Read the text. Then choose the correct answer to questions 30-32

d) of lack of genetic differentiation and agricultural growth.
24. Reproductive problems show ..............
a) that cheetahs don't have a variation in their genetic structure.
b) that the amount of infant mortality is excessive.
c) cheetah is threatened by extinction.
d) loss of their natural habitat leads them to extinction.
It isn't known when and where it all began, but throughout the ages and in the most diverse of all societies, precious stones have held an almost mystical power and significance. They shone round the necks and embellished the fingers of the ancient Egyptians; they gleamed from the turbans of great Mogul emperors and they were centrally the myth of the Holy Grail. From the earliest times than, precious stones have gained a value far beyond and rational assessment of their worth. Some of the best-known gems were deemed so valuable that they financed large armies; others led men to torture and murder, or literally changed the destinies of whole countries.
1. Precious stones are of much value for man as............. .
a) they are thought to be valuable and mysterious
b) they may be used as a financial source.
c) they are thought to have a historical value.
d) not many people can buy them.
2. Precious stones are concluded to ..............
a) have been the most important part of life throughout the history.
b) have destroyed many civilizations.
c) be the most necessary objects for happiness.
d) to be as old as history.
3. The passage concerns with ............. .
a) the power of precious stones
b) the valuable stones
c) treasure
d) the damnation of precious stones.
British cinema increasingly became a bargain-basement imitation of Hollywood. Instead of five large companies dominating production, distribution and exhibition, as in the U.S. it had two: Rank and ABPS Producers were so busy fighting their own corner, and so mesmerized by the success of Hollywood that they didn't have the strength to argue that keeping the industry fragmented and flexible learning from Hollywood's example without simply imitating its 56

outward forms, might be a better way catering for a market the size of Britain than heading up the road of monopoly.

4. The author expresses that film makers in Britain ............. .
a) always compete with Americans
b) don't produce films solely of their own
c) don't make good films