Which of the following is true according to the speaker?
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Solution
Correct Answer : 2
1 is incorrect because the speaker says: The criteria mentioned seem a bit fuzzy to me.
3 is incorrect because the speaker says: Also, you can strike the first blow and still plead self-defence.
4 is incorrect because the speaker says that you have to try to convince a jury that you acted reasonably in the situation.
2 is correct because the speaker says: It seems 10 depend on ... the relative strengths of those involved.
In the speaker’s opinion, which of the following is true of editors who are also novelists?
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Solution
Correct Answer : 3
1 is incorrect because the speaker says that the editor may view the work as if they themselves had written it.
2 is incorrect because no mention is made of editors understanding authors' difficult lives.
4 is incorrect because the speaker says editors might take no account of the author's original intentions, not that they find it difficult to sec them.
3 is correct because the speaker says: Editors might, from their experience as writers, possibly unconsciously, try to make over the submitted novel as they themselves would have written it.
According to the speaker, which of the following is true of people who speak two or more languages?
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Solution
Correct Answer : 5
1 is incorrect because the speaker says we only tend to think of people who speak more than one language as being "bright", not that they actually are brighter.
2 is incorrect because the speaker says they often find one language more suitable than another for expressing certain kinds of thoughts and feelings, not that they have difficulty expressing emotions.
3 is incorrect because the writer refers to mental exercise, not physical exercise.
4 is incorrect because the idea of having a split personality is mentioned, not the idea of having an attractive personality.
5 is correct because the speaker says: And it's true that we tend to think of people who can speak two or more languages as being bright.