D)the living standard has risen in the country over the years 32. The author concludes the fact that most children over 8 now have their own television set
means…….. .
A)children prefer watching television to going to school
B)children are not as healthy as they were
C)more, children are missing school in order to watch television
D)an increasing amount of commercials are being watched by children Read the text. Then choose the correct answer to questions 34-36. A movement called Jubilee 2000 is campaigning for Third World debt cancellation as a fitting
way to mark the millennium. Launched two years ago, the group is now working in 42
countries, and is now supported by a large number of celebrities. Leaders of the group are harsh
critics of the big creditors' role in the developing world. In Tanzania, for example, one child in
six dies before the age of five due to the lack of proper health care, but the government spends
four times more on paying the interest on its debts than on primary health care. Money needed
for health and education programs goes instead to rich international creditors, whose billions
have often supported corrupt elites.
34. According to the passage, the purpose of Jubilee 2000 is………
A)to hold a charity concert involving a lot of celebrities
B)to allow poor nations to escape paying back large loans C)to criticise big creditors in the developing world
D)to have a big party on New Year's Eve at the millennium
35. The leaders of Jubilee 2000 argue that………… .
A)countries need to have their debts cancelled
B)creditors should lend poor nations more money for primary health care
C)celebrities of the developing countries are not responsible enough
D) paying interest on huge debts is one reason many children die in developing countries 36. The passage implies that ordinary people in the developing world……… .
A)cannot afford to celebrate the millennium
B)should be helped by the big creditors in their countries
