10. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. The Melting of Icebergs B. The Nature and Origin of Icebergs
C. The Size and Shape of Icebergs D. The Dangers of Icebergs
II. Read the following passage and write the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
CHANGING COUNTRIES
Seeking a new life and hoping for a significant (1)______________ in their standard of living, foreign
workers began flocking into Western Europe during the 1950s. In Britain, some of the first
immigrants arriving (2)______________ the West Indies and the Indian subcontinent were welcomed
by brass bands, but the dream of a new life soon (3)______________ sour for many.
Attracted by the promise to earn good money and learn new skills, the reality they found was
often one of (4)______________ wages and, in many (5)______________, unemployment. There were times
when the newcomers encountered open hostility; in 1958, riots (6)______________ out in Notting Hill,
west London, when gangs of white youths began taunting immigrants.
Yet despite the (7)______________ difficulties they encountered, many foreign workers did
manage to (8)______________ to their new conditions, settling in their new adopted country and
prospering. Their contribution had the effect not only of speeding up the (9)______________ of
economic change in the post-war period, it also (10)______________ Western Europe into a multiracial
society.
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