1.
UNICEF
warned that the world was not on track to _____ that goal.
a)
encounter
b)
require
c)
meet
d)
see
2.
Bangladesh,
India and Pakistan ____ half of all the world's underweight children.
a)
account for
b)
count on
c)
make up for
d)
get rid of
3.
Eastern
and Southern Africa, where famine regularly occurs, have made ____ progress -
with 29% of children undernourished.
a)
few
b)
a lot
c)
many
d)
little
4.
In
East Asia, China has ____ the number of underweight children by an average of
6.7% per year since 1990, but other countries in the region are lagging behind.
a)
accelerated
b)
reduced
c)
doubled
d)
grown
5.
Central
and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States have the
world's_____, at just 5%.
a)
the lowest childhood underweight figures
b)
lowest childhood underweight figures
c)
lowest of childhood underweight figures
d)
childhood underweight figures lowest
6.
Vitamins
and minerals are key to children's development, _____deficiencies can increase
the risk of common diseases.
a)
however
b)
but
c)
furthermore
d)
and
7.
A
lack of iodine in household diets leaves 37 million newborns vulnerable to
learning disabilities ______.
a)
usually
b)
generally
c)
every year
d)
occasionally
8.
UNICEF
is calling for range of ____ including things as simple as providing vitamin A
capsules, and fortifying foods with iron and iodine.
a)
measures
b)
obstacles
c)
measurements
d)
measles
9.
It
also wants child nutrition to be a ____ component of national policies and
budgets.
a)
centralize
b)
centrally
c)
center
d)
central
10.
There
should also be a special ____ on the child's first two years of life and better
promotion of breastfeeding.
a)
attention
b)
detail
c)
focus
d)
reliance
11.
The
polar bear and hippopotamus are for the first time listed as species ____ with
extinction by the world's biodiversity agency.
a)
threatening
b)
threatened
c)
threaten
d)
to threaten
12.
They
are included in the Red List of Threatened Species ____ by the World
Conservation Union (IUCN) which names more than 16,000 at-risk species.
a)
waited
b)
written
c)
published
d)
blamed
13.
Many
sharks, and freshwater fish in Europe and Africa, are ____ included.
a)
new
b)
newness
c)
renewed
d)
newly
14.
The
IUCN says that ____ of biodiversity is increasing despite a global convention
committing governments to stem it.
a)
loss
b)
losing
c)
lost
d)
lose
15.
Overall,
16,119 species are included in this year's Red List, the most detailed and
authoritative ____ survey of the health of the plant and animal kingdoms.
a)
regularity
b)
regularly
c)
regularize
d)
regular
16.
Polar
bears are ______ affected by loss of Arctic ice, which the IUCN attributes to
climatic change.
a)
particularly
b)
specially
c)
splendidly
d)
especial
17.
_____
that the snow caves where they raise their young are melting earlier in the
year.
a)
There is also evident
b)
It is also evidence
c)
There is also evidence
d)
They are also evidence
18.
Polar
bears are listed as Vulnerable to Extinction based on forecasts that their
population will ____ by 50% to 100% over the next 50 to 100 years.
a)
increase
b)
decline
c)
double
d)
soar
19.
In
the tropics, the common hippopotamus has entered the Red List for the first
time ____ the population in the Democratic Republic of Congo has declined
spectacularly - by about 95% in a decade.
a)
although
b)
for
c)
because
d)
due to
20.
Sharks
and rays are also disappearing at an unprecedented ____ across the globe.
a)
ranch
b)
reach
c)
race
d)
rate
21.
Some
of these are fish ____ were once common on dinner plates in the UK and
surrounding countries.
a)
which
b)
where
c)
what
d)
who
22.
The
angel shark has been ____ Extinct in the North Sea and Critically Endangered
globally, while the common skate's status has also been upgraded to Critically
Endangered.
a)
declined
b)
declared
c)
decreed
d)
deducted
23.
With
fisheries extending into ever deeper zones of the ocean which are largely
unregulated, populations of many species are set to decline ____.
a)
sharply
b)
slowly
c)
immediately
d)
briefly
24.
The
first optimistic note is that the overall number of species in this Red List is
not _____ higher than in the last edition published in November 2004, which
numbered 15,589 species on the brink.
a)
slightly
b)
vastly
c)
essentially
d)
significantly
25.
The
number of white-tailed eagles has ____ in many European nations, and the bird's
status has been downgraded from Near Threatened to Least Concern.
a)
reduced
b)
dropped
c)
failed
d)
soared
26.
A
recent decision by the Indian government to phase out a veterinary drug which
was poisoning the common vulture, causing numbers to fall by 97%, is also cited
as a simple measure which can bring great ____.
a)
succeed
b)
success
c)
successful
d)
successfully
27.
One
of New York's most famous _____, the Empire State Building, is celebrating its
75th birthday.
a)
landmarks
b)
breakthroughs
c)
incidents
d)
symptoms
28.
The
Empire State Building opened in 1931 ____ America's Great Depression, and took
just 13 months to construct.
a)
on
b)
while
c)
during
d)
because of
29.
For
40 years, it was the world's tallest building ____ the World Trade Center was built
and is once again New York City's highest structure.
a)
until
b)
unless
c)
because
d)
during
30.
The
building has often ____ Hollywood, and was famously captured on celluloid in
the 1933 King Kong film.
a)
attacked
b)
attached
c)
attracted
d)
attributed
31.
More
than 3,000 workers were ____ in its construction which provided jobs during a
time of great unemployment.
a)
empowered
b)
employed
c)
emancipated
d)
embellished
32.
____
immigrant workers were killed during the operation.
a)
The fourteen
b)
Fourteen of
c)
The fourteenth
d)
Fourteen
33.
The
building's spire was ____ supposed to be a mooring point for air ships, but the
idea was quickly abandoned as dangerous.
a)
original
b)
originally
c)
origin
d)
originated
34.
The
building was in the headlines just last week after a man attempted ____ from
the 86th floor.
a)
to parachute
b)
parachuting
c)
parachute
d)
parachuted
35.
A
Picasso portrait of his lover Dora Maar has been sold for $95.2m (£51.8m), the
second highest amount ____ paid for a painting at auction.
a)
always
b)
rarely
c)
once
d)
ever
36.
The
1941 masterpiece Dora Maar With Cat was sold to an ____ buyer at Sotheby's in
New York on Wednesday.
a)
anonymously
b)
anonym
c)
anonymous
d)
anonymity
37.
Its
value ranked it behind ____ Picasso piece, Boy with a Pipe, which fetched a
record $104 million in 2004.
a)
other
b)
others
c)
another
d)
each other
38.
Dora
Maar, who was also an artist, is said to have helped with the execution of
Picasso's Guernica, his masterpiece ____ the horror of the Spanish Civil War.
a)
depicting
b)
depicted
c)
depicts
d)
depiction
39.
Her
influence ____ the artist is thought to have resulted in the most daring
portraits of his career.
a)
of
b)
on
c)
from
d)
with
40.
____
auction highlights included a new record for a Matisse work, which sold for
$18.5m (£10m).
a)
Other
b)
Another
c)
Others
d)
One another
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