1.
While
it was an ____ in terms of annual growth, handset sales were down 17% from the
previous quarter.
a)
improving
b)
improved
c)
improvement
d)
improve
2.
Australian
Prime Minister John Howard has denied knowing ____ an Australian company may
have been paying bribes to Saddam Hussein's government.
a)
what
b)
that
c)
which
d)
whether
3.
He
______ by an official inquiry looking into claims that the Australian Wheat
Board paid millions in bribes to secure contracts in Iraq.
a)
was being questioned
b)
was questioning
c)
questioned
d)
questioning
4.
The
Australian Wheat Board was named in a UN report as one of dozens of companies
from 66 nations that ____ paid bribes to the Saddam Hussein regime.
a)
alleged
b)
alleging
c)
allegedly
d)
allegation
5.
The
Australian Wheat Board was accused of paying $222 million via a trucking
company that was a front for the regime to secure____.
a)
lucrative grain contracts
b)
grain contracts lucrative
c)
grain lucrative contracts
d)
lucrative contracts grain
6.
Mr.
Howard said the fact that he and ____ ministers were testifying to the inquiry
proved that the government was "open and transparent".
a)
others
b)
another
c)
each other
d)
other
7.
He
is the first Australian prime minister ____an official inquiry since 1983.
a)
has faced
b)
to face
c)
facing
d)
faced
8.
Peru's
decision to sign a free-trade ____ with the US has provoked a domestic
political row.
a)
dispute
b)
legislation
c)
document
d)
agreement
9.
The
deal, signed by President Alejandro Toledo in Washington, is ____ sensitive.
a)
politically
b)
political
c)
politician
d)
politics
10.
Supporters
say it will boost trade, ____ critics warn it will threaten jobs.
a)
and
b)
or
c)
but
d)
however
11.
Mr.
Humala, the ex-army officer who is the frontrunner with 31% of votes counted so
far, said he was not opposed ____ a deal in principle.
a)
with
b)
to
c)
against
d)
of
12.
Alan
Garcia, who ____ 24.5% of the vote so far, also said the deal should be
modified, but third-placed candidate Lourdes Flores is supporting the
agreement.
a)
has been won
b)
has won
c)
wins
d)
is winning
13.
Critics
have warned that the deal could see subsidized US imports ____ rice, cotton and
syrup flooding into Peru.
a)
such that
b)
as such
c)
as much
d)
such as
14.
Unions
fear this could overwhelm Peruvian farmers and small producers, resulting ____
thousands of job losses.
a)
in
b)
at
c)
to
d)
from
15.
President
Toledo, _____ in July, said the deal was essential to improving exporters'
prospects and maintaining Peru's current strong rate of economic growth.
a)
whose expires term
b)
whose term expires
c)
who term expires
d)
whom term expires
16.
The
agreement is ____a 2003 deal between the US and Chile, which at the time was
fiercely opposed by Chilean labor groups.
a)
similar to
b)
similar
c)
same as
d)
the same
17.
The
vast majority of Chad's 10 million people ____ subsistence agriculture for
their livelihoods.
a)
depends on
b)
depending on
c)
depend on
d)
is depending on
18.
Chad’s
living standards are ____ in the world.
a)
some of the lower
b)
some of the lower than
c)
some of the most low
d)
some of the lowest
19.
The
country has one major source of ____- oil - and it has only started to be
tapped in the last few years.
a)
wealthy
b)
wealth
c)
wealthily
d)
wealthier
20.
It
is reckoned to have ____ of up to one billion barrels.
a)
reserves
b)
substitutes
c)
sources
d)
supplies
21.
The
key to unlocking Chad's oil wealth has been the ____ of a 1,000 mile pipeline
from Chad through Cameroon to the coast.
a)
constructing
b)
constructor
c)
construction
d)
constructive
22.
That
project was given crucial backing by the World Bank, which ____ money and
support on the basis that much of the income would go to poverty alleviation.
a)
issued
b)
made
c)
borrowed
d)
lent
23.
A
few months ago the Chadian government changed the law, ____ itself greater
discretion to spend oil revenue as it saw fit.
a)
gave
b)
gives
c)
given
d)
giving
24.
Inevitably,
_____ has been spent on arms.
a)
some of the money
b)
some the money
c)
some of money
d)
the some of money
25.
The
World Bank subsequently froze large sums of ____ aid to Chad as a mark of its
displeasure.
a)
developed
b)
developing
c)
development
d)
develop
26.
Iran's
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has vowed that Iran will not halt work on ____
controversial nuclear program.
a)
his
b)
its
c)
theirs
d)
him
27.
The
head of the UN's nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, is in Tehran for talks
aimed at ____ the stand-off.
a)
to defuse
b)
defuse
c)
defused
d)
defusing
28.
Western
nations suspect Iran of wanting to develop a nuclear weapon, but Tehran insists
its plans are for a peaceful, civilian energy ____ only.
a)
program
b)
programmer
c)
programmed
d)
programs
29.
The
BBC's Frances Harrison in Tehran says there is ____ sign of a compromise from
Iran.
a)
none
b)
not
c)
no
d)
nor
30.
The
US and Europe are pressing for ____ against Iran, a step UN Security Council
members Russia and China have opposed.
a)
aids
b)
protections
c)
sanctions
d)
supplies
31.
US
jurors are hearing Zacarias Moussaoui speak about his role in the 11 September
2001 attacks as they weigh life in jail ____ death for him.
a)
and
b)
but
c)
rather
d)
or
32.
Moussaoui
started his testimony with an attack on his own, court-appointed defense
lawyers ____ he accused of pursuing a "vested interest".
a)
who
b)
which
c)
whom
d)
what
33.
The
United States has banned its nationals from ____ business with the Hamas-led
Palestinian Authority, a Treasury spokesperson says.
a)
making
b)
doing
c)
owning
d)
running
34.
Pop
star Michael Jackson has reached an agreement with music giant Sony to help
____ his money worries.
a)
ease
b)
easing
c)
eased
d)
eases
35.
Jackson
had been due to pay back $200m in loans in December, which were secured on the
Beatles back catalogue, ____ owned with Sony.
a)
joint
b)
join
c)
jointly
d)
joints
36.
A
statement ____ in Bahrain by Jackson adviser Grahame Nelson said that the
singer "has restructured his finances with the assistance of Sony".
a)
issuing
b)
was issued
c)
to issue
d)
issued
37.
He
has lived in Bahrain ____ being cleared of child abuse charges in June.
a)
because
b)
for
c)
in
d)
since
38.
No
____ details of the refinancing agreement were available.
a)
farther
b)
further
c)
furthest
d)
farthest
39.
The
Wall Street Journal and New York Times reported that the deal would ultimately
see Jackson sell half of his 50% share in the catalogue to Sony, ____ him with
just 25% of it.
a)
left
b)
leaves
c)
leaving
d)
leave
40.
The
Sony/ATV catalogue is thought to be ____ $1 billion.
a)
cost
b)
charge
c)
value
d)
worth
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