Question 1

1. Which of the following objects is a ‘spiral’ (line 1)?

Accepted Answer

C

Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

D

Question 2

2. What is the writer doing in paragraph 1?

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

A

Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 3

3. What is the writer’s approach to Foldit?

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

A

Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 4

4(i) how the writer feels about Foldit

Accepted Answer

addictive

Answer

additional

Answer

addiction

Answer

addition

Question 5

4(ii) the set of rules of Foldit

Accepted Answer

simple

Answer

sombre

Answer

single

Answer

sadness

Question 6

5. List THREE elements of ‘unusual visuals’ (line 9) mentioned in paragraph 1.

Accepted Answer

A long chain of weird shapes / A big spiral attached to a little tube attached to a flat strip / Little branches stick out everywhere / Everything is brightly coloured

Answer

…

Answer

…

Answer

…

Question 7

6. Which of the following does NOT describe Foldit according to paragraphs 2 and 3?

Accepted Answer

D

Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Question 8

7. Find a word in paragraph 3 that can replace ‘purpose’ in line 10.

Accepted Answer

goal

Answer

gelato

Answer

jail

Answer

obstacle

Question 9

8. How do scientists use the data from Foldit?

Accepted Answer

To understand protein structures

Answer

To understand RNA structures

Answer

To understand DNA structures

Answer

To understand enzyme structures

Question 10

9i

Accepted Answer

NG

Answer

T

Answer

F

Answer

Not me

Question 11

9ii

Accepted Answer

F

Answer

T

Answer

NG

Answer

Not me

Question 12

9iii

Accepted Answer

NG

Answer

T

Answer

F

Answer

Not me

Question 13

9iv

Accepted Answer

T

Answer

F

Answer

NG

Answer

Not me

Question 14

10

Accepted Answer

spatial resoning

Answer

audiovisual reasoning

Answer

geometric reasoning

Answer

linear reasoning

Question 15

11i

Accepted Answer

2011

Answer

2009

Answer

2010

Answer

2012

Question 16

11ii

Accepted Answer

HIV

Answer

HHV

Answer

HPV

Answer

HVV

Question 17

11iii

Accepted Answer

monkeys

Answer

hippos

Answer

tigers

Answer

giraffes

Question 18

11iv

Accepted Answer

synthetic

Answer

extracted

Answer

synergy

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syndicate

Question 19

11v

Accepted Answer

treatments

Answer

structures

Answer

regimes

Answer

bondings

Question 20

11vi

Accepted Answer

56

Answer

50

Answer

52

Answer

54

Question 21

11vii

Accepted Answer

stable

Answer

unstable

Answer

fabricated

Answer

stagnant

Question 22

12i

Accepted Answer

We

Answer

Prone

Answer

Wane

Answer

Pious

Question 23

12ii.a

Accepted Answer

many / numerous

Answer

few

Answer

zero

Answer

several

Question 24

12ii.b

Accepted Answer

Everyone

Answer

Experts

Answer

Researchers

Answer

Specialists

Question 25

12ii.c

Accepted Answer

community

Answer

commune

Answer

sorority

Answer

fraternity

Question 26

13i

Accepted Answer

Phylo

Answer

Foldit

Answer

Ora

Answer

CroplandCapture

Question 27

13ii

Accepted Answer

Foldit

Answer

Ora

Answer

Phylo

Answer

CroplandCapture

Question 28

13iii

Accepted Answer

CroplandCapture

Answer

Foldit

Answer

Ora

Answer

Phylo

Question 29

13iv

Accepted Answer

Ora

Answer

Foldit

Answer

Phylo

Answer

CroplandCapture

Question 30

14i

Accepted Answer

Ora

Answer

Foldit

Answer

Phylo

Answer

CroplandCapture

Question 31

14ii

Accepted Answer

The most successful players’strategies can be tested in an actual forest

Answer

…

Answer

…

Answer

…

Question 32

15i

Accepted Answer

puzzle-solving & - pattern-spotting

Answer

alchemistry

Answer

magic

Answer

praying

Question 33

15ii

Accepted Answer

scientific research & playing computer games

Answer

surfing

Answer

farming

Answer

fishing

Question 34

16 choose one

Accepted Answer

Foldit participants are doing important work.

Answer

Games are not the best way to do science.

Answer

Not me

Answer

Computers will never be good at puzzles.

Question 35

16 choose another one

Accepted Answer

Gaming can require strong mental abilities.

Answer

All gaming is scientific in some way.

Answer

Not me

Answer

Not me

Question 36

17. What does the ‘secret career’ in the title refer to?

Accepted Answer

D. the writer’s time spent on Foldit

Answer

A. the writer’s full-time job

Answer

B. the writer’s personal secret

Answer

C. the writer’s work at a laboratory

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