WE CAN CONCLUDE FROM THE PASSAGE THAT ___________.A. THE SEA RESOUR...

5. We can conclude from the passage that ___________.

A. the sea resources have largely been used up.

B. the sea, in a broad sense, hasn’t yet been developed.

C. the problems that prevent us from fully exploiting the sea have already been solved.

D. by the year 2050, the technology will be good enough to exploit all the sea resources.

II. Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. (15

points)

Street papers

The problem of homelessness is an international one. In the capital cities of the world,

the (1) _______ of people begging on the streets is becoming increasingly (2) _______.

But all over the world, homeless people are taking the future into their own (3) _______.

By selling “street papers” they no longer need to beg for a (4) _______.

The concept of the street paper is (5) _______. It is sold by homeless and ex-homeless

people who buy it at a (6) _______ price of 30 p and sell it to the public for 70 p, keeping

40 p for themselves. If they have no money, then they can get the first ten copies on (7)

_______ and pay for them later. Every paper seller receives training and is given a

special (8) _______ badge.

The paper itself (9) _______ articles of general and social interest, film and book (10)

_______, cartoons and the (11) _______ celebrity interview. Advertising and sales (12)

_______ most of the income, and all profits go (13) _______ into helping homeless

people.

The Big Issue is the street paper of the British homeless. It was set up in 1991 and (14)

_______ then it has helped hundreds of people to get (15) _______ the streets and back

into society.