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1. Even Lea farm has 290 cows. Each spring 4. What percentage of the population of
the farm increases its herd by 10% and then Sweden was unemployed in 2010 if the
each autumn it sells 5% of its herd. How many population in 2005 was 9066 and it grew by
cows will it have at the end of next year? 0.8% each year between 2005 and 2010?
A. 314
B. 316 A. 1.34%
C. 317 B. 2.81%
D. 320 C. 3.27%
E. 322 D. 5.85%
E. 8.42%
2. The population of Norway is 4840
thousands and the annual wine consumption is 5. Car Alpha has an efficiency of 38.9 miles per
29.4 million liters. Population of Austria is gallon and Beta an efficiency of 44.8 miles per
formed from 8412 thousand people and the gallon. You drive 50 urban miles in an Alpha and
annual wine consumption is 59.6. On average, then 30 urban miles in a Beta. Your overall
how much more wine is consumed per person average fuel consumption in miles per gallons is
in Austria than in Norway in a year? closest to which of the figures below?

A. 0.1 liters A. 39.6

B. 1.02 liters B. 40.1
C. 2.44 liters C. 40.9
D. 3.42 liters D. 41.2
E. 7.92 liters E. 41.8

3. You have a million of Hungarian forint 6. Car Gamma consumes in an urban journey
(HUF) which you would like to convert into 76.3 miles per gallon and Delta 28.7 miles per
Euro. Due to the size of the transaction you gallon. How much more fuel efficient is the
negotiate a rate 1.5% better than the standard Gamma car than the Delta car?
rate which is 280. How much Euro do you get?
A. 62.4%
A. 3 219.68 B. 81.6%
B. 3 317.74 C. 103.9%
C. 3 428.07 D. 147.2%
D. 3 518.65 E. 165.9%
E. 3 625.00

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7. Carter ran the final, 100 m in 10.03 seconds. 10. Generation of electricity rose by 10%
He ran this race 1.3 % faster than he ran in the between 2005 and 2010. Tidal power
semi-final which was 1.8% faster than his generation, which in 2010 had 38%, doubled
performance in the race before the semi-final. over that period. What percentage of the
He won the race before the semi-final by 0.03 electricity was generated by tidal power in
second. What was the finishing time of the 2005?
runner who came second in Carter’s race before
the semi-final. A. 1.12%
B. 1.36%
A. 10.09 C. 1.59%
B. 10.18 D. 1.73%
C. 10.29 E. 1.94%
D. 10.34
E. 10.37 11. You have 1000 GBP (lire) which you want to
change into Swiss francs. There is a 3 GBP
8. The population of the UK in 2010 was transaction charge and the customer rate (the
61.092 million. If 94.3% of pop DVDs are bought rate you get) is 1.5% below the bullion rate
by teenagers who comprise 12.1% of the which is 0.652. How many Swiss francs do you
population, how many pop DVDs did the get?
average teenager buy in 2010 if the total
number of sold disk is 39.2 million? A. 1 504.87
B. 1 505.47
A. 2 C. 1 505.81
B. 3 D. 1 510.01
C. 4 E. 1 528.40
D. 5
E. 6 12. In 2010 the sales of peanuts accounted for
14.2% of the Snacks revenue, which revenue
9. France was visited in 2005 by 301 thousand was 9% higher than in 2009. How much income
Dutch visitors and in 2010 by 312. Germany had did the pub get from the sale of peanuts in 2009
in 2005 225 thousand Dutch visitors and in if the Snacks revenue was 10% in 2009?
2010, 234 thousand Dutch visitors. If both
Germany and France increase their number of
Dutch visitors by the same percentage as they A. 832 euro
did between 2005 and 2010, how many more B. 1 230 euro
Dutch people will visit France than Germany in C. 1 320 euro
2015? D. 1 499 euro

A. 80 K
B. 123 K
C. 135 K
D. 189 K
E. 201 K

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13. In 2010 the sales of peanuts accounted for 15. Due to a clerical error the number sold of
14.2% room 1 was lost. Cost for room 1 is 360 euro
of the Snacks revenue, which revenue was 9% and the price for room 2 is 450 euro. If the total
higher profit on both camera 1 and camera 2 is
than in 2009. How much income did the pub 1.096.650 euro and the number of sold cameras
get from for room 2 is 5 550, how many models of room
the sale of peanuts in 2009 if the Snacks 1 were sold?
revenue was 10% in 2009?
A. 3 268
A. 832 euro B. 8 000
B. 1 230 euro C. 8 139
C. 1 320 euro D. Impossible to tell
D. 1 499 euro
E. 1 623 euro

14. A Print Ware Factory has a 12 operation

hours from Monday to Saturday. They produce
Model FR-7 in 11 minutes, TG-4 in 24 minutes
And RZ-10 in 15 minutes. Approximately,
how many additional printers ( all models combined )
could be manufactured if the factory remained in
operation on Sunday for the usual operating hours?

A. 12
B. 48
C. 215
D. 336
E. 430

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16. The European Comission’s panel on privacy is expected to make a report Monday endorsing the concept of
cloud computing as legal under the Continent’s privacy law and recommend for the first time that large
companies and organizations police themselves to assure that personal information kept in remote locations is
protected. The panel, known as the Article 29 Working Party, is expected to make the recommendation as part of
its long-awaited guidelines on cloud computing, which have the potential, some industry experts say to allay
concerns over data privacy and pave the way for wider adoption of the remote-computing services that are more
common in the United States. The report will highlight the advantages of using cloud computing to encourage
innovation and economic efficiency.

A. The article 29 Working Party panels’ expected decision has the potential to limit remote computing
services.
B. The privacy of remotely-stored data is best achieved when large companies and organizations monitor
themselves.
C. The article 29 Working Party panel is expected to urge companies and organizations to protect personal
data.
D. Cloud computing has been shown to significantly improve innovation and increase economic efficiency.

17. In a recent report on Greece’s economy the consulting firm McKinsey recasts these challenges among others,
as opportunities. With just a bit of investment, new management and quality control, it says, the olive and feta
industries can increase their profitability significantly. The same is true for Greece’s tourism industry, which,
according to the report, remains stubbornly focused on budget travelers even though a yacht full of millionaires
can bring a lot more revenue than a cruise ship full of middle-class people. The McKinsey plan stands out because
it feels plausible. This could have a significant impact. Greece is a small country with 11 million people and 5
million workers.

A. According to the McKinsey consulting firm, Greece’s olive and feta industries could grow if current
practices are maintained.
B. If Greece’s tourism industry started catering to the wealthy, it could employ ten percent of the country’s
5 million workers.
C. According to the McKinsey, consulting firm, Greece’s olive and feta industries could increase their
profitability under new management.
D. According to the McKinsey consulting firm, Greek industries can increase their profitability by relaxing
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18. At the midday games, criminals, barbarians, prisoners of war and other unfortunates, called damnati or
“condemned” were executed. (Despite numerous accounts of saints’ lives written in the Renaissance and later,
there is no reliable evidence that Christians were killed in the Coliseum for their faith) Some damnati were
released in the arena to be slaughtered by fierce animals such as lions, and some were forced to fight another
with swords. Others were dispatched in what a modern scholar has called “fatal charades”, executions staged to
resemble scenes from mythology. The Roman poet Martial, who attended the inaugural games, describes a
criminal dressed as Orpheus playing a lyre amid wild animals; a bear ripped him apart. Another suffered the fate
of Hercules, who burned to death before becoming a god.

A. Historical evidence proves that no Christians were killed at the Coliseum, along with war prisoners and
barbarians.
B. All damnati were forced to participate in staged executions involving characters and scenes from
mythology.
C. During the morning games, spectators could witness wild beast hunts involving fierce animals such as
lions and bears.
D. As part of their execution, criminals could find themselves facing a wild beast or sword fighting another
person.

19. Quantum cryptography is , in principle, a foolproof way to prevent hacking. It ensures that any attempt by
an eavesdropper to read encoded communication data will lead to disturbance that can be detected by the
legitimate users. Therefore, quantum cryptography allows the transmission of an unconditionally secure
encryption key between two users, “Alice” and “Bob” in the presence of a potential hacker, “Eve”. The encryption
key is communicated using light signals and is received using photon detectors. The challenge is that Eve can
intercept and manipulate these signals. When quantum hacking occurs, light signals subvert the photon
detectors, causing them to only see the photons that Eve wants Bob to see.

A. In quantum cryptography, the encryption key is transmitted with photon detectors and received with
light signals.
B. Quantum cryptography uses light signals that can be captured and manipulated by a hacker.
C. Quantum hacking, in which light signals subvert photon detectors, is the least common form of hacking.
D. If a hacker attempts to access data encoded with quantum cryptography, legal users have no way of
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20. A staggering 320 tons of gold and more than 7.500 tons of silver are used annually to make PCs, cell phones,
tablets and other new electronic and electrical products worldwide, adding more than $21 billion in value each
year to the rich fortunes in metals eventually available through “urban mining” of e-waste, experts say.
Quantities of gold, silver and other precious metals available for recovery are rising in tandem with the fast
growing sales of electronic and electrical goods, including the new category of tablet computers (with 100 million
in estimated unit sales this year, a figure expected to almost double in 2014). Thanks to the volume and value of
precious metals it contains, the percentage of e-waste collected in developing countries is estimated to be as
high as 80-90% in countries with an active informal recycling sector.
A. Sales of tablet computers are growing very quickly and are expected to almost triple in the year 2014.
B. The 30 manufacturing countries use 320 tons of gold and 7,500 tons of silver annually between them to
make new electronic and electrical products.
C. Without more sustainable recovery of e-waste metals, the current rate of electronic production could
suffer.
D. More than $21 billion in precious metals including gold and silver could be recovered each year through
mining e-waste.

21. Research shows a twenty-fold enhancement in harvesting light by combining grapheme with metallic
nanostructures, and this new discovery could pave the way for advances in high-speed internet and other
communications. By putting two closely spaced metallic wires on top of grapheme and shining light on this
structure, researchers generated electric power. This simple device is actually an elementary solar cell. Such
grapheme devices can transfer data tens and potentially hundreds of times faster than communication rates in
the fastest internet cables; this is due to the uniquely high mobility and is important but sometimes overlooked.

A. Children raised in single-parent households have more difficulty moving up the income ladder their
peers.
B. Single parenthood could be an important factor in inequality, and its one that can also be ignored or
missed.
C. A pattern emerging over the last forty years suggests that inequality has increased due only to wages and
unemployment.
D. Between 1970 and 2011, income inequality between the top and bottom households grew by 121 per
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22. When deadlines about a potential Sicilian default ricocheted the globe, the government quickly played down
concerns and said it would send 400 million Euro to ease Sicily’s liquidity crunch so it could continue to pay
salaries and pensions. But with Europe’s debt crisis, local politics quickly become international problems. And the
flare up over Sicily highlights the challenges that Mr. Monti is facing in trying to use pressure from European
leaders and international markets to pus Italy’s politicians to cut costs. Those expenses have ballooned after
decades of a patronage system in which the state has been the primary means of employment.

A. Research shows that twins who text daily with friends and family are better adapted socially but perform
less efficiently on grammar than their peers.
B. Studies show that how twins perform on a grammar test is unrelated to how many text adaptations they
send and receive.
C. Research shows that twins who use tech-speak when texting could experience a decline in grammar and
language skills.
D. According to research, the use of tech-speak is the primary reason for the decline in grammar scores
among twins.

23. For the first four decades of competition the Olympics awarded official medals for painting, sculpture,
architecture, literature and music, alongside those for the athletic competitions. From 1912 to 1952, juries
awarded a total of 151 medals to original works in the fine arts inspired by athletic endeavours. The story goes all
the way back to the Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the IOC and the modern Games, who saw art
competitions as integral to his vision of the Olympics. “ He was raised and educated classically, and he was
particularly impressed with the idea of what I meant to be a true Olympian – someone who was not only athletic,
but skilled in music and literature”, Stanton says.” He felt that in order to recreate the events in modern times, it
would be incomplete to not include some aspect of the arts”.

A. For the first four decades of the Olympics, juries awarded medals for works of fine art depicting any
subject matter.
B. Between 1912 and 1951, Olympic juries awarded 151 medals to gifted artist who were also highly skilled
athletes.
C. Baron Pierre de Coubertin felt that the modern Olympics would not be complete without some inclusion
of the arts.
D. For the first four decades of the Olympics, the majority of art medals were awarded for paintings of the
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24. Music was a key ingredient in ancient Egyptian religion. Teeter explains that it was believed to soothe the
gods and encourage them to provide for their worshippers. Nehemes-Bastet was one of many priestess-
musicians who performed humans. It finds evidence that the direct ancestors of moderns humans may have
interbred with members of an unknown ancestral group of hominids. It suggests that different groups evolved
distinctly in order to reap nutrition from local foods and defend against infectious disease. “A message we’re
seeing is that even though all the individuals we sampled are hunter-gatherers, natural selection has acted
differently in these different groups.

A. Evidence indicates the ancestors of modern humans who did interbreed with different hominid groups
failed to evolve.
B. A recent study suggests that in human evolution, natural selection functioned the same in different
hunter-gatherer groups.
C. A recent study suggests that humans evolved differently in order to maximize sources of nutrition and
defend against diseases.
D. Early hunter-gatherers who had access to the most diverse food sources and lived in the most
temperate climates were most likely to reproduce, according to one study.

25. Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with colleagues in Taiwan and China, have
developed the world’s smallest semiconductor laser, a breakthrough for emerging photonic technology with
applications from computing to medicine. Miniaturisation of semiconductor lasers is key for the development of
faster, smaller and lower energy photon-based technologies, such as ultrafast computer chips; highly sensitive
biosensors for detecting, generation communication technologies. The device is constructed of a gallium nitride
nanorod that is partially filled with indim gallium nitride. Both alloys are semiconductors used commonly in LEDs.
The nanorod is placed on top of a thin insulating layer of silicon that in turn covers a layer of silver film that is
smooth at the atomic level.

A. The Viking program discovered small amounts of liquid water on and just beneath the surface of Mars.
B. NASA’s Mariner space orbiter program discovered canyons and other formations on Mars during the
1970s.
C. Evidence that water exists on or near Mars’ surface and in its interior suggests the planet once possibly
supported life.
D. Scientists claim that Mars has only a tiny amount of water mostly near its surface.

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26. 29.

27. 30.

28. 31.

32. 33.

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34. 37.

35. 38.

36. 39.

37.

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