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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-12 which are based on the Reading Passage below.
| Test tip: First identify the type of information you need to find (e.g. for question 1 you need to find a disease or health problem). It may help to turn the sentences into questions (e.g. what is the name of the process that helps keep plants in good condition?) Make sure you stick to the word limit. |
| Test tip: Scan the passage for relevant information, and then check that it matches the question exactly (e.g. for question 7 you need to find a mention of two processes used by plants, or for question 11 you need to look for a number). Remember that the words in the passage may paraphrase the words in the questions. |
Robotic Approach to Crop Breeding Reading Answers
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Questions 1-4: Complete the sentences with words taken from the passage. Use NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
Write your answers next to Questions 1-4. 1 In terms of our health, sunflowers are important in defending humans against 2 The research team wanted to find a sunflower that could cope well in conditions. 3 The name of the process which is believed to help keep plants in good condition is 4 The research team had to rethink their initial approach when they realised they needed to measure the impact of external conditions such as and Questions 5-12: The reading passage has nine paragraphs labelled A-l. Which paragraph contains the following information? Write the correct letter A-l next to Questions 5-12. 5 the precise growing conditions required to allow the experiment to work 6 a description of the how the robot operates 7 an explanation of two important processes used by plants 8 a reference to a previous study using a different crop 9 details of what the robot does when conditions are poor 10 the name of the group responsible for making the robot 11 the number of different types of sunflower tested 12 the purpose of taking the temperature of the plants |
Questions 1-4: sentence completion
1 heart disease (Recognised as the type of fatty acid most able to protect against heart disease) 2 drought (a project that aims to develop more drought-tolerant sunflowers) 3 transpiration (Transpinartqn is the mechanism by which plants lose water through their leaves. This system is thought to facilitate the passage of minerals through the plant and is vital for healthy plants.) 4 wind (speed), humidity (the research team discovered that its initial approach did not cater for changes in windspeed … The team therefore needed a technique to measure temperature continuously that would allow it to examine the effects of other variables such as humidity )
Questions 5-12: locating information
5 H (The sunflower canopy had to be complete, with no visible soil, so that the thermometers would only measure the temperature of the plants and nor the surrounding environment.) 6 F (The robot runs on an oblong track around the experimental plot and the thermometers operate on each side of the track.) 7 C (Plants undergo photosynthesis to produce energy in the form of sugar. This involves allowing carbon dioxide to enter the leaves through pores called stomata. Transpiration is the mechanism by which plants lose water through their leaves.) 8 I (The team and their robot have already made a major breakthrough in the Australian wheat industry with Drysdale Wheat) 9 G (If the skies darken due to rain, heavy cloud cover or sunset, the robot makes its way back to the garage to wait.) 10 B (a robot developed by the Australian National University’s Research School of Biological Sciences) 11 H (Eight varieties of sunflower were examined.) 12 D (by measuring the temperature of the leaves, scientists can determine how much water is being lost through transpiration.)