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Reading Part A 2014
Reading Part A 2014
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radiation from the earth, the food people eat, and rays
from .... (9).... . Diagnostic X-rays make up about .... (10)....
of the total annual .... (11).... exposure to radiation for
humans, and are the biggest .... (12).... source for the
.... (13)....
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radiation.
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However, there is a minor risk of X-rays causing cancer.
Researchers sought to estimate the extent of this using
data from a total of .... (20).... developed countries. The
study considered radiation exposure for each country
based on the .... (21).... of use of diagnostic X-rays and
on the doses needed to take X-rays of different body
.... (22).... .
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of .... (23).... and overall .... (24).... rates for each country.
While the findings are somewhat uncertain due to
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Reading sub-test
Part A Answer key
Exposure to radiation from
medical procedures
Sample Test
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words, figures, or ideas in brackets are not essential to the answer they are also not a sufficient
substitute on their own for the main idea
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Reading sub-test
Answer key
Total of 27 questions
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nuclear medicine
(the) energy
(a/some) radioactive
injected
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11
world(-)wide OR global
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man(-)made
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general
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direct
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abdomen
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()scatter()
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15 OR fifteen
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frequency
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organs
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cancer
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death OR mortality
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assumptions
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Japan
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