General Training Reading Sample 41


The glow-worm belongs to a family of beetles known as the lampyridae or fireflies. The fireflies are a huge group containing over 2000 species, with new ones being discovered all the time. The feature which makes fireflies and glow-worms so appealing is their ability to produce an often dazzling display of light. The light is used by the adult fireFlies as a signal to attract a mate, and each species must develop its own 'call-sign' to avoid being confused with other species glowing nearby. So within any one area each species will differ from its neighbours in some way, For example in the colour or pattern of its light, how long the pulses of light last, the interval between pulses and whether it displays in flight or from the ground.





Questions 28-37
The passage has five sections labelled A-E.
Which section contains the following information?
Write the correct letter A-E in boxes 28-33 on your answer sheet.

NB You may use any letter more than once.

28 threats to the glow-worm  
29 ways in which glow-worms have been used
30 variations in type of glow-worm  
31 glow-worm distribution  
32 glow-worms becoming an attraction  
33 the life-cycle of a glow-worm 

Questions 36-40
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage.

In boxes 34-40 on your answer sheet, write
TRUE    if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE    if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN    iif there is no information on this

35 The first fireflies appeared 30 million years ago.  
36 Glow-worm populations are decreasing faster in some countries than in others.  
37 Heat affects the production of glow-worm larvae.
38 Adulthood is the longest stage of a glow-worm's life.  
39 The exact reason why glow-worm numbers are decreasing is unknown.  
40 Glow-worms are usually found in wet areas.

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0 # Sumit 2017-01-14 12:13
Can someone please explain answer 31?
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0 # Holden 2016-08-19 03:56
Could you please help me with the question 38? How is the answer FALSE? Where is the answer is the text?
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0 # Ali 2016-12-29 17:47
Should be NG, I guess.
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0 # Sonali 2017-02-28 05:48
In paragraph C, it says that Adult flies have very short lives since they don't have any mouth parts. But their egg lives are much longer, 35-45 days, depending on the temperature. That's the reason I considered.
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0 # Yousuff 2016-05-30 07:11
You have given good reading but you have not provide proper way of 40 questions and answers. You have given 60 examples but I cannot find proper 40 question answers like full paper reading work for one hour paper work. Provide us 10 reading for general full 40 question answer paper work one hour job. Thank you. Yousuff.
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0 # Shahed Al Hasan 2016-05-23 08:46
Could someone please clear the question no. 35 ? From my point of view answer should be NG.
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0 # Ali 2016-12-29 17:45
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0 # Mukul 2016-08-19 05:53
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0 # Anne 2015-04-15 06:39
This is difficult...
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-1 # Sujith 2015-04-18 00:13
Not really. When is your exam? If you have not done your speaking yet, then let us practise it by Skype.
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0 # Marshood 2016-08-11 08:53
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+1 # Abdullah 2015-03-23 16:06
36. In some countries, the numbers of glow-worms have been falling. Then why is it 'not given'?
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+1 # Rizwan 2016-02-20 00:32
They just mentioned the decline in UK, no other country is mentioned so it may be declining on same rate or at different rate so not given will come.
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-1 # Sujith 2015-04-18 00:12
Possible causes for the decline include... means they are just saying maybe these are the reasons, but they didn't state it or confirm it because it's not yet proved [ read between words and sentences]...
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