Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I tried to talk to her, but she was as high as a______.




A.kite
B.house
C.sky
D.wall

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.
Miranda still has trauma from the tragic accident, that took away her closest friend.




A.has
B.tragic
C.that
D.closest

A.justice
B.diverse
C.series
D.current

The phrase “largely renounces” is closest in meaning to _________.




A.generally rejects
B.greatly modifies
C.loudly declares
D.often criticizes

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions:
It’s no use reading that book.




A.You should read that book.
B.That book has not been used.
C.That book is not worth reading.
D.I have used the book for a long time.

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.
When (A) precipitation occurs, some (B) of it evaporates, some runs off the (C) surface it strikes, and some sinking (D) into the ground.




A.When
B.some
C.the
D.sinking

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
When the manager of our company retires, the deputy manager will______ that position.




A.take over
B.catch on
C.stand for
D.hold on

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
We _______ touch since we _______ school three years ago.




A.lost / have left
B.have lost / leave
C.have lost / left
D.were losing / had left

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.




A.weather
B.police
C.divide
D.attract

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.
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.
With which of the following statements would the author be most likely to agree?




A.Human influence on ecosystems should not be a factor in determining public policy.
B.Humans should be more conscious of the influence they have on ecosystems.
C.The extinction of a few species is an acceptable consequence of human progress.
D.Technology will provide solutions to problems caused by the destruction of ecosystems.