 34-37

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

Write the correct letter in boxes 34-37 on your answer sheet.

34. What was the main purpose of the international expedition?

• A. to add sandpiper eggs to an international frozen egg bank
• B. to maintain a small group of sandpipers for future generations
• C. to make an audiovisual record of the Russian sandpiper colony
• D. to protect a colony of wild sandpipers through a breeding season

35. What do we learn about the drop in the sandpiper population?

• A. The birds are increasingly being hunted on their way north to Russia.
• B. Scientists are managing to reduce deaths from netting considerably.
• C. Efforts are being made to protect some of their coastal habitat sites.
• D. Economic growth is one of the underlying causes of the decline.

36. Which feeling did the writer express when the sandpiper chicks hatched?

• A. relief that his long wait was over
• B. surprise at the sound of their song
• C. worry about birds of the same species
• D. amazement that they could walk so soon

37. The writer describes the sandpipers' unit at WWT Slimbridge to emphasise

• A. how much care is being devoted to their welfare.
• B. how much money is being spent on the project.
• C. his surprise at how fragile the young birds are.
• D. his confidence in the technology available.

Questions 38-40

Complete the summary below.

Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the text for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 38-40 on your answer sheet.

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The life cycle of the spoon-billed sandpiper

In early spring, spoon-billed sandpipers return to their breeding grounds in Russia in the area known as 38 ............... . Although the weather there is often very harsh to begin with, there are obvious advantages to the sandpipers. There is above all a plentiful supply of 39 ............... , and this makes it possible for the sandpiper chicks to develop well. The lack of 40 ............... is another definite advantage. As a result, a good proportion of the chicks grow up to face the long flight to the South-East Asian coasts.

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Section 3, Questions 28-40

28. vii
29. iv
30. ii
31. vi
32. iii
33. viii
34. B
35. D
36. C
37. A
38. tundra
39. insects
40. predators