Read the following passage and circle the best answer for each blank. Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the box provided. (14 pts)
What is the world largest desert? I’m sure the first that …1… to mind is the legendary Sahara – but that’s 3rd .  It’s actually the desert on the Antarctic …2…, measuring just under 14,000,000kms2, closely followed by the Arctic desert. Most people living away from deserts associate this kind of …3… with sand, but only 10% of deserts are actually made up of sand …4….
The term ‘desert’ in fact describes a …5… which receives almost no …6…, meaning rainfall, snow, ice or hail. The term can also apply to regions where there is greater evaporation of …7… than rainfall. In other words, more water is absorbed back into the …8… than stays on or within the ground. So, in …9… deserts, you’re mainly talking about ice sheets and a little rock, not sand, of course. The surface of many other deserts is comprised of loose rock where the finer particles of dust and sand have been …10… Away.
It may surprise you to know that deserts exist all over the …11…, from the Kalahari in Africa to the Great Victoria in Australia and so on, and that they …12… just over a fifth of the earth’s land area. The world’s largest hot desert, the Sahara, actually …13… temperatures of 122 Fahrenheit degrees. Other arid deserts may not be so hot but in common with the Sahara, they …14… considerably at night.
An issue that is worrying geologists, governments and the people that live on the edges of deserts is the way  they are spreading. You might think that the reason for this is drought – but lack of rain is not the cause

A.hills
B.dunes
C.piles
D.slopes

Read the following passage and circle the best answer for each blank. Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the box provided. (14 pts)
What is the world largest desert? I’m sure the first that …1… to mind is the legendary Sahara – but that’s 3rd .  It’s actually the desert on the Antarctic …2…, measuring just under 14,000,000kms2, closely followed by the Arctic desert. Most people living away from deserts associate this kind of …3… with sand, but only 10% of deserts are actually made up of sand …4….
The term ‘desert’ in fact describes a …5… which receives almost no …6…, meaning rainfall, snow, ice or hail. The term can also apply to regions where there is greater evaporation of …7… than rainfall. In other words, more water is absorbed back into the …8… than stays on or within the ground. So, in …9… deserts, you’re mainly talking about ice sheets and a little rock, not sand, of course. The surface of many other deserts is comprised of loose rock where the finer particles of dust and sand have been …10… Away.
It may surprise you to know that deserts exist all over the …11…, from the Kalahari in Africa to the Great Victoria in Australia and so on, and that they …12… just over a fifth of the earth’s land area. The world’s largest hot desert, the Sahara, actually …13… temperatures of 122 Fahrenheit degrees. Other arid deserts may not be so hot but in common with the Sahara, they …14… considerably at night.
An issue that is worrying geologists, governments and the people that live on the edges of deserts is the way  they are spreading. You might think that the reason for this is drought – but lack of rain is not the cause

A.terrain
B.plain
C.horizon
D.nature

Read the following passage and circle the best answer for each blank. Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the box provided. (14 pts)
What is the world largest desert? I’m sure the first that …1… to mind is the legendary Sahara – but that’s 3rd .  It’s actually the desert on the Antarctic …2…, measuring just under 14,000,000kms2, closely followed by the Arctic desert. Most people living away from deserts associate this kind of …3… with sand, but only 10% of deserts are actually made up of sand …4….
The term ‘desert’ in fact describes a …5… which receives almost no …6…, meaning rainfall, snow, ice or hail. The term can also apply to regions where there is greater evaporation of …7… than rainfall. In other words, more water is absorbed back into the …8… than stays on or within the ground. So, in …9… deserts, you’re mainly talking about ice sheets and a little rock, not sand, of course. The surface of many other deserts is comprised of loose rock where the finer particles of dust and sand have been …10… Away.
It may surprise you to know that deserts exist all over the …11…, from the Kalahari in Africa to the Great Victoria in Australia and so on, and that they …12… just over a fifth of the earth’s land area. The world’s largest hot desert, the Sahara, actually …13… temperatures of 122 Fahrenheit degrees. Other arid deserts may not be so hot but in common with the Sahara, they …14… considerably at night.
An issue that is worrying geologists, governments and the people that live on the edges of deserts is the way  they are spreading. You might think that the reason for this is drought – but lack of rain is not the cause

A.left
B.disappeared
C.blown
D.removed

Read the following passage and circle the best answer for each blank. Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the box provided. (14 pts)
What is the world largest desert? I’m sure the first that …1… to mind is the legendary Sahara – but that’s 3rd .  It’s actually the desert on the Antarctic …2…, measuring just under 14,000,000kms2, closely followed by the Arctic desert. Most people living away from deserts associate this kind of …3… with sand, but only 10% of deserts are actually made up of sand …4….
The term ‘desert’ in fact describes a …5… which receives almost no …6…, meaning rainfall, snow, ice or hail. The term can also apply to regions where there is greater evaporation of …7… than rainfall. In other words, more water is absorbed back into the …8… than stays on or within the ground. So, in …9… deserts, you’re mainly talking about ice sheets and a little rock, not sand, of course. The surface of many other deserts is comprised of loose rock where the finer particles of dust and sand have been …10… Away.
It may surprise you to know that deserts exist all over the …11…, from the Kalahari in Africa to the Great Victoria in Australia and so on, and that they …12… just over a fifth of the earth’s land area. The world’s largest hot desert, the Sahara, actually …13… temperatures of 122 Fahrenheit degrees. Other arid deserts may not be so hot but in common with the Sahara, they …14… considerably at night.
An issue that is worrying geologists, governments and the people that live on the edges of deserts is the way  they are spreading. You might think that the reason for this is drought – but lack of rain is not the cause

A.globe
B.sphere
C.atlas
D.orb

Rewrite each of the following sentences using the word(s) given so that its meaning stays the same.
He was arrested when they caught him driving a  stolen car. (act)
Being     
A.
B.
C.
D.

Rewrite each of the following sentences using the word(s) given so that its meaning stays the same.
Did anything about his behavior seem unusual  to you?     (strike)
Did  anything  about his behavior              
A.
B.
C.
D.

Rewrite each of the following sentences using the word(s) given so that its meaning stays the same.
Erika didn’t mention her illness  at all.   (reference)
Erika   made       
A.
B.
C.
D.

Rewrite each of the following sentences using the word(s) given so that its meaning stays the same.
I don’t understand one word of this document.(head)
I   can’t                 
A.
B.
C.
D.

I'll have to work hard to_________with the rest of the class.
A.catch
B.run
C.keep pace
D.keep on

Read the following passage and circle the best answer for each blank. Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the box provided. (14 pts)
What is the world largest desert? I’m sure the first that …1… to mind is the legendary Sahara – but that’s 3rd .  It’s actually the desert on the Antarctic …2…, measuring just under 14,000,000kms2, closely followed by the Arctic desert. Most people living away from deserts associate this kind of …3… with sand, but only 10% of deserts are actually made up of sand …4….
The term ‘desert’ in fact describes a …5… which receives almost no …6…, meaning rainfall, snow, ice or hail. The term can also apply to regions where there is greater evaporation of …7… than rainfall. In other words, more water is absorbed back into the …8… than stays on or within the ground. So, in …9… deserts, you’re mainly talking about ice sheets and a little rock, not sand, of course. The surface of many other deserts is comprised of loose rock where the finer particles of dust and sand have been …10… Away.
It may surprise you to know that deserts exist all over the …11…, from the Kalahari in Africa to the Great Victoria in Australia and so on, and that they …12… just over a fifth of the earth’s land area. The world’s largest hot desert, the Sahara, actually …13… temperatures of 122 Fahrenheit degrees. Other arid deserts may not be so hot but in common with the Sahara, they …14… considerably at night.
An issue that is worrying geologists, governments and the people that live on the edges of deserts is the way  they are spreading. You might think that the reason for this is drought – but lack of rain is not the cause

A.cool
B.fall
C.freeze
D.decrease