Reading 2026-05 Test 1

شهر الامتحان: 2026-05

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Reading Passage 1 — William Gilbert and Magnetism

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below.

A The 16th and 17th centuries saw two great pioneers of modern science: Galileo and Gilbert. The impact of their findings is eminent. Gilbert was the first modern scientist, the accredited father of the science of electricity and magnetism, an Englishman of learning and a physician at the court of Elizabeth. Prior to him, all that was known of electricity and magnetism was what the ancients knew: nothing more than that the lodestone possessed magnetic properties and that amber and jet, when rubbed, would attract bits of paper or other substances of small specific gravity. However, he is less well known than he deserves. B Gilbert’s birth predated Galileo’s. Born into an eminent local family in Colchester, Essex, on 24 May 1544, he went to grammar school and then studied medicine at St John’s College, Cambridge, graduating in 1573. Later he travelled on the Continent and eventually settled in London. C He was a very successful and eminent doctor. All this culminated in his election as president of the Royal Society. He was also appointed personal physician to Queen Elizabeth I and was later knighted by her. He faithfully served her until her death. However, he did not outlive the Queen for long and died on 30 November 1603, only a few months after his appointment as personal physician to King James. D Gilbert was first interested in chemistry but later changed his focus because alchemy contained too great a portion of mysticism (such as the transmutation of metals). He gradually developed an interest in physics, inspired by the great minds of the ancients, particularly the knowledge the ancient Greeks had about lodestones — strange minerals with the power to attract iron. In the meantime, Britain became a major seafaring nation in 1588 when the Spanish Armada was defeated, opening the way to British settlement of America. British ships depended on the magnetic compass, yet no one understood why it worked. Did the Pole Star attract it, as Columbus once speculated; or was there a magnetic mountain at the pole, as described in the Odyssey, which ships would never approach because the sailors thought its pull would yank out all their iron nails and fittings? For nearly 20 years, William Gilbert conducted ingenious experiments to understand magnetism. His works include On the Magnet, Magnetic Bodies, and The Great Magnet of the Earth. E Gilbert’s discoveries were of great importance to modern physics. He investigated the nature of magnetism and electricity, and he even coined the word “electric”. Early beliefs about magnetism were largely entangled with superstitions — for instance, sailors believed that rubbing garlic on a lodestone could neutralise its magnetism and that even the smell of garlic would interfere with the action of a compass, which is why helmsmen were forbidden to eat it near a ship’s compass. Gilbert also found that metals can be magnetised by rubbing materials such as fur on them. He named the ends of a magnet the “north pole” and “south pole”. The magnetic poles can attract or repel, depending on polarity; ordinary iron, however, is always attracted to a magnet. Though he began to study the relationship between magnetism and electricity, he did not complete this work. His research into static electricity using amber and jet only demonstrated that objects with electrical charges can attract small pieces of paper and the like. It was a French scientist named du Fay who later discovered that there are actually two electrical charges— positive and negative. F He also questioned traditional astronomical beliefs. Though a Copernican, he did not state explicitly whether the Earth is at the centre of the universe or in orbit around the Sun. However, he believed that stars are not equidistant from the Earth but have their own Earth-like planets orbiting around them. The Earth itself is like a giant magnet, which is also why compasses always point north: they align with the planet’s polarity. He likened the polarity of a magnet to the polarity of the Earth and built an entire magnetic philosophy on this analogy. In his explanation, magnetism is the soul of the Earth. Thus a perfectly spherical lodestone, when aligned with the Earth’s poles, would wobble all by itself in 24 hours. Further, he believed that the Sun and other stars wobble just as the Earth does around a crystal core, and he speculated that the Moon might also be a magnet caused to orbit by its magnetic attraction to the Earth. This was perhaps the first proposal that a force might cause a heavenly orbit. G His research method was revolutionary in that he used experiments rather than pure logic and reasoning, as the ancient Greek philosophers had done. This represented a new attitude towards scientific investigation; until then, systematic experiments were not in fashion. Because of this scientific attitude, together with his contribution to our knowledge of magnetism, a unit of magnetomotive force— also known as magnetic potential— was named the gilbert in his honour. His approach of careful observation and experimentation, rather than reliance on authoritative opinion or deductive philosophy, laid the very foundation for modern science.

    Questions 1–7: Matching headings

    Reading Passage 1 has seven paragraphs A–G. Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below. Write the correct number, i–x, in boxes 1–7 on your answer sheet.

    List of Headings i. Early years of Gilbert ii. Professional and social recognition iii. The development of chemistry iv. His change of focus v. Pioneers of early science vi. The great works of Gilbert vii. Becoming the president of the Royal Society viii. What was new about his scientific research method ix. His discovery about magnetism x. Questioning traditional astronomy
    1. 1

      Paragraph A

    2. 2

      Paragraph B

    3. 3

      Paragraph C

    4. 4

      Paragraph D

    5. 5

      Paragraph E

    6. 6

      Paragraph F

    7. 7

      Paragraph G

    Questions 8–10: True/False/Not Given

    Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1? In boxes 8–10 on your answer sheet, write TRUE if the statement agrees with the information, FALSE if the statement contradicts the information, NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this.

    1. 8

      Gilbert is less famous than he should be.

    2. 9

      Gilbert was famous as a doctor before he was employed by the Queen.

    3. 10

      Gilbert lost faith in the medical theories of his time.

    Questions 11–13: Multiple choice (choose THREE)

    Which THREE of the following are parts of Gilbert’s discovery? Write the correct letters in boxes 11–13 on your answer sheet.

    1. 11

      Metal can be transformed into another.

      • A. Metal can be transformed into another.
      • B. Garlic can remove magnetism.
      • C. Metals can be magnetised.
      • D. Stars are at different distances from the Earth.
      • E. The Earth wobbles on its axis.
      • F. There are two charges of electricity.
    2. 12

      Stars are at different distances from the Earth.

    3. 13

      The Earth wobbles on its axis.

    Reading Passage 2 — The Fascinating World of Attine Ants

    You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14–26, which are based on Reading Passage 2 below.

    A Leaf-cutting ants and their fungus ‘farm’ are a marvel of nature and perhaps the best known example of symbiosis — the mutual dependence of two species. Ants cultivate a mushroom-like fungus in ‘farms’. Both the ants and their so-called ‘agriculture’ have been extensively studied over the years, but recent research has uncovered intriguing new findings. Ants invented agriculture 50 million years before people did, and the leaf-cutters, members of the large attine ant family, practise the most sophisticated example of it. They grow their fungus in underground chambers that can reach the size of a football. A single leaf-cutter nest may contain a thousand such chambers, embedded in an underground metropolis up to 18 feet deep, and support a society of more than a million ants. B These ant communities are the dominant plant-eaters of the Neotropics, the region comprising South and Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean. Biologists believe 15 percent of the leaf production of tropical forests disappears down the nests of leaf-cutter ants. In the nest, the leaves are shredded and added to the fungus, which digests the leaves and is in turn eaten by the ants. The attine ants’ achievement is remarkable because it allows them to consume, courtesy of their mushroom’s digestive powers, the harvest of tropical forests whose leaves are laden with poisonous chemicals. C There are more than 200 known species of the attine ant tribe, divided into 12 groups, or genera. The leaf-cutters use fresh vegetation; the other groups, known as the lower attines because their nests are smaller and their techniques more primitive, feed their gardens with similar leaves that have fallen on the ground and insects that lie on the forest floor. Lower attine ants are all a similar size. However, leaf-cutter worker ants come in made-to-fit sizes — large ants to saw off leaves, medium ones to shred them, and miniature workers to seed them with fungus and clean off alien growths. D In 1994, biologists from the United States Department of Agriculture analysed the DNA of ant fungi. They found that the leaf-cutters’ fungus was descended from a single pure strain, propagated for at least 23 million years. However, the fungi grown by lower attine ants fell into four different groups, as if the ants had domesticated wild fungi at least four times in evolutionary history. What could be driving these two patterns of fungus gardening — the pure clone cultivation of the leaf-cutters and the multiple varieties of the lower attines? E The answer has been suggested by Cameron Currie of the University of Toronto. The pure strain of fungus grown by the leaf-cutters, it seemed to him, resembled the single crops grown by humans to the exclusion of all others, such as potato growing. These ‘monocultures’, which lack the genetic diversity to respond to changing environmental threats, are particularly vulnerable to parasites — organisms that live and feed on their host, often causing harm. Currie felt there had to be a parasite in the ant-fungus system. But a century of ant research had provided no evidence for his idea. Textbooks describe how leaf-cutter ants scrupulously weed their gardens of all foreign organisms. “People kept telling me the ants keep their gardens free of parasites,” said Currie. Nevertheless, after three years of sifting through attine ant gardens, Currie discovered several alien organisms, particularly a family of parasitic moulds called ‘Escovopsis’. F Escovopsis is a deadly disease that can devastate a fungus garden in a couple of days. It blooms like a white cloud which envelops the whole garden. Other ants won’t go near it, and the ants associated with the garden just starve to death. Evidently, the ants usually manage to keep Escovopsis and other parasites under control. Nevertheless, with any lapse in control Escovopsis will quickly burst forth. Although new leaf-cutter gardens start off free of Escovopsis, within two years some 60 percent become infected. G The discovery of Escovopsis’s role brings a new level of understanding to the evolution of the attine ants. In the last decade, evolutionary biologists have been increasingly aware of the role of parasites as driving forces in evolution. With Currie’s work, there is now a possible reason for the different varieties of fungus in the lower attine mushroom gardens — to stay one step ahead of the relentless Escovopsis. Interestingly, the leaf-cutters had, in general, fewer alien moulds in their gardens than the lower attines, yet more Escovopsis infections. Clearly, the price they pay for cultivating a pure variety of fungus is a higher risk from Escovopsis. H So how do attine ants keep this parasite under control? People have known for a hundred years that ants have a whitish growth on their body surface. It was thought to be wax but, after examining it under a microscope, Currie discovered a specialised patch on the ants’ bodies that harbours a particular kind of bacterium, one well known to the pharmaceutical industry and the source of half the antibiotics used in medicine. This bacterium is a potent poisoner of Escovopsis, inhibiting its growth and suppressing spore formation. Astoundingly, the leaf-cutter ants are accomplishing feats beyond the power of humans: they are growing a monocultural crop year after year without disaster, and they are using an antibiotic apparently so wisely that, unlike people, they are not provoking antibiotic resistance in the target disease-producing organism.

      Questions 14–19: Matching information

      Reading Passage 2 has eight paragraphs, A–H. Which section contains the following information? Write the correct letter, A–H, in boxes 14–19 on your answer sheet.

      1. 14

        two things at which leaf-cutter ants have succeeded but humans have failed.

      2. 15

        a comparison between the nests of leaf-cutter ants and lower attine ants.

      3. 16

        an assessment of the impact leaf-cutter ants have on their environment.

      4. 17

        the effect Escovopsis has on ant communities.

      5. 18

        the advantage for lower attine ants of growing a range of fungi.

      6. 19

        the discovery of the age of the attine-ant fungi.

      Questions 20–24: Classification

      Classify the following descriptions as relating to: A. Leaf-cutting ants, B. Lower attines, C. Both leaf-cutting ants and lower attine ants. Write the correct letter, A, B or C, in boxes 20–24 on your answer sheet.

      1. 20

        the use of dead vegetation to cultivate their fungus

        • A. Leaf-cutting ants
        • B. Lower attines
        • C. Both leaf-cutting ants and lower attine ants
      2. 21

        very small ants that keep the fungus free of foreign organisms

      3. 22

        the ability to safely eat harmful plants

      4. 23

        the cultivation of a single fungus

      5. 24

        a nest with a very large number of rooms for growing fungus

      Questions 25–26: Multiple choice

      Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D. Write the correct letter in boxes 25 and 26 on your answer sheet.

      1. 25

        What does the writer say about Cameron Currie’s research?

        • A. No previous work had been done in this area.
        • B. Earlier studies did not support his theory.
        • C. Textbooks on this subject lacked specific detail.
        • D. Currie’s initial theory had proven to be incorrect.
      2. 26

        Using a microscope, Currie was the first to discover that the body of attine ants

        • A. has a white covering.
        • B. is covered in wax.
        • C. is poisonous to humans.
        • D. has a substance useful to humans.

      Reading Passage 3 — The Art of Deception

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

      Do tiny changes of facial expression show whether someone is telling lies? Forty years ago, the research psychologist Dr Paul Ekman was addressing a group of young psychiatrists in training when he was asked a question, the answer to which has kept him busy ever since. Suppose the group wanted to know whether a particular patient who swears they are telling the truth really is. They look and sound sincere. So here is the question: is there any way you can be sure they are telling the truth? Ekman did not know the answer then, but he wanted to find out. As part of his research, he had already filmed a series of 12-minute interviews with psychiatric patients. In a subsequent conversation, one of the patients told him that she had lied to him. So Ekman sat and looked at the film but saw nothing noteworthy. Then he slowed it down and looked again. Then he slowed it down even further. And suddenly, there, across just two frames of the film, he saw it: an intense expression of extreme anguish. It lasted less than a fifteenth of a second, but once he had spotted the first expression, he soon found three more examples in that same interview. He termed his discovery “micro-expressions”: very rapid, intense demonstrations of emotion that the subject intended to conceal. Over the course of the next four decades, Ekman successfully demonstrated a proposition first suggested by Charles Darwin: that the ways in which we express rage, disgust, contempt, fear, surprise, happiness and sadness are universal. The facial muscles triggered by those seven basic emotions are, he has shown, essentially standard, regardless of language and culture, from the US to Japan and Brazil to Papua New Guinea. What is more, expressions of emotion are impossible to suppress and, particularly when we are lying, micro-expressions of powerfully felt emotions will inevitably flit across our face before we get the chance to stop them. Fortunately for liars, most people will fail to spot these fleeting signals of inner torment. Of the 15,000 Ekman has tested, only 50 people, whom he calls “naturals”, have been able to do it. But given a little more training, Ekman says, almost anyone can develop the skill. He should know: since these tests were completed in the mid-1980s and the first publication of his research, he has been called in by the FBI and CIA (among countless more law enforcement and other agencies around the world), not just to solve cases, but to teach them how to use his technique for themselves. He has held workshops for defence and prosecution lawyers, health professionals, even jealous spouses, all of them wanting to know exactly when someone is not being 100 percent candid. Most recently, Ekman’s research has resulted in a new television series about the exploits of the fictional Dr Cal Lightman, a scientist who studies involuntary body language to discover not only if you are lying, but why you might have been motivated to do so. According to the publicity blurb, Lightman is a human lie detector, even more accurate than a polygraph test. Ekman concedes he was sceptical when the producer first approached him with the idea of turning his life’s work into a TV series, and initially would have stopped the project if he could. In particular, he was fearful that the show would exaggerate the effectiveness of his techniques and create the quite inaccurate impression among audiences that criminals could no longer hope to get away with lying. In the worst-case scenario, he was concerned about unfair convictions— that one day someone not properly trained in his techniques might be sitting on a jury and wrongly find someone guilty of a crime simply on the basis of a television programme. In the end, though, he was won over because the series is unusual in several respects. It is the first time, as far as Ekman is aware, that a commercial TV drama has been based on the work of just one scientist. That scientist is also deeply involved in the project, talking through plot ideas and checking five successive drafts of each script to ensure details are correct. He was also impressed with the producer’s manifestly serious and well-intentioned reasons for making the programme. Now that the first series has been completed, he believes probably 80–90 per cent of the show is based on fact and that’s good enough for what it is. After all, it is a drama, not a documentary. Ekman, incidentally, professes to have been a terrible liar ever since he was a small boy and observes that the ability to detect a lie and the ability to lie successfully are completely unrelated. He has been asked by people running for high office if he could teach them to become more credible with the public but has always refused to use his skills in that way on ethical grounds. He also insists that there are various kinds of lies. A “true” lie can be identified by having two essential characteristics: there must be a deliberate intent to mislead and there must be no notification that this is what is occurring. This means that an actor or a poker player isn’t a true liar. They are supposed to deceive you — it’s part of the game— and the same is true of flattery. He prefers to focus on the kinds of lies where the liar would be in grave trouble if they were found out, and where the target would feel properly aggrieved if they knew.

        Questions 27–31: Multiple choice

        Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D. Write the correct letter in boxes 27–31 on your answer sheet.

        1. 27

          According to the writer, Ekman became interested in lying after a question from his

          • A. peers.
          • B. patients.
          • C. students.
          • D. teachers.
        2. 28

          The writer refers to the 12-minute interviews in order to

          • A. illustrate how frequently patients lie.
          • B. describe the origins of Ekman’s theories.
          • C. compare Ekman’s research to previous studies.
          • D. show how patients’ behaviour is affected by filming.
        3. 29

          What is the writer’s point in the third paragraph?

          • A. Micro-expressions are common to all people.
          • B. Recent research has refuted an old idea.
          • C. With practice we can learn to control our micro-expressions.
          • D. Human society is too complex to allow for generalisations.
        4. 30

          What are we told about Ekman’s conclusions from his tests?

          • A. It’s natural for people to lie.
          • B. Few untrained people can detect lying.
          • C. Most liars suffer from periods of depression.
          • D. All of his subjects were trained to identify micro-expressions.
        5. 31

          What point does the writer make about Ekman’s techniques in the fourth paragraph?

          • A. They take a decade to teach.
          • B. They have been in great demand.
          • C. They have aroused the suspicions of some agencies.
          • D. They can be used by a limited range of occupations.

        Questions 32–36: Summary completion

        Complete the summary using the list of words, A–I, below. Write the correct letter, A–I, in boxes 32–36 on your answer sheet.

        A new TV series based on Ekman’s work features a hero named Lightman, who detects lies. Initially, Ekman was unenthusiastic about the TV project because he feared the possibility of encouraging viewers’ 32 ________. For example, he was worried that one day the programme could result in 33 ________ not being carried out. Ultimately, though, he has given the show his blessing because he is not aware of any other comparable programme based on a single person’s 34 ________. The 35 ________ of the show’s producer have been another pleasant surprise considering the genre of the programme. Ekman is happy with the show’s overall 36 ________. A. consequences B. crimes C. false beliefs D. motives E. justice F. accuracy G. acting H. research I. ratings
        1. 32

          Initially, Ekman was unenthusiastic about the TV project because he feared the possibility of encouraging viewers’ ________.

        2. 33

          For example, he was worried that one day the programme could result in ________ not being carried out.

        3. 34

          Ultimately, though, he has given the show his blessing because he is not aware of any other comparable programme based on a single person’s ________.

        4. 35

          The ________ of the show’s producer have been another pleasant surprise considering the genre of the programme.

        5. 36

          Ekman is happy with the show’s overall ________.

        Questions 37–40: Yes/No/Not Given

        Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in Reading Passage 3? In boxes 37–40 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.

        1. 37

          Ekman regrets the lies he told as a child.

        2. 38

          People who are good at lying tend to be good at detecting lies.

        3. 39

          Ekman has worked with poker players to help them lie more convincingly.

        4. 40

          Ekman is more interested in the types of lies with serious consequences.

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        1. 1. v

          Paragraph A is best summarised by heading v because it introduces Gilbert as a pioneer of electricity and magnetism and explains his importance, saying he is 'less well known than he deserves.'

        2. 2. i

          Heading i fits Paragraph B as it describes Gilbert's early life and education, mentioning his birth, family, schooling, and studies at Cambridge.

        3. 3. vi

          Paragraph C matches heading vi because it details Gilbert's medical career, his success as a doctor, and his roles with the Royal Society and Queen Elizabeth I.

        4. 4. x

          Heading x is correct for Paragraph D since it discusses how Gilbert moved from chemistry to physics, inspired by ancient knowledge, and started his research into magnetism.

        5. 5. ix

          Paragraph E is best summarised by heading ix because it describes Gilbert's discoveries about magnetism and electricity, including naming the 'north pole' and 'south pole' of magnets.

        6. 6. iv

          Heading iv fits Paragraph F as it explains Gilbert's ideas about astronomy, such as stars having their own planets and the Earth being a giant magnet.

        7. 7. ii

          Paragraph G matches heading ii because it describes Gilbert's experimental approach and how it laid the foundation for modern science.

        8. 8. TRUE

          TRUE. The passage says Gilbert is 'less well known than he deserves,' showing he is not as famous as he should be.

        9. 9. TRUE

          TRUE. The passage states Gilbert was 'a very successful and eminent doctor' before being appointed as the Queen's physician.

        10. 10. NOT GIVEN

          NOT GIVEN. The passage does not mention Gilbert losing faith in the medical theories of his time.

        11. 11. C

          C is correct because the passage says 'Gilbert also found that metals can be magnetised by rubbing materials such as fur on them.' Option B is tempting but only refers to a superstition, not a scientific finding.

        12. 12. D

          D is correct since the passage says Gilbert 'believed that stars are not equidistant from the Earth but have their own Earth-like planets orbiting around them.'

        13. 13. E

          E is correct because the passage says a lodestone 'would wobble all by itself in 24 hours' and that 'the Sun and other stars wobble just as the Earth does around a crystal core.'

        14. 14. H

          H is correct as Paragraph H says ants 'are growing a monocultural crop year after year without disaster' and 'are using an antibiotic... without provoking antibiotic resistance,' both things humans struggle with.

        15. 15. C

          C is correct because Paragraph C compares leaf-cutter ants (with large, complex nests and different-sized workers) to lower attine ants (with smaller nests and similar-sized workers).

        16. 16. B

          B is correct as Paragraph B states leaf-cutter ants are 'the dominant plant-eaters' and take '15 percent of the leaf production of tropical forests,' showing their environmental impact.

        17. 17. F

          F is correct because Paragraph F explains that Escovopsis 'can devastate a fungus garden in a couple of days' and describes its deadly effects on ant communities.

        18. 18. G

          G is correct as Paragraph G says the different varieties of fungus in lower attine gardens help them 'stay one step ahead of the relentless Escovopsis,' giving them an advantage.

        19. 19. D

          D is correct because Paragraph D describes how biologists found the leaf-cutters' fungus 'was descended from a single pure strain, propagated for at least 23 million years,' revealing its age.

        20. 20. B

          B is correct since Paragraph C says lower attine ants 'feed their gardens with similar leaves that have fallen on the ground and insects,' meaning they use dead vegetation.

        21. 21. A

          A is correct because Paragraph C says 'miniature workers' in leaf-cutter ant colonies 'seed them with fungus and clean off alien growths,' showing small ants keep the fungus clean.

        22. 22. C

          C is correct as Paragraph B explains the ants' fungus allows them to eat leaves 'laden with poisonous chemicals,' so both ants and fungus can safely eat harmful plants.

        23. 23. A

          A is correct because Paragraph D and E state leaf-cutter ants grow a 'single pure strain' of fungus, which is a monoculture.

        24. 24. A

          A is correct since Paragraph A describes leaf-cutter nests as having 'a thousand such chambers' for fungus, making them very large.

        25. 25. B

          B is correct because Paragraph E says 'a century of ant research had provided no evidence for his idea,' meaning earlier studies did not support Currie's theory. Option A is wrong because previous work had been done, just not supporting his idea.

        26. 26. D

          D is correct as Paragraph H says Currie found a bacterium on the ants' bodies that is 'the source of half the antibiotics used in medicine,' which is useful to humans.

        27. 27. C

          C is correct because the first paragraph says Ekman was asked a question by 'a group of young psychiatrists in training,' which means students.

        28. 28. B

          B is correct as the writer describes the interviews to show how Ekman discovered micro-expressions, which led to his theories.

        29. 29. A

          A is correct because the third paragraph says expressions of emotion are 'universal' and 'essentially standard, regardless of language and culture,' showing micro-expressions are common to all people.

        30. 30. B

          B is correct since the fourth paragraph says only 50 out of 15,000 people tested could spot micro-expressions without training, so few untrained people can detect lying. Option A is tempting but not stated.

        31. 31. B

          B is correct because the fourth paragraph says Ekman has been called in by many agencies and people to teach his technique, showing high demand.

        32. 32. C

          C is correct because Ekman feared the show would 'create the quite inaccurate impression among audiences that criminals could no longer hope to get away with lying,' meaning he worried about encouraging viewers' overconfidence.

        33. 33. E

          E is correct as Ekman worried that someone 'not properly trained... might be sitting on a jury and wrongly find someone guilty,' meaning fair trials might not be carried out.

        34. 34. H

          H is correct because Ekman says it is the first time a TV drama has been based on the work of just one scientist, so it is based on a single person's research.

        35. 35. D

          D is correct as Ekman was impressed with the producer's 'serious and well-intentioned reasons for making the programme,' showing the producer's motives were a pleasant surprise.

        36. 36. F

          F is correct because Ekman says 'probably 80-90 per cent of the show is based on fact and that's good enough for what it is,' so he is happy with its overall accuracy.

        37. 37. NOT GIVEN

          NOT GIVEN. The passage says Ekman was a terrible liar as a child but does not say he regrets it.

        38. 38. NO

          NO. The passage says 'the ability to detect a lie and the ability to lie successfully are completely unrelated,' so people good at lying are not necessarily good at detecting lies.

        39. 39. NOT GIVEN

          NOT GIVEN. The passage says Ekman refused to help politicians but does not mention poker players.

        40. 40. YES

          YES. The passage says Ekman prefers to focus on lies 'where the liar would be in grave trouble if they were found out,' showing he is more interested in serious lies.