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  • •Passage 3: questions 27–40. Time allowed: 20 minutes.
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Passage 3

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on the reading passage below.

The Science of Self-Control

Questions 27–33

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.

27Self-control appears to be linked to a wide range of results in people’s lives.

28In Mischel’s experiment, children had to wait for about an hour.

29The 2018 study confirmed the strong link found by earlier research.

30Family background may explain some of the differences between the children.

31Baumeister’s volunteers were all university students.

32Ego depletion theory is now accepted by most psychologists.

33Eating sugar before a difficult task improves self-control.

Questions 34–39

Match each finding with the correct researcher, A–E. You may use any letter more than once.

List of researchers

AWalter Mischel
BRoy Baumeister
CVeronika Job
DMark Muraven
EWilhelm Hofmann
34Self-control may become weaker after it has been used.
35What we think about willpower affects how much of it we have.
36People with good self-control face fewer temptations.
37Acting to satisfy other people makes self-control more tiring.
38The ability to wait for a reward was linked to later achievement.
39Routines can make good behaviour happen without effort.

Question 40

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

40What is the writer’s main conclusion in paragraph G?