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Questions 13-15​

Reading Passage 2 has six sections A-F.

Choose the most suitable headings for sections A, B, and D from the list of headings below.

Write the appropriate numbers i-vii in boxes 13-15 on your answer sheet.

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List of Headings

i. Amazonia as unable to sustain complex societies
ii. The role of recent technology in ecological research in Amazonia
iii. The hostility of the indigenous population to North American influences
iv. Recent evidence
v. Early research among the Indian Amazons
vi. The influence of prehistoric inhabitants on Amazonian natural history
vii. The great difficulty of changing local attitudes and practices

  1. Section A
  2. Section B
  3. Section D

Questions 16-21​

Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in Reading Passage 2?

In boxes 16-21 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

  1. The reason for the simplicity of the Indian way of life is that Amazonia has always been unable to support a more complex society.

  2. There is a crucial popular misconception about the human history of Amazonia.

  3. There are lessons to be learned from similar ecosystems in other parts of the world.

  4. Most ecologists were aware that the areas of Amazonia they were working in had been shaped by human settlement.

  5. The indigenous Amazonian Indians are necessary to the well-being of the forest.

  6. It would be possible for certain parts of Amazonia to support a higher population.

Questions 22-25​

Choose the appropriate letters A-D and write them in boxes 22-25 on your answer sheet.

  1. In 1942 the US anthropology student concluded that the Siriono
    A. were unusually aggressive and cruel.
    B. had had their way of life destroyed by invaders.
    C. were an extremely primitive society.
    D. had only recently made permanent settlements.

  2. The author believes recent discoveries of the remains of complex societies in Amazonia
    A. are evidence of early indigenous communities.
    B. are the remains of settlements by invaders.
    C. are the ruins of communities established since the European invasions.
    D. show the region has only relatively recently been covered by forest.

  3. The assumption that the tropical ecosystem of Amazonia has been created solely by natural forces
    A. has often been questioned by ecologists in the past.
    B. has been shown to be incorrect by recent research.
    C. was made by Peter Feinsinger and other ecologists.
    D. has led to some fruitful discoveries.

  4. The application of our new insights into the Amazonian past would
    A. warn us against allowing any development at all.
    B. cause further suffering to the Indian communities.
    C. change present policies on development in the region.
    D. reduce the amount of hunting, fishing, and 'slash-and-burn'.

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Reading Passage 2, Questions 13-25​

  1. v // Early research among the Indian Amazons
  2. i // Amazonia as unable to sustain complex societies
  3. vi // The influence of prehistoric inhabitants on Amazonian natural history
  4. NO // N
  5. YES // Y
  6. NOT GIVEN // NG
  7. NO // N
  8. YES // Y
  9. YES // Y
  10. C // were an extremely primitive society
  11. A // are evidence of early indigenous communities
  12. B // has been shown to be incorrect by recent research
  13. C // change present policies on development in the region