Variant 101 Choose

The author of the passage seems to believe that the first consideration in the

selection of a place for toxic waste disposal is

1. 
   the economic conditions of the residents
   
2. 
   the ethnic roots of the people living in the area
   
3. 
   the distance of the site from the sources of the waste
   
4. 
   the soil composition of the chosen area
   

26. The author points out that chemicals not allowed in the US

1. 
   are no longer produced there
   
2. 
   are not really unsafe
   
3. 
   are safely handled by employees in other countries
   
4. 
   are exported to less developed countries
   

27. It is clear from the passage that at one waste site in China

1. 
   the majority of the workers are of Black or Hispanic origin
   
2. 
   a greater part of the waste is recycled
   
3. 
   the waste is buried deep in the soil
   
4. 
   the underground water has become too contaminated to drink
   

Read the text answer the questions 28 – 30 For over 500 years, beginning in 2000 BC, there flourished on the island of Crete in the
eastern Mediterranean one of the most splendid civilizations of the ancient world: the Minoan
civilization. Its capital was Knossos, a city dominated by the palace of Minos the king. All over the eastern half of Crete there were
cities, each with its own palace, and the population of the island must have been at least a quarter of a million. Minoan power and influence, however, were not confined to Crete alone, for the Minoans, by means of their ships, ruled the surrounding seas, set up colonies on the Aegean islands to the north, and established trade links with other peoples on the main lands of Anatolia and Greece as well as with the
Pharaohs of Egypt. Minoan objects and cultural influence have been found as far away as the ruins of Mycenae in Greece. But suddenly, sometime between 1500 and 1400 BC, the Minoan civilization came to an end, and was forgotten by the world for over 3,000 years. In the early years of this century, however,
archaeologists discovered the remains of the