Reading passages

286- According to the text, the poles froze during the last ice age which caused ocean levels to drop and ------- .

A) and they turned into fish farming zones

B) the Black Sea became a lake of 150 m deep
C) remain low for the next 7000 years
D) so no further flooding on such a scale is likely
E) the Mediterranean was separated from the Black Sea


287- It is stated in the passage that, when the ice melted towards the end of the last ice age, ------- .

A)the waters of the Mediterranean rose and forced a way thorough to the Black Sea

B) several new seas came into being including the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
C) the people living along the Bosphorus moved inland to avoid flooding
D) the Mediterranean and the Black Sea once more became a unified ocean
E) there was considerable flooding thought it was not on the scale of that known as Noah's flood


288- It is pointed out in the passage that the Black Sea flooded the land around it ------- .

A) until all the ice at the poles had melted

B) and thus the Bosphorus was formed
C) as it was cut off from the Mediterranean
D) when the last ice age peaked 12,000 years ago
E) at a rate of a mile a day


Mr. Mellon senior was a successful businessman whose golden touch gave him a grip on much of American industry, covering power, mining, civil engineering and insurance. The son, Paul Mellon, was a very different sort of person, but no less remarkable than his father. His achievement was that he managed to dispose of more money and goods than any other American of his time, but did it an unobtrusive and well-regarded way. Some capitalists of the 19th century, particularly Andrew" Carnegie and John Rockefeller, pioneered American philanthropy. Carnegie said the same aggressive energy that had made a capitalist rich should be used to return his profits to society. The man who died rich, died disgraced, Carnegie claimed. Without necessarily agreeing with such strictures, Paul Mellon set out to redistribute some of his wealth. Both men thought that what America needed was culture. Carnegie had favoured public libraries and Mr. Mellon went for public art galleries.