The Great Chinese Famine

Which of the options is closest in meaning to the words in blue.

'The Chinese leader, who ruled between 1949 until his death in 1976, thought nature should be subservient to human wants and needs, not the other way around.'

• should be inferior to

• should be subordinate to

• should be mandatory for

• should be superior to

According to the text, which of the following is TRUE.

'The Chinese leader, who ruled between 1949 until his death in 1976, thought nature should be subservient to human wants and needs, not the other way around.'

• human wants and needs are superior to animals'.

• animals are not subservient to humans and their needs.

• humans have more wants and needs than animals do.

• humans should rule over animals and their needs.

Which option is closest in meaning to the phrase in blue.

The ways people were instructed to “conquer nature” were far-ranging but all shared a core principle.

• were of a wide variety

• had far reaching effects

• were cruel and inhumane

• were had to imagine

According to the text, which of the following is TRUE.

'The ways people were instructed to “conquer nature” were far-ranging but all shared a core principle: a thorough disrespect and disregard for the laws governing the natural world.'

• people wanted to rewrite the laws of nature

• people were ignorant of the consequences of breaking the laws of nature.

• people obeyed the laws of nature which governed people.

• the laws governing the natural world were against people.

Which option is closest in meaning to the phrase in blue.

'The lack of freedom to behave responsibly toward the natural world was a hallmark of the Mao years,”'

• was a typical characteristic of

• was a commonplace routine

• was a typical understanding

• was an annoying quality

According to the text, which of the following is TRUE.

“The lack of freedom to behave responsibly toward the natural world was a hallmark of the Mao years,” wrote Judith Shapiro in Mao’s War Against Nature.

• Under Mao's rule it was a well-known fact that people misbehaved.

• Mao's rule forced people to behave responsibly towards nature.

• under Mao's rule peopled were deprived of their freedom to do as they pleased.

• Under Mao's rule it was a well-known fact that people behaved irresponsibly.

Which option is closest in meaning to the phrase in blue?

Maoism constructed a world that pitted humans against nature, and inculcated this world view among the people.

• they indoctrinated people to change their beliefs

• they threatened people to change their beliefs

• they forced people to change their beliefs

• they brainwashed people to change their beliefs

According to the text, which of the following is TRUE.

“Maoism constructed a world that pitted humans against nature, and inculcated this world view among the people through repression, indoctrination, utopian promises and censorship.

• the promises that were made to people were unrealistic.

• people learnt to like with censorship.

• censorship was necessary for people to have a better life

• people enjoyed reading utopian stories in the newspapers.

Which option is closest in meaning to the phrase in blue:

'...agricultural experiments that dismissed scientific logic often yielded negative results.'

• triggered

• produced

• manufactured

• made