Reading Practice test # 2.12 passage 3

Questions 27–31

Complete the table below.

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

Write your answers in boxes 27-31

Q 27.

Q 28.

Q 29.

Q 30.

Q 31.

Questions 32–36

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

YES if the statement agrees with 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

32 Attitudes towards bilingualism have changed in recent years.

33 Bilingual people are better than monolingual people at guessing correctly what words are before they are finished.

34 Bilingual people consistently name images faster than monolingual people.

35 Bilingual people’s brains process single sounds more efficiently than monolingual People in all situations.

36 Fewer bilingual people than monolingual people suffer from brain disease in old age.

Questions 37–40

Reading Passage 3 has seven paragraphs, A-G.

Which paragraph contains the following information?

37 an example of how bilingual and monolingual people’s brains respond differently to a certain type of non-verbal auditory input

38 a demonstration of how a bilingual upbringing has benefits even before we learn to speak

39 a description of the process by which people identify words that they hear

40 reference to some negative consequences of being bilinguaL