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According to the International Cotton Advisory Committee, Uzbekistan accounts for about 4% of world
cotton production, and 10% of world cotton exports. At the same time cotton accounts for about 45% of
Uzbekistan's total exports.
For decades "white gold" has been important culturally too.
Uzbeks are encouraged from a young age to look forward to the time of year known simply as "pahta" -
cotton. The harvest is an opportunity for them to contribute to their nation's prosperity.
For Malvina, there is the certainty of further cotton-picking "opportunities" in the future. Her workplace
has signed an agreement with the farm for the next five years.
Malvina spoke to Outlook on the BBC World Service. Listen back to the interview via iPlayer or browse
the Outlook podcast archive.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19931639
31. Tick the CORRECT alternative according to the text:
I. Uzbekistan's Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyayev issued a decree banning children from working
in the cotton fields in response to international protest at the history of child and forced labor,
earlier this year.
II. In spite of the international protest at forced labor, nurses, teachers, cleaners, office workers
and even doctors, are still forced to return to the land to pick cotton during October and
November.
III. Patients in towns are being turned away because their doctor is "in cotton", say the reports.
IV. Medical staff have been ordered to join other professionals this year, like last year. Even
surgeons – who had been operating people one week before – were taken to the fields.
a) Numbers I, II, III and IV are incorrect.
b) Numbers I, II, III and IV are correct.
c) Numbers II, III and IV are correct.
d) Numbers I, II and IV are incorrect.
e) Numbers I, II and III are correct.
32. As far as the words in bold typeface are concerned, tick the correct alternative:
I. The barked dogs kept me awake all night.
II. The barking dogs kept me awake all night.
III. The abandoned child cried for three days without stopping.
IV. The abandoning child was so unhappy she cried for three days.
V. Alarmed houses afford some protection against burglary.
VI. Alarming reports are coming in that refugees are being racially abused.
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