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Cafe Pinot 700 W. 5th St. (213- 239- 6500). Lunch: Mon.-Fri.; Dinner: nightly. It is situated next to the Central Library in a box of glass with a handsome skyward view. The food is Spanish -- eccentrically delicious Provincial-California cooking.
Cicada 617 S. Olive St. (213-488-9488). Lunch: Mom-Fri.; Dinner: Mon.-Sat. The room is a throwback to old-time elegance, and the food mixes traditional preparation with contemporary finesse. Appetizers run to shallot flan and foie gras with caramelized pineapple, and entrees include cuttlefish risotto, coffee-glazed rack of lamb, and seared snapper with baby leeks.
Ciudad 445 S. Figueroa St. (213 - 486 - 5171). Lunch: Mort. -Fri.; Dinner: nightly. The tortilla soup here at Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger's downtown place is a star. Follow with their pan-Latin cuisine: Argentine empanadas, Swiss chard with tomatillo sauce, and Brazilian moqueca -- mussels, shrimp, and other seafood in a coconut-lime broth over coconut rice. Shuttle service to nearby theaters is available.
El Cholo 1121 S. Western Ave. (323- 734- 2773). Lunch and Dinner: daily. L.A.'s oldest Mexican restaurant is famed for its margaritas, nachos, guacamole, and green-corntamales. It's one of the best connections we've got between the old Spanish cooking of California and authentic Mexican cuisine.

Question 14 is based on Text 3

14. How much value of publicly traded stocks has been trimmed during the last two weeks?
A. 8 trillion. B. 1.5 trillion. C. 7.7 trillion. D. 3 trillion.

Text 3

Another roller-coaster day on global stock markets yesterday left the Dow Jones industrial average below the 8,000 mark and economists wondering aloud if the plunge in share prices will bring the real economy down with it.
After a day of heavy trading that saw the blue-chip index swing nearly 400 points during the lunch hour alone, the Dow finished the day off another 234 points, or nearly 3%, at 7784.58. Other broad indexes fell to a similar degree, extending a sell-off that has trimmed $1.5 trillion from the value of publicly traded stocks in just the last two weeks, and $ 7 trillion since stock prices peaked more than two years ago.

Questions 15 - 16 are based on Text 4

15. The fax number of Lydmar Hotel is
A. (46-8) 679-635-60 B. (46-8) 556-113-01
C. (46-8) 556-113-00 D. (46-8) 505-630-00
16. Which hotel is actually composed of two hotels?
A. Grand Hotel. B. Nordic Hotel.
C. Lydmar Hotel. D. None of the above.

Text 4

Lodging