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d. the environmental masks with their coating of nanoparticles have been
100% effective in preventing people from catching diseases caused by
viruses and bacteria.
e. Vyvyan Howard, a pathology professor at U.K.'s Liverpool University, is
conducting a study to examine the connection between
nanotechnology and potential health risks.
53. What is the tiny little problem mentioned in the title of the article?
a. the growing number of little children who are getting infected.
b. the particles which are less than 100 namometers in size.
c. asbestosis, a serious medical condition caused by breathing asbestos
fibers into one's lungs.
d. harmless materials and their tendency to become poisonous once
made into ultrafine particles.
e. the nano-enhanced environmental masks.
Text for questions 54 to 56
In Victorian England (1837 - 1901), the valet - the master's personal
servant - had much prestige within the household. First, he had to have,
clean and repaired, the correct outfit for every occasion, to attend to his
master's toilette (perhaps using his own recipe for shaving soap or boot
polishing) including the ironing of shoelaces and the washing of small
change. The valet traveled everywhere of consequence with his master,
deciphering train timetables and taking charge of valuables and cash, and
he was privy to many close-kept secrets. Abroad he acted as a courier and
interpreter, and might well have more contacts and knowledge of foreign
ways than his master. He needed to be fit, for he rose before his master
and could not sleep until long after he had gone to bed.
Pitkin Guides, 1998
54. The text mainly:
a. describes the valet's fringe benefits.
b. talks about the society in the Victorian period.
c. describes the valet's duties.
d. analyzes the relationship between the master and his valet.
e. talks about the importance of being a valet in Victorian England as a
way to climb the social ladder.
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