C. Read the article quickly. Underline the places where the animals hide.

STRANGE SEA ANIMALS

Do you know that some animals are camouflaged? This means their color is the same as the colors around them. Some camouflaged animals hide in seaweed, rocks, and sand. Look at the photo on the left. This looks like seaweed, but it’s not! It’s the leafy seadragon. It hides in the seaweed. It's the same color as seaweed. Like the seaweed, its body is also in the shape of a leaf. Look at the photo below. This is a stonefish. It hides on the sand, near rocks. It looks like a rock. Where are its eyes and its mouth?

B. Read the title. Why do you think these animals are strange?

STRANGE SEA ANIMALS

Do you know that some animals are camouflaged? This means their color is the same as the colors around them. Some camouflaged animals hide in seaweed, rocks, and sand. Look at the photo on the left. This looks like seaweed, but it’s not! It’s the leafy seadragon. It hides in the seaweed. It's the same color as seaweed. Like the seaweed, its body is also in the shape of a leaf. Look at the photo below. This is a stonefish. It hides on the sand, near rocks. It looks like a rock. Where are its eyes and its mouth?

VI. Choose the best answers: 1. Peter likes providing care for animals. A. Peter is interested in provide care for animals. B. Peter enjoys providing care for animals. C. Peter doesn’t fancy provide care for animals. D. Peter love providing care with animals. 2. The painting is bigger than the photograph. A. The photograph is as big as the painting. 14 B. The photograph is not as bigger as the painting. C. The photograph is not as big as the painting. D. The painting is not as big as the photograph. 3. Work is very important to me. Family is also important to me. A. Work is more important than family to me. B. Work is less important than family to me. C. Work is not as important as family to me. D. Work is as important as family to me. 4. Rap music is a kind of music, but R&B is quite different. A. R&B isn’t the same from rap music. B. R&B is a kind of different from rap music. C. R&B is quite different from rap music. D. R&B is as same as rap music. 5. He thinks that collecting used bottles is unusual. A. He finds collecting used bottles unusual. B. He finds collecting used bottles is unusual. C. He thinks collecting used bottles unusual. D. He thinks collecting used bottles is usual.. 6. sunburn / yesterday / was / because / outside / has / Alice / she / all / day. A. Yesterday Alice has sunburn because she was all day outside. B. Alice has sunburn because she was outside all day yesterday. C. Because Alice has sunburn; she was outside all day yesterday D. Alice was outside all day yesterday because she has sunburn. 7. and / difficult / boring / that / eggshells / people / carving / Some / say / is A. Carving some eggshells people say that is difficult and boring. B. People say some carving that eggshells is difficult and boring. C. Some people say that carving eggshells is difficult and boring. D. That is difficult and boring some people say carving eggshells 8. I /not like /eat /junk food /because /it /not /good /my health/. A. I doesn’t like eating junk food because it doesn’t good for my health. B. I don’t like eat junk food because it isn’t good for my health. C. I not like eating junk food because it isn’t good to my health. 15 D. I don’t like eating junk food because it isn’t good for my health. 9. We/ go fishing/ but/ we/ not / catch/ any /fish/ yesterday. A. We gone fishing but we will not catch any fish yesterday. B. We were fishing but we couldn’t catch any fish yesterday. C. We go fishing but we don’t catch any fish yesterday. D. We went fishing but we didn’t catch any fish yesterday. 10. You should walk around the Old Quarter at night. A. It’s a good idea to walk around the Old Quarter at night. B. You would better walk around the Old Quarter at night. C. You had better walking around the Old Quarter at night. D. You ought walk around the Old Quarter at nigh

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 24 to 33.

Since the world became industrialized, the number of animal species that have either become extinct or have neared extinction has increased. Bengal tigers, for instance, which once roamed the jungles in vast numbers, now number only about 2,300. By the year 2025, it is estimated that they will become extinct. What is alarming about the case of the Bengal tiger is that this extinction will have been caused almost entirely by poachers who, according to some sources, are not always interested in material gain but in personal gratification. This is an example of the callousness that is contributing to the problem of extinction. Animals such as the Bengal tiger, as well as other endangered species, are valuable parts of the world's ecosystem. International laws protecting these animals must be enacted to ensure their survival - and the survival of our planet.

Countries around the world have begun to deal with the problem in various ways. Some countries, in an effort to circumvent the problem, have allocated large amounts of land to animal reserves. They then charge admission prices to help defray the costs of maintaining the parks, and they often must also depend on world organizations for support. This money enables them to invest in equipment and patrols to protect the animals. Another response to the increase in animal extinction is an international boycott of products made from endangered species. This has had some effect, but by itself it will not prevent animals from being hunted and killed.

What's the main topic of the passage?

A. the Bengal tiger

B. international boycott

C. endangered species

D. problems with industrialization

Unlike buried treasure and some minerals, fossils are usually not valuable in themselves. However, most of the fossils you find will be of greatest value to you. They will help you learn much about the geologic history of the earth and its inhabitants.

If it were not for fossils, we would have no way of knowing about the animals that once roamed the earth or that once crawled on the bottom of the ancient seas. In fact, we would not even know for sure that there were once seas in some regions if it were not for the many fossils of sea animals that we find there.

You can look at some fossils and see for yourself the shape of the ancient animals. Even if you collect only bits of one kind of fossil, you may still be able to tell what it looked like. Making sense out of fossil bits is a little like working a jigsaw puzzle. Sometimes you will lose pieces, but you can still recognize the picture and even use your imagination to fill in missing details. The habits of ancient sea animals are not so easy to determine. Therefore, scientists study the structure and the habits of similar living animals to learn what the ancient ones must have been like. There are some things, however, that neither the study of fossils nor the study of living animals can tell us. For example, no one knows what colour most ancient sea animals were. Also, since the soft parts disappeared soon after death, many details of their internal structure are unknown. So the pictures of ancient sea creatures (as well as dinosaurs!) are what scientists think the animals looked like. Reconstructing the life of an ancient sea animal on the basis of fossil evidence and the characteristics of similar living animals is a little like relying on circumstantial evidence in court.

1. This passage is mainly about animals that __________.

A. have very tough hides

B. once lived on the earth

C. inhabit the seas of today

D. are becoming extinct

2. With the help of fossils we can __________.

A. reconstruct life of the past

B. predict the future

C. explain the changes of the seasons

D. save some species of animals from extinction

3. Many details of ancient animals are lacking because __________.

A. many species have not been found

B. volcanic disasters have permanently buried many fossils

C.many fossils lie in deep water and cannot be recovered

D. soon after death the soft parts of the body decay

49. To “determine" in the passage is closest in meaning to __________.

A. come across

B. study

C. find out

D. imitate

50. This passage implies that a scientist's evaluation of the past is based on __________.

A. laboratory experiments with live animals

B. a few facts mixed with a lot of opinions

C. predictions made in the past and present

D. field studies of our society

Read the following passage, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

 Since the world became industrialized_, the number of animal species that have either become extinct or near extinction has increased. Bengal tigers, for instance, which once roamed the jungles in vast numbers, now number only about 2,300. By the year 2025, it is estimated that they will become extinct.

 What is alarming about the case of the Bengal tiger is that this extinction will have been caused almost entirely by poachers who, according to some sources, are not always interested in material gain but in personal gratification. This is an example of the callousness that is contributing to the problem of extinction. Animals such as the Bengal tiger, as well as other endangered species, are valuable parts of the world^/s ecosystem. International laws protecting animals must be enacted to ensure their survival-and the survival of our planet.

 Countries around the world have begun to deal with the problem in various ways. Some countries, in an effort to circumvent the problem, have allocated large amounts of land to animal reserves. They then charge admission prices to help defray the costs of maintaining the parks, and they often must also depend on world organizations for support. This money enables them to invest in equipment and patrols o protect the animals. Another response to the increase in animal extinction is an international boycott of products made from endangered species. This has had some effect, but by itself will not prevent animals from being hunted and killed.

What is the main topic of the passage?

A. The Bengal tiger 

B. International boycotts

C. Endangered species 

D. Problems with industrialization

Word formation:

The days when people would go to a zoo simply for (0. AMUSE) _______ are long ago. Today, when we place greater (1. IMPORT) _______ on the survival of animals in the wild, zoos have duty to inform the public and improve our (2. KNOW) _______ of the environment and the problems faced (3. WORLD) _______ by large numbers of animals. Today's zoos also play a role in the (4. PROTECT) _______ of threatened species, breeding animals for release in the wild. Many zoos also fund (5. SCIENCE) _______ research into animals and their behavior. The way animals are treated in zoos has changed, too. Many intelligent animals suffer from (6. BORE) _______ in captivity and their keepers now try to improve the (7. PSYCHOLOGY) _______ state of the animals in their care. They do this by, for example, providing the animals with a (8. VARY) _______ of different food or by changing the animals' (9. DAY) _______ routine. Although some critics of zoos remain (10. CONVINCE) _______ , there can be no doubt that animals in zoos today enjoy a more comfortable existence than in the past.

VI. Read the following passage and choose the item (A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the questions about it.

 A hobby can be almost what a person likes to do in his/ her spare time. Hobbyists raise pets, watch birds, or hunt animals. They also climb the mountains, fish, ski, skate, and swim. They also paint pictures, attend concerts and play musical instruments. They collect everything from books to butterflies and from shells to stamps.

People have hobbies because these activities offer enjoyment, friendship, knowledge, and relaxation. Sometimes they can bring financial profit. Hobbies also bring interesting activities for people who have retired. People, rich or poor, old or young, sick or well, can follow a satisfying hobby, regardless of their age, position, or income.

Hobbies can help a person’s mental and physical health. Doctors have found that hobbies are available in helping patients suffering from physical or mental illness. Hobbies give these patients activities to do, and provide interests that prevent them from thinking about themselves.

1. According to the passage, a hobby is what a person likes to do when…………………

2. The underlined word they in the passage refers to……………………

3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as an advantage of having hobbies?

4. The word “income” is closest in meaning to………………………..

5. According to doctors, hobbies are helpful to……………………….