IPH EXERCISE

Exercise 3: Bhutan is the last standing Buddhist Kingdom in the World and, until recently, has preserved much ...1...( of / about/ to / for ) their culture since the 17th century by avoiding globalization and staying isolated from the world. Internet, television, and western dress were ...2... ( summoned/ observed / displayed/ banned) from the country up until ten years ago. But over the past ten years globalization has begun to change in Bhutan, but things remain perfectly balanced. Bhutan is the only country in the world that has a ‘GNH.’ You may think GNH is just another ...3... (statistically/ barely/ overwhelmingly / roughly) based term with no real life application, but it refers to “Gross National Happiness.” The process of measuring GNH began when Bhutan opened up to globalization. It measures people’s quality of life, and makes sure that “material and spiritual development happen together.” Bhutan has done an amazing job of finding this balance. Bhutan has continually been ranked as the happiest country in all of Asia, and the eighth Happiest Country in the world according to Business Week. In 2007, Bhutan had the second fastest growing GDP in the world, at the same time as ...4.... ( demeaning/ intruding/ maintaining/ mourning) their environment and cultural identity. #RWFIB_864 @Iran_PTE_House

Exercise 2: At the moment, there are between six and seven thousand languages in the world. According to linguists, fifty percent of these are in danger ...1.... ( to become/ became / of becoming / have become ) extinct. The speed of language loss has accelerated over the past few decades because businesses that need to communicate with a range of people from other cultures ...2...( select / prefer / fancy / must ) to employ more widely used languages, such as English,Chinese, or Spanish. This attitude is understandable, but it means that many local languages are dying out before anyone ...3.... ( would have / has had / have / having had ) the opportunity to study them. According to linguists, some of these languages could reveal a great ...4....( size / deal / load / capacity ) of useful information about language learning and cognitive development. In addition, a local language that has been built on the local culture contains words and phrases that express that culture; lose the language and you arguably may lose the culture, too. And finally, historians will...5....( speak / argue / explore / tell ) that a language contains evidence of a region's history and should, for that reason alone, be preserved. #RWFIB_6 @Iran_PTE_House

Exercise 1: Coral reefs ...1....( curb / harvest / support/ cultivate) more marine life than any other ocean ecosystem and are, not ...2.... ( seemingly/ specifically/ demandingly / surprisingly ), a favorite pursuit for many divers. But as well as being physically and biologically spectacular, coral reefs also sustain the livelihoods of over half a billion people. What is more, this number is expected to ...3....( appear / double / countdown/ unravel) in coming decades while the area of high-quality reef is expected to halve. In combination with the very real threat of climate change,...4...(which, that , this, where) could lead to increased seawater temperatures and ocean acidification, we start to arrive at some quite frightening scenarios. #RWFIB_880 @Iran_PTE_House