Questions 21-26
Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C.
Write your answers in boxes 21-26
on your answer sheet.
21. What shared problem did they have before their placements?
22. The male student was pleased to be able to help
23. Why were the reef fish useful to the aquarium?
24. What do they learn about fish-feed supplements?
25. What went wrong with the dolphin-pool samples?
26. What view did both senior keepers share about vets?
(A) is correct. Both students say the shared difficulty was making contact with the right aquarium.
(B) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: travelling there each day.
(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: getting a long enough placement.
Associated Text:
No, they don't seem to have proper websites for placements, do they?
Sam: Exactly. I found mine through a friend of my mother's, but it wasn't easy.
Eve: No, I had exactly the same trouble, just making the initial contact with the right place.
(A) is incorrect. The stingray was treated by a vet while Eve watched, and C is wrong because the recording does not say the turtle eggs were moved.
(B) is correct. Sam says he helped a turtle that was having difficulty laying eggs and describes it as a great feeling when the turtle settled and began releasing eggs.
(C) is incorrect. The recording does not say the turtle eggs were moved.
Associated Text:
the best moment was helping with a green sea turtle. I was up most of one night helping a green sea turtle that was having difficulty laying its eggs.
(A) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: They gave the tank greater variety.
(B) is correct. The fish were hardy and colourful, so visitors liked them.
(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: They stayed healthier than deep-tank fish.
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So were they kept mainly for displaying to the public?
Eve: Mostly, yes. They're quite hardy and colourful, so visitors love them.
(A) is correct. Both keepers say supplements are not given routinely and are used only when required.
(B) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: More expensive brands are better.
(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: Large portions should be avoided.
Associated Text:
he didn't give them as a matter of routine, just at times when the fish seemed to particularly require them.
Sam: Yes, my keeper said the same.
(A) is correct. Sam mixed up the pool labels on some samples.
(B) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: A batch was thrown away by mistake.
(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: Some were kept too warm.
Associated Text:
some pools had been treated with a routine medication, so those samples had to be put in separate containers. But I got the labels mixed up, and I labelled some samples from the wrong pool
(A) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: They are under too much pressure.
(B) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: Their training should change.
(C) is correct. Both keepers thought keepers could handle some routine care, though vets still have specialist skills.
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some of the stuff the vets do, like minor wound care, he'd be quite capable of doing himself.
Sam: Yeah, my keeper said the same, but she reckons vets' specialist skills are still needed.
Questions 27-30
What opinion do the students give about each module?
- easier than expected
- not clearly organised
- possible dissertation topic
- difficult reading
- contained a disturbing fact
- knowledge in the area is limited
Write the correct letter
A-F next to questions 27-30.
The correct answer is A because the discussion of marine taxonomy says it seemed difficult at first but was actually straightforward, matching the idea of being easier than expected.
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My heart sank when I saw that, especially right at the beginning of the course.
Eve: I thought it would be hard too, but actually I found it all quite straightforward.
The correct answer is E because the students discuss being disturbed by the limited checking of contamination in commercial fish food, which fits being shocked by something learned in aquaculture and nutrition.
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there's such limited checking into whether or not it's contaminated, in comparison with the checks on food for humans? I thought that was terrible.
The correct answer is F because both students are surprised that scientists know so little about diseases affecting important marine animals.
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The ecosystems of so many regions depend on these, but scientists don't know much about the diseases that affect them.
The correct answer is C because Eve says she might write her dissertation on something connected with wildlife conservation, so she may do further study on it.
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I also loved the wildlife conservation unit, especially the work on helping seabirds caught in oil spills. That's something I hadn't really thought about before.
Eve: Same here. I thought I might write my dissertation on something connected with that.
