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What is the main point of the passage?
A. The sea is even richer in life than the rain forest
B. Humans are destroying thousands of species.
C. Coral reefs are similar to rain forests.
D. There are thousands of insect species.
The word “appreciation” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to
A. forgiveness
B. ignorance
C. tolerance
D. recognition
Why does the author compare rain forests and coral reefs in paragraph 1? Most of their inhabitants require water.
A. They are approximately the same size
B. They share many similar species.
C. Most of their inhabitants require water.
D. Both have many different forms of life.
The passage suggests that most rain forest species are
A. bacteria
B. birds
C. insects
D. mammals
The word “there” in paragraph 3 refer to
A. the rain forests
B. the sea
C. the Earth's surface
D. a tree
The author argues that there is more diversity of life in the sea than in the rain forests because
A. more phyla and classes of life are represented in the sea
B. many insect species are too small to divide into categories
C. there are too many insects to make meaningful distinctions
D. marine life-forms reproduce at a faster rate
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an example of microscopic sea life?
A. Coral
B. Shrimp
C. Sponges
D. Starfish
Which of the following conclusions is supported by the passage?
A. Ocean life is highly adaptive.
B. Ocean life is primarily composed of plants.
C. More attention needs to be paid to preserving ocean species and habitats.
D. The sea is highly resistant to the damage done by pollutants.
Some people say they like the taste. (46) ________say they can think better if they chew gum.
A. The other
B. Others
C. The others
D. Other
Now companies use plastic and rubber made from petroleum (47) ________of chicle.
A. aside
B. apart
C. inside
D. instead
Then the company (48) ________the flavor.
A. puts
B. places
C. adds
D. fits
The Greeks chewed gum from a tree (49) ________2,000 years ago.
A. more
B. over
C. above
D. than
People first made bubble gum in 1928. Children like to (50) ________bubble with bubble gum.
A. turn
B. set
C. pass
D. blow
Since the 1950s, Britain's (24) _______ industries have replaced machine operators with computers
A. manufacturing
B. big
C. large
D. running
and this (25) ________ has led to a decline in the number of (26) ________ in many factories.
A. replacement
B. change
C. exchange
D. automation
and this (25) ________ has led to a decline in the number of (26) ________ in many factories.
A. employers
B. employees
C. labors
D. serves
By the beginning of the 20th century, other industrial countries like the USA were (27) ________ with Britain's exports
A. working
B. familiar
C. competing
D. fed up
and countries in the Far East have been able to provide cheaper (28) _________since the 1970s.
A. things
B. products
C. produce
D. imports
During the last 30 years, there has been a constant rise in smaller industries (29) ________ as "light industries".
A. considered
B. regarded
C. known
D. worked
These ones use electricity and are not (30) _________ on raw materials such as coal so they are "footloose", i.e. they can be located anywhere.
A. dependent
B. reliable
C. dependable
D. command
They produce such things as washing machines or spare (31) ________.
A. details
B. parts
C. sections
D. gadgets
The consumer boom of the 1980s and the increased leisure time of most Britons have led to rapid (32) ________ in service industries like banking, tourism, retailing and information processing
A. growth
B. increase
C. expansion
D. extension
and in industries which distribute, maintain, and repair (33) _________ consumer goods.
A. everyday
B. home
C. household
D. expensive
Some people say they like the taste. ____24____ say they can think better if they chew gum
A. The other
B. Others
C. The others
D. Other
Gum is a ____25____ of things. For many years gum companies made gum from chicle.
A. mixture
B. roll
C. fix
D. connection
Gum must be soft ____26____ you can chew it. A softener keeps it soft.
A. so that
B. then
C. for
D. that
____27____, chewing gum was not new.
A. However
B. More
C. But
D. Though
Children like to ____28____ bubble with bubble gum. Some university students do too
A. turn
B. set
C. pass
D. blow
It (35) ________ in hot deserts on finding water,
A. locates
B. selects
C. follows
D. depends
and on following infrequent rains to (36) ________ grazing for livestock.
A. earn
B. demand
C. obtain
D. require
In cold deserts, it depends on finding good hunting and fishing grounds, on sheltering from blizzards and winter (37) ________, and on storing enough food for winter.
A. extremes
B. poles
C. tops
D. heights
Permanent settlement in both kinds of deserts requires permanent water, food sources and adequate shelter, or the technology and energy sources to (38) ________ it.
A. grow
B. supply
C. comfort
D. bring
Many deserts are flat and featureless, lacking landmarks, or composed of repeating landforms such as sand (39) ________ or the jumbled ice-fields of glaciers.
A. dunes
B. piles
C. valleys
D. stores
Advanced skills or devices are required to navigate through such landscapes and (40) ________ travelers may die
A. inconsistent
B. incapable
C. inexperienced
D. independent
die when supplies run (41) ________ after becoming lost. In addition, sandstorms or blizzards may cause disorientation in severely-reduced visibility.
A. of
B. out
C. in
D. over
The (42) ________ represented by wild animals in deserts has featured in explorers' accounts
A. danger
B. dangerous
C. endanger
D. endangered
but does not cause higher (43) ________ of death than in other environments such as rainforests or savanna woodland, and generally does not affect human distribution.
A. level
B. rate
C. scale
D. standard
Precautions against snakes and scorpions in choosing (44) ________ at which to camp in some hot deserts should be taken.
A. sight
B. lies
C. sites
D. seats
The study shows that the dinosaur could reach a top (24) ________ of 8 metres a second, which is fractionally faster than the average professional footballer.
A. fast
B. speed
C. swift
D. rate
There has been a lot of controversy (25) ________ whether the Tyrannosaurus Rex was a predator or a scavenger;
A. about
B. as
C. at
D. to
The (26) ________ group will appreciate the recent study, as a hunter is more likely to require such speed.
A. former
B. later
C. latter
D. first
A small dinosaur (27) ________ Compsognathus, which was about the size of a chicken, could run at 18 metres a second, which is faster than the ostrich, the fastest two-legged animal today.
A. called
B. named as
C. known
D. name
It could run 100 metres in a little over six seconds, which would beat modern Olympic (28) ________ more than a third of the track behind.
A. athlete
B. athletic
C. athletics
D. athletes
However, there seems like little uncertainly it is here to stay, and the truth is, of course, that plastic has brought massive (15) ________, even environmental ones.
A. savings
B. pleasures
C. benefits
D. profits
It’s not really the plastics themselves that are the criminal – it’s the approach humanity chooses to use and (16)____________them.
A. abuse
B. endanger
C. store
D. dispose
Practically all the 60 or so different kinds of up-to-date plastic are made from oil, gas or coal – non-renewable natural (17)_____________.
A. processes
B. resources
C. products
D. fuels
We (18)______________ well over two million tones of the material in US each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away.
A. import
B. consign
C. remove
D. consume
A high (19)_________ of our annual consumption is in the form of packaging,
A. amount
B. proportion
C. portion
D. rate
and this (20)_________ about eight percent by weight of our domestic waste.
A. makes
B. carries
C. takes
D. constitutes
Having a car has numerous benefits ________ (15), you can go wherever you want whenever you want.
A. First of all
B. As a result
C. Generally
D. Besides
You don’t have to rely on public transport, and ________ (16),
A. however
B. personally
C. since
D. as a result
you will have a sense of being more independent ________ (17), you are capable to give lifts to your folks, or carry weighty loads of grocery
A. In contrast
B. In my opinion
C. Besides
D. However
________ (18), there can be definite fiscal problems, completely if you live in a city.
A. On the other hand
B. To sum up
C. Thus
D. For example
Running a car can be expensive, as you have to spend quite an amount on things ________ (19) petrol, car services, and repairs.
A. as
B. such as
C. owning to
D. alike
________ (20) most folks feel that the advantages of owing a car outweigh the disadvantages.
A. Finally
B. Secondly
C. However
D. As
Indeed, some people fear that text messaging may actually be having a negative (15)_________on young people’s communication and language skills,
A. result
B. outcome
C. effect
D. conclusion
especially when we hear that primary school chidren may be at (16)___ of becoming addicted to the habit.
A. danger
B. threat
C. risk
D. peril
Twenty of the birds are about to (17)_________to the skies with the task of measuring air pollution,
A. make
B. launch
C. reach
D. take
each (18)_______ with sensor equipment and a mobile phone.
A. armed
B. loaded
C. granted
D. stocked
The (19)__________ made by the secsors will be automatically
A. studies
B. readings
C. reviews
D. inquiries
(20)__________ into text messages and beamed to the Internet – where they will appear on a dedicated ‘pigeon blog’
A. adapted
B. converted
C. revised
D. applied
One (17)________, however, depends much more on technology - organic farming.
A. alternative
B. alternate
C. alteration
D. alternation
but (18) ________ chemical fertilizers or pesticides.
A. also
B. for
C. not
D. all
. (19) ________ chemical soil enrichers, they use animal manure and plant parts not used as food - natural,
A. In spite of
B. On account of
C. In favour of
D. Instead of
, organic fertilizers that are clearly a renewable (20) ________.
A. resource
B. source
C. matter
D. substance
Organic farmers also use alternatives for pesticides; for example, they may rely (21) ________ natural predators of certain insect pests.
A. of
B. to
C. on
D. in