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Code 6 - Page 4 of C. psychology specialists D. recorded observations 10. Giftedness is described to include exceptionally advanced performance in _____. A. academic area B. leadership ability C. various fields D. intellectual fields PASSAGE 2 - Questions 11 –20 Becoming an Adult is Never Easy. For David, as growing up on Pentecost Island in the South Pacific, he had to become a land diver to prove his maturity. Land diving is a tradition on Pentecost Island which inspired the better known sports of bungee jumping. Land diving, however, is much more dangerous. Every year at a ceremony called Naghol, the men of the island jump off towers thirty metres tall, with long vines, not elastic, tied to their feet. A perfect jump is one in which the shoulders land gently on the ground. People believe that this will help the crops on the island to grow. As David climbed the tower, his mother watched from below. She was holding a toy car that he used to play with when he was younger. After a boy first land dive, his favourite toy is thrown away to show that he is no longer a child. ‘Before my jump, I felt very nervous,’ remembers fourteen-year- old David. ‘Every year someone would get an injury. For a second, I panicked. I thought about changing my mind ... but you can’t become a proper man without being a land diver.’ David jumped. He fell head-first to the ground. Luckily, he landed safely and walked away with just a few bruises. And does he feel like a man now? ‘Well, I certainly feel more mature,’ he smiles. ‘And the girls in my village are much more interested in me than they were before.’