49 According to the passage, what is the main value of social capital?
(A) It provides volunteers with crucial funding for social charity work.
(B) It helps a community to share power and resources more equally.
(C) It offers a hope for the unemployed people to start their new careers.
(D) It enables a community to deal with its problems via joint efforts and actions.

45 (A) reliant (B) redundant (C) rebellious (D) ruthless

46 Which of the following is the best title of the passage? (A) Rural Families, Industry Change and Social Capital. (B) The Human Condition: A Book Review. (C) Governmental Roles in the Face of Social Change. (D) The Living Conditions of 12 Westland Families.

47 According to the passage, which of the following statements about Arendt is NOT true? (A) Her work has an important theoretical influence on the current study. (B) She proposes that to be fully human he/she must have a public life, a salary or wage, and a family. (C) She believes that public life is the most important among the three types of action mentioned. (D) Her theory suggests that action play a central role in facilitating and maintaining human conditions.

48 According to the passage, what kind of challenge is faced by Westland District? (A) Forest fires that destroyed hundreds of houses. (B) Loss of the timber industry to agriculture and tourism. (C) Lack of capital to provide free education to the community. (D) Lack of co-ordination among government agencies in saving the environment.

50 In what kind of text would the above passage most likely appear? (A) A book review in an agriculture magazine. (B) A letter to the editor in a newspaper. (C) A research paper in a social policy journal. (D) A news report in New Zealand.

1 John was angry because one of his colleagues took the_______of using his computer. (A) latitude (B) laundry (C) liability (D) liberty

2 Local job growth has been solid in the past several years, despite fears of a(n)_______. (A) recession (B) attribution (C) execution (D) motivation

3 In a highly industrialized and commercialized society, people tend to become_______empty, though they may have a lot of material comfort. (A) physically (B) spiritually (C) spontaneously (D) pennilessly

4 Right at the gate of the art museum stand two large figures_______out of rock. (A) carved (B) defined (C) sketched (D) weaved

5 The explosion was caused by a gas_______ from the water heater. (A) beak (B) creak (C) leak (D) peak