Answer key for Reading Test Module 4

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Part A: 20 pts

1. firendishly

2. fret

3. alluring

4. assiduous

5. recuperation

6. mitigate

7. tentative

8. proceeds

9. exhilarated

10. impetuous

Part B: 10 pts
Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
Anyone who has gone on a skiing holiday at a ski (1) ..D of any size will be familiar with the age-old problem - the eternal wait for ski lifts and cable cars.Well, there is an alternative. If you feel like something just a (2)... different why not try heli-skiing in Canada? Somewhere in the snowy (3) ... of the Rocky Mountains the helicopter will deposit you and your group onto a slope of virginsnow that you have all to yourselves. It is all a (4) ……….cry from the busiestslopes of, say, Switzerland, France and Italy. You are fifty miles from the nearesttown and there is nothing remotely (5)….. a ski-lift, so you have to(6)…….. on legs, skis and the chopper. You might see the (7)…… mountain-goat or grizzly bear, but there won't be (8)………. of other skiers. There are one or two disadvantages. Your friendly helicopter pilot might just put you down in a five-metre snow (9)……… And freezing weather might ground yourhelicopter and leave you (10) ………in the wilderness.
1) D. resort
2) A. little
3) C. waste
4) C. far
5) A. resembling
6) C. rely
7) A. occasional
8) hordes
9) drift
10) B. stranded

Part C:
1 - 3 (3pts)
1. A // They were less able to concentrate
2. B // influences animal feeding habits
3. B // reaction to certain weather phenomena
4 - 8 (5pts)
4. Seasonal Affective Disorder is disrupting children’s education in Russia. NG
5. Serotonin is an essential cause of human aggression.F
6. Scientific evidence links ‘happy associations with weather’ to human mood.F
7. A link between depression and the time of year has been established T
8. Melatonin levels increase at certain times of the year.)T
9 - 11 (6pts) IN ANY ORDER
B // rainy weather
D // high serotonin levels
E // sunny weather
12 - 14 (6pts)
12. B // hot weather
13. A // daylight
14. F // time cues