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1Read the extract, then answer the question. When Helsinki's city planners first proposed turning a disused railway yard into a mixed-use neighbourhood, critics called the idea "optimistic fiction." Ten years later, the district hosts co-working spaces, a food market and more than two thousand residents—yet rents have climbed so steeply that many of the artists who first popularised the area can no longer afford to stay. What is the main tension the writer highlights?
A.Urban regeneration brought vitality but also displaced the community that helped create it.
B.The railway yard was never suitable for residential use.
C.Planners deliberately set out to exclude artists from the start.
D.The food market alone caused rents to rise.
Explanation: The passage contrasts successful redevelopment (residents, market, co-working) with the unintended outcome that early creative residents were priced out. That success-versus-displacement contrast is the central tension.
2Read the extract. "I used to think multitasking made me productive," writes a technology columnist. "Then I timed my work with a single-task timer and discovered I finished the same report in half the time—and remembered what I had written." What does the columnist mainly conclude?
A.Focusing on one task at a time improved speed and retention.
B.Timers always make work take longer.
C.Reports should never be timed.
D.Multitasking is essential for modern journalism.
Explanation: The columnist contrasts the multitasking belief with measured single-task results: faster completion and better memory. That is a clear conclusion favouring focused work.
3In a magazine feature about citizen science, the writer notes: "Volunteers logged more moth sightings in one summer than professional entomologists had managed in the previous five years. Quantity, however, is not the same as quality control." What does the final sentence imply?
A.Large volumes of volunteer data still need careful verification.
B.Professional entomologists should stop collecting data.
C.Moth sightings are no longer scientifically useful.
D.Volunteers are more accurate than professionals.
Explanation: "Quantity… is not the same as quality control" signals that volume alone does not guarantee reliability; verification remains necessary.
4A blog about Nordic winter swimming opens: "The shock is not the cold itself; it is realising that the cold is negotiable—if you stop fighting it." What attitude toward cold does the writer convey?
A.Acceptance of the cold can make the experience manageable.
B.Winter swimming is unsafe for beginners.
C.The cold should always be avoided.
D.Only competitive athletes can tolerate ice water.
Explanation: Calling the cold "negotiable" if you "stop fighting it" frames acceptance, not avoidance, as the key mental shift.
5Read the notice. University library — Temporary arrangement From 3–14 March the main reading room will be closed for roof repairs. Course reserves will be available at the service desk on Floor 2. Group study rooms remain open; silence rules still apply. Which statement is true according to the notice?
A.Course reserves move to the Floor 2 service desk during the repair period.
B.Group study rooms will also be closed for two weeks.
C.Silence rules are suspended until 14 March.
D.The entire library is closed from 3–14 March.
Explanation: The notice states course reserves will be available at the Floor 2 service desk while the main reading room is closed. Other facilities and rules continue.
6An opinion piece ends: "If we measure a city's success only by tower height, we will keep mistaking vertical ambition for civic health." What is the writer's main criticism?
A.Judging cities solely by skyscrapers ignores broader social well-being.
B.Towers should never be built in city centres.
C.Civic health depends only on parks.
D.Architects lack ambition.
Explanation: The contrast between "tower height" and "civic health" criticises a narrow metric of success, not building itself.
7Read the extract. For decades, the coastal path was maintained by a small local association. After a severe storm damaged several bridges, the municipality finally allocated emergency funds—on condition that the association accept professional project management for the rebuild. What condition did the municipality attach to the funding?
A.Professional project management must oversee the rebuild.
B.The association must dissolve after the storm.
C.Bridges may only be repaired with volunteer labour.
D.The coastal path must be closed permanently.
Explanation: The extract states funds were allocated "on condition that the association accept professional project management for the rebuild."
8In a travel essay, the writer says a remote island "has no billboards, no traffic lights and, mercifully, no notifications." What does "mercifully" reveal about the writer's attitude to notifications?
A.The writer is glad to be free of constant digital alerts.
B.The writer urgently needs better mobile coverage.
C.The writer prefers cities with heavy advertising.
D.The writer finds the island's silence frightening.
Explanation: "Mercifully" expresses relief; coupled with "no notifications," it shows positive appreciation of digital quiet.
9Read the passage. Streaming services once promised infinite choice. Ironically, many subscribers now report decision fatigue: after scrolling for twenty minutes, they abandon the search and rewatch a familiar series. The problem is not scarcity of content but scarcity of attention and trust in recommendations. According to the passage, why do many subscribers rewatch familiar series?
A.Endless choice and weak trust in recommendations make deciding exhausting.
B.Streaming catalogues have become too small.
C.Rewatching is required by the subscription terms.
D.New series are always lower quality than old ones.
Explanation: Decision fatigue from infinite choice plus "scarcity of attention and trust in recommendations" explains the return to familiar shows.
10A science feature states: "Lab-grown diamonds are chemically identical to mined ones, yet some buyers still pay a premium for stones with a geological story." What can reasonably be inferred?
A.For some consumers, origin narrative outweighs pure chemical sameness.
B.Lab-grown diamonds cannot be used in jewellery.
C.Mined diamonds are always cheaper.
D.Chemists reject all lab-grown stones.
Explanation: If stones are chemically identical but some buyers still pay more for a "geological story," origin narrative is driving value for those buyers.
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