CLEANING UP THAMES READING ANSWERS

The River Thames, which was biologically “dead” as recently as the 1960s, is now the cleanest metropolitan river in

the world, according to the Thames Water Company. The company says that thanks to major investment in better

sewage treatment in London and the Thames Valley, the river that flows through the United Kingdom capital and

the Thames Estuary into the North Sea is cleaner now than it has been for 130 years. The Fisheries Department,

who are responsible for monitoring fish levels in the River Thames, has reported that the river has again become

the home to 115 species of fish including sea bass, flounder, salmon, smelt, and shad. Recently, a porpoise was

spotted cavorting in the river near central London.

Questions 1-5
Reading Passage 1 has five paragraphs, A-E.
Which paragraph contains the following information?
Write the correct letter A-E in boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet. NB You may use any letter more than once.

1 the way parameters in the mind help people to be creative
2 the need to learn rules in order to break them
3 how habits restrict us and limit creativity
4 how to train the mind to be creative
5 how the mind is trapped by the desire for order

Questions 6-10
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

6 According to the writer, creative people
A are usually born with their talents
B are born with their talents
C are not born with their talents
D are geniuses

7 According to the writer, creativity is
A a gift from God or nature
B an automatic response
C difficult for many people to achieve
D a well-trodden path

8 According to the writer
A the human race’s fight to live is becoming a tyranny
B the human brain is blocked with cholesterol
C the human race is now circumscribed by talents
D the human race’s fight to survive stifles creative ability

9 Advancing technology
A holds creativity in check
B improves creativity
C enhances creativity
D is a tyranny

10 According to the author, creativity
A is common
B is increasingly common
C is becoming rarer and rarer
D is a rare commodity

Questions 11-14
Do the following statements reflect the claims of the writer?
In boxes 11-14 on your answer sheet write

YES if the statement agrees with the information in the passage
NO if the statement contradicts the information in the passage
NOT GIVEN if there is no information about the statement in the passage

11 Rules and regulations are examples of parameters.
12 The truly creative mind is associated with the need for free speech and a totally free society.
13 One problem with creativity is that people think it is impossible.
14 The act of creation is linked to madness.