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Par

t 1

Ans

wer

que

stio

ns 1

–12

by r

efer

ring

to t

he n

ewsp

aper

art

icle

abo

ut e

mot

iona

l int

ellig

ence

on

page

3.

Indi

cate

you

r an

swer

s o

n t

he

sep

arat

e an

swer

sh

eet.

For

que

stio

ns 1

–12,

ans

wer

by

choo

sing

fro

m t

he s

ectio

ns o

f th

e ar

ticle

(A

–D).

Som

e of

the

choi

ces

may

be

requ

ired

mor

e th

an o

nce.

In w

hic

h s

ecti

on

is t

he

follo

win

g m

enti

on

ed?

the

sign

ifica

nce

of e

mot

iona

l int

ellig

ence

in w

ork

that

is c

halle

ngin

g1

......

....

incr

ease

d ac

cura

cy in

the

way

em

otio

nal i

ntel

ligen

ce is

des

crib

ed2

......

....

the

mea

ns b

y w

hich

we

are

asse

ssed

at w

ork

havi

ng b

ecom

e m

ore

3 ...

......

.co

mpr

ehen

sive

the

fact

that

em

otio

nal i

ntel

ligen

ce c

an b

e co

mbi

ned

with

oth

er s

kills

to im

prov

e4

......

....

peop

le’s

abi

lity

to c

ope

at w

ork

area

s in

whi

ch e

mot

iona

l int

ellig

ence

can

not b

e ex

pect

ed to

offe

r so

lutio

ns5

......

....

peop

le h

avin

g su

ccee

ded

desp

ite in

adeq

uaci

es in

em

otio

nal i

ntel

ligen

ce6

......

....

the

assu

mpt

ion

that

peo

ple

have

the

acad

emic

ski

lls to

per

form

thei

r jo

bs w

ell

7 ...

......

.

the

nega

tive

effe

ct th

at a

lack

of e

mot

iona

l int

ellig

ence

can

hav

e on

a p

erso

n’s

8 ...

......

.ot

her

skill

s

the

mea

ns o

f pre

dict

ing

who

will

exc

el in

the

wor

kpla

ce9

......

....

the

reas

on w

hy o

rgan

isat

ions

pro

mot

e em

otio

nal i

ntel

ligen

ce in

the

wor

kpla

ce10

.....

.....

mis

conc

eptio

ns a

bout

wha

t em

otio

nal i

ntel

ligen

ce in

volv

es11

.....

.....

the

kind

of s

taff

rela

tions

that

ens

ure

an o

rgan

isat

ion

has

an a

dvan

tage

ove

r its

12

.....

.....

rival

s

PAPER 1: READINGPart 1 (Questions 1–12)

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[Tu

rn o

ver

AE

vans’

imagin

ation

was

captu

red.

He

began r

esearc

hin

g t

he s

ubje

ct

with a

vie

w

to w

riting a

scre

enpla

y −

he w

as,

after

all,

a

film

-maker.

But

dis

illusio

nm

ent

with t

he f

ilm

worl

d follo

win

g t

he d

em

ise o

f Li

fe a

nd L

imb

pro

mpte

d h

im t

o w

rite

the s

tory

as a

book.

And

so

thro

ughout

the

spri

ng

he

dro

ve

acro

ss

the

US

, sto

ppin

g

at

ranches

and

learn

ing about

hors

es and th

e m

en w

ho

work

with them

.

B‘It’s

all

been s

uch a

fair

y t

ale

so f

ar,

I d

on’t

want to

spoil

it. W

riting a

t th

at le

vel is

a v

ery

tough b

usin

ess, and I d

on’t w

ant to

becom

e

an e

mplo

yee o

f th

ese p

eople

who I

lik

e a

nd

who h

ave p

aid

me s

o m

uch m

oney.

I’d

hate

to fin

d m

yself w

riting a

dra

ft o

r tw

o a

nd then

have t

hem

say,

“T

hanks N

ick,

but

now

we’ll

bri

ng in s

o-a

nd-s

o”.

’

C‘W

e c

ould

n’t b

elie

ve it; w

e s

at th

ere

with o

ur

jaw

s

gapin

g.

We’d

never

sent

the

manuscri

pt

to N

ew

York

, w

e s

till

don’t k

now

how

it

got

there

,’ E

vans s

ays.

Nor

did

they

send i

t to

Holly

wood,

but

within

that

sam

e

week the m

ajo

r stu

dio

s w

ere

fig

hting o

ver

it.

‘My

agent

in

the

UK

w

isely

in

volv

ed

an

agent over

there

and w

hen h

e p

honed u

s to

say,

“I

thin

k w

e c

an g

et

$3 m

illio

n o

utr

ight,”

we laughed in d

isbelie

f.’

DA

s a

scre

enw

rite

r, h

e h

ad y

earn

ed f

or

the

freedom

of

novelis

ts a

nd,

when h

e h

ad i

t,

found h

imself ‘in

the m

iddle

of th

is im

mense

and t

err

ifyin

g p

lain

without

the s

upport

of

scre

enpla

y

rule

s

to

guid

e

me.’

But

he

carr

ies u

s s

mooth

ly t

hro

ugh.

Even s

o,

he

rem

ain

s baffle

d as to

w

hy th

e sto

ry has

captu

red i

magin

ations i

n t

he m

ind-b

low

ing

way that it h

as.

EH

e t

hought

that

again

tow

ard

s t

he e

nd o

f

August,

by

whic

h

tim

e

he

had

retu

rned

hom

e a

nd w

ritten t

he f

irst

half o

f th

e b

ook.

‘At th

at poin

t th

e b

ank m

anager

was g

ettin

g

really

very

heavy w

ith u

s,

and I

needed t

o

know

w

heth

er

it

was

wort

h

goin

g

on.

I

plu

cked

up

the

coura

ge

to

show

it

to

a

frie

nd w

ho w

as a

litera

ry a

gent; h

e r

ead i

t

and s

aid

it w

as “

fine”.’

FA

w

ise

man,

findin

g

him

self

in

Evans’

positio

n,

would

have got

a jo

b.

He could

have

gone

back

to

bein

g

a

tele

vis

ion

executive,

or

begun a

tele

vis

ion p

roje

ct

that

had

been

on

hold

. In

ste

ad,

he

made

a

decis

ion t

hat

most

people

, E

vans i

nclu

ded,

would

consid

er

insane.

He b

ought

a t

icket

to A

meri

ca a

nd s

et

off f

or

thre

e m

onth

s t

o

researc

h h

is first novel.

GIn

O

cto

ber,

to

geth

er

with

the

firs

t tw

o

hundre

d p

ages o

f th

e n

ovel, t

his

was s

ent

to s

even U

K p

ublis

hers

on t

he e

ve o

f th

eir

depart

ure

for

the a

nnual spendin

g s

pre

e a

t

the inte

rnationally

renow

ned F

rankfu

rt B

ook

Fair.

Within

days

his

agent

was

on

the

tele

phone t

o r

eport

that

he h

ad j

ust

turn

ed

dow

n t

he f

irst

offer

of

$75,0

00.

‘I s

aid

, “Y

ou

what?

” A

nd h

e s

aid

, “I

t’s O

K,

I ju

st

sense

som

eth

ing is h

appenin

g”.

’

PAPER 1: READINGPart 2 (Questions 13–18)

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[Tu

rn o

ver

19W

hen s

he a

rriv

ed a

t th

e w

ork

shop, th

e w

rite

r

Aw

as n

ot sure

if her

firs

t im

pre

ssio

n o

f H

urs

t w

as a

ccura

te.

Bw

as o

ffended b

y the w

ay H

urs

t in

troduced h

imself.

Cth

ought th

at H

urs

t w

as p

rete

ndin

g to h

ave a

lot to

do.

Dth

ought it w

as o

bvio

us that H

urs

t did

not w

ant to

speak to h

er.

20H

urs

t has few

pro

ble

ms s

elli

ng h

is furn

iture

because h

e

Aadvert

ises locally

.

Bis

know

n to b

e a

skill

ed c

raftsm

an.

Cuses o

nly

natu

ral m

ate

rials

.

Dhas a

reputa

tion for

bein

g fair.

21W

hat does H

urs

t th

ink h

as led to the d

eclin

e in the c

raft o

f cabin

et-

makin

g?

AIt is a

difficult s

kill

to learn

.

BIt is o

nly

popula

r in

rura

l are

as.

CC

onsum

ers

will

accept poor

qualit

y furn

iture

.

DS

imple

desig

ns d

o n

ot appeal to

modern

taste

s.

22T

he w

rite

r says that w

hen H

urs

t descri

bes h

is ‘ta

lent’, he

Ahas a

tendency to e

xaggera

te.

Bre

veals

a n

atu

ral sense o

f hum

our.

Cbecom

es m

ore

anim

ate

d than h

e u

sually

is.

Dappears

more

arr

ogant th

an h

e r

eally

is.

23H

urs

t belie

ves that it is e

ssential fo

r cra

ftsm

en to

Acre

ate

ori

gin

al fu

rniture

.

Bexhib

it to a

wid

e a

udie

nce.

Cpro

duce functional desig

ns.

Din

vest extr

a tim

e in p

erf

ecting their w

ork

.

24T

he w

rite

r’s fin

al im

pre

ssio

n o

f H

urs

t is

that he

Ahas a

n u

nusual attitude to h

is w

ork

.

Bbelie

ves in the s

pecia

l natu

re o

f his

work

.

Cenjo

ys b

ein

g inte

rvie

wed a

bout his

work

.

Dhas the a

bili

ty to p

ut his

work

into

pers

pective.

PAPER 1: READINGPart 3 (Questions 19–24)

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Par

t 4

Ans

wer

que

stio

ns 2

5–

45 b

y re

ferr

ing

to t

he n

ewsp

aper

art

icle

on

page

s 9

–10

abo

ut s

cien

tific

biog

raph

ies.

Indi

cate

you

r an

swer

s o

n t

he

sep

arat

e an

swer

sh

eet.

For

que

stio

ns 2

5–

45,

answ

er b

y ch

oosi

ng f

rom

the

sec

tions

of

the

artic

le A

–D.

Som

e of

the

choi

ces

may

be

requ

ired

mor

e th

an o

nce.

Wh

ich

sec

tio

n m

enti

on

s th

e fo

llow

ing

?

the

cont

inui

ng g

ener

al s

carc

ity o

f bio

grap

hies

of s

cien

tists

25 …

…

an in

crea

se in

the

num

ber

of w

ays

scie

ntis

ts a

re fe

atur

ed in

the

med

ia26

……

cert

ain

para

llels

bet

wee

n th

e liv

es o

f tw

o pe

ople

27 …

…

the

fact

that

sci

ence

can

bec

ome

acce

ssib

le to

the

non-

scie

ntis

t28

……

the

chan

ging

nat

ure

of b

ooks

abo

ut s

cien

tists

29 …

…

an a

ttitu

de w

hich

is c

omm

on to

sci

entis

ts a

nd p

eopl

e w

orki

ng in

the

book

trad

e30

……

the

lack

of t

rust

peo

ple

som

etim

es h

ave

in s

cien

tists

31 …

…

som

eone

who

se s

cien

tific

res

earc

h w

ent m

uch

furt

her

than

oth

ers

had

belie

ved

poss

ible

32 …

…

som

eone

who

se li

fe m

irror

s hi

stor

ical

dev

elop

men

ts33

……

biog

raph

ies

whi

ch in

clud

e th

e le

ss p

ositi

ve a

spec

ts o

f a s

cien

tist’s

life

34 …

…

the

less

ons

to b

e ta

ken

from

som

eone

els

e’s

life

35 …

…

grow

ing

publ

ic in

tere

st in

the

ever

yday

live

s of

bril

liant

peo

ple

36 …

…

the

grea

test

diff

icul

ty in

writ

ing

the

biog

raph

y of

a s

cien

tist

37 …

…

som

eone

who

was

mod

est a

bout

the

inte

rest

of t

heir

own

life

to o

ther

s38

……

an a

chie

vem

ent t

hat w

ould

gai

n m

ore

gene

ral r

ecog

nitio

n if

it w

ere

in a

noth

er fi

eld

39 …

…

the

fact

that

mos

t peo

ple’

s co

mpr

ehen

sion

of s

cien

ce d

oes

not g

o be

yond

the

basi

cs40

……

the

idea

that

peo

ple

who

stu

dy in

diff

eren

t dis

cipl

ines

can

not b

e of

inte

rest

to o

ne a

noth

er41

……

the

fact

that

peo

ple

are

not a

sham

ed if

they

are

una

war

e of

the

nam

es o

f gre

at s

cien

tists

42 …

…

an a

ttitu

de w

hich

dis

suad

es p

eopl

e fr

om fo

llow

ing

a sc

ient

ific

care

er43

……

an e

xpec

tatio

n th

at w

as to

o op

timis

tic44

……

the

abse

nce

of p

erso

nal i

nfor

mat

ion

in m

ost s

cien

tific

bio

grap

hies

45 …

…

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PAPER 1: READINGAnswer keys and answer sheet

PART ONE

1 C

2 B

3 A

4 D

5 D

6 C

7 A

8 C

9 A

10 C

11 B

12 C

PART TWO

13 F

14 A

15 E

16 G

17 C

18 B

PART THREE

19 A

20 B

21 C

22 D

23 C

24 D

PART FOUR

25 B 36 C

26 C 37 D

27 A 38 B

28 D 39 A

29 C 40 D

30 B 41 B

31 C 42 D

32 D 43 C

33 A 44 A

34 C 45 C

35 D