Reading and Use of English
Part 3
For questione 17-24, read the rest below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the
Ines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0)
write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet
Example COMPETITOR
Running speed
Emo (0) like the Jamaican Usain Bolt have regularly been clocked COMPETE
running at nearly 45 kilometres per hour. Such speed would have seemed
(17)........ Not so long ago. Scientists now suggest that humans can BELIEVE
move (18) ......... faster than even that, perhaps as fast as 65 kilometros CONSIDER
per hour
For yours, it was assumed that simple muscle power determined human
speed, but recent research suggests otherwise. The most important
(19) ......... factor appears to be how quickly the muscles can contract LIMIT
and thus (20) ........ the time a runner's foot is in contact with the ground.
is our athletic ability inherited? Researcher Alun Wiliams has (21)..... IDENTITY
Twenty-three inherited factors that influence sporting performance, such
as the (22).... Use of oxygen, and strength. As world population rises, EFFICIENCY
predicts Williams, the (23) .........Of there being someone with the right POSSIBLE
penes for these twonty-three (24) Will increase noticeably and thus CHARACTER
faster runners are likely to emerge in futuro.
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