Q

A

Explanation

Skills tested

64

I

`Blame for mot putting a high enough priority on drug education' is contrast to `too much emphasis is put on passing examination.' `Blame' `too much emphasis' and `rather than' are negative in connotation.

Contrast of emphasis

65

J

`Undergoing tough rehabilitation' is parallel to `emerge from the hell hole'. `Hell hole' suggests `tough'. `Although improving, he admits he has a long way to go' is parallel to `I'd like to think that I've won, but I must be realistic'.

Register

66

E

`I see a lot of sadness in it, a lonely desperate man crying out for help' reflects from the picture.

Register: a picture

67

A

Teachers and counselors are authority figures that failed to counsel the youngster, only the speaker can do the work of counseling.

Register: authority figures

68

G

`Pretending that his life was carrying on as normal' makes `my parents didn't realize a thing: they didn't know anything about drug culture and it's easy for an addict to lie and get away with it'.

Register: pretending and lying

69

D

Column B is an example of throwing the child out. `I know one boy who's been living in a cardboard box under a flyover since leaving home' is the concrete description of `throwing the child out'.

Register: throw the child out

70

C

`The youngsters are left to their own devices and have no alternatives but to build their own lives in order to survive' suggests `independent, lonely and mature'.

Register: independent, lonely and mature.

71

F

Column B is the concrete example of the high cost: pawned stuff, stole from our parents, cheated friends, and girl friends who turned to prostitution.'

Register: a high cost to maintain his drug habit.

72

B

`I've lived through it ' suggests recovery. `He is helping other youngsters cope with their own living nightmares' is parallel to `they feel they can relate to me'.

Register; recovery - been to hell and back

73

H

A 17-year-old heroin addict walked out with his parents because he managed to kick the drug. Then, he said that he was sorry for the hurt he had caused, and he can feel he has the strength and support to go straight.

A process.

74

K

increasing in number of people taking drugs in Column A and decreasing in number of people taking drugs in Column B. `Hardly heard of anyone doing it' suggests `close to none'.

A contrast