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.
       Polar bears are in danger of dying out. ….(25)…   some other endangered animals, it's not hunters that are the problem, it's climate change. Since 1979, the ice cap at the Arctic Circle where the polar bears live has  reduced in size  by  about 30 per cent. The temperature in the Arctic has slowly been rising and this is  ….(26)…   the sea ice to melt, endangering the polar bears' home. The polar bears' main sources  of food are the different types of seals found in the Arctic. They catch them by waiting  next to the air holes seals have made in the ice. ….(27)…   the bears are very strong swimmers, they could never catch seals in water. This means that the bears really do rely on the ice to hunt. Polar bears also need sea ice to travel. They can  cover a huge territory and often swim from one part of the ice to another. They have been ….(28)…   to swim up to 100 km, but  when there is less ice, they may have to swim further and this can ….(29)…   fatal to the bears. A number of bears have drown in the last few years and scientists believe that it is because they were not able to reach more ice before they became too tired and couldn't swim any further.
       (Adapted from “A Wild Life: My Adventures Around the World” by Martin Hughes - Games)
….(26)…
A.turning
B.resulting 
C.causing   
D.making

A.explore
B.surface
C.income
D.servant

I _____ her since I _____ a small girl.
A.know – was 
B.have known – was 
C.have known – have been
D.knew - was

According to the passage, which of the following contributed to a decline in the demand for painted portraits?
A.The westward migration of many painters
B.The lack of a strong craft tradition 
C.The invention of the camera
D.The growing preference for landscape paintings

IV- 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.
       Dinosaurs were reptiles that lived during a period of earth’s history called the Mesozoic Era, which is known as the Age of Reptiles. The first dinorsaurs appeared more than 200 million years old. For many millions of years, the dominated the land with their huge size and strength. Then about 65 million years ago, they died out rather suddenly, never to reemerge .
      The word dinosaur comes from two meaning “terrible lizard”. Dinosaurs were not lizards, but their appearance could be truly terrifying. The biggest ones weighed more than ten times as much as a mature elephant and nearly equaled kinds of dinosaurs, including the brontosaur and tyrannosaurs rex, reached 80 to 90 feet in length. Not all dinosaurs were giants, however, some were actually no larger than a chicken.
      Scientists still do not know what caused dinosaur to  disappear. One theory involves a change in the earth’s climate. It is believed that temperature dropped significantly towards the end of the Cretaceous Period. Too large to hibernate and not having fur or feathers for protection, such as the mammals and birds, were able to survive.
It can be interfered from the passage that the Age of Reptile lasted about ?
                
A.200 million years
B.135 million years
C.80 million years  
D.65 million years

Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition.
That tie doesn’t go...........that suit.
A.to
B.with
C.along
D.by

- __         _ hat is this?
- It's my brother's.
A.which
B.whose
C.what
D.how

Excuse me, I wish ..............to the principal.
A.I would speak            
B.I could speak
C.to speak         
D.spoke

The gel-like substance which promotes healing comes from______
A.Arab fishermen
B.coagulants
C.catfish bodies
D.catfish venom

American children customarily go trick-or-treating on Halloween.

A.inevitably                   
B.readily                        
C.gaily                           
D.traditionally