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78. (I) For many years now, a group of scientists have been 80. (I) Games have always tended to be one of the most significant
studying endangered northern right whales, whose habitat forces driving the popular use of technology. (II) On the other
includes busy shipping lanes for the port of Boston. (II) In 2007, hand, there is ongoing research being conducted into the
they deployed a network of seafloor recorders and automated harmful psychological effects games have on people. (III) In
listening buoys in Massachusetts Bay, which enabled them 1972 many home users got their first ever taste of computing
to compile a complete underwater noise budget. (III) Colour as something that could be experienced at home as well as
animations of the data show that the calls of right whales are at work, thanks to the appearance of the first game console:
destroyed as ships pass. (IV) In addition to right whales, noise a home machine dedicated entirely to playing video games.
drives many other marine animals to change their behaviour (IV) The machine boasted a variety of simple games but
markedly – their calling, mating, and migration patterns. suffered from poor marketing and failed to make much of
(V) Their social network is constantly disturbed, and therefore, an impact compared to a product also released in 1972.
unable to communicate, individual whales have trouble finding (V) However, today, the console market is worth tens of
each other and spend more time on their own. billions of dollars, with hundreds of millions of machines
around the world.

A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

79. (I) Every country has a national flag with a unique design that
identifies it to other countries. (II) There are no international
rules for flag design; each country can choose any pattern,
though they are usually based on the country’s history or
culture. (III) National flags first became widespread in the 19th
century, but Denmark has the oldest national flag still in use,
dating back as far as the 13th century. (IV) Most flags are
rectangular in shape, but the proportions of the rectangle are
not always the same. (V) However, this is not always the case
– Nepal, for example, has a distinctive, non-rectangular flag,
which looks like two triangles on top of each other.

A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

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