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(A) a live lineup or a photo of people (B) the questions the police ask (C) the responsibility of the jurors (D) the eyewitness testimony to the passage, who are in a position to decide whether a witness testimony is reliable? (A) The police. (B) The prosecutors. (C) The judges. (D) The jurors. Questions 2125 I have just e home after viewing some astonishing works of art that were recently discovered in Church Hole cave in Nottinghamshire. They are not drawings, as one would expect, but etchings, and they depict a huge range of wild animals. The artists who created them lived around 13,000 years ago, and the images are remarkable on a variety of counts. First of all, their sheer number is staggering, there are niy all told. Moreover, fiftyeight of them are on the ceiling. This is extremely rare in cave art, according to a leading expert, Dr Wilbur Samson of Central Midlands University. Wall pictures are the norm, he says. 39。s head and his bets are not really dangerous risks. Even at cards the Italian plays for low stakes, generally for a cup of coffee or wine. In this world of the Italian male it would be careless if the romanticism of the Italian were neglected. The Italian might well be described as the world39。s references, who remended him for the job. (D) We should find more about the candidate, though he is apparently eligible for the post. 4.(A) I am interested in your new techniques and I want to make an appointment. (B) I want to talk to our technician to see if he is interested in your new products. (C) I can ask some of our staff to give you information about our new products. (D) I hope you understand that I have to attend a meeting about our new products. 5.(A) I don39。 means you study ________ (2). You read course material, work on course activities, and write ________ (3). The word 39。 York City 3. 30.(A) Sometime later next Sunday. (B) Next Sunday as usual in the man39。s often right in the middle, between big brother and little sister, whatever the case may be. And because she can39。s show. can be inferred from the passage than many middle children _______. (A) feel like the ones not really needed in the family (B) feel proud of themselves in their ability to do their own things (C) are strongly discriminated against in the family (D) are born with the skill in making friends faster than their siblings word propensity (Para. 4) is closest in meaning to _______. (A) pulsion (B) impulse (C) liking (D) tendency to the passage, middle children are likely to _______. (A) distance themselves from the rest of the family (B) outdo their siblings in adult life (C) bee good diplomatic mediators or negotiators (D) learn the fine art of promise from their parents Questions 1620 Bernard Jackson is a free man today, but he has many bitter memories. Jackson spent five years in prison after a jury wrongly convicted him of raping two women. At Jackson39。s fresh evidence quantifying just how hazardous the afterburn from cigarettes can be, and how quickly it affects your body. Scientists at the Oregon Department of Health documented for the first time an hourly buildup of a cancercausing pound from cigarette smoke in the blood of nonsmokers working in bars and restaurants in the state. Reporting in the American Journal of Public Health,