Questions 19-22
Complete the sentences below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in 19-22 on your answer sheet.
Use "Injury" because it is the exact word, phrase or option used to complete the question. The supporting sentence says: "Demands include physical and mental effort, worries about success and potential dangers such as injury.". This evidence names the idea needed for the blank, so the completed answer is logical and grammatically suitable.
Associated Text:
Demands include physical and mental effort, worries about success and potential dangers such as injury.
Use "Serves" because it is the exact word, phrase or option used to complete the question. The supporting sentence says: "In tennis players, cortisol has been associated with more unsuccessful serves and greater anxiety.". This evidence names the idea needed for the blank, so the completed answer is logical and grammatically suitable.
Associated Text:
In tennis players, cortisol has been associated with more unsuccessful serves and greater anxiety.
Use "Excitement" because it is the exact word, phrase or option used to complete the question. The supporting sentence says: "Psychologists may help athletes see a faster heart rate as excitement rather than nerves.". This evidence names the idea needed for the blank, so the completed answer is logical and grammatically suitable.
Associated Text:
Psychologists may help athletes see a faster heart rate as excitement rather than nerves.
Use "Visualization/ visualization" because it is the exact word, phrase or option used to complete the question. The supporting sentence says: "Visualization can reduce physiological responses to threat.". This evidence names the idea needed for the blank, so the completed answer is logical and grammatically suitable.
Associated Text:
Visualization can reduce physiological responses to threat.
Questions 23-24
Choose two letters A-E.
Write your answers in boxes 23-24 on your answer sheet.
Which TWO facts about Emma Raducanu's withdrawal from the Wimbledon tournament are mentioned in the text?
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the point in the tournament when she withdrew
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signs of her performance stress during the tournament
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steps she had taken to control her stress levels
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features of Wimbledon that raised her stress levels
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responses to her social media posts about her Wimbledon experience
(A) is incorrect. Choice A says "the point in the tournament when she withdrew", but the supporting evidence for the correct answers is "She had been performing well, but during a match she struggled to control her breathing and heart rate. A larger audience, higher expectations and facing a more skilful opponent may all have increased the demands she felt at Wimbledon.". That evidence does not give Choice A as one of the two required statements.
(B) is correct. Choice B matches the question because "signs of her performance stress during the tournament" is directly supported by the passage evidence: "She had been performing well, but during a match she struggled to control her breathing and heart rate.". That sentence gives one of the required ideas for "Which TWO facts about Emma Raducanu's withdrawal from the Wimbledon tournament are mentioned in the text?".
(C) is incorrect. Choice C says "steps she had taken to control her stress levels", but the supporting evidence for the correct answers is "She had been performing well, but during a match she struggled to control her breathing and heart rate. A larger audience, higher expectations and facing a more skilful opponent may all have increased the demands she felt at Wimbledon.". That evidence does not give Choice C as one of the two required statements.
(D) is correct. Choice D matches the question because "features of Wimbledon that raised her stress levels" is directly supported by the passage evidence: "A larger audience, higher expectations and facing a more skilful opponent may all have increased the demands she felt at Wimbledon.". That sentence gives one of the required ideas for "Which TWO facts about Emma Raducanu's withdrawal from the Wimbledon tournament are mentioned in the text?".
(E) is incorrect. Choice E says "responses to her social media posts about her Wimbledon experience", but the supporting evidence for the correct answers is "She had been performing well, but during a match she struggled to control her breathing and heart rate. A larger audience, higher expectations and facing a more skilful opponent may all have increased the demands she felt at Wimbledon.". That evidence does not give Choice E as one of the two required statements.
Associated Text:
She had been performing well, but during a match she struggled to control her breathing and heart rate.
(A) is incorrect. Choice A says "the point in the tournament when she withdrew", but the supporting evidence for the correct answers is "She had been performing well, but during a match she struggled to control her breathing and heart rate. A larger audience, higher expectations and facing a more skilful opponent may all have increased the demands she felt at Wimbledon.". That evidence does not give Choice A as one of the two required statements.
(B) is correct. Choice B matches the question because "signs of her performance stress during the tournament" is directly supported by the passage evidence: "She had been performing well, but during a match she struggled to control her breathing and heart rate.". That sentence gives one of the required ideas for "Which TWO facts about Emma Raducanu's withdrawal from the Wimbledon tournament are mentioned in the text?".
(C) is incorrect. Choice C says "steps she had taken to control her stress levels", but the supporting evidence for the correct answers is "She had been performing well, but during a match she struggled to control her breathing and heart rate. A larger audience, higher expectations and facing a more skilful opponent may all have increased the demands she felt at Wimbledon.". That evidence does not give Choice C as one of the two required statements.
(D) is correct. Choice D matches the question because "features of Wimbledon that raised her stress levels" is directly supported by the passage evidence: "A larger audience, higher expectations and facing a more skilful opponent may all have increased the demands she felt at Wimbledon.". That sentence gives one of the required ideas for "Which TWO facts about Emma Raducanu's withdrawal from the Wimbledon tournament are mentioned in the text?".
(E) is incorrect. Choice E says "responses to her social media posts about her Wimbledon experience", but the supporting evidence for the correct answers is "She had been performing well, but during a match she struggled to control her breathing and heart rate. A larger audience, higher expectations and facing a more skilful opponent may all have increased the demands she felt at Wimbledon.". That evidence does not give Choice E as one of the two required statements.
Associated Text:
A larger audience, higher expectations and facing a more skilful opponent may all have increased the demands she felt at Wimbledon.
Questions 25-26
Choose two letters A-E.
Write your answers in boxes 25-26 on your answer sheet.
Which TWO facts about anxiety are mentioned in Paragraph E of the text?
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the factors that influence how intense it can become
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the time needed for its effects to appear
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which symptom occurs most often
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the kinds of athletes most likely to experience it
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the damage that may follow when athletes experience it repeatedly
(A) is correct. Choice A matches the question because "the factors that influence how intense it can become" is directly supported by the passage evidence: "The strength of anxiety depends on the demands and resources involved.". That sentence gives one of the required ideas for "Which TWO facts about anxiety are mentioned in Paragraph E of the text?".
(B) is incorrect. Choice B says "the time needed for its effects to appear", but the supporting evidence for the correct answers is "The strength of anxiety depends on the demands and resources involved. Negative stress responses can damage physical and mental health, and repeated anxiety with negative responses can increase the risk of heart disease and depression.". That evidence does not give Choice B as one of the two required statements.
(C) is incorrect. Choice C says "which symptom occurs most often", but the supporting evidence for the correct answers is "The strength of anxiety depends on the demands and resources involved. Negative stress responses can damage physical and mental health, and repeated anxiety with negative responses can increase the risk of heart disease and depression.". That evidence does not give Choice C as one of the two required statements.
(D) is incorrect. Choice D says "the kinds of athletes most likely to experience it", but the supporting evidence for the correct answers is "The strength of anxiety depends on the demands and resources involved. Negative stress responses can damage physical and mental health, and repeated anxiety with negative responses can increase the risk of heart disease and depression.". That evidence does not give Choice D as one of the two required statements.
(E) is correct. Choice E matches the question because "the damage that may follow when athletes experience it repeatedly" is directly supported by the passage evidence: "Negative stress responses can damage physical and mental health, and repeated anxiety with negative responses can increase the risk of heart disease and depression.". That sentence gives one of the required ideas for "Which TWO facts about anxiety are mentioned in Paragraph E of the text?".
Associated Text:
The strength of anxiety depends on the demands and resources involved.
(A) is correct. Choice A matches the question because "the factors that influence how intense it can become" is directly supported by the passage evidence: "The strength of anxiety depends on the demands and resources involved.". That sentence gives one of the required ideas for "Which TWO facts about anxiety are mentioned in Paragraph E of the text?".
(B) is incorrect. Choice B says "the time needed for its effects to appear", but the supporting evidence for the correct answers is "The strength of anxiety depends on the demands and resources involved. Negative stress responses can damage physical and mental health, and repeated anxiety with negative responses can increase the risk of heart disease and depression.". That evidence does not give Choice B as one of the two required statements.
(C) is incorrect. Choice C says "which symptom occurs most often", but the supporting evidence for the correct answers is "The strength of anxiety depends on the demands and resources involved. Negative stress responses can damage physical and mental health, and repeated anxiety with negative responses can increase the risk of heart disease and depression.". That evidence does not give Choice C as one of the two required statements.
(D) is incorrect. Choice D says "the kinds of athletes most likely to experience it", but the supporting evidence for the correct answers is "The strength of anxiety depends on the demands and resources involved. Negative stress responses can damage physical and mental health, and repeated anxiety with negative responses can increase the risk of heart disease and depression.". That evidence does not give Choice D as one of the two required statements.
(E) is correct. Choice E matches the question because "the damage that may follow when athletes experience it repeatedly" is directly supported by the passage evidence: "Negative stress responses can damage physical and mental health, and repeated anxiety with negative responses can increase the risk of heart disease and depression.". That sentence gives one of the required ideas for "Which TWO facts about anxiety are mentioned in Paragraph E of the text?".
Associated Text:
Negative stress responses can damage physical and mental health, and repeated anxiety with negative responses can increase the risk of heart disease and depression.
