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PART 2: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow by circling A,B,C or
D to indicate your answers.
A Japanese construction company plans to create a huge independent city-state, akin to the
legendary Atlantis, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The city, dubbed “Marinnation”, would
have about one million inhabitants, two airports, and possibly even a space port. Marinnation, if
built, would be a separate country but could serve as a home for international organisations such
as the United Nations and the World Bank.
Aside from the many political and social problems that would have to be solved, the engineering
task envisaged is monumental. The initial stage requires the building of a circular dam eighteen
miles in diameter attached to the sea bed in a relatively shallow place in international waters.
Then, several hundred powerful pumps, operating for more than a year, would suck out the sea
water from within the dam. When empty and dry, the area would have a city constructed on it.
The actual land would be about 300 feet below the sea level. According to designers, the hardest
task from an engineering point of view would be to ensure that the dam is leak proof and
earthquake proof.
If all goes well, it is hoped that Marinnation could be ready for habitation at the end of the
second decade of the twenty-first century. Whether anyone would want to live in such an isolated
and artificial community, however, will remain an open question until that time.
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