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The sentence “including the right to possess, sell, lease, and enjoy the land” (lines 11 and 12) can be correctly rewritten as including the right of possessing, selling, leasing, and enjoying the land without changes in the meaning.

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   Leaders at tech companies around the world could face up to two years in prison in the United Kingdom if they do not comply with new online safety laws.

   Draft legislation aims to crack down on social media and other online entities to ensure safety and privacy for users, particularly children. The laws were drafted to prevent uploading and spreading of harmful content such as racism, bullying, fraud and sexual abuse.

   While the legislation has been criticized by Parliament members in the past, the new draft has received bipartisan support.

   The bill has to be voted on by British lawmakers.

   The legislation has been updated several times since its inception. Among the changes are hefty fines or blockages if networks fail to remove harmful content after being notified of its existence, as well as the labeling of sending unsolicited nudes as a criminal offense.

   The fines could be up to 10 percent of the affected company’s annual global income. The Office of Communications (Ofcom), the bill’s regulator, has been granted legal grounds to request information from companies they suspect of not following the bill’s rules.

   If Ofcom is able to prove that the companies withheld information or have not responded properly to notifications of inappropriate or illegal content, the executives would be held criminally liable. This part of the law will be enforced two months after the law itself is enacted, meaning companies and websites will have time to crack down on their content before facing legal consequences.

   Some U.K. residents have pushed back against the new version of the bill, including memes from the Open Rights Group. The organization claims that, despite good intentions, the regulations could result in a slippery slope that could end up violating free speech.

   Internet: <www.newsweek.com> (adapted)

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Considering the text presented above and the vocabulary used in it, judge the following item.

The expression “bipartisan support” (third paragraph) means a support by two political parties.

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   Leaders at tech companies around the world could face up to two years in prison in the United Kingdom if they do not comply with new online safety laws.

   Draft legislation aims to crack down on social media and other online entities to ensure safety and privacy for users, particularly children. The laws were drafted to prevent uploading and spreading of harmful content such as racism, bullying, fraud and sexual abuse.

   While the legislation has been criticized by Parliament members in the past, the new draft has received bipartisan support.

   The bill has to be voted on by British lawmakers.

   The legislation has been updated several times since its inception. Among the changes are hefty fines or blockages if networks fail to remove harmful content after being notified of its existence, as well as the labeling of sending unsolicited nudes as a criminal offense.

   The fines could be up to 10 percent of the affected company’s annual global income. The Office of Communications (Ofcom), the bill’s regulator, has been granted legal grounds to request information from companies they suspect of not following the bill’s rules.

   If Ofcom is able to prove that the companies withheld information or have not responded properly to notifications of inappropriate or illegal content, the executives would be held criminally liable. This part of the law will be enforced two months after the law itself is enacted, meaning companies and websites will have time to crack down on their content before facing legal consequences.

   Some U.K. residents have pushed back against the new version of the bill, including memes from the Open Rights Group. The organization claims that, despite good intentions, the regulations could result in a slippery slope that could end up violating free speech.

   Internet: <www.newsweek.com> (adapted)

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Considering the text presented above and the vocabulary used in it, judge the following item.

Everyone supports the updated version of the bill.

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   State and local governments regularly disclose financial information to the public so that the current financial status of the government is recognized publicly. The purpose of such disclosure is to achieve accountability and inform citizens about governments’ financial decisions. Despite the efforts to improve the accessibility and readability of financial information, we do not know whether and how the financial information is processed by citizens. This study investigates how citizens assess the financial condition of governments when different financial information is presented. We conduct an online survey experiment to understand how disclosed financial information shapes citizens’ perceived level of a government’s fiscal stress and their attitudes toward governments’ revenue-raising strategies. We find that citizens prioritize the financial indicators that they are familiar with, such as debt and surplus ratios. While both historical and social reference points play an important role, social reference is more effective in influencing citizens’ perception. We only find limited evidence to support the relationship between citizens’ perception of fiscal stress and their support toward governments’ decisions to raise revenues.

   Internet: <www.sciencedirect.com> (adapted).

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Based on the text above and the vocabulary used in it, judge the following item.

The word “Despite” (in the third sentence) is synonymous with In spite of.

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   State and local governments regularly disclose financial information to the public so that the current financial status of the government is recognized publicly. The purpose of such disclosure is to achieve accountability and inform citizens about governments’ financial decisions. Despite the efforts to improve the accessibility and readability of financial information, we do not know whether and how the financial information is processed by citizens. This study investigates how citizens assess the financial condition of governments when different financial information is presented. We conduct an online survey experiment to understand how disclosed financial information shapes citizens’ perceived level of a government’s fiscal stress and their attitudes toward governments’ revenue-raising strategies. We find that citizens prioritize the financial indicators that they are familiar with, such as debt and surplus ratios. While both historical and social reference points play an important role, social reference is more effective in influencing citizens’ perception. We only find limited evidence to support the relationship between citizens’ perception of fiscal stress and their support toward governments’ decisions to raise revenues.

   Internet: <www.sciencedirect.com> (adapted).

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Based on the text above and the vocabulary used in it, judge the following item.

The study shows that citizens’ perception of disclosed financial information is essentially shaped by fiscal stress.

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Considering the ideas and the vocabulary of the text above, decide whether the statements below are right (C) or wrong (E).

In line 7, the expression “there are no constraints in their contacts” means that their contacts remain regular.

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Considering the ideas and the vocabulary presented in the text, mark the following items as right (C) or wrong (E).

In line 15, the word “patchwork” conveys the idea of a seamless system of regional markets.

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Regarding the vocabulary of the text, decide whether the statements below are right (C) or wrong (E).

The first speaker in the text is praying only for forgiveness.

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Regarding the vocabulary of the text, decide whether the statements below are right (C) or wrong (E).

The word “forestalled” in line 20 could be replaced by prevented without changing the meaning of the sentence.

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According to the text, judge the item

The adjective “wealthier” (line 8) means less rich.