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English Test 22

Directions for Questions from 1 to 5:

Each of the following questions has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that
completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

1. Though these worries often seem very different from those of the real world, we are not in fact talking
about dangers that weren’t there before. The single most important thing that parents can do is to bring
up their children to be sensible and savvy - these are precisely the qualities that they need in order to
know right from wrong (and scary situations from safe situations) when they are online. ______________
 

j By nature, children have an innate curiosity about the real world.

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j Almost as important is to keep the lines of communication open.
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j As the internet allows children to communicate on a global scale, parents need to increase considerably their own levels of communication with
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children, and to show an interest in what they are doing online.
j A no-blame policy is also a must, so that if they do encounter chatroom imposters and online bullies, or expose you to bankruptcy, at least you
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have a chance of finding out in time to prevent lasting damage
j It is important to gauge the adverse effects of the internet before going online.
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2. For years experts have been asking what will we eat when the crises of climate change and oil depletion
converge, with the possible end of our globalized food supply. Our tea and coffee and spices might still
come from abroad, but what about salad vegetables, beef and fresh orange juice? _______________
 

j The Western palate is extremely demanding and the realization on the part of the health conscious population of the severity of the situation
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may lead to a number of problems for the government.
j But last year’s rate of factory-gate inflation was the highest for more than 16 years, with increases ranging from 7.5% for bread to 15% for
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milk, cheese and eggs and 60% for rice.
j Overall food inflation is 6.6%, in a year when oil prices have risen by 70%.
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j Britain currently imports about $ 22bn worth of food and drink a year, 68% from the EU.
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j Cheap oil has let the West regard the whole world as its farmyard, always seeking the cheapest place to produce and process.
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3. But it is important to mention that the European commission is the leading voice in the “chorus” calling
for sustainability criteria - by establishing such criteria for biofuels that can be consumed in the EU. The
new directive for renewable energy sources will call for the promotion of only sustainable biofuels, i.e.
those that save at least 35% CO2 compared to the oil that would be consumed instead. ______________
 

j On the contrary, it is delivering significant greenhouse gas reductions compared to oil.

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j The commission strongly disagrees with the assumption that the overall environmental effect of existing biofuel policy is negative.
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j The directive also stresses on the renewal of unconventional sources of energy, bringing into limelight the wind energy.
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j Today there are only three ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport: the shift to less polluting and more energy efficient
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modes of transport (i.e. rail, sea shipping, public transport); the promotion of less consuming cars through CO2 /km t
j At the same time the directive will include robust sustainability standards to prevent damaging land - use change and the destruction of
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rainforests.
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4. When it comes to foreign policy, there really are two Americas. The divisions are at their sharpest over
Iraq, but they extend much further. Should America put the “war on terrorism” at the heart of its foreign
policy or treat it as just one concern among many? Should America bomb Iran or allow Iran to get the
bomb ? ________________________________________
 

j Should it allow the Republicans to pick up the cudgels on behalf of the democrats ?
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j These deep divisions are the legacy of a man whose name will not appear on the ballot in November.
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j Should it implicate the hardliners and let go of fence - sitters ?
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j Should it negotiate with its enemies or wait for them to mend their ways ?
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j Should it remain as expected- a dyed-in-the-wool realistic nation or turn into a nation with rightist convictions?
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5. Such nuggets abound. Americans have a wider anti-big-business streak. Britons are cooler on
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multiculturalism. Britons are more willing than Americans to curb civil liberties in pursuit of security.
Americans are less keen not only on the United Nations but also on NATO - and more enthusiastic
 5. Such nuggets abound. Americans have a wider anti-big-business streak. Britons are cooler on
multiculturalism. Britons are more willing than Americans to curb civil liberties in pursuit of security.
Americans are less keen not only on the United Nations but also on NATO - and more enthusiastic
about the “special relationship” with Britain. If the British could choose their leader from a host of
recent Anglo-American greats, they would pick Bill Clinton before Tony Blair. So would Americans,
even if they may turn down his wife. ________________________________________
 
   
j Of the current presidential candidates, British Tories would vote for Barack Obama; Labour supporters prefer Hillary Clinton by a narrow
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j We will have to consciously assess where these differences lead to.
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j Do the differences we found matter?
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j People in both places are worried about the economic future but still bullish on chances for bright kids from poor families.
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j They feel much the same about the death penalty: they are broadly against it.
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Directions for Questions from 6 to 10:

Fill up the blanks, numbered (46), (47) ..... up to (50), in the passages
below with the most appropriate word from the options given for each blank.

I feel that we magicians, especially mentalists, feel that we have to apologize for creating fantasy. That is why there is so much debate in mentalist
circles on how one should structure, or even have, a statement ___(46)___ that what we are doing isn’t real. Sometimes this ranges from the
goofy to the clever to the misleading. I think all approaches are wrong. It is ironic to me that the one group of people trying to ___(47)___ peoples’ 
feelings of astonishment, wonder, and magic are magicians. We should be at the front of the line promoting magic and wonder. We should not be
making excuses for creating surprise, joy, and magic. We should be the ones, not tearing other peoples’ beliefs down but building up the ___(48)
___ value that a sense of wonder can bring to people. Yet, so many magicians are so scared to create a magic that is so strong that people are
really getting into it. It is my opinion that most people are thirsty to experience real wonder. I know that I am. I got into magic like many of you did:
I had an experience with a magician that brought a sense of wonder to me. This feeling was like a white flash of brilliance that seared into my mind
a sense that there is something more than the ___(49)___ “real” world. This event happened to me around six years old and it placed within me a
desire to learn more about magic and it led me to become a magician. My personal ___(50)___ about how magic should be presented is very
different from my early years. I want to make people experience what I felt when I experience magic for the first time.

6. 46

j celebrating
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j gruntling
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j proclaiming
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j impounding
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j floundering
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7. 47.

j sabotage
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j aggrandise
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j permeate
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j corroborate
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j ratify
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8. 48

j pecuniary
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j therapeutic
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j underlying
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j perimetric
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j esoteric
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9. 49

j surreal
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j execrable
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j sorcerous
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j prosaic
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j theurgic
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10. 50.
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10. 50.

j desire
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j affliction
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j paradigm
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j quandary
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j ambitions
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