QUESTIONS 6- ANSWER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS USING NO MORE T...

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.