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82 The passage suggests that China’s embrace of the 86 The passage says that Afghan refugees
car is likely to make environmentalists a) became famous when they tried to enter Australia by
a) distressed. boat.
b) angry. b) found Australia’s scare campaign rather amusing.
c) scared. c) looked for shelter in Australia during the Afghanistan
d) startled. war.
e) apprehensive. d) were sent away from Australia at the end of the
Afghanistan war.
83 The passage says that the demand for cars in China e) were scared when they saw Australia’s crocodiles
and sharks.
a) was extremely high both in 2003 and 2004.
b) is still quite impressive.
c) may dip below 10% this year. 87 Which of these statements is true according to the
d) fell by 15% when bank lending rules were tightened in passage?
2004. a) It has been estimated that 58% of the refugees living
e) has been badly hit by the sluggish global market. in Australia are war refugees.
b) The Red Cross started a campaign for the cause of
84 Which of these statements is true according to the environmental refugees in 2001.
c) Norman Myers estimates that as many as 150 million
passage?
climate refugees may invade Australia in the coming
a) China became a car culture in 2003 thanks to the
decades.
government’s industrial development policy.
d) In 2001, it was reported that over half of the world’s
b) Car sales in China are expected to increase by 10% at
refugees are climate refugees.
most as soon as the global market recovers.
e) Aid groups and environmentalists have often been
c) Unless the global economy slows down, China’s rate
prevented from helping climate refugees.
of growth will remain in high single figures.
d) The car industry has been crucial for the radical
changes urban China is undergoing. 88 Choose the correct passive voice form for:
e) Despite all rosy projections, China’s economic growth “… no one has made any attempt to tackle the issue.”
for the next few years may be quite slow. a) no attempt has been made to tackle the issue.
b) no attempt is made by anybody to tackle the issue.
c) it could not be made any attempt to tackle the issue.
d) it is not made any attempt to tackle the issue.
e) no attempt was made by anybody to tackle the
issue.