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  • •Passage 1: questions 1–13. Time allowed: 20 minutes.
  • •The passage is on the left and the questions are on the right. Each side scrolls separately.
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Passage 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on the reading passage below.

More Than a Matter of Taste

Questions 1–5

Do the following statements agree with the information given in the reading passage? Choose TRUE if the statement agrees with the information, FALSE if the statement contradicts the information, NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this.

1Scientists use the words taste and flavour to mean the same thing.

2Umami is one of the basic tastes detected by the tongue.

3Babies react to sweet and bitter tastes in different ways from birth.

4Children who drink coffee early develop a stronger sense of taste.

5Food tastes the same as usual when we have a cold.

Questions 6–11

Complete the summary below. Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.

How we experience flavour

A liking for foods such as strong cheese is through experience.
Smell allows us to between similar fruits such as peaches and apricots.
Crisps that have become soft may be rejected because of their .
Volunteers heard the sound of biting through .
Red made white wine seem like red wine to experts.
Retronasal smell is often mistaken for .

Questions 12–13

Answer the questions below. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.

How are long-lasting food memories often described?
What do manufacturers add to make products taste more natural?