Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
you start, you will finish.




A.A. The soon/the more quickly
B.B. The sooner/the quicker
C.C. The sooner/the quickly
D.D. The sooner/the more quickly

According to the passage, egg substitutes cannot be used to make any of the following types of eggs EXCEPT_____




A.boiled
B.poached
C.scrambled
D.fried

What has been the cause for changes in the sale of eggs?




A.increasing price
B.decreased production
C.dietary changes in hens
D.concerns about cholesterol

Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
Mexico City is growing quickly. In 1970, the city had about 9 million people. Now it has over 17 million. All these people are causing problems for the city. There are not (31) ______ jobs. Also, there is' not enough housing. Large families have to live together in small homes. Many homes do not have water. They also do not have bathrooms or electricity. The Mexican government is (32) ______ about all these problems. It is working hard to make life better in the city.
Why is Mexico City growing so fast? Where are all these people coming from? They are coming to the city from the country. Life is hard on the farms in Mexico. Most people on farms have to live a very simple life. They have no (33) ______money for modern things. People think life in the city must be better. So they leave their farms and move to Mexico City.
All around the world, large cities have the same problems. One of them is air (34) ______. Mexico City has bad air. It is dirty and unhealthy. Cars are one reason for the dirty air. Many Mexicans now own their own cars and drive in the city. The factories in the area also cause air pollution. These factories put a lot of (35) ______ into the air. It is not easy to clean up the air in a large city. The government has to make new laws, and everyone has to help.
(35)




A.A. dirt
B.B. smoke
C.C. noise
D.D. pollution

Choose the one word or phrase that best completes sentences.
Pressure on natural resources will _______ as we face a population explosion.




A.increase
B.decrease
C.decline
D.raise

Choose the one word or phrase that best completes sentences.
Nigeriahas a population _______ nearly 100 million.




A.about
B.in
C.of
D.with

Choose the one word or phrase that best completes sentences.
Like many other baby birds, ducklings are blind _______ birth.




A.of
B.at
C.on
D.from

Some of the agricultural practices used today is responsible for fostering desertification.




A.used
B.fostering
C.practices
D.is

The word “prophecy” in the first paragraph refers to_______




A.stone
B.a statement
C.a tomb
D.explanation

The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses _________ .




A.how current supporters of Esperanto are encouraging its growth
B.another of Zamenhof’s accomplishments
C.the disadvantages of using an artificial language
D.attempts to reconvene the World Congress of Esperanto in the 1920s