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Questions 14-17
Reading Passage 2 has six paragraphs, A-F.
Choose the correct heading for paragraphs B and D-F from the list of headings below.
Write the correct number i-viii in boxes 14-17 on your answer sheet.
List of Headings
i. Effects of irrigation on sedimentation
ii. The danger of flooding the Cairo area
iii. Causing pollution in the Mediterranean
iv. Interrupting a natural process
v. The threat to food production
vi. Less valuable sediment than before
vii. Egypt's disappearing coastline
viii. Looking at the long-term impact
- Paragraph B
- Paragraph D
- Paragraph E
- Paragraph F
Questions 18-23
Do the following statements reflect the claims of the writer in Reading Passage 2?
In boxes 18-23 on your answer sheet, write
- YES if the statement reflects the claims of the writer
- NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer
- NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
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Coastal erosion occurred along Egypt's Mediterranean coast before the building of the Aswan dams.
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Some people predicted that the Aswan dams would cause land loss before they were built.
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The Aswan dams were built to increase the fertility of the Nile delta.
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Stanley found that the levels of sediment in the river water in Cairo were relatively high.
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Sediment in the irrigation canals on the Nile delta causes flooding.
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Water is pumped from the irrigation canals into the lagoons.
Questions 24-26
Complete the summary of paragraphs E and F with the list of words A-H below.
Write the correct letter A-H in boxes 24-26 on your answer sheet.
In addition to the problem of coastal erosion, there has been a marked increase in the level of 24 ..................... contained in the silt deposited in the Nile delta. To deal with this, Stanley suggests the use of 25 ..................... in the short term, and increasing the amount of water available through 26 ..................... in the longer term.
A artificial floods
B desalination
C delta waterways
D natural floods
E nutrients
F pollutants
G population control
H sediment
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Reading Passage 2, Questions 14-26
- iv
- i
- v
- vii
- YES
- NOT GIVEN
- NO
- YES
- NOT GIVEN
- YES
- F
- A
- B