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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 each paragraph from the list of headings below.

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

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List of Headings

i. The difficulties of talking about smells
ii. The role of smell in personal relationships
iii. Future studies into smell
iv. The relationship between the brain and the nose
v. The interpretation of smells as a factor in defining groups
vi. Why our sense of smell is not appreciated
vii. Smell is our superior sense
viii. The relationship between smell and feelings

27. Paragraph A
28. Paragraph B
29. Paragraph C
30. Paragraph D
31. Paragraph E
32. Paragraph F

Questions 33-36

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

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

33. According to the introduction, we become aware of the importance of smell when
    A we discover a new smell.
    B we experience a powerful smell.
    C our ability to smell is damaged.
    D we are surrounded by odours.

34. The experiment described in paragraph B
    A shows how we make use of smell without realising it.
    B demonstrates that family members have a similar smell.
    C proves that a sense of smell is learnt.
    D compares the sense of smell in males and females.

35. What is the writer doing in paragraph C?
    A supporting other research
    B making a proposal
    C rejecting a common belief
    D describing limitations

36. What does the writer suggest about the study of smell in the atmosphere in paragraph E?
    A The measurement of smell is becoming more accurate.
    B Researchers believe smell is a purely physical reaction.
    C Most smells are inoffensive.
    D Smell is yet to be defined.

Questions 37-40

Complete the sentences below.

Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 37-40 on your answer sheet.

37. Tests have shown that odours can help people recognise the .................. belonging to their husbands and wives.

38. Certain linguistic groups may have difficulty describing smell because they lack the appropriate .................. .

39. The sense of smell may involve response to .................. which do not smell, in addition to obvious odours.

40. Odours regarded as unpleasant in certain .................. are not regarded as unpleasant in others.

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Reading Passage 3, Questions 27-40

27. viii
28. ii
29. vi
30. i
31. iii
32. v
33. C
34. A
35. C
36. D
37. clothing
38. vocabulary
39. chemicals
40. cultures