If it’s raining tomorrow, we shall have to____________the match till Sunday.




A.put off
B.call off
C.keep on
D.carry out

Choose 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.
The theory of natural selection made the idea of organic evolution acceptable to the majority of the scientific world.




A.The world’s scientist accepted the idea of organic evolution more rapidly than the concept of natural selection.
B.Without the theory of natural selection to support it, no scientists would ever have approved the theory of organic evolution.
C.On the whole, the scientific world approved the concept of organic evolution once the theory of natural selection had been postulated.
D.It was only after the introduction of the theory of natural selection that scientists paid any attention to the idea of organic evolution.

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 43 to 50.
The United Nations recently outlined the extent of the global water crisis, saying that 2.7 billion people would face severe water shortages by 2025 if consumption continues at current rates. Today, an estimated 1.2 billion people drink unclean water, and about 2.5 billion lack proper toilets or waste disposal systems. More than five million people die each year from diseases related to unclean water. Humans are pumping water out of the ground faster than it can be replenished. In this difficult situation, a water conservationist, Neil MacLeod in South Africa, has found innovative ways to improve his local water situation.
Neil MacLeod took over as head of Durban Metro Water Services in 1992. The situation he found was a catastrophe. Durban had one million people living in the city and another 1.5 million people who lived in poverty just outside it. The entire city was rife with broken water pipes, leaky toilets, and faulty plumbing whereby 42 percent of the region's water was simply being wasted.
MacLeod's crews began repairing and replacing water pipes. They put water meters on residences, replaced eight-liter toilets with four-liter models, and changed wasteful showers and water taps. To ensure that the poor would receive a basic supply of water, MacLeod installed tanks in homes and apartments to provide 190 liters of water a day free to each household. Water consumption in Durban is now less than it was in 1996, even as 800,000 more people have received service. Through sensible water use, Durban's conservation measures paid for themselves within a year. No new reservoirs will be needed in the coming decades, despite the expected addition of about 300,000 inhabitants.
MacLeod has also turned to water recycling. At the water recycling plant, wastewater is turned into clean water in just 12 hours. Most people are unable to discern a difference between the usual city drinking water and the treated wastewater, although it is actually intended for industrial purposes.
Some people still hope that new technology, such as the desalination of seawater, will solve the world's water problems. "But the fact is, water conservation is where the big gains are to be made," says Sandra Postel of the Global Water Policy Project. The dedication and resourcefulness of people like Neil MacLeod offer inspiration for implementing timely and lasting solutions to the world's water concern.
(Adopted from “Reading Explorer 4” by Paul MacIntyre and David Bohlke)
The word "catastrophe" in paragraph 2 is mostly a situation which is .




A.local
B.disastrous
C.familiar
D.unlikely

__________(10)




A.from
B.for
C.of
D.into

A.of
B.by
C.from
D.into

You feel unhealthy because you don’t take any exercise.




A.If you don’t take any exercise, you will feel unhealthy.
B.If you took more exercise, you would feel healthier.
C.If you take more exercise, you will feel healthier.
D.If you were healthier, you would take more exercise.

The word "contacts" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to______.




A.connections
B.locations
C.commands
D.codes

The word "This" in paragraph 5 refers to______.




A.the plus key
B.the processing unit
C.the equal key
D.the memory unit

III. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence.
- “ I sometimes think I'd be happier teaching in Spain.” – “Oh well, the _______ is always greener on the other side!”




A.grass
B.plant
C.tree
D.bush

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.




A.cease
B.clock
C.discard
D.scared