Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

The pictures of seals being killed in the Artic had a tremendous impact ______ public opinion.

A. over

B. with

C. on

D. against

Exercise 2a. Listen to a man telling about a historic natural disaster of China. Fill the gaps with the missing words.

      Over 100,000 people were killed in the (1) …………… floods, but the survivors had problems of their own. The floods killed crops, washed out grain storage (2) ……………, leveled houses, and destroyed roads. Many rural communities were (3) …………… and stranded without food, and without any way for aid to reach them. Ultimately, this is why the death toll was so high. Millions of people (4) …………… to death, disease swept through weakened communities, and homeless (5) ………… were stuck without shelter.

Exercise 2b. Listen again. Decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

      1.   Most of China was flooded in that disaster.                                             .................

      2.   A few decades before that time, China had suffered seriously              .................

            from the wars.                      

      3.   The ground was still submerged until the winter.                                    .................

            4.         Some people in the disaster even had to eat the dead to survive                       

Exercise 2a. Listen to a man telling about a historic natural disaster of China. Fill the gaps with the missing words.

      Over 100,000 people were killed in the (1) …………… floods, but the survivors had problems of their own. The floods killed crops, washed out grain storage (2) ……………, leveled houses, and destroyed roads. Many rural communities were (3) …………… and stranded without food, and without any way for aid to reach them. Ultimately, this is why the death toll was so high. Millions of people (4) …………… to death, disease swept through weakened communities, and homeless (5) ………… were stuck without shelter.

Exercise 2b. Listen again. Decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

      1.   Most of China was flooded in that disaster.                                             .................

      2.   A few decades before that time, China had suffered seriously              .................

            from the wars.                      

      3.   The ground was still submerged until the winter.                                    .................

            4.         Some people in the disaster even had to eat the dead to survive                       

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

The basic elements(A) of public-opinion research are(B) interviewers, questionnaires, tabulating (C)equipment, and to sample (D) population.

A. basic elements

B. are

C. tabulating

D.to sample

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

The (A) basic elements of public-opinion research (B) are interviewers, questionnaires, (C) tabulating equipment, and (D) to sample population.

A. basic elements

B. are

C. tabulating

D. to sample