Reading passages

127- We can understand from the text that, over the past hundred years ....................... . 
A) a vast amount of new facts concerning Leonardo da Vinci have come to light 
B) the research carried out about Leonardo da Vinci has proved inadequate and, in places irrelevant 
C) scholars have concentrated solely upon da Vinci‘s artistic creativity 
D) in spite of much research, little has been learned about Leonardo da Vinci 
E) though many new biographies have been written about Leonardo da Vinci, they are all far from 
the truth 
128- It is obvious from the passage that the source materials concerning Leonardo da Vinci 
....... 
A) consists only of books written about him by his contemporaries 
B) have shed light only on his daily routine life 
C) have not received adequate critical attention 
D) not only include his letters, poems, and biographies but also documents relating to his 
commissions and sales 
E) have taken nearly a hundred years to be annotated and published 
129- According to the passage, the new data about Leonardo da Vinci .................. . 
A) have led to similar resources about his contemporaries 
B) have in some instances contradicted the traditional opinions about him 
C) have fully confirmed the views received from his early biographers 
D) have let to a great deal of controversy among historians 
E) have yet to be collected and analysed 
Economic dynamics have decisively changed from the national economy to the world economy. 
From now on any nation-and also any business, especially an established one that wants to prosper 
will have to accept that it is the world economy that leads and that domestic economic policies will 
succeed only if they strengthen, or at least do not impair, the country‘s international competitive 
position. This may be the most significant-it surely is the most striking-feature of the shifted world 
economy.