Read the following passage and Choose the best option A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
      Bees, classified into over 10,000 species, are insects found in almost every part of the world except the northernmost and southernmost regions. One commonly known species is the honeybee, the only bee that produces honey and wax. Humans use the wax in making candles, lipsticks, and other products, and they use the honey as a food. While gathering the nectar and pollen with which they make honey, bees are simultaneously helping to fertilize the flowers on which they land. Many fruits and vegetables would not survive if bees did not carry the pollen from blossom to blossom. Bees live in a structured environment and social structure within a hive, which is a nest with storage space for the honey. The different types of bees each perform a unique function. The worker bee carries nectar to the hive in a special stomach called a honey stomach, other workers make beeswax and shape it into a honeycomb, which is a waterproof mass of six-sided compartments, or cells. The queen lays eggs in completed cells. As the workers build more cells, the queen lays more eggs.
       All workers, like the queen, are female, but the workers are smaller than the queen. The male honeybees are called drones; they do no work and cannot sting. They are developed from unfertilized eggs, and their only job is to impregnate a queen. The queen must be fertilized in order to lay worker eggs. During the season, when less honey is available and the drones is of no further use, the workers block the drones from eating the honey so that they will starve to death.
The author implies that_________.
A.drones are never females        
B.bees are unnecessary in the food chain
C.drones are completely dispensable     
D.the queen can be a worker

IX. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the given one.
help/ saving/ recycling/ mainly/ by/ energy/ the environment/.
A.The environment helps saving energy mainly by recycling.
B.Energy helps recycling mainly by the environment saving.
C.Recycling helps the environment mainly by saving energy.
D.Saving energy helps mainly by recycling the environment.

Students who study abroad often have to confront cultural shock and homesick.
A.students
B.often
C.shock
D.homesick

Choose the best answer to complete each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
It is often a good idea to start with small, easily _______ goals.
A.achieve     
B.achievement  
C.achievable 
D.achiever

He has been selling motorbikes ____ .
A.ten years ago
B.since ten years
C.for ten years ago
D.for ten years

Don't worry, you don't have to/ mustn't pay now.
A.don't have to
B.mustn't
C.
D.

(3).............
A.still
B.like
C.also
D.same

Read the passage and choose the best answer.
Except for a few unfortunate individuals, no law in this world can go against the fact that for most of us our family is an essential part of our lives. The moment you enter this cruel world, where each man is for himself, there are some near and dear ones out there who will do anything to ensure your happiness.
We are nothing more than a vulnerable and fragile object, without someone taking care of us on our arrival in this world. Despite all the odds, your family will take care of your wellbeing, and try their best to provide you the greatest comforts in the world. No one out there, except your family must forgive the endless number of mistakes you may make in your life. Apart from teaching you forgive and forget lessons, they are always there for you, when you need them the most.
Family is the only place where children study a lot after school. In school, teachers teach children about the subjects which will help them to find a good job in future. But at home, parents teach children about good habits. They are not only the elements which help the children to shape their personalities but they also prepare them a suitable and bright future.
A good family makes a greater society. Father, mother, and children have to work in order to build a strong family. If any one of them fails, the whole family may collapse. The good name of the whole family can be ruined by a single member of the family. In order to avoid that unhappy scenario, every family member has to work hard and try their best. As a result, they will set good examples for the whole society. Families have a powerful impact on society and societies create countries.
The word “cruel” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
A.unkind                    
B.pleasant                   
C.pitying                    
D.kind-hearted

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 12 to 16.
BOOKS
Nearly all the discoveries that have been made through the ages can (12) ______ in books. The invention of the book is one of humankind's (13) ______ achievements, the importance of which cannot be evaluated. Books are very adaptable, providing us with both entertainment and (14) _____. The production of books began in Ancient Egypt, though not in the form that is accessible to us today.
The books read by Romans, however have some (15) _____ to the ones we read now. Until the middle of the 15th century, in Europe, all books were written by hand. They were often beautifully illustrated and always rare and expensive. With printing came the possibility of cheap, large-scale publication and distribution of book, making (16) ______ more widespread and reliable.

A.knowledgeable     
B.known                    
C.know                            
D.knowledge

He was so mean that he couldn’t bear to ___________ the smallest sum of money for the charity appeal.
 
A.pay off 
B. let out 
C.give in       
D.part with