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Academic Reading practice paper 1

SECTION 1 SECTION 3
1. FALSE 27. C
2. TRUE 28. D
3. NOT GIVEN 29. B
4. FALSE 30. E
5. TRUE 31. A
6. FALSE 32. Yes
7. TRUE 33. Not given
8. C 34. Not given
9. C 35. No
10. B 36. prudent practice
11. A 37. privatisation policy
12. D 38. incentives
13. C 39. permit
40. regulatory agency

SECTION 2
14. C
15. A
16. B
17. B
18. C
19. A
20. C
21. B
22. A
23. brain dead
24. sociopathic behaviour
25. neocortex
26. animal propensities

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