All the answers should follow the north American style
Please follow the instructions for every question
Reading Passage One “Beyond 100” (_______/ 45 marks)
Directions:
Write your answer in complete sentences.
Do NOT copy from the reading passage except for technical terms or proper nouns.
Write your answer directly in the space marked ANSWER.
1. Why did scientist studying longevity go to the region of Calabria in Italy? Give two reasons. (6 marks = each 3 marks)
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2. What three factors contribute to longevity, according to the article? (3 marks)
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3. How were researchers able to use family trees to understand the longevity? (3 marks)
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4. What did Marco Giordano find out about the effect genes have on longevity? (3 marks)
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5. Why may women live longer than men, according to the researchers? (3 marks)
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6. What did Passarino find out about the two ways genetics affects longevity? (6 marks)
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7. What did research on mice and monkeys show about diet and longevity? (3 marks)
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8. What is the connection between paragraph [G] and [R]? (3 marks)
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9. Which of the three factors that lead to longevity is paragraph [S] highlighting? (3 marks)
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Look at the infographic “Getting to 100 Candles” on page 174.
9. Summarize the infographic in one or two sentences. (2 marks)
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Look at the infographic “The Cost of Care,” and answer the questions that follow.
10. Summarize the infographic is 2-3 sentences. (5 marks)
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Directions: For questions 11 to 14, write key words or phrases only.
11. What do the two vertical axes show in this graph? (2 marks)
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12. According to the graph, which countries have the highest number of doctor visits per year? (1 mark)
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13. According to the graph, which two countries do not have a national health insurance plan for all its citizens? (1 mark)
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14. According to the graph, what is the average amount spent on health care per person per year? (1 mark)
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Reading Passage Two: “The World Turns Gray” (_______/55 marks)
[Note: The first two pages of this reading passage should be side-by-side so that you can see the graph in its entirety.]
1. Write a summary of the article in 150 words or less.
(accuracy 10 + completeness of answer 15 marks = 25 marks)
Directions:
Write your answer in complete sentences.
Use your own words. Do NOT copy from the reading passage except for technical terms or proper nouns.
Write your answer directly in the space marked SUMMARY (ANSWER).
SUMMARY (ANSWER):
Questions 2 -6
Read the statements about the passage below.
Decide if it is true (T) or false (F).
Write T if the statement is true.
Correct the false statements. Do not copy the original sentences from the text.
2. The three suggestions for how a country can get more money to care for its elderly retired people are raising fertility rates, raising taxes, and providing free day care for working mothers. (2 marks)
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3. According to the graph, older people (60 years old and older) will outnumber younger people (14 years old and younger) in the year 2040. (2 marks)
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4. The two long lines going across the map show the world’s population that is 14 years and younger and the world’s population that is 60 years and older. (2 marks)
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5. According to the graph, Japan had the highest retirement age of the developed countries in 1995. (2 marks)
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6. According to the graph, Italy had the highest tax rates among the developed countries in 1995. (2 marks)
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Vocabulary 20 marks
Directions:
Write the word from the passage that answers the question. The number in parentheses ( ) shows the number of the paragraph where you can find the answer.
1. What verb means “refer to, point to, (sometimes) quote”? (1)
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2. What noun means “a very learned person, a scholar, a person who is an expert in his/her field, a academic”? (1) ANSWER
3. What adjective means “dropping fast, decreasing quickly”? (2) ANSWER
4. What noun means “achievement, accomplishment”? (4) ANSWER
5. What adjective means “growing quickly, ballooning, increasing fast”? (5) ANSWER
6. What adjective means “financial, relating to money”? (6) ANSWER
7. What adjective means “to be more than, have a higher number than”? (6) ANSWER
8. What adjective means “very bad, hopeless”? (6) ANSWER
9. What adjective means “to make someone change course, to cause to turn” (7) ANSWER
10. What word means “to increase dramatically”? (7) ANSWER
11. What phrase means “difficult decision”? (9) ANSWER
12. What word means “to weaken, to cause to tumble”? (9) ANSWER
13. What word means “a person who holds the same position”? (10) ANSWER
14. What word means “make worse”? (13) ANSWER
15. What word means “leaving one’s home country” (13) ANSWER
16. What word means “very sad and pitiful situation”? (15) ANSWER
17. What idiom means “have (or make) enough money”? (15) ANSWER
18. What verb means “work hard at something (usually manual labor), to slave at something”? (15) ANSWER
19. What word means “raise, bring up (a child)”? (16) ANSWER
20. What idiom means “kill one’s dreams”? (16) ANSWER
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