ANSWERS

Each question correctly answered scores 1

mark. Correct spelling is needed in all
answers.

Academic Reading practice paper 2

SECTION 1

SECTION 3

1.

viii

27.

2.

iii

28.

3.

vii

29.

4.

30.

5.

vi

31.

6.

ix

32.

7.

ii

33.

8.

cauliflower rosettes

34.

9.

periodic unsettling

35.

YES

10.

milk sugars

36.

YES

11.

liquefied yoghurt

37.

YES

38.

NO

39.

NOT GIVEN

40.

NO

12.&13.C
E (in either order)

SECTION 2
14.

vi

15.

ix

16.

17.

iv

18.

19.

ii

20.

vii

21.

iii

22.

energy

23.

subsistence needs

24.

rural, impoverished /
rural/impoverished

25.

pesticide use

26.

protein deficiency
(syndrome)/kwashiorkor

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