Questions 27-30
Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-F, below.
27. In the 1970s, Lesley Rogers discovered that
28. Angelo Bisazza’s experiments revealed that
29. Magat and Brown’s studies show that
30. Vallortigara and Ghirlanda’s research findings suggest that
A lateralisation is more common in some species than in others.
B it benefits a population if some members have a different lateralisation than the majority.
C lateralisation helps animals do two things at the same time.
D lateralisation is not confined to human beings.
E the greater an animal’s lateralisation, the better it is at problem-solving.
F strong lateralisation may sometimes put groups of animals in danger.
Questions 31-35
Complete the summary below. Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.
Lesley Rogers’ 2004 Experiment
Lateralisation is determined by both genetic and (31) ............ influences. Rogers found that chicks whose eggs are given (32) ............. during the incubation period tend to have a stronger lateralisation. Her 2004 experiment set out to prove that these chicks were better at (33) ........... than weakly lateralized chicks. As expected, the strongly lateralised birds in the experiment were more able to locate (34) .......... using their right eye, while using their left eye to monitor an imitation (35) ........... located above them.
Q 31.
Questions 36-40
Reading Passage 3 has eight paragraphs, A-H.
Which paragraph contains the following information?
36. description of a study which supports another scientist’s findings
37. the suggestion that a person could gain from having an opposing lateralisation to most of the population
38. reference to the large amount of knowledge of animal lateralisation that has accumulated
39. research findings that were among the first to contradict a previous belief
40. a suggestion that lateralisation would seem to disadvantage animals
