Q48- 69
| Q | A | Explanation | Skills tested |
| 48 | Scientists | Paragraph 1, lines 6-7 "despite the exhaustive efforts of amine scientists and lengthy inquiries by police, no one has determined why the dolphins are dying" | Reading for specific information |
| 49 | skins | Paragraph 2, lines 2-3"The skins of the dolphins are no scarred" | Reading for specific information |
| 50 | scars | Paragraph 2, lines 2-3"The skins of the dolphins are no scarred" | Reading for specific information |
| 51 | killed | The whole article is about the death of dolphins | Theme |
| 52 | Diseases | Paragraph three, line 2, "the dolphins are dying of a virus such as the disease that wiped out 65 Mediterranean dolphins in 1985" | Reading for specific information |
| 53 | Neat | Paragraph two, line 8 "a neat, fist-sized hole" | Reading for specific information |
| 54 | Killed | Paragraph three, line 10, "killer dolphins" | Inference |
| 55 | Dolphins | Paragraph three, line 10, "killer dolphins" | Reading for specific information |
| 56 | military | Paragraph four, lines 11-12, "American military's dolphin programme" | Reading for specific information |
| 57 | Didn't work | Paragraph six, line 18 "an accident occurred" implies didn't work | Inference |
| 58 | Enemy divers | Paragraph 5 lines 8-9, "they were taught to recognize enemy divers as a threat" | Reading for specific information |
| 59 | Dangerous depth | Paragraph 6 lines 3-6, "to attack an intruding diver by forcing him down to a dangerous depth" | Reading for specific information |
| 60 | Submarines | Paragraph 5 line6, "to patrol US submarines in harbours and stationary warships in the open sea" | Reading for specific information |
| 61 | Warships | Paragraph 5 line6, "to patrol US submarines in harbours and stationary warships in the open sea" | Reading for specific information |
| 62 | Harness | Paragraph 5, lines 4-5, "Dolphins, fitted with harnesses around their necks and with tiny electrodes planted under their skin" | Reading for specific information |
| 63 | Stress levels | Paragraph 5, lines 9-12, "and the stress levels they exhibited when they saw one were picked up by their electrodes and transmitted back to on-board control room" | Reading for specific information |
| 64 | Electrode | Paragraph 5, lines 4-5, "Dolphins, fitted with harnesses around their necks and with tiny electrodes planted under their skin" | Reading for specific information |
| 65 | Charge | Paragraph 6, line 7, "a small explosive charge in the harness on the underside of the neck could be denoted by remote control" | Reading for specific information |
| 66 | Lowered | Paragraph 6, line 19, "while the dolphins being lowered into the Mediterranean" | Reading for specific information |
| 67 | Nervous | Paragraph 6, line 21, "they became over-stressed and ignored signals from their operators" | Reading
for specific information Vocabulary |
| 68 | Operators' signals | Paragraph 6, line 21, "they became over-stressed and ignored signals from their operators" | Reading for specific information |
| 69 | unsure | Paragraph
6, line 24 "others are less sure" Paragraph 6, lines 29-30, "It is a fantastic tale. But so far it has not been disproved. It's a very tempting theory" |
Inference |
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