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Restatements (Questions 9-12)

This part consists of several sentences, each followed by four possible ways of restating the
main idea of that sentence in different words. For each question, choose the one restatement
which best expresses the meaning of the original sentence.

9. Devrek, Turkey, is hemmed in by mountains.

(1) Devrek, Turkey, is extremely mountainous.
(2) Devrek, Turkey, is surrounded on all sides by mountains.
(3) Devrek, Turkey, has many high mountains.
(4) Devrek, Turkey, is situated up in the mountains.

10. Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen wrote most of his plays while in Italy and

Germany.

(1) Although he was Norwegian, Ibsen wrote most of his plays in Italian and German.
(2) It was in Italy and Germany that Ibsen wrote most of his plays.
(3) Most of Ibsen's plays are written about his experiences in Italy and Germany.
(4) Although set in Italy and Germany, most of Ibsen's plays are written in Norwegian.

11. The sizeable koala population on Kangaroo Island is sustained by the large eucalyptus

forest there.

(1) The koala population of Kangaroo Island makes its home in the eucalyptus forest
there.

(2) Kangaroo Island's eucalyptus forest, the habitat of the island's koalas, is shrinking.
(3) The koala population living in Kangaroo Island's eucalyptus forest is growing

rapidly.
(4) The eucalyptus forest on Kangaroo Island is the source of food for the many koalas

that live there.

12. Only a few fragments survive of Satyricon, the first-century novel attributed to

Petronius.

(1) Thanks to the efforts of Petronius, parts of the first-century novel Satyricon have
been preserved to this day.

(2) The little we know of the life of Petronius is recorded in his Satyricon.
(3) The Satyricon is considered Petronius's finest work, although it exists only in

fragments.
(4) The greater part of Satyricon, thought to have been written by Petronius, has been

lost.

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