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Striking Back at Lightning with Lasers Seldom is the weather more dramatic than when thunderstorms strike. Their electrical fury inflicts death or serious injury on around 500 people each year … Read More

1. vii 2. i 3. v 4. ii 5. viii 6. yes 7. not given 8. not given 9. no 10. B 11. C 12. A 13. C 14. B … Read More

Land of the Rising Sun A Japan has a significantly better record in terms of average mathematical attainment than England and Wales. Large sample international comparisons of pupils’ attainments since the … Read More

1. false 2. not given 3. false 4. true 5. not given 6. true 7. not given 8. rich 9. commercial 10. mauve 11. Robert Pullar 12. France 13. malaria … Read More

William Henry Perkin William Henry Perkin was born on March 12, 1838, in London, England. As a boy, Perkin’s curiosity prompted early interests in the arts, sciences, photography, and engineering. … Read More

1. H 2. C 3. B 4. I 5. D 6. A 7. two decades 8. crowd (noise) 9. invisible (disabilities) 10. objective 3 11. A 12. C 13. C … Read More

Reading Passage One A Hearing impairment or other auditory function deficit in young children can have a major impact on their development of speech and communication, resulting in a detrimental effect … Read More

1. yes 2. no 3. yes 4. not given 5. yes 6. yes 7. no 8. yes 9. H 10. F 11. A 12. C 13. B 14. C 15. … Read More

ATTITUDES TO LANGUAGE It is not easy to be systematic and objective about language study. Popular linguistic debate regularly deteriorates into invective and polemic. Language belongs to everyone, so most … Read More

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