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countries do. These companies only exist to make 
profits for their owners, or shareholders. 
211 -According to the passage, most companies --- 
.
A) used to belong to a single family 
B) are subsidiary companies belonging to larger 
organisations 
C) have larger budgets than some countries do 
D) are owned by the oil companies 
E) have now been taken over by multi -nationals 
212 -The author states that ----- .
A) multi -national companies usually belong to a 
single family 
B) some multi -nationals are richer than some 
nations 
C) there are no longer any family -owned large 
companies 
D) the biggest organisations are called subsidiary 
companies 
E) the big oil companies are usually owned by single 
families 
 
 
 
 
213 -The author believes that multi -national 
companies ---- .
A) are a positive force in the world 
B) are largely controlled by the countries where they 
work 
C) sometimes become too involved in family affairs 
D) have no other purpose but to make money 
E) employ many people from the original founding 
families 
The "dead cities" of Syria are coming alive and 
archaeologists are seriously concerned. Pushed by a 
booming population, farmers are moving into the 
hills of northern Syria and making homes in villages 
that have been deserted but nearly intact for a 
millennium. The government is trying to limit the 
destruction of archaeological sites by barring people 
from moving into hundreds of deserted ancient 
villages 
and 
imposing 
fines 
for 
destroying 
antiquities. In some cases, officials can pull down 
newly -built houses that are too close to the dead 
cities. This has outraged the new villagers; mostly 
poor Muslim farmers and shepherds who feel little 
connection to antiquities from Syria's Christian past.