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Questions 14-18
Reading Passage 2 has five sections, A-E.
Which section contains the following information?
Write the correct letter, A-E, in boxes 14-18 on your answer sheet.
NB You may use any letter more than once.
14. a reference to a type of tomato that can resist a dangerous infection
15. an explanation of how problems can arise from focusing only on a certain type of tomato plant.
16. a number of examples of plants that are not cultivated at present but could be useful as food sources
17. a comparison between the early domestication of the tomato and more recent research
18. a personal reaction to the flavour of a tomato that has been genetically edited
Questions 19-23
Look at the following statements (Questions 19-23) and the list of researchers below.
Match each statement with the correct researcher, A-D.
Write the correct letter, A-D, in boxes 19-23 on your answer sheet.
NB You may use any letter more than once.
19. Domestication of certain plants could allow them to adapt to future environmental challenges.
20. The idea of growing and eating unusual plants may not be accepted on a large scale.
21. It is not advisable for the future direction of certain research to be made public.
22. Present efforts to domesticate one wild fruit are limited by the costs involved.
23. Humans only make use of a small proportion of the plant food available on Earth.
List of Researchers
A Jorg Kudla
B Caixia Gao
C Joyce Van Eck
D Jonathan Jones
Questions 24-26
Complete the sentences below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 24-26 on your answer sheet.
24 An undesirable trait such as loss of ................................... may be caused by a mutation in a tomato gene.
25 By modifying one gene in a tomato plant, researchers made the tomato three times its original ................................... .
26 A type of tomato which was not badly affected by ..................................., and was rich in vitamin C, was produced by a team of researchers in China.
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Reading Passage 2, Questions 14-26
- C
- B
- E
- A
- C
- B
- D
- A
- C
- A
- flavour / flavor
- size
- salt