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of the fatty deposits may break free and travel in the bloodstream until they lodge in small vessels
and block the flow of blood. This blockage may also cause heart damage, or, if it occurs in the brain,
may damage cells and lead to a grave stroke.
208- What the author is trying to explain in the passage is ................ .
A) what kind of consequences atherosclerosis may bring about
B) the dangerous sides of taking too much cholesterol
C) the possible reasons of the damages made in heart
D) why people should eschew from eating fatty foods
E) how much blood should flow to the organs
209- According to the passage, atherosclerosis may cause all of the following except ................ .
A) blockage of the arteries
B) a serious stroke
C) a deadly heart attack
D) less blood flow to the organs
E) cholesterol breakdown
210- Researchers have found that polyunsaturated fatty acids ................ .
A) might be able to guard people and certain animals from atherosclerosis
B) are the substances that cause atherosclerosis
C) are wrongly thought as helpful to the illnesses people face
D) block the arteries and, thus, cause heart attacks
E) cover the outside part of the blood vessels in thickness
Abbreviations are shortened forms of words or phrases. In the past, when all writing was done by
hand, abbreviations saved time and space. Today, when so much is printed about so many subjects,
they serve the same purpose. Certain types of abbreviations, e.g. UNESCO, which stands for United
Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation, are also spoken, if easily pronounced. The
use of abbreviations dates back to ancient times, but widespread use of them has been most acute in
the 20th century, which is directly related to the vast increase in information.
211- According to the passage, the function of abbreviations ............. .
A) was quite different in the past
B) concerned writing in the past but now it concerns speaking
C) has remained the same since ancient times
D) used to depend on the purpose of the user
E) has varied over the years alongside the increase in information
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