Case Study Tourism New Zealand Website 13 Academic Reading 1

READING PASSAGE 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13 which are based on Reading Passage 1 below.

Case Study: Tourism New Zealand website

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READING PASSAGE 2

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26 which are based on Reading Passage 2 below.

Why being bored is stimulating – and useful, too

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READING PASSAGE 3

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40 which are based on Reading Passage 3 below.

Artificial artist? Can computers really create works of art?

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Questions 1-7

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

Section of Website	Comments
Database of tourism services	– Easy for tourism-related businesses to get on the list. – Allowed businesses to 1 information regularly. – Provided a country-wide evaluation of businesses, including their impact on the 2
Special features on local topics	– e.g. an interview with a former sports 3 , and an interactive tour of various locations used in 4
Information on driving routes	– Varied depending on the 5
Travel Planner	– Included a map showing selected places, details of public transport and local 6
‘Your Words’	– Travelers could send a link to their 7

Questions 8-13

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

Many visitors feel it is unlikely that they will return to New Zealand after their visit.

TRUE

FALSE

NOT GIVEN

The website www.newzealand.com aimed to provide ready-made itineraries and packages for travel companies and individual tourists.

TRUE

FALSE

NOT GIVEN

It was found that most visitors started searching on the website by geographical location.

TRUE

FALSE

NOT GIVEN

According to research, 26% of visitor satisfaction is related to their accommodation.

TRUE

FALSE

NOT GIVEN

Visitors to New Zealand like to become involved in the local culture.

TRUE

FALSE

NOT GIVEN

Visitors like staying in small hotels in New Zealand rather than in larger ones.

TRUE

FALSE

NOT GIVEN

Questions 14-19

Reading Passage 2 has six paragraphs, A-F.
Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.

List of Headings
i The productive outcomes that may result from boredom
ii What teachers can do to prevent boredom
iii A new explanation and a new cure for boredom
iv Problems with a scientific approach to boredom
v A potential danger arising from boredom
vi Creating a system of classification for feelings of boredom
vii Age groups most affected by boredom
viii Identifying those most affected by boredom

Paragraph A

Paragraph B

Paragraph C

Paragraph D

Paragraph E

Paragraph F

Questions 20-23

Look at the following people and the list of ideas below.
Match each person with the correct idea, A-E.

List of Ideas
A The way we live today may encourage boredom.
B One sort of boredom is worse than all the others.
C Levels of boredom may fall in the future.
D Trying to cope with boredom can increase its negative effects.
E Boredom may encourage us to avoid an unpleasant experience.

Peter Toohey

Thomas Goetz

John Eastwood

Francoise Wemelsfelder

Questions 24-26

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

For John Eastwood, the central feature of boredom is that people cannot 24, due to a failure in what he calls the ‘attention system’, and as a result they become frustrated and irritable. His team suggests that those for whom 25 is an important aim in life may have problems in coping with boredom, whereas those who have the characteristic of 26 can generally cope with it.

Questions 27-31

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

What is the writer suggesting about computer-produced works in the first paragraph?

APeople’s acceptance of them can vary considerably.

BA great deal of progress has already been attained in this field.

CThey have had more success in some artistic genres than in others.

Dthe advances are not as significant as the public believes them to be.

According to Geraint Wiggins, why are many people worried by computer art?

AIt is aesthetically inferior to human art.

BIt may ultimately supersede human art.

CIt undermines a fundamental human quality.

DIt will lead to a deterioration in human ability.

What is a key difference between Aaron and the Painting Fool?

Aits programmer’s background

Bpublic response to its work

Cthe source of its subject matter

Dthe technical standard of its output

What point does Simon Colton make in the fourth paragraph?

ASoftware-produced art is often dismissed as childish and simplistic.

BThe same concepts of creativity should not be applied to all forms of art.

CIt is unreasonable to expect a machine to be as imaginative as a human being.

DPeople tend to judge computer art and human art according to different criteria.

The writer refers to the paintings of a chair as an example of computer art which

Aachieves a particularly striking effect.

Bexhibits a certain level of genuine artistic skill.

Cclosely resembles that of a well-known artist.

Dhighlights the technical limitations of the software.

Questions 32-37

Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-G, below.

A generating work that was virtually indistinguishable from that of humans.

B knowing whether it was the work of humans or software.

C producing work entirely dependent on the imagination of its creator.

D comparing the artistic achievements of humans and computers.

E revealing the technical details of his program.

F persuading the public to appreciate computer art.

G discovering that it was the product of a computer program.

Simon Colton says it is important to consider the long-term view when

David Cope’s EMI software surprised people by

Geraint Wiggins criticized Cope for not

Douglas Hofstadter claimed that EMI was

Audiences who had listened to EMI’s music became angry after

The participants in David Moffat’s study had to assess music without

Questions 38-40

Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in Reading Passage 3?

YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer

NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer

NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

Justin Kruger’s findings cast doubt on Paul Bloom’s theory about people’s prejudice towards computer art.

YES

NOT GIVEN

Moffat’s research may help explain people’s reactions to EMI.

YES

NOT GIVEN

The non-experts in Moffat’s study all responded in a predictable way.

YES

NOT GIVEN

READING PASSAGE 1