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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on Reading Passage 3 on the following pages.

Questions 27-32

Reading Passage 3 has six paragraphs, A-F.

Choose the correct heading for paragraphs A-F from the list of headings below.

Write the correct number, i-vii, in boxes 27-32 on your answer sheet.

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List of Headings

i. Differences between languages highlight their impressiveness

ii. The way in which a few sounds are organised to convey a huge range of meaning

iii. Why the sounds used in different languages are not identical

iv. Apparently incompatible characteristics of language

v. Even silence can be meaningful

vi. Why language is the most important invention of all

vii. The universal ability to use language

27. Paragraph A

28. Paragraph B

29. Paragraph C

30. Paragraph D

31. Paragraph E

32. Paragraph F

Questions 33-36

Complete the summary using the list of words, A-G, below.

Write the correct letter, A-G, in boxes 33-36 on your answer sheet.

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The importance of language

The wheel is one invention that has had a major impact on 33 ____________ aspects of life, but no impact has been as 34 ____________ as that of language. Language is very 35 ____________, yet composed of just a small number of sounds.

Language appears to be 36 ____________ to use. However, its sophistication is often overlooked.

• A. difficult
• B. complex
• C. original
• D. admired
• E. material
• F. easy
• G. fundamental

Questions 37-40

Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in Reading Passage 3?

In boxes 37-40 on your answer sheet, write

• YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer
• NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer
• NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

37. Human beings might have achieved their present position without language.

38. The Port-Royal grammarians did justice to the nature of language.

39. A complex idea can be explained more clearly in a sentence than in a single word.

40. The Sumerians were responsible for starting the recording of events.

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Reading Passage 3, Questions 27-40

27. vi
28. iv
29. ii
30. vii
31. i
32. v
33. E
34. G
35. B
36. F
37. NO
38. YES
39. NOT GIVEN
40. YES