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Multilevel · Part 5 · CEFR Mock Test 04

San Francisco: Reading answers

Answers to questions 30–35 (6 in all), each with why it is right.

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San Francisco The San Francisco of today has a rich and colorful history, starting in 1776, when it was founded by colonists from Spain, through The California Gold Rush of 1849, to being rebuilt after the 1906 earthquake and fire. In all this time it has seen some dark days, but none darker than the present. It became famous as the home of technology with its Silicon Valley, and the relationship the city has with this industry is the cause of all the pain, because of a proposal to levy a 'tech tax' on the companies that have fueled the city's transformation into a place that is increasingly uninhabitable for people on low or medium incomes. Under the plan, large tech employers in the…

Answers 30–35

  1. 30

    boom / industry Note completion

  2. 31

    homeless Note completion

  3. 32

    threatens Note completion

  4. 33

    incentives Note completion

  5. 34

    What, according to the writer, are the objectives of the people who advocate this plan in the second paragraph?

    A: To raise enough money to build homes for the homeless. Multiple choice

  6. 35

    Why, as the writer suggests in the sixth paragraph, did the city levy a receipts tax rather than a gross payroll tax in the past?

    A: Because startups had large numbers of employees but limited sales. Multiple choice

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