Mock Test # 5 Reading passage 2

Questions 14-17

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

14. What do researchers often take from the bodies of whales?

15.

What do some industries and shipping create that is harmful to whales?

16.

In which geographical region do most whale strandings in Australia happen?

17.

Which kind of whale was the subject of a study in the North Sea?

Questions 18-21

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

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Questions 22-26

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 2? For Statements, 22-26, decide:

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

22. The aim of the research by the Pelagos Institute in 1998 was to prove that navy sonar was responsible for whale strandings.

23. The whales stranded in Greece were found at different points along the coast.

24. Rosemary Gales has questioned the research techniques used by the Greek scientists.

25. According to Gales, whales are likely to try to help another whale in trouble.

26. There is now agreement amongst scientists that changes in the Earth’s magnetic fields contribute to whale strandings.

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