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5. ‘The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals’, adopted 7. Such a great amount of waste is being concentrated in
with the signature of 193 countries at the United Nations the area that there is a strong probability of groundwater
Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015, contamination, so chemical tests should be carried out
aim to meet the needs of today’s generations without daily.
compromising the needs of future generations.
A) As there is such a high concentration of waste in the area,
A) ‘The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals’, whose there is a high risk of groundwater contamination, and for
target is to address the needs of the present without this reason, chemical tests need to be performed on a
compromising the needs of future generations, was daily basis.
adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in
B) No matter how little amount of waste is concentrated in
September 2015.
the area, it is certain that groundwater is contaminated;
B) By adopting ‘the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals’ at that is why daily chemical tests have to be carried out.
the UN Sustainable Development Summit in September
C) Given the amount of waste being concentrated in the
2015, 193 countries agreed to meet the needs of future
area, groundwater contamination is unavoidable, hence
generations without compromising the present.
chemical tests are supposed to be administered every day.
C) Signed by 193 countries at the UN Sustainable D) It is vital that chemical tests be carried out on a daily basis
Development Summit in September 2015, ‘the 2030 in the area since groundwater contamination has made
Sustainable Development Goals’ target to address the the lives of the residents very difficult.
needs of the present without making any concessions to
the needs of future generations. E) The groundwater contamination seen in the area due
to the concentration of waste is so much that it requires
D) With the adoption of ‘the 2030 Sustainable Development immediate attention.
Goals’ at the United Nations Sustainable Development
Summit in September 2015, 193 countries decided
upon meeting the needs of future generations without
jeopardising the present.
E) Addressing the needs of the present without making
any concessions to the needs of future generations is
a priority for ‘the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals’
adopted by 193 countries.

6. Humour is one of the elements that ensure cultural 8. Nearly three-fifths of university students have reported
continuity with its unique expression style and its having gone to school while sick because they feared to
characteristics of acquiring the codes of the society it miss the classes if they stayed home.
comes from.
A) Less than half of the university students have stated that
A) Humour is one of the factors that protect cultural they went to school despite feeling ill because they did
progression thanks to its unique style of expression not want to stay behind the materials at school while they
and its ability to accept the social norms from which it is were home.
derived.
B) More than three-fifths of university students have reported
B) One of the factors securing cultural continuity is humour that even if they were ill, they had to leave home and go
as it has the ability to express anything with its own style. to school so as not to fall behind on the classes.
C) Protecting cultural progression is one of the functions of C) About sixty per cent of university students have pointed
humour due to its ability to accept the social norms of its out that they have gone to school when sick for fear of
society. falling behind on the classes were they to stay home.
D) Humour has the ability to accept the social codes it D) Those who did not go to class when ill despite being
belongs to, and that leads to the continuation of the afraid of missing classes if they stayed home form a little
cultural values. more than two-fifth of all university students.
E) One of the factors that ensures cultural continuity is E) No matter how afraid they were of missing classes, nearly
humour because of its ability to express everything in its two-fifths of university students have stated that they
own style. avoided going to school at all costs when they were sick.

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