READING PASSAGE 3

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on Reading Passage 3 below.

How stress affects our judgement

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Questions 27-30

Questions 27–30

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

Write the correct letter in boxes 27–30 on your answer sheet.

27. 27 In the first paragraph, the writer introduces the topic of the text by

A. defining some commonly used terms. B. questioning a widely held assumption. C. mentioning a challenge faced by everyone. D. specifying a situation which makes us most anxious.

28. 28 What point does the writer make about firefighters in the second paragraph?

A. The regular changes of stress levels in their working lives make them ideal study subjects. B. The strategies they use to handle stress are of particular interest to researchers. C. The stressful nature of their job is typical of many public service professions. D. Their personalities make them especially well-suited to working under stress.

29. 29 What is the writer doing in the fourth paragraph?

A. explaining their findings B. justifying their approach C. setting out their objectives D. describing their methodology

30. 30 In the seventh paragraph, the writer describes a mechanism in the brain which

A. enables people to respond more quickly to stressful situations. B. results in increased ability to control our levels of anxiety. C. produces heightened sensitivity to indications of external threats. D. is activated when there is a need to communicate a sense of danger.

Questions 31-35

Questions 31–35

Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A–G, below

Write the correct letter, A–G, in boxes 31–35 on your answer sheet.

List of Options:

A. made them feel optimistic.
B. took relatively little notice of bad news.
C. responded to negative and positive information in the same way.
D. were feeling under stress.
E. put them in a stressful situation.
F. behaved in a similar manner, regardless of the circumstances.
G. thought it more likely that they would experience something bad.

Questions 36-40

Questions 36–40

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 3?

In boxes 36–40 on your answer sheet, write

YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer

NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer

NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

36. The tone of the content we post on social media tends to reflect the nature of the posts in our feeds.

YES NO NOT GIVEN

37. Phones have a greater impact on our stress levels than other electronic media devices.

YES NO NOT GIVEN

38. The more we read about a stressful public event on social media, the less able we are to take the information in.

YES NO NOT GIVEN

39. Stress created by social media posts can lead us to take unnecessary precautions.

YES NO NOT GIVEN

40. Our tendency to be affected by other people’s moods can be used in a positive way.

YES NO NOT GIVEN