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Brazil has opened a massive swath of the amazon to mining.

Ivana Kottasová

 

 

[1] The government has abolished a reserve that straddles the

[2] northern states of Pará and Amapá, a move that opens the vast

[3] area to mineral exploration and commercial mining. The reserve,

[4] which was established in 1984, is huge: It covers 18,000 square

[5] miles, an area twice the size of New Jersey.

[6] Brazil said that mineral extraction would only be allowed in areas

[7] where there are no conservation controls or indigenous lands. An

[8] official report from 2010 said that up to two-thirds of the reserve

[9] is subject to such protections.

[10] The government, which has previously said that the region is rich

[11] in minerals, gold and iron, framed the decision as an effort to

[12] bring new investment and jobs to a country that recently emerged

[13] from the longest recession in its history.

[14] Brazil announced a plan in July to revitalize its mining sector, and

[15] increase its share of the economy from 4% to 6%. The industry

[16] employs 200,000 people in a country where a record 14 million

[17] are out of work. The government wants to encourage more

[18] growth, and has announced plans to open 10% of all protected

[19] rainforest areas to mining. The true scale of mining in the country

[20] is unknown because small, illegal mining operations are difficult

[21] to track.

[22] The elimination of the reserve sparked an immediate backlash

[23] from activists and environmental groups. Opposition politicians

[24] called it "the biggest crime against the Amazon forest since the

[25] 1970s." World Wildlife Fund Brazil warned that deforestation

[26] would result, along with a loss of biodiversity and water

[27] resources. It said that even areas that remain under formal

[28] protection are at risk. "Opening up these areas for mining without

[29] discussing environmental safeguards is a social and

[30] environmental international affront," said Mauricio Voivodic,

[31] executive director of WWF Brazil. "A gold rush in the region will

[32] create irreversible damage to local cultures as well," he added.

[33] Deforestation and mining are destroying the rainforest at a

[34] stunning rate. The Rainforest Foundation estimates that about 1

[35] acre is wiped out every second, and an estimated 20% of the

[36] rainforest has been destroyed over the past 40 years. The

[37] Amazon covers 1.2 billion acres and produces 20% of the world's

[38] oxygen.

-- Vasco Cotovio contributed reporting. 

(Retrieved and adapted from http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/24/investing/amazon-brazilmining/ index.html. Access on September 6th, 2017)

 

Answer the question according to Text.

The expressions 'a massive swath' (title) and 'straddles' (line 1) can be replaced in the sentences without losing the original meaning by

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Brazil has opened a massive swath of the amazon to mining.

Ivana Kottasová

 

 

[1] The government has abolished a reserve that straddles the

[2] northern states of Pará and Amapá, a move that opens the vast

[3] area to mineral exploration and commercial mining. The reserve,

[4] which was established in 1984, is huge: It covers 18,000 square

[5] miles, an area twice the size of New Jersey.

[6] Brazil said that mineral extraction would only be allowed in areas

[7] where there are no conservation controls or indigenous lands. An

[8] official report from 2010 said that up to two-thirds of the reserve

[9] is subject to such protections.

[10] The government, which has previously said that the region is rich

[11] in minerals, gold and iron, framed the decision as an effort to

[12] bring new investment and jobs to a country that recently emerged

[13] from the longest recession in its history.

[14] Brazil announced a plan in July to revitalize its mining sector, and

[15] increase its share of the economy from 4% to 6%. The industry

[16] employs 200,000 people in a country where a record 14 million

[17] are out of work. The government wants to encourage more

[18] growth, and has announced plans to open 10% of all protected

[19] rainforest areas to mining. The true scale of mining in the country

[20] is unknown because small, illegal mining operations are difficult

[21] to track.

[22] The elimination of the reserve sparked an immediate backlash

[23] from activists and environmental groups. Opposition politicians

[24] called it "the biggest crime against the Amazon forest since the

[25] 1970s." World Wildlife Fund Brazil warned that deforestation

[26] would result, along with a loss of biodiversity and water

[27] resources. It said that even areas that remain under formal

[28] protection are at risk. "Opening up these areas for mining without

[29] discussing environmental safeguards is a social and

[30] environmental international affront," said Mauricio Voivodic,

[31] executive director of WWF Brazil. "A gold rush in the region will

[32] create irreversible damage to local cultures as well," he added.

[33] Deforestation and mining are destroying the rainforest at a

[34] stunning rate. The Rainforest Foundation estimates that about 1

[35] acre is wiped out every second, and an estimated 20% of the

[36] rainforest has been destroyed over the past 40 years. The

[37] Amazon covers 1.2 billion acres and produces 20% of the world's

[38] oxygen.

-- Vasco Cotovio contributed reporting. 

(Retrieved and adapted from http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/24/investing/amazon-brazilmining/ index.html. Access on September 6th, 2017)

 

Answer the question according to Text.

The expressions ‘which’ (line 4); ‘which’ (line 10); ‘its’ (line 13) and ‘its’ (line 14) refer, respectively, to:

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Brazil has opened a massive swath of the amazon to mining.

Ivana Kottasová

 

 

[1] The government has abolished a reserve that straddles the

[2] northern states of Pará and Amapá, a move that opens the vast

[3] area to mineral exploration and commercial mining. The reserve,

[4] which was established in 1984, is huge: It covers 18,000 square

[5] miles, an area twice the size of New Jersey.

[6] Brazil said that mineral extraction would only be allowed in areas

[7] where there are no conservation controls or indigenous lands. An

[8] official report from 2010 said that up to two-thirds of the reserve

[9] is subject to such protections.

[10] The government, which has previously said that the region is rich

[11] in minerals, gold and iron, framed the decision as an effort to

[12] bring new investment and jobs to a country that recently emerged

[13] from the longest recession in its history.

[14] Brazil announced a plan in July to revitalize its mining sector, and

[15] increase its share of the economy from 4% to 6%. The industry

[16] employs 200,000 people in a country where a record 14 million

[17] are out of work. The government wants to encourage more

[18] growth, and has announced plans to open 10% of all protected

[19] rainforest areas to mining. The true scale of mining in the country

[20] is unknown because small, illegal mining operations are difficult

[21] to track.

[22] The elimination of the reserve sparked an immediate backlash

[23] from activists and environmental groups. Opposition politicians

[24] called it "the biggest crime against the Amazon forest since the

[25] 1970s." World Wildlife Fund Brazil warned that deforestation

[26] would result, along with a loss of biodiversity and water

[27] resources. It said that even areas that remain under formal

[28] protection are at risk. "Opening up these areas for mining without

[29] discussing environmental safeguards is a social and

[30] environmental international affront," said Mauricio Voivodic,

[31] executive director of WWF Brazil. "A gold rush in the region will

[32] create irreversible damage to local cultures as well," he added.

[33] Deforestation and mining are destroying the rainforest at a

[34] stunning rate. The Rainforest Foundation estimates that about 1

[35] acre is wiped out every second, and an estimated 20% of the

[36] rainforest has been destroyed over the past 40 years. The

[37] Amazon covers 1.2 billion acres and produces 20% of the world's

[38] oxygen.

-- Vasco Cotovio contributed reporting. 

(Retrieved and adapted from http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/24/investing/amazon-brazilmining/ index.html. Access on September 6th, 2017)

 

Answer the question according to Text.

Basically, the Brazilian government’s justification for its acts in the Amazon region can be understood as

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'I am not afraid" Barcelona holds peace march after terror attacks

Angela Dewan, CNN

 

 

[1] Half a million people took part in a colorful peace protest in Barcelona on Saturday after Spain's Catalonia region was hit with two terror

[2] attacks that killed 16 people.

[3] The march was organized with the hashtag #NoTincPor -- Catalan for "I am not afraid" -- a slogan shouted repeatedly by the protesters

[4] as they made their way down the Passeig de Gràcia shopping avenue. Spanish King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy attended

[5] the protest. Protesters held signs saying "No to Islamophobia" as they marched alongside members of the city's Muslim communi ty.

[6] Some Muslim marchers held signs reading "I am Muslim. I am not a terrorist," and "Islam is peace." "The solution is peace. Peace is

[7] equal for all," one protester told CNN Espanol. Another woman in the crowd looked dejected and said simply, "it's enough already."

[8] Marchers handed roses to the police and paramedics to thank them for their response to the attacks, and some adorned their vehicles

[9] with the flowers.

[10] The Catalan Police confirmed that around 500,000 people attended the protests. On its Twitter account, police posted pictures of the

[11] march and wrote: "Today there is only one message and it is the rejection of terrorism. Respect all cultures and let's say #Imnotaf raid

[12] #NoTincPor."

[13] Protesters also added their tributes to a mountain of roses laid at Las Ramblas, where a driver plowed a van into crowds on August 17,

[14] killing 14 people and leaving more than 100 others injured.

[15] Police believe 22-year-old Morrocan national Younes Abouyaaqoub was the driver in the attack. He is also accused of killing a man as

[16] he hijacked a vehicle to escape the attack scene. Abouyaaqoub was killed during a police operation on Monday.

[17] Another victim died in a second attack in the early hours of August 18, when a vehicle mowed down pedestrians in the coastal town of

[18] Cambrils. Five assailants in the car were shot dead by police at the scene. They and Abouyaaqoub were wearing fake suicide belts when

[19] they were killed, police said.

(Retrieved and adapted from http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/27/europe/barcelona-demonstration-spain-attacks/index.html. Access on September 1st, 2017).

 

Answer the question according to Text.

From the sentences “I am Muslim. I am not a terrorist” (line 6) and “Islam is Peace.” (line 6), it is possible to affirm that

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'I am not afraid" Barcelona holds peace march after terror attacks

Angela Dewan, CNN

 

 

[1] Half a million people took part in a colorful peace protest in Barcelona on Saturday after Spain's Catalonia region was hit with two terror

[2] attacks that killed 16 people.

[3] The march was organized with the hashtag #NoTincPor -- Catalan for "I am not afraid" -- a slogan shouted repeatedly by the protesters

[4] as they made their way down the Passeig de Gràcia shopping avenue. Spanish King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy attended

[5] the protest. Protesters held signs saying "No to Islamophobia" as they marched alongside members of the city's Muslim communi ty.

[6] Some Muslim marchers held signs reading "I am Muslim. I am not a terrorist," and "Islam is peace." "The solution is peace. Peace is

[7] equal for all," one protester told CNN Espanol. Another woman in the crowd looked dejected and said simply, "it's enough already."

[8] Marchers handed roses to the police and paramedics to thank them for their response to the attacks, and some adorned their vehicles

[9] with the flowers.

[10] The Catalan Police confirmed that around 500,000 people attended the protests. On its Twitter account, police posted pictures of the

[11] march and wrote: "Today there is only one message and it is the rejection of terrorism. Respect all cultures and let's say #Imnotaf raid

[12] #NoTincPor."

[13] Protesters also added their tributes to a mountain of roses laid at Las Ramblas, where a driver plowed a van into crowds on August 17,

[14] killing 14 people and leaving more than 100 others injured.

[15] Police believe 22-year-old Morrocan national Younes Abouyaaqoub was the driver in the attack. He is also accused of killing a man as

[16] he hijacked a vehicle to escape the attack scene. Abouyaaqoub was killed during a police operation on Monday.

[17] Another victim died in a second attack in the early hours of August 18, when a vehicle mowed down pedestrians in the coastal town of

[18] Cambrils. Five assailants in the car were shot dead by police at the scene. They and Abouyaaqoub were wearing fake suicide belts when

[19] they were killed, police said.

(Retrieved and adapted from http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/27/europe/barcelona-demonstration-spain-attacks/index.html. Access on September 1st, 2017).

 

Answer the question according to Text.

The protest against terrorism in Barcelona also represented

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'I am not afraid" Barcelona holds peace march after terror attacks

Angela Dewan, CNN

 

 

[1] Half a million people took part in a colorful peace protest in Barcelona on Saturday after Spain's Catalonia region was hit with two terror

[2] attacks that killed 16 people.

[3] The march was organized with the hashtag #NoTincPor -- Catalan for "I am not afraid" -- a slogan shouted repeatedly by the protesters

[4] as they made their way down the Passeig de Gràcia shopping avenue. Spanish King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy attended

[5] the protest. Protesters held signs saying "No to Islamophobia" as they marched alongside members of the city's Muslim communi ty.

[6] Some Muslim marchers held signs reading "I am Muslim. I am not a terrorist," and "Islam is peace." "The solution is peace. Peace is

[7] equal for all," one protester told CNN Espanol. Another woman in the crowd looked dejected and said simply, "it's enough already."

[8] Marchers handed roses to the police and paramedics to thank them for their response to the attacks, and some adorned their vehicles

[9] with the flowers.

[10] The Catalan Police confirmed that around 500,000 people attended the protests. On its Twitter account, police posted pictures of the

[11] march and wrote: "Today there is only one message and it is the rejection of terrorism. Respect all cultures and let's say #Imnotaf raid

[12] #NoTincPor."

[13] Protesters also added their tributes to a mountain of roses laid at Las Ramblas, where a driver plowed a van into crowds on August 17,

[14] killing 14 people and leaving more than 100 others injured.

[15] Police believe 22-year-old Morrocan national Younes Abouyaaqoub was the driver in the attack. He is also accused of killing a man as

[16] he hijacked a vehicle to escape the attack scene. Abouyaaqoub was killed during a police operation on Monday.

[17] Another victim died in a second attack in the early hours of August 18, when a vehicle mowed down pedestrians in the coastal town of

[18] Cambrils. Five assailants in the car were shot dead by police at the scene. They and Abouyaaqoub were wearing fake suicide belts when

[19] they were killed, police said.

(Retrieved and adapted from http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/27/europe/barcelona-demonstration-spain-attacks/index.html. Access on September 1st, 2017).

 

Answer the question according to Text.

Angela Dewan, CNN

Based on the article, the reader is able to infer people organized the demonstration