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22. All of the following statements are TRUE about Wensleydale cheese EXCEPT

A) The teste of this cheese is gentle and energizing. B) The Yorkshire valleys are starting point of this cheese.

C) The milk of the ewe is used to prepare this cheese. D) Military people told about its preparation centuries ago. 23. The word STAPLE in the passage is closest in meaning to ... .

A) favourite B) affordable C) basic D) satisfying

24. Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A) Background of British cheeses B) The best cheeses of the world

C) Taste of traditional cheeses D) Local cheeses of the UK
Of the countries of Latin America, none has had a more melancholy history than Paraguay. For nearly 180 years, year 1811 when the country became independent from Spain, it had a very succession of dictators, some bad, some very bad, none allowed either newspapers or schools. Another claimed half of the country for himself. When the last one was overthrown in 1989, it was assumed that Andres Rodriguez, the general who organised the coup against his old master, would be a dictator too. To many people's astonishment, starting a democratic movement, he freed political prisoners, ended the ban on opposition political parties, lifted newspaper censorship, and successfully stood for president in what was acclaimed as the cleanest duty election in the country`s history.