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of atherosclerosis is that pieces of the fatty 
deposits may break free and travel in the 
bloodstream until they lodge in small vessels and 
block the flow of blood. This blockage may also 
cause heart damage, or, if it occurs in the brain, 
may damage cells and lead to a grave stroke.
208- What the author is trying to explain in the 
passage is ................ .
A) what kind of consequences atherosclerosis may 
bring about 
B) the dangerous sides of taking too much 
cholesterol 
C) the possible reasons of the damages made in 
heart 
D) why people should eschew from eating fatty 
foods 
E) how much blood should flow to the organs 
209- According to the passage, atherosclerosis 
may cause all of the following except ................ .
A) blockage of the arteries 
B) a serious stroke 
C) a deadly heart attack 
D) less blood flow to the organs 
E) cholesterol breakdown 
210- 
Researchers 
have 
found 
that 
polyunsaturated fatty acids ................ .
A) might be able to guard people and certain 
animals from atherosclerosis 
B) are the substances that cause atherosclerosis 
C) are wrongly thought as helpful to the illnesses 
people face 
D) block the arteries and, thus, cause heart attacks 
E) cover the outside part of the blood vessels in 
thickness 
 
Abbreviations are shortened forms of words or 
phrases. In the past, when all writing was done by 
hand, abbreviations saved time and space. Today, 
when so much is printed about so many subjects, 
they serve the same purpose. Certain types of 
abbreviations, e.g. UNESCO, which stands for 
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and