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system in December 2009. Since then, over 12 million copies of the game have been purchased from 
Apple’s App Store. 
With its fast-growing popularity worldwide, the game and its characters—angry birds and their 
enemy pigs—have been referenced in television programs throughout the world. The Israeli comedy  
A Wonderful Country, one of the nation’s most popular TV programs, satirized recent failed 
Israeli-Palestinian peace atte mp ts by  featuring the Angry Birds in peace negotiations with the pigs. Clips 
of the segment went viral, getting viewers from all around the world. American television hosts Conan 
O’Brien, Jon Stewart, and Daniel Tosh have referenced the game in comedy sketches on their respective 
series, Conan, The Daily Show, and Tosh.0. Some of the game’s more notable fans include Prime Minister 
David Cameron of the United Kingdom, who plays the iPad version of the game, and author Salman 
Rushdie, who is believed to be “something of a master at Angry Birds.” 
Angry Birds and its characters have also been featured in advertisements in different forms. In March 
2011, the characters began appearing in a series of a dvertisements for Microsoft’s Bing search engine. In 
the same year, Nokia projected an advertisement in Austin, Texas that included the game’s characters on a 
downtown building for its new handset. Later, a T-Mobile advertisement filmed in Spain included a 
real-life mock-up of the game in a city plaza. Nokia also used the game in Malaysia to promote an 
attempt to set a world record for the largest number of people playing a single mobile game. 
Angry Birds has even inspired works of philosophical analogy. A five-part essay entitled “Angry 
Birds Yoga—How to Eliminate the Green Pigs in Your Life” was written by Giridhari Dasar in Brazil, 
utilizing the characters and gameplay mechanics to interpret various concepts of yoga philosophy. The 
piece attracted much media attention for its unique method of philosophical presentation. 
44. What is the purpose of the passage? 
(A) To explain how the video game Angry Birds was devised. 
(B) To investigate why Angry Birds has quickly become well-liked. 
(C) To introduce Angry Birds characters in TV programs and advertisements. 
(D) To report on the spread of Angry Birds in different media around the world. 
45. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “viral” in the second paragraph? 
(A) Apparent.  (B) Sarcastic.  (C) Exciting.  (D) Popular. 
46. According to the passage, which of the following people is good at playing Angry Birds? 
(A) Giridhari Dasar.  (B) Conan O’Brien. (C) Salman Rushdie. (D) Daniel Tosh. 
47. Which of the following is true about the use of Angry Birds, according to the passage? 
(A) It has been cited by UK Prime Minister to illustrate political issues. 
(B) Its characters are used in advertisements mainly for Apple’s products. 
(C) Its real-life mock-up has appeared in an advertisement for mobile phones. 
(D) It has been developed into a film about the life of a Brazilian yoga master. 
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Demolition is the tearing-down of buildings and other structures. You can level a five-story building 
easily with excavators and wrecking balls, but when you need to bring down a 20-story skyscraper, 
explosive demolition is the preferred method for safely demolishing the huge structure. 
In order to demolish a building safely, blasters must map out a careful plan ahead of time. The first 
step is to examine architectural blueprints of the building to determine how the building is put together. 
Next, the blaster crew tours the building, jotting down notes about the support structure on each floor. 
Once they have gathered all the data they need, the blasters devise a plan of attack. They decide what 
explosives to use, where to position them in the building, and how to time their explosions. 
 
Generally speaking, blasters will explode the major support columns on the lower floors first and 
then on a few upper stories. In a 20-story building, the blasters might blow the columns on the first and 
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