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9. Like other desert animals, the kangaroo rat does not need to drink because it

enough water from the food it eats.

(1) obtains (2) confers (3) pursues (4) relieves

10. Even its critics acknowledge that the United Nations performs some important

functions.

(1) coarsest (2) harshest (3) wittiest (4) bulkiest

11. The amount of lead found in the tap water in one in five British homes exceeds the

safety set by the government.

(1) method (2) payment (3) limit (4) scene

12. Economic factors played a major role in bringing the Cold War to an end: neither the

United States nor the Soviet Union could afford to continue it .

(1) indefinitely (2) invisibly (3) invariably (4) indignantly

Restatements (Questions 13-19)

This part consists of several sentences, each followed by four possible ways of restating the
main idea of that sentence in different words. For each question, choose the one restatement
which best expresses the meaning of the original sentence.

13. Fresh milk is low in sodium.

(1) Sodium is found in milk.
(2) Only fresh milk is low in sodium.
(3) Little sodium is found in fresh milk.
(4) Even fresh milk contains little sodium.

14. In Thailand, disrespectful behavior towards the king is a crime.

(1) In Thailand, everyone is respectful towards the king.
(2) In Thailand, it is against the law to be rude to the king.
(3) In Thailand, it is a crime for the king to act disrespectfully.
(4) In Thailand, criminal behavior is punished by the king.

15. The Caspian Sea's sturgeon population – the source of most of the world's caviar – is

being decimated by pollution and illegal fishing.

(1) It is now illegal to fish for sturgeon in the highly polluted Caspian Sea and, as a
result, the world's caviar supply has decreased drastically.

(2) The finest caviar in the world once came from the Caspian Sea, which no longer
contains any sturgeon because of overfishing and pollution.

(3) Pollution and illegal fishing are causing a massive decline in the number of Caspian
Sea sturgeon, which provide almost all of the world's caviar.

(4) Nearly all of the world's caviar comes from sturgeon in the Caspian Sea, since
pollution and illegal fishing have decimated most other sources.

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