Reading passages

212 -The author states that ----- . 
A) multi -national companies usually belong to a single family 
B) some multi -nationals are richer than some nations 
C) there are no longer any family -owned large companies 
D) the biggest organisations are called subsidiary companies 
E) the big oil companies are usually owned by single families 
213 -The author believes that multi -national companies ---- . 
A) are a positive force in the world 
B) are largely controlled by the countries where they work 
C) sometimes become too involved in family affairs 
D) have no other purpose but to make money 
E) employ many people from the original founding families 
The "dead cities" of Syria are coming alive and archaeologists are seriously concerned. Pushed by a 
booming population, farmers are moving into the hills of northern Syria and making homes in 
villages that have been deserted but nearly intact for a millennium. The government is trying to limit 
the destruction of archaeological sites by barring people from moving into hundreds of deserted 
ancient villages and imposing fines for destroying antiquities. In some cases, officials can pull down 
newly -built houses that are too close to the dead cities. This has outraged the new villagers; mostly 
poor Muslim farmers and shepherds who feel little connection to antiquities from Syria's Christian 
past. 
214 -The passage tells, us that archaeologists are worried ----- . 
A) about the impoverished state of the farmers and shepherds 
B) because they are not allowed to continue excavations in Syria 
C) because buildings of historical value have officially been given to villagers 
D) due to the government's decidedly anti - Christian stance 
E) because the growing population is threatening historic sites in Syria 
215 -The passage suggests that the villagers‘ lack of concern comes from --- . 
A) the government's policy of not fining them heavily for destruction 
B) their belief that the cities have always belonged to Syrians 
C) their cultural and religious distance from Syria's Christian past 
D) the government's lax attitude to drive them out of their new homes 
E) the great profit to be made from selling antiquities to archaeologists