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1. Could you ___________ on whether people will change their attitudes towards borrowing money?

2. Listen to the following audio to answer the question.

What does the speaker say about older universities?

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Perfumes and fragrant spices were precious commodities in antiquity. They were very much in demand, and at times even exceeded silver and gold in value. Therefore they were considered to be luxury products, used mainly in the temples and in the homes of the nobility and upper classes.

Since perfumes and spices were luxury products, their use was exclusive to the noble and the wealthy.

4. Ur was ___________________located close to the Euphrates and Tigris rivers.

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The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland was the first rotating boat lift in the world. Opened in 2002, it was central to the ambitious £84.5m Millennium Link project to restore navigability across Scotland by reconnecting the historic waterways of the Forth & Clyde and Union Canals. The major challenge of the project laid in the fact that the Forth & Clyde Canal is positioned 35 metres below the level of the Union Canal.

The Falkirk Wheel has linked the Forth & Clyde Canal with the Union Canal for the first time in their history.

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Which aspect of roof garden design is mentioned?

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Dr Billingham is investigating fossilized tracks, or footprints, using computer simulations to help analyse how now-extinct animals moved. Modern-day trackers who are familiar with the habitats of wild animals can, with ease, tell you what animal made a track, whether it was walking or running, and sometimes even the sex of the animal. However, a fossil track poses a more considerable challenge to interpret in the same way. A crucial consideration is knowing what the environment upon which the animal walked was like millions of years ago when the track was made. Experiments can answer these questions but the number of variables is mind-boggling. Physically recreating each scenario with a box of mud or sediment is extremely time-consuming and difficult to repeat accurately.

An experienced tracker can analyse fossil footprints as easily as those made by live animals.

8. Which of the following words is a long channel of water that is man made?

9. Which of the following is a high-rise building?

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Margaret suggests that managers may find it difficult to _________

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A decade ago, in one of the most intriguing and in equal parts disturbing experiments in behavioural psychology, S. Milgram of Yale University tested dozens of subjects from all walks of life for their willingness to obey instructions given by a ‘leader’ in a situation in which they might feel a personal distaste for the actions they were called upon to perform. Specifically, Milgram told each volunteer that the experiment was in the name of a noble cause, and was designed to test whether or not punishing pupils for their wrongdoings would have a positive effect on the pupils' educational attainment.

Several of the subjects were psychology graduates from Yale University.

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How long will The Cube take to build?

13. Europe has witnessed an increasing demand for organically grown agricultural ____________ for the last decade.

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What did the speaker most like about the orientation week?

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On Ulithi Atoll in the western Pacific region, women have a clear role and defined rights in the community distribution of fish catches. This is because the mahogany logs from nearby Yap Island used in making the fishing canoes are obtained through the exchange of cloth made by the women of Ulithi. Small-scale reef fisheries also support the involvement of local businesswomen and their involvement can give them greater control over their household income, and in negotiating for loans or credit. Thus their role is not only important in providing income for their families, it also underpins the economy of the local village.

Boats for use by the inhabitants of Ulithi are constructed on Yap Island.