Read the following passage and mark A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer for each of the questions
Coincident with concerns about the accelerating loss of species and habitats has been a growing appreciation of the importance of biological diversity, the number of species in a particular ecosystem, to the health of the Earth and human well-being. Much has been written about the diversity of terrestrial organisms, particularly the exceptionally rich life associated tropical rain-forest habitats. Relatively little has been said, however, about diversity of life in the sea even though coral reef systems are comparable to rain forests in terms of richness of life.
An alien exploring Earth would probably give priority to the planet's dominants - most distinctive feature - the ocean. Humans have a bias toward land that sometimes get in the way of truly examining global issues. Seen from far away, it is easy to realize landmasses occupy only one-third of the Earth’s surface. Given that two thirds of the Earth's surface is water and that marine life lives at all levels of the ocean, the total three-dimensional living space of the ocean is perhaps 100 times greater than that of land and contains more than 90 percent of all life on Earth even though the ocean has fewer distinct species.
The fact that half of the known species are thought to inhabit the world's rain forests doesn't seem surprising, considering the huge numbers of insects that comprise the bulk of the species. One scientist found many different species of ants in just one tree from a rain forest. While every species is different from every other species, their genetic makeup constrains them to be insects and to share similar characteristics with 750,000 species of insects. If basic, broad categories such as phyla and classes are given more emphasis than differentiating between species, then the greatest diversity of life is unquestionably by sea. Nearly every major type of plant and animal has some presentation there.
To appreciate fully the diversity and abundance of life in the sea, it helps to think small. Every spoonful of ocean water life, on the order of 100 to 100,000 bacteria cells plus assorted microscopic plants and animals, including larvae of organisms ranging from sponges and corals to starfish and clams and much more.
Why does the author compare rain forests and coral reefs in paragraph 1?
Most of their inhabitants require water.




A.They are approximately the same size.
B.They share many similar species.
C.Most of their inhabitants require water.
D.Both have many different forms of life.

“If I were in your shoes, I would try to finish the pre-lab report before carrying out the experiment.” said the professor to his research student.




A.The professor advised his research student to try to finish the pre-lab report before carrying out the experiment.
B.The professor complained that his research student didn’t finish the pre-lab report before carrying out the experiment.
C.The professor told his research student that he wished he could finish the pre-lab report before carrying out the experiment.
D.The professor regretted that his research student didn’t try to finish the pre-lab report before carrying out the experiment.

Read the following text and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
Many ants forage across the countryside in large numbers and undertake mass migrations; these activities proceed because one ant lays a trail on the ground for the others to follow. As a worker ant returns home after finding a source of food, it marks the route by intermittently touching its stinger to the ground and depositing a tiny amount of trail pheromone – a mixture of chemicals that delivers diverse messages as the context changes. These trails incorporate no directional information and may be followed by other ants in either direction.
Unlike some other messages, such as the one arising from a dead ant, a food trail has to be kept secret from members of other species. It is not surprising then that ant species use a wide variety of compounds as trail pheromones. Ants can be extremely sensitive to these signals. Investigators working with the trail pheromone of the leafcutter ant Atta texana calculated that one milligram of this substance would suffice to lead a column of ants three times around Earth.
The vapor of the evaporating pheromone over the trail guides an ant along the way, and the ant detects this signal with receptors in its antennae. A trail pheromone will evaporate to furnish the highest concentration of vapor right over the trail, in what is called a vapor space. In following the trail, the ant moves to the right and left, oscillating from side to side across the line of the trail itself, bringing first one and then the other antenna into the vapor space. As the ant moves to the right, its left antenna arrives in the vapor space.
The signal it receives causes it to swing to the left, and the ant then pursues this new course until its right antenna reaches the vapor space. It then swings back to the right, and so weaves back and forth down the trail.
The phrase “the one” in paragraph 2 refers to a single




A.message
B.food trail
C.dead ant
D.species

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 leader failed to explain the cause of the problem. He did not offer any solutions.




A.Though the leader failed to explain the cause of the problem, he did not offer any solutions.
B.The leader failed to explain the cause of the problem so he did not offer any solutions.
C.The leader failed to explain the cause of the problem nor did he offer any solutions.
D.The leader failed to explain the cause of the problem because he did not offer any solutions.

________(42)




A.lack
B.shortage
C.failure
D.need

Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “flawed”?




A.Offensive
B.Logical
C.Deceptive
D.Faulty

Birds make nests in trees_______ hide their young in the leaves and branches.




A.can where they
B.where can they
C.where they can
D.where can them

An international menu _____ a variety of food can attract most of the tourists.




A.offered
B.offering
C.which offer
D.is offered

She said she had a headache. Otherwise, she ______ in the dance.




A.joined
B.had joined
C.would join
D.would have joined

We can’t deny that all of us made certain mistakes early on.




A.It can be denied that not all of us made mistakes early on.
B.We admit that we could avoid making certain mistakes when young.
C.Nobody of us denies that we made certain mistakes early on.
D.It is true that nobody could avoid making mistakes early on.