A. WAGES B. INCOMES C EARNINGS D. PENSIONSII. READ THE PASSAGE BEL...

45. A. wages B. incomes C earnings D. pensionsII. Read the passage below and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question. Southeast Asia foreign ministess agreed to set up an ASEAN Development Fund aimed at narrowing the economic anddevelopment gap among its ten members. Each country in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) group wouldcontribute an initial 1 million dollars to the fund. They also signed a pact to improve their united response to disasters and putin place early warning systems to cope with devastation similar to that caused by last year's tsunami.In this year's session, Asia's biggest security forum focused on fighting against terrorism, keeping the Straits ofMalacca piracy-free and fending off conflicts through diplomacy. The forum capped a-six-day conference of ASEAN membersthat saw Australia sign a non-aggression pact with regional neighbours, joining efforts to build an Asian trade bloc on a parwith Europe and North America. At a meetings with Russia, both sides agreed that the ASEAN-Russian Federation Economicand Development Cooperation Agreement and the programme on ASEAN-Russia cooperation should be expedited.