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 from 17 to 24.
Chile has rejected a billion-dollar mining project because it would hurt marine life. The area the company wanted to mine is home to 80 percent of the world's Humboldt penguin. Blue whales, fin whales and sea otters also live there. A mining company called Andes Iron had wanted to mine millions of tons of iron and copper. It also wanted to build a new port. Chile's Environment Minister told reporters: “I firmly believe in development, but it cannot be at the cost of our environmental heritage or cause risk to health, or to unique ecological areas in the world.”
Chile's National Mining Society said this was bad news for the country. It said the project was essential for the economic development of the country. The controversial project would have created $2.5 billion. The government said the mining company had not shown the full negative impact of the project on the environment. It questioned the project's finances. The government said: “There are deficiencies in basic information and insufficiencies in…compensation, meaning we believe that the eventual impacts have not been properly taken care of.”
Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A.The government said the mining company had not shown the full negative impact of the project on the environment.
B.Chile’s National Mining Society said the mining project would boost Chile’s economy.
C.Four-fifth of the world’s Humboldt penguin lived in the area the company wanted to mine.
D.The mining project was turned down because it would have impacts on endangered species in the area.

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 from 17 to 24.
Chile has rejected a billion-dollar mining project because it would hurt marine life. The area the company wanted to mine is home to 80 percent of the world's Humboldt penguin. Blue whales, fin whales and sea otters also live there. A mining company called Andes Iron had wanted to mine millions of tons of iron and copper. It also wanted to build a new port. Chile's Environment Minister told reporters: “I firmly believe in development, but it cannot be at the cost of our environmental heritage or cause risk to health, or to unique ecological areas in the world.”
Chile's National Mining Society said this was bad news for the country. It said the project was essential for the economic development of the country. The controversial project would have created $2.5 billion. The government said the mining company had not shown the full negative impact of the project on the environment. It questioned the project's finances. The government said: “There are deficiencies in basic information and insufficiencies in…compensation, meaning we believe that the eventual impacts have not been properly taken care of.”
What does “this” in the second paragraph refer to?
A.Chile’s rejection of the project
B.the loss of environmental heritage
C.the risk caused to unique ecological areas
D.the risk caused to health

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 from 17 to 24.
Chile has rejected a billion-dollar mining project because it would hurt marine life. The area the company wanted to mine is home to 80 percent of the world's Humboldt penguin. Blue whales, fin whales and sea otters also live there. A mining company called Andes Iron had wanted to mine millions of tons of iron and copper. It also wanted to build a new port. Chile's Environment Minister told reporters: “I firmly believe in development, but it cannot be at the cost of our environmental heritage or cause risk to health, or to unique ecological areas in the world.”
Chile's National Mining Society said this was bad news for the country. It said the project was essential for the economic development of the country. The controversial project would have created $2.5 billion. The government said the mining company had not shown the full negative impact of the project on the environment. It questioned the project's finances. The government said: “There are deficiencies in basic information and insufficiencies in…compensation, meaning we believe that the eventual impacts have not been properly taken care of.”
The word “cost” in paragraph 1 is closet in meaning to _____.
A.something you might lose
B.the price of penguins
C.the cost of the mining project
D.an amount of money

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
The student next to me kept chewing gum. That bothered me a lot.
A.The student next to me kept chewing gum, which bothered me a lot.
B.The student next to me kept chewing gum bothering me a lot.
C.The student next to me kept chewing gum bothered which bothered me a lot.
D.The student next to me kept chewing gum, that bothered me a lot.

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 from 17 to 24.
Chile has rejected a billion-dollar mining project because it would hurt marine life. The area the company wanted to mine is home to 80 percent of the world's Humboldt penguin. Blue whales, fin whales and sea otters also live there. A mining company called Andes Iron had wanted to mine millions of tons of iron and copper. It also wanted to build a new port. Chile's Environment Minister told reporters: “I firmly believe in development, but it cannot be at the cost of our environmental heritage or cause risk to health, or to unique ecological areas in the world.”
Chile's National Mining Society said this was bad news for the country. It said the project was essential for the economic development of the country. The controversial project would have created $2.5 billion. The government said the mining company had not shown the full negative impact of the project on the environment. It questioned the project's finances. The government said: “There are deficiencies in basic information and insufficiencies in…compensation, meaning we believe that the eventual impacts have not been properly taken care of.”
What does the passage mainly discuss?
A.The risks of a mining project.
B.The benefits of a mining project.
C.The diversity of marine species in Chile.
D.The rejection of a mining project.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
She helped us a lot with our project. We couldn’t have continued without her.
A.But for her contribution, we could have continued with the project.
B.If she hadn’t contributed positively, we couldn’t have continued with the project.
C.Provided her contribution wouldn’t come, we couldn’t continue with the project.
D.Unless we had her contribution, we could continue with the project.

We're __________ schedule, so hurry up!
A.front
B.behind
C.on
D.up

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Many of the pictures _____ from outer space are presently on display in the public library.
A.sending
B.sent
C.having sent
D.that sent

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Not only did he _____ late, he also forgot his books.
A.turn up
B.turn on
C.fall out
D.turn out

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Mei’s mother doesn’t like her boyfriend. She is getting _____ with him.
A.stricter and stricter
B.strict and strict
C.more and more strict
D.more strict than