PASSAGE 1​

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Cathy Freeman – Australian’s track queen

A​
Runner Cathy Freeman is the first Aborigine, the name given to Indigenous
Australians, ever to compete in the Olympics, and the first to wave the Aboriginal flag
at a sporting event. Freeman lit the Olympic flame at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney,
and won a gold medal in the 400 meters at those Games.

B​
Freeman's grandmother was part of the "stolen generation" of Aboriginal people in
Australia—from the early 20th century until the 1970s; many Aboriginal children were
taken from their parents to be raised in state-run institutions. This practice was
intended to remove the children from the poverty, disease, and addiction that
plagued many Aboriginal people, but it also resulted in tragically broken family ties
and loss of ancient cultural traditions. Although Freeman was not taken from her
family, she had a difficult childhood. Both her younger sister and her father died
when she was young.

C​
When Freeman was still a girl, her talent in running was obvious. Her mother,
Cecilia, encouraged her to pursue her interest in athletics, and when she was ten,
her stepfather told her she could win a gold medal at the Olympics if she trained
properly. However, although she had the talent, she was also a member of a minority
group that historically had not had access to the same resources that other athletes
had. Freeman was one of only a few Aborigines who won a scholarship to a
boarding school where she could learn and train.

D​
At the age of 15, she competed at the National School Championships, and did well
enough to be encouraged to try out for the 1990 Commonwealth Games team. She
made the team as a sprinter, and was a member of the 4 × 100-meter relay team,
which won gold at the Commonwealth Games. In 1990, she competed in the
Australian National Championships, winning the 200 meters, and then ran in the 100,
200, and 4 × 100-meter races at the World Junior Games. During this time, she met
Nick Bideau, an Australian track official who would later become her coach,
manager, and boyfriend.

E​
In 1992, she competed in the 400-meter relay at the Barcelona Olympics, making it
to the second qualifying round. She was also a member of the 4 × 100 meter team,
which ran in the final but did not win a medal. At the World Junior Championships in

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1992, she won a silver medal in the 200 meters. In 1993, she made it to the
semi-finals in the 200 meters in the World Championships.

F​
In 1994, Freeman won the 200 meters and the 400 meters at the Commonwealth
Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. After winning the 400 meters,
Freeman ran her victory lap, carrying not the Australian national flag, but the red,
black, and yellow Aboriginal flag. She was criticised in the press, and Australian
team leader Arthur Tunstall told her she should not display the flag again. Freeman
used the publicity she got to publicly discuss what the flag meant to Aboriginal
people, explaining its symbolism: red for earth, yellow for sun, and black for skin.
Defying Tunstall's orders, she ran with the flag again after winning the 200 meters.

G​
At the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta, Freeman won a silver medal in the 400
meters. After those Games, she broke off her romantic relationship with Bideau,
although he continued as her manager. Freeman won the World Championships in
the 400 meters in 1997 and 1998, even though she suffered a heel injury in 1998.

H​
In 1999, Freeman met Alexander Bodecker, an American executive for the Nike
shoe company, and the two fell in love. As a result, her relationship with Bideau
became strained, and she eventually fired him. Freeman and Bodecker were married
on September 19, 1999, in San Francisco. Bideau subsequently claimed that she
owed him over $2 million in assets from deals he negotiated while he represented
her, leading to a long court battle.

I​
Freeman was, of course, Australia’s favourite to win a gold medal in the 400 meters
at the 2000 Olympics, held in Sydney. Like any athlete, Freeman wanted to win in
order to meet her own goals, but she also knew that she was viewed as a
representative of the Aboriginal people, and she wanted to win for them. “I could feel
the crowd all over me,” she told Mark Shimbakuro in the Sporting News. “I felt the
emotion being absorbed into every part of my body.” When she won, with a time of
49.11 seconds, she was so relieved that she dropped to her knees on the track after
completing the race.

J​
Freeman’s shoes were yellow, black, and red, traditional Aboriginal colours, but after
she won, she took them off and ran her victory lap, in traditional Aboriginal style,
carrying both the Australian and Aboriginal flags around the track as the crowd
cheered. This time, instead of being criticised for carrying the Aboriginal flag around
the track; she was widely celebrated by the Australian media and public.

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Questions 1–9

The text has ten paragraphs labelled A–J.​

Choose the correct heading for sections B–J from the list of headings below.

Write the correct number, i–xii, in boxes 1–9 on your answer sheet.​
The first one is done for you as an example below.

Paragraph Headings

i. An Australian sporting icon​

ii. A new love​
iii. Early competition​
iv. Winning isn’t everything​
v. Family support for running​
vi. Her first Olympics​
vii. Adored by her nation​
viii. Aboriginal identity on the track​
ix. Winning the top medal at home​
x. Second on the big stage​
xi. A difficult childhood​
xii. Losing in Sydney

e.g. Paragraph 1 → i

1.​ Paragraph 2​

2.​ Paragraph 3​

3.​ Paragraph 4​

4.​ Paragraph 5​

5.​ Paragraph 6​

6.​ Paragraph 7​

7.​ Paragraph 8​

8.​ Paragraph 9​

9.​ Paragraph 10

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Questions 10–14

Complete the notes below.

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

Write your answers in boxes 10–14 on your answer sheet.​

How Cathy Freeman became a sports star

●​ Although she had a hard upbringing she got support from her mother and
10 _____​

●​ She won a 11 _____ at a young age to train and study which helped her
develop as an athlete.​

●​ Her first international success was in 1990 at the 12 _____ as part of the
Australian sprint team.​

●​ At her second Olympics in 1996 she won a silver medal for coming second in
the 13 _____​

●​ In 2000, she finally won a 14 _____ at the Sydney Olympics making her one
of the most loved sports stars in Australia.

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The world’s desire for plastic is dangerous

A.A million plastic bottles are purchased around the world every minute, and the
number is expected to increase by another 20% by 2021, potentially creating an
environmental crisis that some campaigners predict will be as severe as climate
change. This surging demand—equivalent to around 20,000 bottles bought every
second—is largely driven by an insatiable global thirst for bottled water and the
expansion of western, urbanised lifestyles in regions like China and the Asia-Pacific.

B. More than 480 billion plastic drinking bottles were sold in 2016 across the world,
up from about 300 billion a decade ago. If placed end to end, they would extend
more than halfway to the sun. By 2021 this will increase to 583.3 billion, according to
the most up-to-date estimates.

C. Most plastic bottles used for soft drinks and water are made from PET plastic,
which is highly recyclable. However, the rapid growth in global bottle consumption
has overwhelmed efforts to collect and recycle them. For example, in 2016, less than
half of all bottles purchased were collected for recycling, and of those collected, only
7% were turned into new bottles. Most plastic bottles end up in landfills or the ocean,
posing a significant environmental threat.

D. Despite a dramatic increase in single-use plastic production over the last 20

years, the systems to manage, reuse, and recycle them have failed to keep pace. In
the UK alone, 38.5 million plastic bottles are used daily, yet only just over half are
recycled. More than 16 million are either sent to landfills, incinerated, or leak into the
environment and oceans. Environmentalists warn that plastic production could
double in the next 20 years and grow fourfold by 2050, highlighting the urgency to
act now. For instance, researchers recently discovered nearly 18 tonnes of plastic
waste on one of the world’s most remote islands in the South Pacific.

E. The majority of plastic bottles are used for drinking water. Rosemary Downey,
head of packaging at Euromonitor, notes that China is a major driver of the surge in
demand. In fact, the Chinese public's bottled water consumption now represents
nearly a quarter of the global market. In 2015, Chinese consumers bought 68.4
billion bottles of water, and by 2016, this figure had climbed to 73.8 billion. Downey
explains that rising urbanisation and concerns over water safety are major factors
behind this increase. Similar trends are seen in India and Southeast Asia, which are
also experiencing rapid growth in bottled water consumption.

F. Major beverage companies are among the largest producers of plastic bottles.
Coca-Cola alone produces over 100 billion single-use plastic bottles
annually—equivalent to around 3,400 bottles per second. According to Greenpeace,
the world’s top six soft drink companies use only about 6.6% recycled PET in their
products and have no current targets to increase their use of recycled plastic or to
shift to 100% recycled materials.

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G. Plastic drinking bottles could potentially be made from 100% recycled PET
(known as RPet), and environmental groups are urging major companies to adopt
this approach. However, brands are reluctant due to aesthetic concerns, preferring
clear plastic for their products. The industry also resists taxation or charges that
would discourage the use of single-use bottles, despite the success of measures like
the UK’s 5p plastic bag charge, which cut plastic bag use by 80%.

H. Coca-Cola stated that it continues to explore the use of RPet in regions where it is
feasible and allowed, and it already uses RPet in 44 countries. However, the
company explained that despite the possibility of producing bottles entirely from
recycled plastic, there is currently insufficient supply of high-quality, food-grade RPet.
To significantly increase recycled content in its bottles, the company said, a new
global strategy is required to establish a circular economy for plastic bottles.

J. Greenpeace argues that more must be done by major drinks companies to boost
the recycled content in their bottles. During a recent survey on the Scottish coast,
Greenpeace found plastic bottles almost everywhere. Louisa Casson, an ocean
campaigner for Greenpeace, emphasized, “It’s clear that the soft drinks industry
needs to reduce its plastic waste.

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Questions 15–20

Do the following statements agree with claims of the writer?

In boxes 15–20 on your answer sheet, write

●​ TRUE if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer​

●​ FALSE if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer​

●​ NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this​

15. Experts say that plastic waste is worse than global warming.

16. Most bottles manufactured for drinking are made from plastic that can be easily
recycled.

17. In Britain, only 20% of plastic bottles are recycled and the rest are reused or
thrown out.

18. By 2020, China’s use of plastic bottles will be greater than the rest of the world.

19. Major drink companies only use a small percentage of recycled plastic in their
bottles.

20. A leading environmental organisation says that the oceans will be filled with
plastic if big business doesn’t act.​
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Questions 21–26

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.​

Write the correct letter (A–D) in boxes 21–26 on your answer sheet.

21. Every second, approximately how many plastic bottles are purchased on the
planet?​
A. twelve thousand​
B. twenty thousand​
C. fifteen million​
D. thirty-eight million

22. Most plastic bottles that aren’t recycled are…​

A. set fire to​
B. put into boats at sea​

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C. put in to garbage tips​
D. sent to companies

23. The majority of plastic bottles are used for…​

A. storage​
B. drinking water​
C. recycling​
D. Coca Cola

24. What is the percentage of drinks companies who have no plans to use more
recyclable plastic in their products?​
A. 6.6%​
B. 30%​
C. 33%​
D. 100%

25. According to the article, RPet is​

A. a major drinks company​
B. an expert in plastic bottle production​
C. bottles made out of highly recyclable material​
D. bottles made out of 100% recycled plastic

26. Greenpeace thinks one way to reduce plastic waste is to…​

A. tax plastic manufacturers​
B. clean the oceans​
C. stop drinking bottled water​
D. use more recycled material

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PASSAGE 3​
Questions 27–40

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on
Reading Passage below.

On the trail of Africa’s wild dogs

Just before dawn at a National Park in North Eastern South Africa, Micaela Szykman
stands on a hill with a radio transmitter held in the air, listening for signals from the
radio collars of African wild dogs. If the dogs are within range, Szykman jumps back
into her four-wheel drive to catch up with them before they awake. Szykman, a
researcher at the Smithsonian National Animal Park in Washington, D.C., is tracking
the dogs for a park project.

The African wild dog, officially named Lycaon pictus, and also called the painted wolf
or the Cape hunting dog is the victim mainly of human hunting. The dog is listed as
endangered by the World Conservation Union. Lycaon pictus once roamed most of
sub-Saharan Africa. Now only about 5,000 dogs can be found in isolated pockets of
the continent.

In 1997, 2000, and 2003, wildlife managers reintroduced several packs of wild dogs
from elsewhere in South Africa to this park in the hope of rebuilding the species.
Wildlife officials and scientists like Szykman are watching and studying the
reintroduction because such programs are integral to Lycaon’s survival.

Adult wild dogs, with round saucer-like ears and a "painted" black, white, brown, and
yellow coat, weigh up to 25 kilograms and stand about 60 centimetres with a delicate
build. "This is one of the most intensely social animals out there," said Szykman, a
behavioural scientist. "The entire pack, sometimes up to 20 dogs, always hunts,
plays, walks, and feeds together. They never leave an animal behind and are always
strengthening social bonds." Each pack has only one breeding pair, and the rest of
the pack helps raise the annual litter, up to 20 pups, one of the largest litter sizes of
all African animals. Lycaon pictus hunts in packs and Szykman’s job is particularly
difficult because wild dogs are tough to track. They travel up to 30 kilometres daily,
with vast home ranges, 600 to 800 square kilometres on average.

"As a discipline, the science of reintroduction has been poorly studied," said Steven
Monfort, a research veterinarian at the Conservation and Research Centre in Front
Royal, Virginia. "Reintroduction is not easy. Governments set aside land, and other
people dump animals in there, which makes them feel good. If the animals increase,
the reintroduction is a big success. If numbers fall nobody knows what went wrong,"
Monfort said. The dogs' radio collars provide only limited contact. Monfort has
proposed the development of a satellite-tagging system so that Szykman and
Monfort can track the animals year-round and mark their range, including how close

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they come to humans and other threats.​
​
The researchers also hope to expand the use of satellite collars to hyenas and lions
to understand how competition with these animals affects the dogs’ reproduction and
survival. These two species also play a role in reducing African wild dog numbers. "If
you fence in a reserve or surround a wild area with human settlement then you need
to adjust the species levels to maintain healthy populations of dogs, hyenas, and
lions which are all interacting on overlapping areas of land" said Monfort.

To Scott Creel, a behavioural scientist at Montana State University in Bozeman,

reintroduction is the right approach for South Africa. "Reintroduction is exciting
because it beats caged management in zoos. But in the long term, it is useless
unless it results in larger, well-protected reserves or changes patterns of land use.
These wild dog populations won't be self-sustaining unless the land area is large
enough" said Creel, co-author of The African Wild Dog: Behaviour, Ecology and
Conservation. "There's a long history of reintroduction there. They have a good idea
of what works and what doesn't."

Hunting drastically reduced the wild dog population in South Africa except for Kruger
National Park where there are approximately 300 to 500 dogs. Though Creel is also
not convinced that the reintroduced wild dog population will thrive without hands-on
management, he supports the effort because reintroduction of these animals at
smaller satellite parks and private reserves raises the national wild dog population
and is an insurance policy if disease hits. Already the luck of African wild dogs is
changing. In the past, farmers often just shot the dogs on sight. Now when
somebody sees the dogs outside the reserve, Szykman gets a call about their
location.

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Questions 27–32

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

In boxes 27–32 on your answer sheet, write

●​ 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​

27. The African wild dog has other names associated with it, often being referred to
as the ‘hunting wolf’.

28. There are more African wild dogs in Sub-Saharan Africa than in South Africa.

29. Scientists are trying to save the African wild dog by putting them in new national
parks in South Africa.

30. African wild dogs roam large areas and often travel extreme distances.

31. Introducing African wild dogs into new areas is quite easy and there has been a
lot of research related to this field.

32. Radio transmitters help scientists track the movements of hyenas and lions.

Questions 33–35

Choose THREE letters A–G​

Write the correct letter A–G, in boxes 33–35 on your answer sheet.

Which THREE of the following are given as reasons for African wild dogs currently
being endangered?

A Doing scientific tests on the wild dogs.​

B The loss of habitat for the dogs.​
C The building of fences to capture them.​
D Hyenas and lions competing with them.​
E Transporting the dogs to other areas.​
F Not having enough food to eat.​
G Humans killing wild dogs.

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Questions 36–40

Look at the statements (Questions 36–40) and the list of scientists and researchers
below.​
Match each statement with the correct person, A–C.

Write the correct letter A–C, in boxes 36–40 on your answer sheet. You may use
some letters more than once.

This scientist or researcher…

36. is monitoring the African wild dogs movement and behaviour.​

37. has found that African wild dogs are a family orientated species.​
38. does not think current systems of tracking African wild dogs is sufficient.​
39. believes repopulating areas with African wild dogs is currently the best solution
for their survival.​
40. thinks that local attitude towards African wild dogs is changing in a positive way.

List of People​
A Micaela Szykman​
B Steven Monfort​
C Scott Creel

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