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Questions 27-30

Reading Passage 3 has seven paragraphs A-G.
From the list of headings below choose the most suitable headings for paragraphs B-E.
Write the appropriate numbers (i-viii) in boxes 27-30 on your answer sheet.

NB There are more headings than paragraphs, so you will not use them all.

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List of Headings

i. A truly international environment
ii. Once a port city, always a port city
iii. Good ports make huge profits
iv. How the port changes a city's infrastructure
v. Reasons for the decline of ports
vi. Relative significance of trade and service industry
vii. Ports and harbours
viii. The demands of the oil industry

27. Paragraph B
28. Paragraph C
29. Paragraph D
30. Paragraph E

Questions 31-34

Look at the following descriptions (Questions 31-34) of some port cities mentioned in Reading Passage.

Match the pairs of cities (A-H) listed below with the descriptions.
Match the appropriate letters A-H in boxes 31-34 on your answer sheet.

NB There are more pairs of port cities than descriptions, so you will not use them all.

31. required considerable harbour development
32. began as ports but other facilities later dominated
33. lost their prominence when large ships could not be accommodated
34. maintain their business centres near the port waterfront

A. Bombay and Buenos Aires
B. Hong Kong and Salem
C. Istanbul and Jakarta
D. Madras and Colombo
E. New York and Bristol
F. Plymouth and Melaka
G. Singapore and Yokohama
H. Surat and London

Questions 35-40

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 3?
In boxes 35-40 on your answer sheet write

• YES if the statement agrees with the information
• NO if the statement contradicts the information
• NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this in the passage

35. Cities cease to be port cities when other functions dominate.

36. In the past, many port cities did more trade within their own country than with overseas ports.

37. Most people in a port city are engaged in international trade and finance.

38. Ports attract many subsidiary and independent industries.

39. Ports have to establish a common language of trade.

40. Ports often have river connections.

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Reading Passage 3, Questions 27-40

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