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PRACTICE QUESTIONS
VR2-5 Correct answer: A
This is supported by the last paragraph which states that there was no longer a limit of having theatres solely in London.
VR2-6 Correct answer: D
This is supported by the passage in paragraph two, Owners, seeking increased profits wanted more socially diverse audiences i.e. not the upper class/a range of people.
VR2-7 Correct answer: C.
This is supported by the passage in paragraph two where it states that the play offensively mocked King George’s personal habits. None of the other response options are is cited in this passage as a feature of this play.
VR2-8 Correct answer: B
This is supported by the passage in paragraph two, Many dramatists, leading up to the late 1730s criticised the government and royal family.
Verbal Reasoning – VR3 Exchange Rates
VR3-1 Correct answer: True
If the exchange rates change so the overseas purchaser can buy more pounds for their currency than previously, then it will be true that exports from the UK will cost less in the country buying them in currency terms.
VR3-2 Correct answer: False
Fluctuations do occur in the exchange rate between the pound (£) and the euro, so (as in the example in para 4) a person in France or Germany will be affected by uctuation in exchange rates between the two currencies.
VR3-3 Correct answer: Can’t Tell
We have no idea whether interest rates in the UK or Australia will remain unchanged or how the exchange rates between the UK £ and Australian $ have uctuated or will uctuate, nor does the passage tell us anything about the tax rates in the two countries so we cannot tell whether the statement is true or false.
VR3-4 Correct answer: Can’t Tell
Prices can differ greatly in different countries and the passage says nothing about purchasing power.
VR3-5 Correct answer: True
The more oil or chemicals the UK purchases from overseas, the greater will be its demand for foreign currency, so the supply of pounds in the foreign exchange markets will rise unless balanced by more demand from overseas for UK pounds.
VR3-6 Correct answer: False
As para 2 makes clear, when a saver makes a deposit in a bank, this technically means the money is being borrowed – not lent - by the bank.
VR3-7 Correct answer: False
No, the importing country would have to sell £100 million–worth of pounds to buy other currencies but the countries to which it is exporting goods will need to buy £200 million- worth of pounds to pay for the goods, so it is the overall demand for pounds – not supply – which will rise.
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