Read the following passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks.
University researchers have taken samples from a preserved dodo specimen in an (31) _____ to uncover the extinct bird’s family tree. They worked with the British Natural History Museum to collect and study genetic material from large number of specimens: a preserved dodo, the extinct solitaire bird, and 35 kind of living pigeons and doves. Their analysis (32) _____ the doo and the solitaire to be close relatives with the Nicobar pigeon, their nearest living relative. The dodo lived on Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It was a flightless bird, bigger than a turkey. By 1681, all dodos had been (33) _____ by hungry sailors. The solitaire, which looked a bit like a dodo, had gone the same way by 1800. By extracting short pieces of the dodo’s DNA and (34) _____ these with the DNA of living birds, the scientists were able to deduce when the dodo evolved away from its relatives into a separate entity. The scientists can now (35) _____ assume that the dodo developed its distinctive appearance and features as a result of its geographical isolation. They are now convinced that it separated from the solitaire about 25 million years ago, long before Mauritius became an island.
(32)
A.advises                
B.involves                  
C.shows                               
D.recommends

By the end of this week, my illness______ me $100.c
A.costs
B.has cost
C.will have cost
D.will cost

The rumors go that Jack will be arrested. He is said ______a bloody robbery.
A.to have taken part in
B.to have joined in
C.to join in
D.to take part in

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to showthe underlined part that needs correction. 
I found my new (A)contact lenses strangely (B) at first, but I got used to (C) them in the end.(D)
A.my new
B.strangely 
C.got used to 
D. in the end

The word “replenish” in paragraph 1 can best be replaced by_______
A.fill again
B.replace
C.evaporate
D.form

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 
You should make a(n) __________ to overcome this problem.
A.trial   
B.imrpression   
C.effort  
D.apology

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 
In today’s paper it __________ that we shall have an eclection this year.
A.says
B.admits
C.expresses
D.proposes

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 
She finally admitted that she broke the pot_____________.
A.purposefully
B.clumsily
C.willingly
D. deliberately

The word “reckless” is closest in meaning to_____
A.irresponsible
B.unnecessary
C.continuous
D.limited

It can be inferred from the passage that in 1952, Carson‘s book Under the Sea Wind_____
A.became more popular than her other books
B.was outdated
C.was not praised by critics
D.sold many copies