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Questions 27-34

Reading Passage 3 has seven sections, A-G.

Which section contains the following information?

Write the correct letter, A-G, in boxes 27-34 on your answer sheet.

NB You may use any letter more than once.

  1. a reference to books that assume a lack of mathematical knowledge

  2. the way in which this is not a typical book about mathematics

  3. personal examples of being helped by mathematics

  4. examples of people who each had abilities that seemed incompatible

  5. mention of different focuses of books about mathematics

  6. a contrast between reading this book and reading other kinds of publication

  7. a claim that the whole of the book is accessible to everybody

  8. a reference to different categories of intended readers of this book

Questions 35-40

Complete the sentences below.

Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 35-40 on your answer sheet.

  1. Some areas of both music and mathematics are suitable for someone who is a ____________.

  2. It is sometimes possible to understand advanced mathematics using no more than a limited knowledge of ____________.

  3. The writer intends to show that mathematics requires ____________ thinking, as well as analytical skills.

  4. Some books written by ____________ have had to leave out the mathematics that is central to their theories.

  5. The writer advises non-mathematical readers to perform ____________ while reading the book.

  6. A lawyer found that studying ____________ helped even more than other areas of mathematics in the study of law.

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Reading Passage 3, Questions 27-40

  1. D
  2. B
  3. G
  4. C
  5. B
  6. E
  7. A
  8. F
  9. beginner
  10. arithmetic
  11. intuitive
  12. scientists
  13. experiments
  14. theorems