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The word "ill-fated" (l.1) is synonymous with doomed.
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The word "wreckage" (l.5) refers to the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked.
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The wreckage exact location is already known.
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The aviation industry will have a 50% reduction in fuel consumption by 2020, thus cutting CO 2 emissions in half.
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Besides producing fewer greenhouse gases, a modern turbofan is about 80% quieter than 1960 jets.
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The word "rowdy" (l.5) is synonymous with quiet.
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In "Some airlines, however, are wary of gearboxes" (l.15), "wary" is synonymous with cautious.
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According to the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, the boundaries of an exclusive economic zone exceed territorial waters.
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According to the text, it is correct to affirm that
an Indian warship attacked a supposed pirate mother ship which was, nevertheless, a fishing vessel.
Your answers to questions 17 to 20 must be based on the article below entitled "Looming water crisis simply a management problem":
Looming water crisis simply a management problem
Source: www.newscientist.com August 20th 2008 (Adapted)
Today´s focus on the credit crisis and rising prices for food and oil has temporarily put another global scarcity in the shade: water. The UN predicts that by 2025, two-thirds of us will experience water shortages, with severe lack of water blighting the lives and livelihoods of 1.8 billion. According to the UN World Water Assessment Programme, by 2050, 7 billion people in 60 countries may have to cope with water scarcity. At this year´s World Economic Forum, UN secret...
