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5/... 10/... PART II: (1.5 pts) Read the following passage and circle the answer which is most accurate according tothe information given in the passage.In practically any country in the world, you are (1) _______ to find a marketsomewhere. Markets have been with us since (2) ________ times, when people became self-sufficient and needed to exchange the goods they produced. For example, a farmer mighthave exchanged a cow (3) ________ tools and so on. But just as times have (4) _________,so have market practices. So, whereas in early times the main activity(5) ________ withmarkets would have been “ bartering”, meaning the exchange of goods as described above ,today most stall- holders wouldn’t be too (6) _______ on accepting potatoes as payment, forinstance, instead of cash.In contrast, what might be a common sight in a modern market is a certain amount of“haggling”, where customer and seller eventually (7) ________ on a price, after what cansometimes be quite a heated debate. This has become so popular in certain places that manypeople think that this is what makes the (8) ________ atmosphere of a market. But just as notwo people are the same, no two markets are the same either, and so behavior which isexpected in one market in one country may not be (9) _______ in another. Even within onecountry, there are those markets where you could haggle quite easily and those where youwould be (10) __________ not to try!