A Japanese construction company plans to create a huge independent city-state, akin to the legendary Atlantis, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The city, dubbed “Marinnation”, would have about one million inhabitants, two airports, and possibly even a space port.

Marinnation, if built, would be a separate country but could serve as a home for international organisations such as the United Nations and the World Bank.

Aside from the many political and social problems that would have to be solved, the engineering task envisaged is monumental. The initial stage requires the building of a circular dam eighteen miles in diameter attached to the sea bed in a relatively shallow place in international waters. Then, several hundred powerful pumps, operating for more than a year, would suck out the sea water from within the dam. When empty and dry, the area would have a city constructed on it. The actual land would be about 300 feet below the sea level. According to designers, the hardest task from an engineering point of view would be to ensure that the dam is leak proof and earthquake proof.

If all goes well, it is hoped that Marinnation could be ready for habitation at the end of the second decade of the twenty-first century. Whether anyone would want to live in such an isolated and artificial community, however, will remain an open question until that time.

Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?

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• According to the passage, Melville’s early novels were ...............

• In the first paragraph, Bradstreet, Warren, and Adams are mentioned to show that ...........

• The word “derived” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.

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• We sometimes think of writing as more real than speech because ..................

• According to the passage, approximately how many non-native users of English are there in the world today?

• According to the passage, an exuberant tone of voice may be an indication of a person’s ____________.

• The passage compares sound to_________.

• The author mentions the trail pheromone of the leafcutter ant in line 11 to point out ........

• How did Juliette Davidson benefit from the experience of her first job?

• According to the passage, the positions and colors of the figures in high-tech animation are determined by ..........

• The word “contagious” is closest in meaning to ___________.

• All of the following statements are TRUE about visual learners EXCEPT ...............

• The latter half of the last sentence in paragraph 3, “or one tourist for every person living in Spain” means .........

• Which is the most popular sport in the US?

• The word it in the first paragraph refers to ___.

• Playing American football is the most similar to playing .........

• The first songs of the Beatles were __________

• The word “harness" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to .........

• When education first reached women, they were ..............

• According to the text, people could come to live in the future city in the year ............