Read the text below in order to answer questions 27 to 30:
The author states that the VAT (value-added tax) has been
For questions 25-27 below, choose the answer which best fits the ideas in the text.
The expression "forged" in the first paragraph of the text could best be defined as
In text II,
"hopefully" (L.11) means the opposite of hopelessly.
In text II,
"succeed" (L.11) is synonymous with come after.
In text II,
"around the world" (L.15) is the same as all over the world.
In text II,
"accomplish" (L.20) is the same as achieve.
In text III,
"comprehensive" (L.10) is the same as understandable.
In text III,
"appoint" (L.15) can be replaced by appoints.
In text III,
"oversee" (L.16) means to make certain that it is being done correctly.
__________ Timothy was __________ at school. His parents were well__________, but they were divorced. Timothy ____________ in the habit of pushing children __________ no apparent reason, and on ___________ occasion he scratched a boy's leg until it ___________.
