Test 1

I. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently
from the rest
1. a. ear b. beard c. wear d. hear
2. a.beef b. cheer c. engineer d. beer
3. a. hair b. fail c. chair d. fairy
4. a. release b. seafood c. threaten d. beneath
5. a. share b. everywhere c. careful d. atmosphere

Read the passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
The dolphin
Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can’t talk with words, but they talk with sounds. They show
their feeling with sounds.
Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school”. They don ’t study, but they
travel together. Dolphins are mammals, not fish, but they swim together in a school.
Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give (39)________. They tell when
they are happy or sad or afraid. They say “Welcome” when a dolphin comes back to the school. They
talk when they play.
They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People
cannot hear these sounds because they are very, very (40)_____. Scientists make (41)_______ of the
sounds and study them.
Sometimes people (42)________ a dolphin for a large aquarium. People can watch dolphins
in a (43)______. Dolphins don’t like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and
lonely.
There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they (44)_____
somebody’s life. Dolphin meat is good, but people don’t like to kill them. They say that dolphins
(45)________ good luck. Many people believe this.

36. a.show b. act c. outline d.play

37. a.tour b. travel c. exit d. dive
38. a. combination b. school c. gathering d. meeting
39. a. advertisement b. information c. data d. facts
40. a. high b. distinct c. sharp d. thin
41. a. tapes b. hearings c. sightings d. copies
42. a. arrest b. catch c. imprison d. isolate
43. a. display b. show c. view d. competition
44. a. help b. save c. take d. succeed
45. a. take b. bring c. enjoy d. Contain

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 Read the passage and choose the best answer (A or B, C, D)
Hundreds of species of marine life manage to survive even
in the darkest depth of the ocean. These tenants of the deep
have involve some extremely ingenious devices for locating
their food and enemies. Where the light is very dim, some of
these deepwater species have developed enormous eyes with
almost telescope lenses, very much like those of owls. Others,
especially the fish that survive where there is no light at all,
are quite blind but have developed long feelers that enable
them to identify and collect stray bits of food that come within
a considerable radius of them. Some inhabitants of the deep
supply their own light. They have built-in torches that they can
switch on and of depending on whether they are pursuing or
being pursued. Some have regular lamps, spots of steady
light, which spread a faint glow through the water around
them. One deepwater squid can quirt a luminous that cousins
nearer the surface to becloud and darken the water. It’s
supposed that about half of the varieties of fish living in the
dark depths of the ocean have some power of illumination.
Question 1: In order to survive, all species of the deep must be able to ______.
A: supply their own light
B: compensate for the dark of light.
C: locate food and enemies.
D: both B and C

Question 2: Most of the marine species living in the darkest depths have ______.
A: learn to live without light.
B: evolved ingenious devices to help them
C: found way to supply their own light
D: developed extremely sensitive eyes.

Question 3: According to the passage, some species that live where there is no sight
have____.
A: long, sensitive feelers.
B: luminous fins
C: enormous owl-like eyes
D: no actual eyes.

Question 4: It is supposed that about half of the varieties of fish living in the dark depths
have ______
A: evolved more than one means of creating light
B: some power of illumination.
C: developed extremely sensitive feelers
D: almost telescopic eyes.

Question 5: Which is implied but not state?

A: Where there is no light, the power of illumination is necessary for survive.
B: Food getting is a difficult problem in the ocean depths.
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C: When a fish is being pursued, it turned off its light
D: All fish in the darkest depths of the ocean have some device to compensate for lack of
light