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Choose the answer that best reflects the meaning of the text: 
1. The demand for whalemeat is driven by 
a. a desire to preserve traditions. 
b. postwar nostalgia. 
c. a combination of the two. 
2. What is the attitude of young Japanese towards whalemeat? 
a. they love it. 
b. they don’t seem keen on it. 
c. they dislike it very strongly. 

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3. What is the reaction of the fish merchants of Hakodate to protests by anti-whaling 
campaigners? 
a. they are extremely angry and defensive. 
b. they are confused and defensive. 
c. they are negative and defensive. 
4. What does the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling require? 
a. that the by-products of whale research are processed in some way. 
b. that whale meat must not be eaten by humans. 
c. that whaling is limited to Antarctica. 
Find the word or phrase that means: 
1. very near 
2. extremely popular and fashionable 
3. something you do not like at first but gradually start to enjoy 
4. to balance the effect of something with the result that there is no advantage or 
disadvantage 
5. extremely easy to obtain 
6. fortunate 
7. extremely hot in an unpleasant or uncomfortable way 
8. price reductions 
Match the verbs with the nouns and noun phrases they collocate with: 
1. to fulfil 
2. to conduct 
3. to preserve 
4. to offset 
5. to broaden 
6. to keep 
a. a range of products 
b. ancient traditions 
c. someone alive 
d. an obligation 
e. costs 
f. a survey 

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Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2005 
Taken from the 
Magazine 
section in 
www.onestopenglish.com