GOING NOWHERE FAST READING ANSWERS

       GOING NOWHERE FAST READING ANSWERS

THIS is ludicrous! ‘We can talk to people anywhere in the world or fly to meet them in a few hours. e can even send probes to other planets. But when it comes to getting around our cities, we depend on systems that have scarcely changed since the days of Gottlieb Daimler.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. NOT GIVEN
4. NOT GIVEN
5. TRUE
6. FALSE
7. A
8. C
9. C
10. A
11. B
12. B
13. C, E, F

The Seedhunters reading answers

A With quarter of the world’s plants set to vanish within the next 50 years, Dough Alexander reports on the scientists working against the clock the preserve the Earth’s botanical heritage. They travel the four comers of the globe, scouring jungles, forests and savannas. But they’re not looking for ancient artefacts, lost treasure or undiscovered tombs. 

14. EXTINCTION
15. DRUGS, CROPS
16. PIONEERS
17. JOSEPH BANKS
18. UNDERGROUND VAULTS
19. TRUE
20. NOT GIVEN
21. TRUE
22. TRUE
23. FALSE
24. TRUE
25. A
26. D

Assessing the Risk Reading Answer

As a title for a supposedly unprejudiced debate on scientific progress, “Panic attack: interrogating our obsession with risk” did not bode well. Held last week at the Royal Institution in London, the event brought together scientists from across the world to ask why society is so obsessed with risk and to call for a “more rational” approach. “We seem to be organising society around the grandmotherly maxim of ‘better safe than sorry’,” exclaimed Spiked, the online publication that organized the event. “What are the consequences of this overbearing concern with risks?”

27. TRUE
28. NOT GIVEN
29. FALSE
30. NOT GIVEN
31. TRUE
32. TRUE
33. CONSUMER’S CHOICE
34. RISK AND BENEFIT
35. SKIING
36. GM CROPS
37. WHEAT AND RICE
38. PRODUCTION
39. MISTRUST
40. A