Questions 11-16
Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C.
Write your answers in boxes 11-16
on your answer sheet.
11. How much time has passed since the first garden was actually operating?
12. What is the present pattern for organised work sessions?
13. Who now has practical control over planting choices?
14. What limit is placed on neighbours who collect food without volunteering?
15. According to Mara, where is demand for shared gardens greatest?
16. What reaction from older non-gardeners has most surprised Mara?
(A) is incorrect. Three years refers to the paperwork before the first garden happened.
(B) is correct. Mara says the scheme has been up and running for five years.
(C) is incorrect. Eight years refers to when she first had the idea.
Associated Text:
But it took at least three years of paperwork and council meetings before we were actually able to make the first garden happen. So the scheme has been up and running for five years now.
(A) is correct. Mara says volunteers currently have one official gardening session every Sunday morning.
(B) is incorrect. They do not meet on both weekend days.
(C) is incorrect. One Saturday each month was the arrangement when the scheme first started.
Associated Text:
At the moment we have one official gardening session every Sunday morning. We'd love to do more, but most volunteers can only commit to one session a week.
(A) is incorrect. The council owns the land but leaves planting decisions to the volunteers.
(B) is incorrect. The police are not involved.
(C) is correct. Mara says the local volunteers make decisions about plants and layout themselves.
Associated Text:
The local volunteers make the decisions about plants and layout themselves, in our monthly planning meetings. The police aren't involved at all, of course.
(A) is incorrect. They do not have to work in return.
(B) is correct. Neighbours may take only what they will use that evening.
(C) is incorrect. They do not need permission from a coordinator.
Associated Text:
They don't have to do any work in return. We do ask, though, that they take only what they'll actually eat that evening
(A) is incorrect. Wealthy areas usually already have gardens.
(B) is incorrect. Leafy suburbs often have allotments available.
(C) is correct. Mara says the strongest demand comes from neighbourhoods with a high density of flats.
Associated Text:
The strongest demand comes from neighbourhoods with a high density of flats, places where people don't have a balcony, let alone a patch of soil. So community gardens are most needed in densely built areas where flats dominate the housing
(A) is incorrect. Mara expected noise complaints but says older residents are mostly supportive.
(B) is correct. Older residents say they enjoy watching children working in the gardens.
(C) is incorrect. Wildlife complaints are mentioned separately, not as older residents being surprised by wildlife.
Associated Text:
the older residents themselves are mostly very supportive, and they say they enjoy watching the children at work.
Questions 17-18
Choose two letters A-E.
Write your answers in boxes 17-18 on your answer sheet.
Which TWO less tangible gains do participants put ahead of practical rewards?
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becoming physically fitter
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new neighbour friendships
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reducing household food costs
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pride in a transformed local space
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teaching gardening to their children
(A) is incorrect. Physical fitness, saving money on vegetables, and teaching children to garden are specifically described as less important benefits.
(B) is correct. Mara says volunteers most often mention the friendships they have formed with neighbours.
(C) is incorrect. Physical fitness, saving money on vegetables, and teaching children to garden are specifically described as less important benefits.
(D) is correct. Mara says volunteers value the pride they feel after transforming waste ground into something beautiful.
(E) is incorrect. Physical fitness, saving money on vegetables, and teaching children to garden are specifically described as less important benefits.
Associated Text:
The thing people mention most often is the friendships they've formed with neighbours they'd barely spoken to before. So the biggest benefit, in their own words, is the new friendships across the neighbourhood.
(A) is incorrect. Physical fitness, saving money on vegetables, and teaching children to garden are specifically described as less important benefits.
(B) is correct. Mara says volunteers most often mention the friendships they have formed with neighbours.
(C) is incorrect. Physical fitness, saving money on vegetables, and teaching children to garden are specifically described as less important benefits.
(D) is correct. Mara says volunteers value the pride they feel after transforming waste ground into something beautiful.
(E) is incorrect. Physical fitness, saving money on vegetables, and teaching children to garden are specifically described as less important benefits.
Associated Text:
Residents also describe a sense of pride at having transformed an ugly patch of waste ground into something genuinely beautiful
Questions 19-20
Choose two letters A-E.
Write your answers in boxes 19-20 on your answer sheet.
Which TWO outcomes of the Holm Road trial were unexpected rather than planned for?
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higher cafe sales
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cleaner air along the street
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a better-looking pavement area
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a livelier and louder street scene
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more casual conversations between residents
(A) is correct. Mara says local independent cafes reported significantly higher takings, and this was a surprise.
(B) is incorrect. Better air quality, a more attractive street, and more people meeting were expected rather than surprising.
(C) is incorrect. Better air quality, a more attractive street, and more people meeting were expected rather than surprising.
(D) is correct. Mara says the higher pavement noise level took them by surprise.
(E) is incorrect. Better air quality, a more attractive street, and more people meeting were expected rather than surprising.
Associated Text:
Local independent cafés on Holm Road also said their takings on the day went up significantly compared to a typical Saturday, which was another surprise.
(A) is correct. Mara says local independent cafes reported significantly higher takings, and this was a surprise.
(B) is incorrect. Better air quality, a more attractive street, and more people meeting were expected rather than surprising.
(C) is incorrect. Better air quality, a more attractive street, and more people meeting were expected rather than surprising.
(D) is correct. Mara says the higher pavement noise level took them by surprise.
(E) is incorrect. Better air quality, a more attractive street, and more people meeting were expected rather than surprising.
Associated Text:
what really took us by surprise was that the noise level on the pavement actually went up
