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.
No educational medium better serves as a means of spatial communication than the atlas. Atlases deal with such invaluable information as population distribution and density. One of the best, Pennycooke’s World Atlas, has been widely accepted as a standard owing to the quality of its maps and photographs, which not only show various settlements but also portray them in a variety of scales. In fact, the very first map in the atlas is a cleverly designed population cartogram that projects the size of each country if geographical size were proportional to population. Following the proportional layout, a sequence of smaller maps shows the world’s population density, each country’s birth and death rates, population increase and decrease, industrialization, urbanization, gross national product in terms of per capita income, the quality of medical care, literacy, and language. To give readers a perspective on how their own country fits in with the global view, additional projections despite the world’s patterns in nutrition, calorie and protein consumption, health care, number of physicians per unit of population, and life expectancy by region. Population density maps on a subcontinental scale, as well as political maps, convey the diverse demographic phenomena of the world in a broad array of scales.
What is the main topic of this passage?
A.The educational benefits of atlases
B.Physical maps in an atlas
C.The ideal in the making of atlases
D.Partial maps and their uses

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.
No educational medium better serves as a means of spatial communication than the atlas. Atlases deal with such invaluable information as population distribution and density. One of the best, Pennycooke’s World Atlas, has been widely accepted as a standard owing to the quality of its maps and photographs, which not only show various settlements but also portray them in a variety of scales. In fact, the very first map in the atlas is a cleverly designed population cartogram that projects the size of each country if geographical size were proportional to population. Following the proportional layout, a sequence of smaller maps shows the world’s population density, each country’s birth and death rates, population increase and decrease, industrialization, urbanization, gross national product in terms of per capita income, the quality of medical care, literacy, and language. To give readers a perspective on how their own country fits in with the global view, additional projections despite the world’s patterns in nutrition, calorie and protein consumption, health care, number of physicians per unit of population, and life expectancy by region. Population density maps on a subcontinental scale, as well as political maps, convey the diverse demographic phenomena of the world in a broad array of scales.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A.calorie consumption
B.population decline
C.a level of education.
D.currency exchange rate.

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 25 to 29.
Environmental pollution
Environmental pollution is a term that refers to all the ways by which man pollutes his surroundings. Man dirties the air with gases and smoke, (25)_______the water with chemicals and other substances, and damages the soil with (26) _______ many fertilizers and pesticides. Man also pollutes his surroundings in various other ways. For example, people ruin natural beauty by (27) _______ junk and litter on the land and in the water. They operate machines and motor vehicles that fill the air with disturbing noise.
Environmental pollution is one of the most serious problems facing humankind today. Air, water, and soil are necessary to the survival of all living things. Badly polluted air can cause illness, and (28) _______ death. Polluted water kills fish and other (29) _______ life. Pollution of soil reduces the amount of land that is available for growing food.
A.extreme
B.too
C.such
D.all

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 25 to 29.
Environmental pollution
Environmental pollution is a term that refers to all the ways by which man pollutes his surroundings. Man dirties the air with gases and smoke, (25)_______the water with chemicals and other substances, and damages the soil with (26) _______ many fertilizers and pesticides. Man also pollutes his surroundings in various other ways. For example, people ruin natural beauty by (27) _______ junk and litter on the land and in the water. They operate machines and motor vehicles that fill the air with disturbing noise.
Environmental pollution is one of the most serious problems facing humankind today. Air, water, and soil are necessary to the survival of all living things. Badly polluted air can cause illness, and (28) _______ death. Polluted water kills fish and other (29) _______ life. Pollution of soil reduces the amount of land that is available for growing food.
A.poisons
B.pours
C.puts
D.surrounds

Mark the letter A, B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Mr. Black: “I’d like to try on these shoes, please.”
Salesgirl: “________”
A.That’s right, sir.
B.By all means, sir.
C.I’d love to.
D.Why not?

Mark the letter A, B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges.
“Would you like me to send this package for you?”
“___________”
A.That would be nice. Any problems?
B.Yes, please, if you don’t mind.
C.I’m sorry, but here you are
D.No, thanks. I’m really busy.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Don’t tell Jane anything about the surprise party for Jack. She has got a big mouth.
A.can’t eat a lot
B.can keep secrets
C.talks too much
D.hates parties

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.Since the reform, the country has undergone _________changes.
A.large
B.sizeable
C.substantial
D.favorable

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
He would have been excused had he chosen to blow his ____ a little, but that is not his style.
A.trumpet
B.flute
C.drums
D.harp

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.The introduction of credit cards radically modified North American’s spending habits.
A.devoted
B.altered
C.reduced
D.resolved