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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 seven paragraphs, A-G.

Choose the correct heading for paragraphs B-G from the list of headings below.

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

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List of Headings

1. i The biological clock
2. ii Why dying is beneficial
3. iii The ageing process of men and women
4. iv Prolonging your life
5. v Limitations of life span
6. vi Modes of development of different species
7. vii A stable life span despite improvements
8. viii Energy consumption
9. ix Fundamental differences in ageing of objects and organisms
10. x Repair of genetic material

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

Questions 33-36

Complete the notes below.

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 33-36 on your answer sheet.

• Objects age in accordance with principles of 33 ...................... and of 34 ......................
• Through mutations, organisms can 35 ...................... better to the environment
• 36 ...................... would pose a serious problem for the theory of evolution

Questions 37-40

Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in Reading Passage 3?

In boxes 37-40 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

37. The wear and tear theory applies to both artificial objects and biological systems.

38. In principle, it is possible for a biological system to become older without ageing.

39. Within seven years, about 90 per cent of a human body is replaced as new.

40. Conserving energy may help to extend a human's life.

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Reading Passage 3, Questions 27-40

27. ix
28. ii
29. vii
30. i
31. viii
32. iv

33&34 IN EITHER ORDER

• physical chemistry (and)
• thermodynamics

35. adapt
36. immortality
37. NO
38. YES
39. NOT GIVEN
40. YES