. Read the text below which is entitled "Economic recovery: the case of the BRICs" in order to answer questions 25 to 27:

According to paragraph 1, in 2008, economic growth through investment

. Read the text below which is entitled "Economic recovery: the case of the BRICs" in order to answer questions 25 to 27:

According to paragraph 2, a big rise in the size of the government in the BRICs seems to be

. Read the text below which is entitled "Economic recovery: the case of the BRICs" in order to answer questions 25 to 27:

According to paragraph 2, the quantity of goods imported by the USA has

. Read the text below entitled "Happy new year" so as to answer questions 28 to 30:

According to paragraph 1,

. Read the text below entitled "Happy new year" so as to answer questions 28 to 30:

According to paragraph 2, "taxpayers had reason to be glum". In other words, they

. Read the text below entitled "Happy new year" so as to answer questions 28 to 30:

According to paragraph 3,

According to the text, judge the following items.

Legislation determined by the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea included limitations on how much coastal water a nation could claim as its own.

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According to the text, it is correct to affirm that

British Marines tried to board a captured pirate ship on Nov 11. In this process, a possible hostage was killed.

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According to the text, it is correct to affirm that

a supertanker was the pirates' most valuable capture.

Judge the following items according to the text.

The efforts to stop the attacks have forced the pirates to shrink the area of their activities.