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Read the given, passage carefully.  In this age of spiralling fuel costs and greenhouse emissions, any new way to reduce the environmental and economic burden associated with the use of fossil fuels is welcome. But back in the 1950's, it was another story. It seems that industrial chemist John Andrews created a revolutionary additive for petrol. He claimed that once this product was added, ordinary tap water could be mixed with petrol and used to run the engine of a car. The mix of water, petrol and additive was, according to Andrews, no less combustible than petrol alone. Now, if this were true, it means that the cost of a tank of petrol could be cut by more than half and pollution dramatically reduced. Navy officials, on hearing these claims, supposedly went to Andrew's laboratory to see a demonstration of the secret additive, but on arrival found the scientist missing and his laboratory ransacked. Andrews was never seen again. Stories circulated about how major oil companies were willing to go to any lengths to protect their products from the impact of alternative fuels-lengths that might have included the abduction of Andrews and the destruction of his research data. That the case came to be discussed in the first place has simply added fuel, so to speak to the conspiracy theory fire. Choose the most appropriate options from those given below. (a) John Andrews was a............... (i) chemist.                                                         (ii) naval officer. (iii) industrial chemist,                                    (iv) scientist.   (b) According to John Andrews the mix of water, petrol and additive was ............... (i) less combustible than petrol alone,       (ii) not at all combustible. (iii) no less combustible than petrol alone,    (iv) None of these   (c) A conspiracy theory is ............... (i) a plan to work out theory,                      (ii) a belief that others secretly plot together. (iii) away of designing something,           (iv) a method of finding the truth.   (d) Which statement best sums up the main idea in the first paragraph? (i) John Andrews went missing and his laboratory was ransacked. (ii) Oil companies don't like competition. (iii) John Andrews might have made a useful discovery. (iv) Environmental issues are important.   (e) The last sentence in the second paragraph means ............... (i) that fuel is required to keep the home fires burning. (ii) that fuel is the fire's food. (iii) to make a big hue and cry about an existing issue. (iv) None of the above  

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(a) (iii) industrial chemist. (b) (iii) no less combustible than petrol alone. (c) (ii) a belief that others secretly plot together. (d) (iii) John Andrews might have made a useful discovery. (e) (iii) to make a big hue and cry about an existing issue.