I. Read the passage, make questions and answer them.

Wild animals and wild places where they live are seriously threatened almost everywhere. One species has become extinct in each year of this century; but many hundreds are now in danger. Lack of attention would lead to the rapid advance of the process of extinction.

Already many kinds of wild animals have been so reduced in number that their role in the ecosystem is forgotten.

          But even more important, perhaps, than individual kinds of animals and plants, whole habitats are in danger of vanishing : marshes are being drained, and the world forests, especially the tropical forests are being cut down to satisfy man’s need of timber and paper.

          1. Where / wild animals / live ?

          - _____________________________________________

          - _____________________________________________

          2. Why / forests  /  be cut ?

          - _____________________________________________

          - _____________________________________________

          3. What / happen / wild animals / if / forests / disappear?

          - _____________________________________________

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II. Use the correct word forms.

          1. Conservation is the _____________ and preservation of natural resources. (safeguard)

          2. Salt has a ______________ effect on food. (preserve)

          3. The fight against ___________ is an important part of conservation. (pollute)

          4. Carbon monoxide is a ______________ gas. (poison)

          5.  ______________ pollution is one of serious problems facing the mankind today. (environment)

6.  ______________ land consists of irrigating deserts, draining swamps and pushing back the sea. (reclaim)

          7. We can conserve our environment by ______________ of waste. (prevent)

          8. Farmers can protect their land by ______________ rotation of crops. (year)

          9. Farmers can help enrich the soil by adding ______________ (fertilize)

          10. Preserving natural resources is a great ______________. (important)

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

Wild animals (and wild plants) and the wild places where they live are seriously threatened almost everywhere. One species has become extinct in each year of this century. But many hundreds are now in danger. Lack of attention would lead to the rapid advance of the process of extinction.

Already many kinds of animals have been so reduced in number that their role in the ecosystem is forgotten. Animals like great apes, the whales, seals etc. thought to be in danger of extinction.

But even more important, perhaps than individual kinds of animals and plants, whole habitats are in danger of vanishing: marshes are being drained, and the world forests, especially tropical forests are being cut down to satisfy man’s needs or timber and paper.

What would our world be like if all the wild animals and wild plants vanished- Would our life extinct then?

Question 28: According to the passage, which sentence is NOT true?

            A. Lack of attention would lead to the rapid advance of the process of extinction.

            B. Animals like great apes, the whales, seals etc. thought to be in danger of extinction.

            C. Whole habitats are in danger of vanishing

            D. Many hundreds of species are now not endangered.

Question 29: What is more important than individual kinds of animals and plants?

            A. The rapid advance of the process of extinction.               

B. The extinct of many species.

            C. Man’s needs of timber and paper.            

D. The vanishing of whole habitats.

Question 30: What does the writer caution us against?

            A. Hunting wild animals.                                           B. Draining marshes.

            C. Cutting down the tropical forests.             D. Destroying our environment.

Question 31: The verb “to threaten” in the passage means?

            A. to poison                B. to give fear to                     C. to pollute                D. to vanish

Question 32: What would happen to the human being if the wild life vanished?

            A. The human life would be seriously threatened.

            B. Many species would quickly become extinct.                              

C. Tropical forest would be cut down.          

D. Species would go on dying out.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence which has a similar meaning to the first one in each of the following questions.

Question 33: They last visited their hometown a year ago.

A. They have visited their hometown for a year.

B. They haven’t visited their hometown a year ago.

C. They haven’t visited their hometown for a year.

D. They haven’t visited their hometown for a year ago.

Question 34: “Will you invite Daisy to go to the cinema this weekend, Peter?”, Mary asked.

            A. Mary asked Peter if he would invite Daisy to go to the cinema that weekend.

            B. Mary asked Peter if he would invite Daisy to go to the cinema this weekend.

            C. Mary asked Peter if he will invite Daisy to go to the cinema that weekend.

            D. Mary asked Peter if he will invite Daisy to go to the cinema this weekend.

Question 35: My brother is taller than me.

            A. I am as tall as my brother.                         B. I am as short as my brother.

            C. I am taller than my brother.                                   D. I am shorter than my brother.

    Question 36: He asked her if she would meet him that weekend.

         A. He said to her: "Did you meet me that weekend?"

         B. Her question is "Will you meet me this weekend if I like?"

         C. He said: "Would you meet me one weekend if I asked you?"

         D. He said to her: "Will you meet me this weekend?"

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions

Question 37: They are choosing the boys for the team. All of them are under 12.   

A. All of the boys who are being chosen for the team are under 12.

B. All of the boys whom are being chosen for the team are under 12.

C. All of the boys who are choosing for the team are under 12.

D. All of the boys whom are choosing for the team are under 12.

Question 38: We will try our best to finish the project on time.         It is very hard.           

            A. If the project is not hard, we will try our best to finish it on time.

            B. Although the project is hard, we will try our best to finish it on time.

            C. In spite of working hard, we will try our best to finish the project on time.

            D. As we work hard, we will try our best to finish the project on time.

Question 39: We had to postpone the picnic to the mountains. The weather was too bad.

            A. Since we had to postpone the picnic to the mountains, the weather was too bad.

            B. We had to postpone the picnic to the mountains because the weather was too bad.

            C. We had to postpone the picnic to the mountains however the weather was too bad.

            D. We had to postpone the picnic to the mountains and the weather was too bad.

Question 40: I always get up early in the morning. I want to go to school on time.

A. I always get up early in the morning in order go to school on time. .

B. I always get up early in the morning in order going to school on time.

C. I always get up early in the morning in order to going to school on time.

D. I always get up early in the morning in order to go to school on time.

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

Wild animals (and wild plants) and the wild places where they live are seriously threatened almost everywhere. One species has become extinct in each year of this century. But many hundreds are now in danger. Lack of attention would lead to the rapid advance of the process of extinction.

Already many kinds of animals have been so reduced in number that their role in the ecosystem is forgotten. Animals like great apes, the whales, seals etc. thought to be in danger of extinction.

But even more important, perhaps than individual kinds of animals and plants, whole habitats are in danger of vanishing: marshes are being drained, and the world forests, especially tropical forests are being cut down to satisfy man’s needs or timber and paper.

What would our world be like if all the wild animals and wild plants vanished- Would our life extinct then?

Question 28: According to the passage, which sentence is NOT true?

            A. Lack of attention would lead to the rapid advance of the process of extinction.

            B. Animals like great apes, the whales, seals etc. thought to be in danger of extinction.

            C. Whole habitats are in danger of vanishing

            D. Many hundreds of species are now not endangered.

Question 29: What is more important than individual kinds of animals and plants?

            A. The rapid advance of the process of extinction.               

B. The extinct of many species.

            C. Man’s needs of timber and paper.            

D. The vanishing of whole habitats.

Question 30: What does the writer caution us against?

            A. Hunting wild animals.                                           B. Draining marshes.

            C. Cutting down the tropical forests.             D. Destroying our environment.

Question 31: The verb “to threaten” in the passage means?

            A. to poison                B. to give fear to                     C. to pollute                D. to vanish

Question 32: What would happen to the human being if the wild life vanished?

            A. The human life would be seriously threatened.

            B. Many species would quickly become extinct.                              

C. Tropical forest would be cut down.          

D. Species would go on dying out.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence which has a similar meaning to the first one in each of the following questions.

Question 33: They last visited their hometown a year ago.

A. They have visited their hometown for a year.

B. They haven’t visited their hometown a year ago.

C. They haven’t visited their hometown for a year.

D. They haven’t visited their hometown for a year ago.

Question 34: “Will you invite Daisy to go to the cinema this weekend, Peter?”, Mary asked.

            A. Mary asked Peter if he would invite Daisy to go to the cinema that weekend.

            B. Mary asked Peter if he would invite Daisy to go to the cinema this weekend.

            C. Mary asked Peter if he will invite Daisy to go to the cinema that weekend.

            D. Mary asked Peter if he will invite Daisy to go to the cinema this weekend.

Question 35: My brother is taller than me.

            A. I am as tall as my brother.                         B. I am as short as my brother.

            C. I am taller than my brother.                                   D. I am shorter than my brother.

    Question 36: He asked her if she would meet him that weekend.

         A. He said to her: "Did you meet me that weekend?"

         B. Her question is "Will you meet me this weekend if I like?"

         C. He said: "Would you meet me one weekend if I asked you?"

         D. He said to her: "Will you meet me this weekend?"

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions

Question 37: They are choosing the boys for the team. All of them are under 12.   

A. All of the boys who are being chosen for the team are under 12.

B. All of the boys whom are being chosen for the team are under 12.

C. All of the boys who are choosing for the team are under 12.

D. All of the boys whom are choosing for the team are under 12.

Question 38: We will try our best to finish the project on time.         It is very hard.           

            A. If the project is not hard, we will try our best to finish it on time.

            B. Although the project is hard, we will try our best to finish it on time.

            C. In spite of working hard, we will try our best to finish the project on time.

            D. As we work hard, we will try our best to finish the project on time.

Question 39: We had to postpone the picnic to the mountains. The weather was too bad.

            A. Since we had to postpone the picnic to the mountains, the weather was too bad.

            B. We had to postpone the picnic to the mountains because the weather was too bad.

            C. We had to postpone the picnic to the mountains however the weather was too bad.

            D. We had to postpone the picnic to the mountains and the weather was too bad.

Question 40: I always get up early in the morning. I want to go to school on time.

A. I always get up early in the morning in order go to school on time. .

B. I always get up early in the morning in order going to school on time.

C. I always get up early in the morning in order to going to school on time.

D. I always get up early in the morning in order to go to school on time.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 25

Nearly 200 of the 1500 native plant species in Hawaii are at risk of going extinct in the near future because they have been (25)____ to such low numbers. Approximately 90 percent of Hawaii's plants are found nowhere else in the world but they are (26) ___ by alien invasive species such as feral goats, pigs, rodents and non-native plants.

The Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Group is striving to (27) ____ the extinction of the 182 rare Hawaiian plants with fewer than 50 individuals remaining in the wild. Since 1990, (28) _____a result of their "Plant Extinction Prevention Program", sixteen species have been brought into cultivation and three species have been reintroduced. Invasive weeds have been removed in key areas and fencing put up in order to protect plants in the wild.

In the future, the Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Program aims at collecting genetic material from the remaining plants in the wild for storage as a safety net for the future. They also aim to manage wild populations and where possible reintroduce species into (29 )_____.

A. disappeared

B. reduced

C. increased

D. developed

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 27

Nearly 200 of the 1500 native plant species in Hawaii are at risk of going extinct in the near future because they have been (25)____ to such low numbers. Approximately 90 percent of Hawaii's plants are found nowhere else in the world but they are (26) ___ by alien invasive species such as feral goats, pigs, rodents and non-native plants.

The Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Group is striving to (27) ____ the extinction of the 182 rare Hawaiian plants with fewer than 50 individuals remaining in the wild. Since 1990, (28) _____a result of their "Plant Extinction Prevention Program", sixteen species have been brought into cultivation and three species have been reintroduced. Invasive weeds have been removed in key areas and fencing put up in order to protect plants in the wild.

In the future, the Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Program aims at collecting genetic material from the remaining plants in the wild for storage as a safety net for the future. They also aim to manage wild populations and where possible reintroduce species into (29 )_____.

A. prevent

B. encourage

C. stimulate

D. influence

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 28

Nearly 200 of the 1500 native plant species in Hawaii are at risk of going extinct in the near future because they have been (25)____ to such low numbers. Approximately 90 percent of Hawaii's plants are found nowhere else in the world but they are (26) ___ by alien invasive species such as feral goats, pigs, rodents and non-native plants.

The Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Group is striving to (27) ____ the extinction of the 182 rare Hawaiian plants with fewer than 50 individuals remaining in the wild. Since 1990, (28) _____a result of their "Plant Extinction Prevention Program", sixteen species have been brought into cultivation and three species have been reintroduced. Invasive weeds have been removed in key areas and fencing put up in order to protect plants in the wild.

In the future, the Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Program aims at collecting genetic material from the remaining plants in the wild for storage as a safety net for the future. They also aim to manage wild populations and where possible reintroduce species into (29 )_____.

A. so

B. due

C. as

D. but

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 26

Nearly 200 of the 1500 native plant species in Hawaii are at risk of going extinct in the near future because they have been (25)____ to such low numbers. Approximately 90 percent of Hawaii's plants are found nowhere else in the world but they are (26) ___ by alien invasive species such as feral goats, pigs, rodents and non-native plants.

The Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Group is striving to (27) ____ the extinction of the 182 rare Hawaiian plants with fewer than 50 individuals remaining in the wild. Since 1990, (28) _____a result of their "Plant Extinction Prevention Program", sixteen species have been brought into cultivation and three species have been reintroduced. Invasive weeds have been removed in key areas and fencing put up in order to protect plants in the wild.

In the future, the Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Program aims at collecting genetic material from the remaining plants in the wild for storage as a safety net for the future. They also aim to manage wild populations and where possible reintroduce species into (29 )_____.

A. guarded

B. invested

C. conserved

D. threatened

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 29

Nearly 200 of the 1500 native plant species in Hawaii are at risk of going extinct in the near future because they have been (25)____ to such low numbers. Approximately 90 percent of Hawaii's plants are found nowhere else in the world but they are (26) ___ by alien invasive species such as feral goats, pigs, rodents and non-native plants.

The Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Group is striving to (27) ____ the extinction of the 182 rare Hawaiian plants with fewer than 50 individuals remaining in the wild. Since 1990, (28) _____a result of their "Plant Extinction Prevention Program", sixteen species have been brought into cultivation and three species have been reintroduced. Invasive weeds have been removed in key areas and fencing put up in order to protect plants in the wild.

In the future, the Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Program aims at collecting genetic material from the remaining plants in the wild for storage as a safety net for the future. They also aim to manage wild populations and where possible reintroduce species into (29 )_____.

A. shelters

B. reserves

C. gardens

D. halls