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 3 to 7.
Polar bears are in danger of dying out. Unlike some other endangered animals, it's not hunters that are the problem, it's climate change. Since 1979, the ice cap at the Arctic Circle where the polar bears has reduced in size (3)_________ about 30 per cent. The temperature in the Arctic has slowly been rising and this is (4)_________  the sea ice to melt, endangering the polar bears' home. The polar bears' main sources of food are the different types of seals found in the Arctic. They catch them by waiting next to the air holes seals have made in the ice. (5)_________  the bears are very strong swimmers, they could never catch seals in water. This means that the bears really do rely on the ice to hunt.
Polar bears also need sea ice to travel. They can cover a huge territory and often swim from one part of the ice to another. They have been (6)_________  to swim up to 100 km, but when there is less ice, they may have to swim further and this can (7)_________  fatal to the bears. A number of bears have drown in the last few years and scientists believe that it is because they were not able to reach more ice before they became too tired and couldn't swim any further.
(6)_______
A.known        
B.learnt      
C.experienced 
D.noticed

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
One third of _______ world’s population consumes two thirds of ______ world’s resources.
A.a / the   
B.the / (no article) 
C.the / the
D.the / a

Question 31 – 35: Which of the following best restates each of the given sentences?
He last had his eyes tested ten months ago.
A.He didn't have any tests on his eyes in ten months.
B.He hasn't had his eyes tested for ten months.
C.He had tested his eyes ten months ago.
D.He had not tested his eyes for ten months then.

A.colonel
B.journal
C.touring
D.adjourn

Which sentence is NOT true ? 
A.Most of the countries in the world are facing the problem of overpopulation 
B.Overpopulation is a state when the population growth exceeds the carrying capacity of an area 
C.The Green Revolution  caused the population explosion in the 20th  century .
D.The 20th century had the highest population growth rate in the history .

You should cut down on cigarettes, for smoking does no good to your health.
A.ceased smoking 
B.become frightened 
C.decreased the number of         
D.gotten sick

I was angry when you saw me because I.......................with my sister.
A.have been arguing 
B.had been arguing  
C.argued 
D.would argue

As we...........(walk) to school yesterday, we.........(see) a strange man
A.walking/ saw
B.walking/ see
C.were walking/ saw
D.have walked/ have seen

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.(two – syllable words)

A.penalty       
B.vertical       
C.tsunami      
D.childbearing

There is a mistake in the sentence. Find the mistake and correct it.
The children enjoyed to watch the performing lions
A.The children
B.enjoyed
C.to watch
D.the