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Question 1
Would it kill you to not drive for the fun of it, possibly walk or car
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pool?

These machines release chemicals into the air which pollutes the
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stuff we breathe into our bodies.

If we want to breathe healthy air so we can enjoy the outdoors,

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we`re going to have to be more conscious on what we do.

4 Every time we gun that engine or peel our tires we pollute the air.

5 We use huge machinery to destroy the rainforests.

Question 2
Four of the species ate plants, and four others, called theropods,
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preyed on the plant eaters and other creatures.

All eight date to the Cretaceous period which lasted from 145
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million to 60 million years ago.

No one has yet excavated a complete dinosaur skeleton from site

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near Colville River or anywhere else in Alaska.

Most come from just the period lasting from 75 million to 70

4 million years ago, some five million years before the famous mass
demise of the planet`s dinosaurs.

Nevertheless, paleontologists have been able to identify from

5 partial skeletons, isolated bones, teeth and fossil footprints, eight

types of dinosaurs that lived as contemporaries in the far north
Question 3:
In the United States, Lake Erie was dead; in Japan, people were
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dying of mercury poisoning.

The environmental revolution has been almost three decades in the

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making, and it has changed forever how companies do business.

In the 1960s and 1970s, corporations were in a state of denial

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regarding their impact on the environment.

Then a series of highly visible ecological problems created a

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groundswell of support for strict government regulation.

Today many companies have accepted their responsibility to do no

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harm to the environment.



Question 4
Although there is not yet a cure for the illness, there may be hope
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for a cure with a protein called nerve growth factor.

Alzheimer`s disease impairs a person`s ability to recall memories,

2 both distant memories and memories as recent as a few hours
before.

Using a group of rats with impaired memory, the scientists gave

3 half of the rats doses of nerve growth factor while giving the other
half a blood protein as a placebo, thus creating a control group.

Based on this relationship, scientists from the University of Lund in

Sweden and the University of California at San Diego designed an
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experiment to test whether doses of nerve growth factor could
reverse the effects of memory loss caused by Alzheimer`s.

The protein is produced by nerve cells in the same region of the

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brain where Alzheimer`s occurs.



Question 5
High-fat diets and “life in the fast lane” have long been known to
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contribute to the high incidence of heart failure.

A higher percentage of heart attacks occur in cold weather, and

2 more people experience heart failure on Monday than on any other
day of the week.

Researchers have become increasingly interested in identifying the

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potential risk factors that trigger heart attacks.

But according to new studies, the list of risk contribution may be

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significantly longer and quite surprising.

In addition, people are more susceptible to heart attacks in the first

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few hours after waking.



Question 6
1 It also will give him something worthwhile to live for.

If he fails, it may have been due to troubles in his home, his school
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or unsympathetic and hostile relative.

3 The finest asset any child can have is a happy home.

If he exhibits good judgment in later years, much of the credit must

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go to those who trained him.

Such environment will enable him to develop strength and stability

5 of character thereby teaching him to face the future without fear or
undue anxiety.






Question 7

Some people think that in this cooperative endeavour, the
1 intelligent students stand to lose since they cannot make the best
of their talents, but this seems to be a vague fear.

It is only when a child works within a group that his qualities of

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leadership will manifest themselves.

His character will only be shaped by coming into contact with

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others and by working with them.

An important feature of modern education is that it encourages

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cooperation rather than competition.

In fact, personality development can only take place by working in

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co-operation with others and not in isolation.


Question 8
I have over and over again introduced ants from one of my nests
into another nest of the same species to test this; and they were
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invariably attacked, seized by a leg or an antenna, and dragged out
once spotted.

And it is a lesson to us, that no one has ever yet seen a quarrel
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between any two ants belonging to the same community.

On the other hand, it must be admitted that they are in hostility not
only with most other insects, including ants of different species, but
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even with those of the same species if belonging to different
communities.

The communities of ants are sometimes very large, numbering

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even up to 500,000 individuals.

It is evident, therefore, that the ants of each community all

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recognize one another, which is very remarkable.
Question 9
Established companies that prosper are those that don`t allow their
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success to lull them to sleep.

2 Nothing has changed the fundamental economics of business.

3 It`s still good to be big.

4 It`s still good to have a lot of capital.

The problem is when you let your bigness make you slow, or when
5 you let your experience lead you to believe your way is the best
way.


Question 10
The scholar wants to know the answer simply because he does not
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know it.

The way a mountain climber wants to climb a mountain simply

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because it is there.

Or the way a historian wants to study the past because something

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happened, and he would like to know what.

Some of the questions that scholars ask seem to the world to be

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scarcely worth asking, let alone answering.

They ask questions too minute and specialized for you and me to
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understand without years of explanation.






Question 11
Just below the Earth`s surface tens of thousands of bacteria, fungi,
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bugs and worms wait to be discovered and studied.

Earthworms, termites, and other soil-burrowing organisms

influence the amount of rainwater that soils can absorb. Soils
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depleted in such organisms are more drought-prone and at risk for
catastrophic runoff.

These organisms are believed to allow trees, grasses and crops to

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grow, to make water potable and to regulate the climate.

For the last several decades, due to human activities, soil fertility
4 has been degrading at an alarming rate in many parts of the world,
particularly in tropical countries.

Scientists are concerned that these organisms will disappear before

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they are even studied.

Question 12:

The potential exchanges between the officials of IBBF and the
1 Maharashtra Body-Building Association has all the trappings of a
drama we are accustomed to.

In the case of sports persons, there is room for some sympathy, but
2 the apathy of the administrators, which has even led to sanctions
from international bodies, is unpardonable.

A case in the point is the hefty penalty of US $10,000 slapped on

the Indian Body-Building Federation for not fulfilling its
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commitment for holding the Asian Championships in Mumbai in
October.

It is a matter of deep regret and concern that the sports

administrators often cause more harm to the image of the country
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than sportsmen and sportswomen do through their dismal
performances.
Question 13
Thus begins the search for relief: painkillers, ice, yoga, herbs, even
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surgery

Most computer users develop disorders because they ignore

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warnings like tingling fingers, a numb hand or a sore shoulder

They keep pointing and dragging until tendons chafe and scar tissue
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forms, along with bad habits that are almost impossible to change

But cures are elusive, because repetitive injuries present a bag of

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ills that often defy easy diagnosis.


Question 14

Let us take a look at the manner in which the traditional bank adds
1 value to the customer.

The ability to retain deposits, in itself, is not enough to ensure long-

2 term survival and growth.

The ability to deploy invested funds into productive economic

activity at a higher rate of return, hence contributing to the
3 prosperity of both the economy and the institution, is the other
loop in the banking cycle.

Further, as only a small portion of the actual deposit base is

retained with the bank in a liquid form, the very survival of the
4 bank lies in building enough trust with its clientele so as to prevent
the occurrence of a sizeable chunk of simultaneous customer
withdrawal (a run on the bank)

The bank's basic job is risk absorption- it takes money, which has a
5 lot of attached risk, and provides the customer an assured rate of
return.
Question 15
The general impressions that skilled negotiators seem to convey is
1 they are people who keep their cards close to their chest and do
not reveal their feelings.

Hence, they used a surrogate method- they countered the number

2 of times that the negotiators talked about their feelings or motives.

This contrasts sharply with the amount of information given about

3 external events such as facts, clarifications and general expressions
of opinion.

The results showed that contrary to the general impressions, skilled

4 negotiators are more likely to give information about internal
events than are average negotiators.

Feelings are in themselves not observable and Huthwaite's

5 researchers could not measure them directly.

Question 16

1 But Polish forces could not defend a long border.

German invasion of Poland officially triggered the Second World

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War.

Meanwhile, the world had woken up to the potential of atomic

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energy and countries were conducting tests to exploit the same.

They lacked compact defense lines and additionally their supply

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lines were also poorly protected.

In the beginning, Britain and France were hopeful that Poland

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should be able to defend her borders.

Question 17

Bill Gates, Akio Morita, Sam Walton, and others brought this ability
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to the enterprises they founded.

Without it, their ventures might have been short-lived or at least

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far less successful.

A senior executive`s instinctive capacity to empathize with and gain

insights from customers is the single most important skill he or she

3 can use to direct technologies, product and service offerings,

communication programmes, indeed, all elements of a company`s
strategic posture.

Every successful business is built on superior senses–of timing,

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opportunity, responsibility, and, not infrequently, humour.

5 None, however, is more critical than the ability to sense the market.

Question 18

1 After that came the limbic brain, and lastly the neo-cortex.

The tendencies and instincts of the reptilian brain are the strongest
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and most primitive; they being, survival and reproduction.

If we study evolution, we find that the reptilian brain has been

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around for millions of years.

4 This is how these brains fall in evolutionary succession.

Question 19:

It also underlines at the same time that energy is the biggest

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challenge area that the country needs to wake up to.

The administration has understood the gravity of the situation and

2 a consistent plan has been devised to cope with the climate
warming issues.

As a report published by the US Department on Climate Change

3 points out, humanity as a whole is to be blamed for global
warming.

The government is quite serious about the issues ranging from

4 greenhouse cap, raising CAFE standards, and levying cess on
gasoline.


Question 20

1 During this time, I succeeded in learning to read and write.

2 I lived in Master Hugh`s` family for seven years.

3 I had no regular teacher.

Mrs. Hugh, who had kindly consented to instruct me, had, in

compliance with the advice and direction of her husband, not only
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ceased to instruct, but had set her face against my being instructed
by anyone else.

In accomplishing this, I was compelled to resort to various

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stratagems.