Academic Reading Test 5 Part 2

QUESTIONS 14-18
Choose the correct letter A, B, C or D.
Write the correct letter in boxes 14-18 on your answer sheet.

14. In the passage, which of these is not stated as a result of censorship?

A. restricts an individual's liberty

B. conflicts with democratic principles

C. safeguards a society's moral values

D. reflects a community's living standards

15. Which of the following may not be used to impose restriction or prohibition?

A. rules and regulations

B. policies and laws

C. freedom of choice

D. codes of conduct

16. Why is the 'filtering' of all internet content at ISP level being recommended?

A. to ensure inappropriate content remains available

B. to allow acceptable content to be available

C. to prevent access to legal material

D. to avoid inadvertent exposure to appropriate content

17. Legally banned material will always be available to those who are

A. eager to learn the rules

B. ready to follow the rules

C. happy to bend the rules

D. willing to break the rules.

18. 'A blanket ban on accessibility via the internet' implies

A. keeping the whole internet blank

B. banning the entire illegal material on the internet

C. prohibiting access to the entire illegal material on the internet

D. an extended ban on accessing legal material through the internet.

QUESTIONS 19-21
Look at the following list of items 19-21 and the List of items A-D.
Match each meaning 19-21 with the correct words A, B, C or D from the passage.
Write the correct Letter: A, B, C or D, in boxes 19-21 on your answer sheet.

A Totalitarians
B Libertarians
C Critics
D Citizens

19. Those who make judgements about the good and bad qualities of something

A B C D

20. Those who live in a particular country or state and have rights and responsibilities there

A B C D

21. Those who believe that people should be free to do and think what they want to

A B C D

QUESTIONS 22-26
Complete the summary below.
Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 22-26 on your answer sheet.

The writer calls censorship a [22] and thinks the phrase [23] is merely to make compulsory censorship appear less threatening. According to him, there is a vast difference between [24]. He recommends increasing resources for the country's [25] so that they control the production of illegal content rather than giving the government [26] to decide for us what is appropriate on the internet for viewing.

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