V. Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option A, B, C or D to complete it.
Approximately one-third of the Arctic Ocean is underlain by continental shelf, which includes a broad shelf north of Eurasia and the narrower shelves of North America and Greenland. Seaward of the continental shelves lies the Arctic Basin proper, which is subdivided (26) _______ a set of three parallel ridges and four basins (also known as deeps). These features were discovered and explored (27) _______ in the late 1940s. The Lomonosov Ridge, the major ridge, cuts the Arctic Basin (28) _______ in half, extending as a submarine bridge 1,800 km (1,100 mi) from Siberia to the northwestern tip of Greenland. Parallel to it are two shorter ridges: the Alpha Ridge on the North American side, defining the Canada and Makarov basins, (29) _______ the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge on the Eurasian side, defining the Nansen and Amundsen basins. The average depth of the Arctic Ocean is only 1,300 m (4,300 ft) because of the vast shallow expanses on the continental shelves. The deepest (30) _______ in the Arctic Ocean is 5,450 m (17,880 ft).
(27) 
A.starting        
B.beginning    
C.appearance 
D.creation

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The eyewitness said that she had seen _______ the scene of the crime.
A.leaving a tall man
B.a tall man to leave
C.a tall man leaving
D.leave a tall man

______(31)
A.a
B.an
C.the
D.

(20)
A.ambitious
B.required
C.expectant
D.demanding

Read the passage and write your answers to the questions given. (5 pts)
     Uri Geller was born in 1946. When he was only three, he was aware that he had an amazing ability. In 1969, he gave his first performance in a school. He gently rubbed a spoon with his fingers, and it began to bend. Three years later, he drove a car blindfolded through the crowded streets of Munich. Later Uri Geller appeared on television in Britain in front of a small studio audience of scientists. He bent spoons and broke metal objects simply by touching them gently with his fingers. He also drew pictures of hidden objects. After the programme, however. there were hundreds of telephone calls. People reported that spoons in their homes bent during the programme. Metal objects broke, and watches which had stopped many years before suddenly started to go again.
What could he do with his amazing ability when he appeared on television in Britain?
A.He could break metal objects by touching them gently with his fingers and also draw pictures of hidden objects
B.He could bend spoons and break metal objects by touching them gently with his fingers and also draw pictures of hidden objects
C.He could bend spoons and break metal objects by touching them.
D.He could not bend spoons and break metal objects by touching them gently with his fingers and also draw pictures of hidden objects

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
 
Jane and John are talking about the speech contest next week. Jane: “Will Ann enter for the speech contest?” - John: “______________”
A.Possibly not                       
B.Not possibly          
C.Not possible         
D.Possible not

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 23 to 27.
SOCIAL NETWORK
A 16-year-old girl from Essex has been sacked after describing her job as boring on the social networking website, Facebook. The teenager, who had been working (23) _____ an administrative assistant at a marketing company for just three weeks, didn’t feel very enthusiastic about the duties she was asked to do. (24) _____ of moaning to her friends she decided to express her thoughts on her Facebook page to a colleague, who (25) _____ the boss’s attention to it. He immediately fired her on the (26) _____ that her public display of dissatisfaction made it impossible for her to continue working for the company. She later told newspapers she had been treated totally unfairly, especially as she hadn’t even mentioned the company’s name. She claimed she’s been perfectly happy with her job and that her light-hearted comments shouldn’t (27) _____ taken seriously. A spokesperson from a workers’ union said the incident demonstrated two things: firstly, that people need to protect their privacy online and secondly, that employers should be less sensitive to criticism.
(24)
A.Due       
B.Regardless        
C.Instead 
D. In spite

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
(A) Having finished his term paper (B) before the deadline, (C) it was delivered to the (D) professor before the class.
A.Having finished
B.before the
C.it was delivered
D.professor before

Hoa is asking Hai, who is sitting at a corner of the room, seeming too shy. - Hoa: "Why aren't you taking part in our activities? ________ .” - Hai: "Yes, I can. Certainly."
A.Shall I take your hat off?
B.Can you help me with this decorations?
C.Can I help you?
D.Could you please show me how to get the nearest post office?

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 35 to 42.
Biological diversity has become widely recognized as a critical conservation issue only in the past two decades. The rapid destruction of the tropical rain forests, which are the ecosystems with the highest known species diversity on Earth, has awakened people to the importance and fragility of biological diversity. The high rate of species extinctions in these environments is jolting, but it is important to recognize the significance of biological diversity in all ecosystems. As the human population continues to expand, it will negatively affect one after another of Earth’s ecosystems. In terrestrial ecosystems and in fringe marine ecosystems (such as wetlands), the most common problem is habitat destruction. In most situations, the result is irreversible. Now humans are beginning to destroy marine ecosystems through other types of activities, such as disposal and runoff of poisonous waste; in less than two centuries, by significantly reducing the variety of species on Earth, they have irrevocably redirected the course of evolution.
Certainly, there have been periods in Earth’s history when mass extinctions have occurred. The extinction of the dinosaurs was caused by some physical event, either climatic or cosmic. There have also been less dramatic extinctions, as when natural competition between species reached an extreme conclusion. Only 0.01 percent of the species that have lived on Earth have survived to the present, and it was largely chance that determined which species survived and which died out.
However, nothing has ever equaled the magnitude and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world and demolishing the environment. In fact, there is wide agreement that it is the rate of change humans are inflicting, even more than the changes themselves, that will lead to biological devastation. Life on Earth has continually been in flux as slow physical and chemical changes have occurred on Earth, but life needs time to adapt-time for migration and genetic adaptation within existing species and time for the proliferation of new genetic material and new species that may be able to survive in new environments.
(Source: Internet)
Which of the following statements would the author be most likely to agree with?
A.Humans should be more conscious of the influence they have on ecosystems.
B.Technology will provide solutions to problems caused by the destruction of ecosystems.
C.Human influence on ecosystems should not be a factor in determining public policy.
D.The extinction of a few species is an acceptable consequence of human progress.