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. To mention just two: Kristy Bamu was murdered in 2010 because his attackers thought he was a witch. He was 15. And then there was the gruesome case of the headless torso belonging to a five or six-year-old boy found in the River Thames a decade ago.

In trying to tackle the problem, the government has brought together faith leaders, charities, the police and social workers. Under its new action plan it urges closer cooperation between these groups. Those critical of the plan, while welcoming it as an important step, say more faith leaders need to acknowledge the problem of ritual killings.

Despite the differences of opinion which exist, the government says it will now help provide support to those who witness such activity. It also says it wants to appoint mentors – people who can listen to members of affected communities. But the government admits that more research is needed for the problem to be properly eradicated.

31. Who was Kristy Bamu according to the passage?________

A. He was a witch.

B. He was a boy violently attacked to death.

C. He killed some witch.

D. He was killed by his relatives.

32. What was found in the Thames 10 years ago? ________

A. The incomplete body of a young boy.

B. Five or six young boys’ bodies.

C. The body of Kristy Bamu.

D. The body of a witch.

33. Which of the following is not included in the meetings arranged by the government?__________

A. Charity workers.

B. Police.

C. Educators.

D. Religious people.

34. What does the word ‘eradicated’ mean?________

A. Cured

B. Fired.

C. Uprooted.

D. Completed.

35. Which of the following is NOT correct?__________

A. A serious child abuse problem exists in the United Kingdom.

B. Mentors have been designated to children subject to abuse.

C. Children might become victim to some religious belief.

D. More faith leaders should acknowledge ritual killings.

After a survey by a group of international experts, the beaches at Sharm el-Sheikh are to reopen, but only after strict new safety measures are in place. There will be continuous patrols by boats close to shore.

Watch towers are being established along the beaches, manned by professional divers, equipped with binoculars to scan for any sign of sharks. Swimmers will have to remain within designated areas, and rules against feeding sharks or any other sea life are being reinforced.

The international shark experts concluded that recent attacks were carried out by more than one shark, so waiting until the culprit was caught seems not to have been an option before opening the beaches, especially as the peak Christmas season approaches. But tourists may be understandably nervous and at least some cancellations are reported.

26. What probably happened before the re-opening of the beach?_________

A. It must have been destroyed by a rainstorm.

B. It must have been visited by a dangerous shark.

C. Some people must have come here for suicidal.

D. There must have been a serious pollution.

27. Which of the following is NOT correct?_________

A. International experts surveyed the beach before its reopening.

B. Patrol boats are used to keep the beach under close watch.

C. People are not allowed to come to the beach.

D. Tourists do not come to the beach any longer.

28. Which of the following is NOT included in the safety measures?__________

A. Patrol boats.

B. Watch tower.

C. Professional divers.

D. International experts.

29. What can people do after the reopening of the beach?_________

A. Swim in designated area.

B. Feed sea animals except sharks.

C. Celebrate Christmas with professional divers.

D. Learn how to dive from professional divers.

30. Which of the following is correct?_________

A. Several sharks may attack together.

B. Sharks only attack at night.

C. The beach will be reopened till the culprit is caught.

D. The international shark experts patrol the beach every day.

On Christmas Day 1990, in a laboratory in Switzerland, British physicist Tim Berners-Lee finished developing the tools to create the World Wide Web. He was working at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, Cern, in Geneva.

His boss gave him the green light to work on the project during his spare time and together with the help of his Belgian colleague Robert Cailliau, Tim Berners-Lee produced the world’s first web page.

The experiment heralded a new era because it demonstrated how computers could talk to each other through a new language they created called Hyper-Text Markup Language, or HTML.

Currently there might be anything up to a trillion web pages with all sorts of content. People buy and sell products and services, make friends through these pages, learn and teach. We found many enthusiasts of the web in the streets of London.

Man 1: “It means having information in your home with easy access which in the past would have only been available in thousands of libraries. So it’s information at your fingertips.”

Woman: “Access to a lot of people really. We’ve got a lot of family overseas so we use Skype quite a bit.”

Man 2: “Information, news, social groups.”

Man 3: “I’m just using it usually for emails and social networking with my friends and well, reading newspapers and information. Basically everything!”

Fortunes were made in the World Wide Web. Many say that Tim Berners-Lee could have been a billionaire through his invention but he said that all he wants is to keep the egalitarian spirit of the web intact and the medium free to use. Many users share the same ideals.

21. What is this passage talking about?_______

A. The birth of the World Wide Web.

B. The biography of a physicist.

C. The importance of the first web page.

D. The application of some HTML.

22. Who is Tim Berners-Lee?_____

A. An internet user.

B. A physicist won the Nobel Prize.

C. A physicist who also designed the first web page.

D. A write who writes in a brand new language.

23. Where were the people interviewed?________

A. Bern.

B. London.

C. Geneva.

D. An unknown city in England.

24. Which of the following best describes the interviewees’ attitudes towards the internet?_______

A. Fearful.

B. Indifferent.

C. Distanced.

D. Enthusiastic

25. Which of the following is incorrect about the application of the Web?_______

A. It can be used in many ways.

B. It has become very popular among average people.

C. The inventor of the internet hopes everybody has access to medium.

D. It was designed by a government official in Europe.

, and according to IEA 12 , it happened in 2009.

One long-term factor behind this development is China's population – more than four times 13 of the US – with a growing appetite for consumer goods that need energy to use and to 14 .

The other key reason is China's rapid economic growth, an annual average of 10% 15 the last two decades, compared with a much slower 2.6% in the United States. Much of China's economic growth has been in industry and construction, which are big energy users.

The timing of China overtaking the US also reflects the global financial crisis, which 16 the American economy much harder and so had a bigger 17 on the country's energy use.

China's new 18 in energy consumption is yet another indicator of its growing influence in the global economy especially in international energy markets.

But while China's total energy consumption has, according to the IEA, overtaken the US, it's still far behind in terms of energy use per person, by a factor of more than three. Chinese officials have said the IEA's data are unreliable, and fail to 19 what they call their relentless efforts to cut energy use and emissions.

The response probably reflects China's sensitivity to criticism of its growing global influence. But the IEA's analysis is not a criticism. A senior official at the agency described China's growing energy consumption as legitimate, 20 its population.

11. A. overtake B. less C. much D. little

12. A. counts B. calculations C. multiplications D. outcomes

13. A. which B. as C. such D. that

14. A. turn down B. turn in C. manufacture D. fabricate

15. A. on B. beneath C. over D. under

16. A. hits B. hitting C. being hit D. hit

17. A. impact B. impacting C. effects D. effect

18. A. lead B. leader C. heading D. head

19. A. a time B. a stage C. an age D. a period

20. A. a presence B. an appearance C. an expression D. a disclosure

speak of an eerie quiet, with the streets still strewn with rubble and shattered glass.

No buses are running and thousands of people are off work because the central business district remains cordoned off; some 90 buildings in this area have yet to be declared safe and police say there's a risk from falling masonry and glass.

Some residents are still without anywhere to stay; around 150 people had to spend another night in welfare centers. Schools are closed and sew ageis leaking from broken pipes, threatening water supplies. Officials from the Ministry of Civil Defence say aftershocks have continued since Saturday, and the threat of more – up to a magnitude of six – will remain for the next week. Predicted gale-force winds never made it to Christchurch on Sunday, but there's been heavy rain, doing nothing to help the clean up efforts.

31. What has happened to Christchurch?________

A. It has had a robbery.

B. It has had an earthquake.

C. It has had a war.

D. It has had a tsunami.

32. What does the street look like?________

A. It is tidy.

B. It has too many visitors.

C. It is filled with rubble.

D. It is destroyed by the rain.

33. How are people doing in the city?_________

A. Most of them are not working.

B. They are busy working.

C. They stay at home.

D. Most of them are helping the police.

34. Which of the following is correct?________

A. It will take some time before transport can be recovered.

B. The business center of the city remains in good condition.

C. People can go into down easily.

D. People all have places to live.

35. What is the weather like at the time?__________

A. It is windy.

B. It is cloudy.

C. It is rainy.

D. It is dry.

. One - Jawed Karim - uploaded the site's first clip - a movie of himself dressed in an anorak at San Diego Zoo.

By the end of its first year YouTube was broadcasting 25 million videos a day and it was soon bought by the internet giant Google. In 2010 24 hours of video are now uploaded every minute.

The site's also become an important political tool - almost a million people watched a wounded girl dying during protests in Iran in July 2009. President Barack Obama successfully used the site during his election campaign.

Thousands of teenagers around the world have also used the site to upload embarrassing videos of friends and its creators have been forced to deny claims that it's encouraged bullying.

With online habits and fads constantly changing no one's sure what the next five years hold for YouTube. Some believe it could end up as a TV channel beamed into our living rooms. Others predict it will be overtaken by new technology and dumped on the internet scrap heap.

26. What is this passage mainly about?___ ____

A. The birth of Google.

B. The origin of YouTube.

C. The origin of a TV channel.

D. The story of photograph sharing.

27. Which of the following is correct?__________

A. Google has devised a TV channel.

B. Google has devised YouTube.

C. YouTube was born quite unexpectedly.

D. YouTube was as old as Google.

28. Which of the following best describes the relationship between Google and YouTube?______

A. YouTube has been a product of Google.

B. YouTube was born independent of Google and later was bought by Google.

C. Google designed YouTube.

D. Google does not own YouTube.

29. Which of the following is correct about YouTube videos?________

A. A special team of three people makes programs to broadcast.

B. Google makes programs online.

C. YouTube buys videos to broadcast.

D. People broadcast their own recordings online via YouTube.

30. Which of the following best describes YouTube’s future?________

A. Uncertain.

B. Bright.

C. Full of hope.

D. Bad

To have the camera installed in the back of his head, Iraqi-born Wafaa Bilal had to undergo a painful surgical procedure to tuck the camera firmly under his scalp.

The camera is at least small - just the size of a thumbnail and less than an inch thick - but it will be switched on 24 hours a day for an entire year.

The camera will take a photograph every single minute, digitally capturing every aspect of Wafaa Bilal's life.

The images will then be beamed from New York, where the artist lives, to the Middle East, where the photographs will be displayed at Qatar's new Arab Museum of Modern Art.

The artist says the project will raise important social, political and artistic questions, and has vowed to go about his daily life as normal.

But he admits some things, like sleeping for example, will be a bit tricky. He now has to sleep sitting upright, and cannot use a pillow. There's also the question of privacy. Wafaa Bilal says dinner party invitations have already started drying up.

21. Where will the camera be installed?______

A. In the back of the artist’s head, inside the cap.

B. On the back of the artist’s head, attached to a cloth.

C. In the back of the artist’s head, outside the cap.

D. In the back of the artist’s head, under the scalp.

22. What will the artist do with the camera?_________

A. To record his life in Iraq.

B. To record his life in another country in the middle east.

C. To record his life in New York.

D. To record his life in Hollywood.

23. Which of the following can be used to describe the artist’s life after the installation?_________

A. Normal but somewhat tricky.

B. Strange and mysterious.

C. Lonely and painful.

D. Popular and outlandish.

24. Which has already been changed in the artist’s life?________

A. Thinking and working.

B. Thinking and photographing.

C. Socializing and sleeping

D. Publishing the photographs

25. Where will the photographs be displayed?__________

A. New York.

B. Iraq.

C. Qatar

D. Iraq and Qatar

This region is thought to contain one quarter of the world's untapped oil and gas 12 , and there's stiff competition 13 them. America, Canada, Denmark and Norway have all staked territorial claims in the Arctic, and 14 has Russia.

Three years ago, a Russian 15 planted a titanium flag 16 the ocean floor 17 the North Pole. It was a symbol of Moscow's 18 to protect what it sees as its national interest.

In Moscow this week scientists, businessmen and politicians 19 Arctic nations will discuss co-operation, but they're also expected to push their countries' 20 in the region.

11. A. in B. at C. on D. off

12. A. sources B. reserves C. stores D. savings

13. A. in B. at C. as D. for

14. A. as B. like C.so D. such

15. A. trip B. journey C. expedition D. mission

16. A. in B. at C. for D. on

17. A. beneath B. down C. low D. into

18. A. determination B. faith C. courage D. bravery

19. A. away B. off C. from D. towards

20. A. speech B. claims C. assertion D. accounts

, beaches, transport system and nightlife, all of which have helped it earn the number one spot as the world's most livable city.

The 140 cities in the survey are judged on five broad categories:stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure. The top scorers tend to be mid-sized cities in wealthy countries with a low population density. Some seven of the top ten – including Vancouver, Toronto and Sydney – are in Australia or Canada. Vienna, Helsinki and Auckland also made the top ten.

Of the cities surveyed – and some like Kabul and Baghdad were not included for safety reasons – Dhaka in Bangladesh was rated the least livable. Lagos, Harare, Algiers and Karachi all scored poorly as well.

The city that has dropped fastest down the list in the last year is Damascus, due to the ongoing conflict in Syria, while infrastructure improvements in China mean that cities like Shanghai and Suzhou have scored better than they did last year.

31. Which of the following cities are not surveyed for livability?__________

A. Damascus

B. Shanghai

C. Baghdad

D. Lagos

32. Which of the following cities is the most livable in the world?__________

A. Helsinki

B. Melbourne

C. Auckland

D. Vancouver

33. Which of the following elements is not considered in the survey?__________

A. Infrastructure

B. Stability

C. Culture

D. Income

34. Which of the following cities has dropped fasted in terms of livability?__________

A. Damascus

B. Sydney

C. Suzhou

D. Kabul

35. Which of the following is not correct according to the passage?__________

A. The most livable cities are all located in Europe and America.

B. Environment is surveyed in determining how livable a city can be.

C. Kabul is not surveyed for safety reasons.

D. Melbourne is one of the most enviable tourist resorts.

but the unofficial estimate is closer to 200,000. Many of them are under 30 years old and will be directly affected by the new ban.

The government's been under growing pressure to do more to protect its workers. Women employed in the informal sector as part of a household are very vulnerable. Nepal's Embassies in the region say they deal with numerous cases of alleged physical or sexual abuse, as well as complaints about unpaid wages and terrible conditions.

Many run safe houses to support women who flee their employer's homes. It's only 18 months since the government ended a 12-year ban on all women workers to the Gulf. That wasimposed after a young woman working in Kuwait committed suicide. Now they're adopting this partial ban in the hope that older women might be less at risk. Nepal has a high unemployment rate and the government is trying to strike a balance between protection and allowing women to pursue opportunities.

Other countries face the same dilemma. Two months ago, Kenya banned its citizens from working in the Middle East because, it said, increasing numbers were being mistreated. Last year, Indonesia introduced a ban on women working as maids in the region. That followed numerous cases of abuse and the execution of an Indonesian maid who was accused of killing her former employer.

26. Who will be most probably be affected by the new ban?_________

A. Young Nepalese women working in the Middle East.

B. Nepalese women just back from the Middle East.

C. Nepalese women working at home.

D. Nepalese women who wants to work for rich families.

27. Why does the Nepalese government decide to adopt the ban?___________

A. Because they wanted women to work at home.

B. Because they wanted Nepalese women to have equal opportunities.

C. Because they wanted to protect the Nepalese women.

D. Because they had a bad relationship with the gulf countries.

28. How are the Nepalese women treated when working in the Middle East?_________

A. They are well treated.

B. They are offered many opportunities.

C. They have much freedom.

D. Many of them are mistreated and abused.

29. Which of the following is correct about the ban?_________

A. It is historical and has never been imposed before.

B. A year and a half ago, another ban existed.

C. It has lasted twelve years.

D. It solves the unemployment problem at home.

30. Which of the following is correct?_________

A. Middle East women work outside their countries.

B. Women working in the Middle East all come from Asia.

C. Women working in the Middle East need protection.

D. Embassies cannot do anything to protect women from their country.