... Probably not in the short term, but is it causing long-term damage? I would say
the data are pretty strong that it is.”
The plastics industry maintains that plastics are safe and that the ... be dangerous to animals and plant populations in and around lakes,
rivers, polluted groundwater areas or oceans, and can pose
major problems for humans as well. Although natural...
...
were asked to do the same, they reported a similar level of
pain whether they were talking to a man or a woman. There
was not a discrepancy between the statements they made to a
man and a woman.
... sea spray. In
fact, when a gale was blowing, Norah and her husband got
used to sleeping in a small room downstairs, because their
bedroom upstairs, which faced...
...
that has a brain to cook eggs.
3. We can infer from the passage that in developing intelligent
robots
A)
man has made big advances.
B)
we have few problems left.
C)
there are many ... Complete the sentences with a suitable form of the words
defined above
1 . You can at least organize your life around your aims and
2. Army duties included parachuting and of...
...
4 include a sun terrace built out above the lake, garden,
lounge, bar and table tennis.
5. The pain of the separation was made more by the fact
their father was in constant touch.
READING ... is pointed out in the passage that
A) it is amusing to live in a big city.
B) we don't complain about living in a big city at all.
C) our complaints about livi...
... increase in the amount of violence and sex on
TV- What's more, the radio stations can go bankrupt. These
are all their arguments. And some argue against the idea of
having one channel. They ...
started after the Second World War.
E)
is a race for males and females.
2. The race is only open to women who
A)
are staying in the area.
B)
got married...
... the hall a woman sat quietly in a
wheelchair and a man paced up and down, a tiny Down's
syndome baby gurgling in his arms.
3. This money was initially paid out to distributors as a to ... be it has to cause some
form of critical reaction and disapproval from others in the
particular society.
4. The islanders are ; they are either out at work or
working...
... headaches are suffered by about half of
American adults
D)
headaches always produce the same result
E)
headaches contract the neck, hand, and face
2. In America
A) a majority of adults ... areas
E)
contrasting types of landscape
PASSAGE 52
HEADACHES
The causes of headaches, whether they are the common kind
of tension or migraine headaches, or any other kind,...
... 3. The general towards individuals with a mental
handicap is gradually changing.
4. If the glider is very low and there is not a clear area
immediately ahead and below, a stalling type ... Read newspapers, and don't that the whole world
is as interested in acting as you are.
5. Jack from his letter the appalling living conditions,
including a water sh...
... PASSAGE 65
••RAILWAYS
Those who welcomed the railway saw it as more than a rapid
and comfortable means of transit. They actually saw it as a
factor in world peace. They did not foresee ... makes fighting.
D)
the faster aggressive armies are moved the more chances there
are of war.
E), it was a rapid and comfortable means of transportation.
3. The anti-railway gr...