Reading Week 4 ANSWER KEY

Victim Support (page 67)

1. Underline the main aim of this charity: (students should underline
the very first sentence: “Victim Support is the national charity for people
affected by crime.”

2. Underline the specific type of help they offer: (students should

underline sentence 6 (about halfway down the paragraph): “They
provide emotional support, information, and practical help to people
who have suffered a range of crimes.”

3. Yes / No / Not Given

1. NG --- (on line #2, it states the crime most commonly referred to
Victim Support; however, it does not mention other charities.)
2. YES --- (on line #4 it says that “Most victims of crimes want to
talk to someone ….”)
3. NG
4. NO --- (on lines 6 & 7 it says: “ …. regardless of whether or not
you have told the police)
5. NG --- (The text doesn’t mention the words “never … again”)
Victim Support Crime Survey (pages 68-69)

4. Matching Sections and Summaries

(there are 6 summaries but 4 sections; not all summaries will be used)

1. no answer (there is no section which discusses the range of

crimes which affected victims)
2. C --- (different kinds of help given to victims)
3. D --- (how helpful people thought Victims Support Service was)
4. no answer (there is no section which discusses how successful
people thought Victims Support Service was)
5. B (which victims were most likely to be contacted)
6. A (how Victim Support got in touch with victims)

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5. Sentence Completion (NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS)

1. Victims were usually first contacted by letter or leaflet (paragraph A,

sentence 1)

Which 2 responses given were mostly likely to generate contact from Victim
Support? (both of these are discussed in section B):

2. Needing someone to talk to

3. Being very much affected
4. The most effective types of contact were face-to-face (section C,
sentences 1 and 2)

6. Identifying Text Type

This text is taken from ……. B. an official government report

Vanishing Night
page 71 True / False / Not Given
1. True (last half of paragraph 1: “we are adapted to living in the sun’s light
…. it’s a basic evolutionary fact …. even though most of us don’t think of
ourselves as diurnal beings”)
2. True (paragraph 1: “light pollution is largely the result of bad lighting
design, which allows artificial light to shine outward and upward, where it is
not wanted”)
3. False (para 3 says that in 1800, Londoners still used candles and lanterns;
there would be no gaslights for at least another 7 years)
4. NG (doesn’t mention the fishermen knowing anything about this)
5. False (paragraph 5 says that unlit nights that are dark enough for Venus
to make shadows on Earth don’t happen because the world has become so
well-lit at night --- this is always the case, not just at certain times of year)
6. True (paragraph 7 says that “In some Swiss valleys the European lesser
horseshoe bat began to vanish after streetlights were installed”)

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7. True (last paragraph: “some of the earliest civic efforts to control light
pollution were made half a century ago to protect the view from Lovell
Observatory”)

page 81 Sentence Completion NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS

CREATURE EFFECTS OF LIGHT

Songbirds and The worst-affected birds are those which are 8. immature
seabirds migrating birds. They bump into 9. brightly lit
buildings which stand out at night.

(note: paragraph 6 states that, of the migrating birds,

“immature birds suffer in much higher numbers than do
adults.”)

Desert rodents They are more at risk from 10. becoming easier targets.
and badgers

Migrating birds Early migration may mean the 11. nesting conditions
are not suitable on arrival

Sea turtles They suffer from the decreasing number of 12. dark
beaches.

Frogs and toads If they are near 13. major highways / lights from
highways, their routines will be upset.

Supplementary Readings

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Food for Thought
Sentence completion with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS
The writer compares food production to 1. chemistry
Two aspects of food production that are regularly updated by food
companies are 2. flavors / ingredients and 3. processing methods

Multiple Choice
4. What did the trade magazine study show about research into food?
a. it costs more than it used to
b. it is more important than it used to be (paragraph 2, sentence #2)
c. it helps food manufacturers save money
d. it is the most important area of food production

5. Keith Cadwallader’s research indicated that people

a. welcome a healthier type of burger
b. have become used to eating less meat
c. cannot tell the difference between soya and meat
d. prefer the smell of burgers that contain some soya (paragraph 4,
last sentence)

6. Which aspect of burgers did Margaret Hinds ask her testers to compare?
a. their size
b. their texture (paragraph 5, sentences 3-4)
c. the benefits on health
d. the ingredients used

7. What does the writer say about Frito-Lay’s new types of crisp?
a. each type appeals to different people
b. each type includes a mix of flavors
c. they have a more unusual taste than other crisps (paragraph 6)
d. they have replaced other, less popular crisps

Answer with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS

9. What food products are being explored using an electronic nose?

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 cheese, coffee, tea (paragraph 7)

10. Which quality of a food product does the nose respond to? the aroma
(paragraph 7)

11. In which area of food production has Alpha MOS used electronic noses
most successfully? quality control (paragraph 8)

12. Which other mechanical aid has Alpha MOS developed? (an) electronic
tongue (paragraph 8)

13. What food product has been successfully tested using this aid? vanilla
(paragraph 8)

Food Trivia

Short Answer Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS

1. When did Scott go to the South Pole? (in) 1902

2. How much fish do Norwegians eat in a year? 45 kg/year
3. What color are the shells of Leghorn eggs? white
4. What type of injury did Scott’s men suffer from? frostbite
5. What three important things does wholemeal bread contain? fiber,
vitamins, and minerals

Matching

6. something that happened during a famous trip C

7. the amounts of a certain food that are eaten by people from different
countries B
8. how the air affects a certain food item G
9. a product that has a sweet taste F
10. some research that took place E
11. a belief that some people have about food A

Which TWO extracts mention the following?

12. different types of the same food product A, H

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13. an unusual way of measuring what humans consume D, E
14. more than one type of food E, G