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

d) has been ready-to-wear market
21. One can understand from the passage that Tavi's problems
a) are due do the unrest among the workers
b) arise from the growing market pressure of low-cost countries 64

c) are linked with the lack of interest in the European market

d) must be related to the continuous rise in prices in textile
In 1945 Japanese reign in Korea came to an end when the Russians occupied the northern part of the country and the Americans the south. It was planned that the country should be reunified after free elections, but in practice rival governments were set up. The Korean War broke out in 1950 when Communist North Korea under Kim IL-sung, invaded the South with Chinese support in an attempt to unify the country by force. South Korea was supported by a United Nations Force in what was really an American containment operation. In 1953 an armistice was signed and the demarcation line between North and South Korea was agreed.
22. In accordance with the passage, it was the invasion of South Korea by the Communist North that............
a) caused the outbreak of the Korean War
b) received the support of a United Nations Force
c) the Japanese had tried hard to prevent
d) made the signing of the armistice vital
23. It is clear in the passage that the withdrawal of Japan from Korea in 1945 ............. .
a) lead to a period of greater economic prosperity
b) was the result of pressure from the United Nations
c) gave Kim IL-sung the chance to co - operate with the United States
d) was brought about, in part, by the Russians
24. As it is shown in the passage, the reunification of Korea after the Japanese withdrawal............. .
a) was the last thing America and Russia desired
b) was forestalled because of the drawing of the demarcation line between the North Korea and the South
c) did not take place because the North and the South set up their own separate governments
d) was to be followed by the holding of free elections and the establishment of a pro-American government
What is the current role of the United States? Is it, as some say, a station in decline, one that is falling behind in the competitive arena of international trade? Or is it undergoing a process of adaptation and renewal? A spate of books has been published on the subject during the past few years, and these have sparked a wide ranging public debate over these concerns. One of the best known of these books in Paul Kennedy's Rise and Fall of he Great Powers in fact, Paul Kennedy is the most prominent of the decline theorists. Examining the history of great powers such as 16th century Spain and the British Empire around 1900; he identifies a pattern of "imperial over stretch". To maintain a position of dominance, great powers over time find themselves devoting an increasing share of their resources to military security. This often leads to a neglect of technological innovation, and, ultimately, to a decline in economic strength.
1. The questions related with which the author begins this passage
a) explain his full trust in the strength of the United States 65

b) imply that the united States in an invincible world power