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Read the text to answer question. The image depicts a nearly naked man amid a vast area of rainforest, spear pointed at the helicopter hovering above him – a man defending his territory and people from outside influence. This very scene made front-page news some years ago in the UK. It instantly highlighted the loss of ancestral homelands some tribal communities round the world face. Bad news has a way of dominating the headlines, so we're of the opinion that all indigenous communities and their culture are in decline – and that's not true. But the allure of propagating the "disappearing tribe" narrative is strong. It’s frustrating to see journalists who go on assignment with a set story in mind and then seek out quotes, experiences or interviews to fit their predetermined angle. (Jonny Bealby. www.newsweek.com, 27.08.2019. Adapted.)

In the fragment from the second paragraph “so we ’re of the opinion that”, the underlined word refers to

A the writers of the text.
B journalists by and large.
C the general public who watch the news about native populations.
D people who do research on indigenous populations.
E journalists worried about the potential loss of lands by their original inhabitants.
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Read the text to answer question. The image depicts a nearly naked man amid a vast area of rainforest, spear pointed at the helicopter hovering above him – a man defending his territory and people from outside influence. This very scene made front-page news some years ago in the UK. It instantly highlighted the loss of ancestral homelands some tribal communities round the world face. Bad news has a way of dominating the headlines, so we're of the opinion that all indigenous communities and their culture are in decline – and that's not true. But the allure of propagating the "disappearing tribe" narrative is strong. It’s frustrating to see journalists who go on assignment with a set story in mind and then seek out quotes, experiences or interviews to fit their predetermined angle. (Jonny Bealby. www.newsweek.com, 27.08.2019. Adapted.)

In the context of the second paragraph, the expression “the allure of” means

A the argument against.
B the justification for.
C the appeal to.
D the motive for.
E the longing for.
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Read the text to answer question. The aliens among us Humans think of themselves as the world’s apex predators. Hence the silence of sabre-tooth tigers, the absence of moas from New Zealand and the long list of endangered megafauna. But sars-cov-2 shows how people can also end up as prey. Viruses have caused a litany of modern pandemics, from Covid-19, to hiv/aids to the influenza outbreak in 1918-20, which killed many more people than the first world war. Before that, the colonisation of the Americas by Europeans was abetted – and perhaps made possible – by epidemics of smallpox, measles and influenza brought unwittingly by the invaders, which annihilated many of the original inhabitants. (www.economist.com, 22.08.2020. Adapted.)

According to the text,

A humans can be either victims or aggressors, depending on the virus we refer to.
B viruses have always posed a threat, not only to humans but also to the megafauna.
C the absolute silence of viruses contradicts their extensive destructive power.
D pandemics have always existed despite human efforts throughout centuries to control them.
E the settlement of new peoples in the Americas was favoured by the epidemics decimating native populations.
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Read the text to answer question. It wasn’t the first attempt to deter foreign students, but it could have been the most disruptive. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency sought to bar visas for international students at colleges that offer only virtual instruction. Students on existing visas would have had to transfer to a school that offers at least some in-person teaching if they wanted to remain in the U.S. The policy swiftly brought together a broad coalition of colleges, states and businesses that opposed it. “The overwhelming negative reaction to this proposal in a very short period of time shows that the administration really struck a nerve with this,” says Terry Hartle, from the American Council on Education. “It’s unprecedented for that many colleges and universities to file suit against the federal government.” (Bloomberg Businessweek, 20.07.2020. Adapted.)

The expressions from the first paragraph “could have been” and “would have had” help understand that, as to exclusively virtual instruction in U.S. universities and colleges,

A the government has backed down from its proposal to bar visas for foreign students.
B the barrier against international students is still a possibility.
C foreign students have no alternative but to transfer to a new school.
D impeding foreign students to attend school in the U.S. will disrupt their lives.
E the veto of the proposal resulted from coordinated action by colleges, states and the police.
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Read the text to answer question. It wasn’t the first attempt to deter foreign students, but it could have been the most disruptive. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency sought to bar visas for international students at colleges that offer only virtual instruction. Students on existing visas would have had to transfer to a school that offers at least some in-person teaching if they wanted to remain in the U.S. The policy swiftly brought together a broad coalition of colleges, states and businesses that opposed it. “The overwhelming negative reaction to this proposal in a very short period of time shows that the administration really struck a nerve with this,” says Terry Hartle, from the American Council on Education. “It’s unprecedented for that many colleges and universities to file suit against the federal government.” (Bloomberg Businessweek, 20.07.2020. Adapted.)

The expression from the second paragraph “struck a nerve” means, in the context:

A made the wrong decision.
B triggered nervous breakdowns.
C created an unmanageable situation.
D provoked a student uprising.
E stirred anger and outrage.

The American embassy escaped the blast in Beirut’s port unscathed. Many Western countries either have missions in the city centre or diplomats who live in the area. The wife of the Dutch ambassador was killed, as was a German diplomat. But America’s embassy sits in the mountain village of Awkar, five miles from the port. Security measures are onerous, a hangover from the bombing of the American embassy in Beirut in 1983, which killed 63 people. It took a week before the ambassador, Dorothy Shea, a career diplomat, toured the port. Even on social media it has been far quieter than other foreign powers. (www.economist.com, 13.08.2020. Adapted.) The descriptions in the paragraph

A underscore the extent of the damage brought about by a bombing in Beirut last August.
B display differences in approach between American diplomacy and other countries’ in the moments shortly following the explosion.
C depict covert and behind-the-scenes divergences between the American and the Lebanese governments.
D accuse the American government of omission for fear of a new threat against American citizens.
E point out the low visibility of America’s diplomacy in the Beirut’s event due to both, the Embassy’s location and attitude.
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Read the text to answer question. The formula for calculating people’s environmental footprint is simple, but widely misunderstood: Impact = Population x Affluence x Technology (I = PAT). The global rate of consumption growth, before the pandemic, was 3% a year. Population growth is 1%. Some people assume this means that the rise in population bears one-third of the responsibility for increased consumption. But population growth is overwhelmingly concentrated among the world’s poorest people, who have scarcely any A or T to multiply their P. Yet it is widely used as a blanket explanation of environment breakdown. Panic about population growth enables the people most responsible for the impacts of rising consumption (the affluent) to blame those who are least responsible. (George Monbiot. www.theguardian.com, 26.08.2020. Adapted.)

The text states that

A population growth has proven to have overwhelming impact on environmental degradation.
B population growth is the main determinant in consumption growth.
C the wealthy should be most directly accountable for global ecological damage.
D the poor should be most directly accountable for global ecological damage.
E poor access to technology and other resources reduces environmental breakdown.
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Read the text to answer question. The formula for calculating people’s environmental footprint is simple, but widely misunderstood: Impact = Population x Affluence x Technology (I = PAT). The global rate of consumption growth, before the pandemic, was 3% a year. Population growth is 1%. Some people assume this means that the rise in population bears one-third of the responsibility for increased consumption. But population growth is overwhelmingly concentrated among the world’s poorest people, who have scarcely any A or T to multiply their P. Yet it is widely used as a blanket explanation of environment breakdown. Panic about population growth enables the people most responsible for the impacts of rising consumption (the affluent) to blame those who are least responsible. (George Monbiot. www.theguardian.com, 26.08.2020. Adapted.)

The formula for calculating people’s environmental footprint

A is inadequate because it does not capture all sides of the relation between population growth and environmental degradation.
B has proved inefficient to properly relate world’s population and ecological damage during the present pandemic times.
C has been wrongly used as the only explanation of causes for ecological breakdown.
D has demonstrated that a 3% rise in the world population represents 1% of the responsibility for consumption growth.
E is often too plainly interpreted as equating population growth with an equivalent increase in ecological damage and in consumption.