Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I hope to pass all of my courses this term. So far my grades ______ pretty good.
A.had been  
B. will have been 
C.have been
D.were

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
They believe that burning fossil fuels is the main cause of air pollution.
A.It is believed that burning fossil fuels is held responsible for air pollution.
B.Burning fossil fuels is believed to result from air pollution.
C.Burning fossil fuels is believed to have caused high levels of air pollution.
D.It is believed that air pollution is mainly to blame for burning fossil fuels.

If I/ be/ him / I / choose/ English / learn.
A.If I were him, I would choose English to learn.
B.If I was him, I would choose English to learn.
C.If I am him, I will choose English to learn.
D.If I had been him, I would have chosen English to learn.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
A lot of different conservation efforts have been made to save _______ species.
A.endangered
B.available
C.plant-eating
D.contaminated

 
According to the passage, what is true about the origin of tea drinking?
 
A.It began during the Shen Nung dynasty   
B.It may have begun some time around 1650
C.It is unknown when tea first became popular.   
D.It was originally produced from Camillia plants in Europe.

What is the passage mainly about?
A.The growth of cities in the United States in the early 1900's
B.The development of the Southern California oil fields
C. Factors contributing to the growth of Los Angeles
D. Industry and city planning in Los Angeles

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is best made up from the prompts.
Darwin/ who/ be/ famous/ English/ scientist/ develop/theory/ evolution/ .
A.Darwin who is a famous English scientist developed a theory of evolution.
B.Darwin who was the famous English scientist develops the theory for evolution.
C.Darwin, who is a famous English scientist, has developed a theory on evolution.
D.Darwin, who was a famous English scientist, developed the theory of evolution.

Task 2. Mark the letter A, B, C, D to indicate the word that differs from the rest in position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

A.endangered             
B.survival                  
C.commercial            
D.industry

There is information in the fourth paragraph to support which of these statements?
 
 
A.There are more lighthouses in the United States today than in any other single country.
B.There are more lighthouses in the United States now than there were in 1900.
C.There were more lighthouses in the United States in 1900 than there are elsewhere in the world today.
D. There are more functioning lighthouses in the United States today than there are lighthouses preserved as historical monuments.

Anyone ______ about the environment cannot ignore the facts ________ the speaker was referring.
A.who’s concerned - to which
B.who’s concerning - which
C.whose concern — to which  
D.whose concerned - to that