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A. Until B. Because C. While D. Only If
A. Until B. Because C. While D. Only If
5. Myrna will not talk to him ________ he apologizes for what he did.
A. UNTIL B. because C. while D. only if
7. The principal spoke ________ she knew what she was talking about, but she didn't.
A. until B. although C. AS IF D. and
9. Watering and feeding new plants is necessary for growth, ______ too much water or fertilizer can kill
them.
A. BUT B. however C. and D. because
11. The teacher together with the students ______ time to relax.
A. NEEDS B. need C. needed D. have needed
14. Between you and me, I think Pamela danced __________ than Joanna.
A. gracefully B. more graceful C. the most graceful D. MORE GRACEFULLY
17. Marissa likes to read; _________, her sister Marife prefers to watch TV.
A. however B. because C. IN CONTRAST D. again
18. Anthony has an incredible voice; _________, he will go far in her music career. A. A.
otherwise B. UNDOUBTEDLY C. similarly D. however
19. As the famous saying goes, there’s no use ______ over spilt milk.
A. to cry B. cried C. CRYING D. trying
For item 21 – 23: Read the selection and answer the question.
The habitat for the American alligator has steadily declined every year in the past
decade.
It is important for pet owners in the Florida swamps to keep their animals inside in
the evening in order to keep them protected.
21. What does the second sentence do?
A. It gives an example.
B. It states an effect.
C. It makes a contrast.
D. It restates the idea found in the first.
The amount of time a person sits during the day is associated with a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes,
cancer, and death, regardless of regular exercise, according to a recent study. More than one half of an average
person's day is spent being sedentary—sitting, watching television, or working at a computer. Avoiding sedentary
time and getting regular exercise are both important for improving your health and survival.
A. Regular exercise will help counteract the negative effects of being sedentary.
B. Physical activity alone may not be enough to reduce the risk for disease.
C. Sitting still causes some types of heart disease and cancer.
D. Watching television while on a treadmill is considered sedentary time.
Sea turtles migrate across thousands of miles of ocean before returning to nest on the
same stretch of coastline where they hatched, but how they do this has mystified
scientists for more than fifty years. Sea turtles likely go to great lengths to find the
places where they began life because successful nesting requires a combination of
environmental features that are rare: soft sand, the right temperature, few predators,
and an easily accessible beach.
23. From this passage it is safe to conclude that sea turtles
A. are not easily observed by scientists.
B. cannot lay their eggs on any beach other than the one on which they hatched.
C. will not lay their eggs on beaches with pebbly sand.
D. must have the ability to precisely detect their location
For Item 24 – 26: Read the paragraph below and answer the questions.
The long reign of Elizabeth, who became known as the "Virgin Queen" for her
reluctance to endanger her authority through marriage, coincided with the flowering
of the English Renaissance, associated with such renowned authors as William
Shakespeare. By her death in 1603, England had become a major world power in
every respect, and Queen Elizabeth I passed into history as one of England's greatest
monarchs.
24. The writer believes Queen Elizabeth I did not marry because
A. she did not want to diminish her power.
B. she did not fall in love.
C. there were no suitable matches.
D. she was preoccupied with the English Renaissance.
For item 29 – 31: Read the poem below and answer the questions.
Flying at Night
Ted Kooser, 1939
For item 32 – 36: Study the pie chart below and answer the questions.
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32. How many percent of the project cost goes to licenses?
A. 5.69% B. 12.59% C. 10.49% D. 17.48%
34. Which cost is greater than legal fees but less than licenses?
A. insurance B. taxes C. labor D. facilities
35. If arranged from highest to lowest, what percentage is the third highest?
A. 20.98% B. 12.59% C. 17.48% D. 10.49%
For item 37 – 39: Study the histogram above and answer the questions below.
37. More than 50 persons answered M&M as their favorite candy. What age group do they belong?
A. 11-15 B. 21-15 C. 16-20 D. None
For item 40 - 44 : Read the announcement below and answer the questions.
Student Volunteers Needed!
On Saturday, December 12th, from 10 A.M. until 4 P.M., Carverton Middle School
will be holding a music festival in the school gymnasium. The special event
will feature a variety of professional musicians and singers.
Task Time Date
Make posters 1 P.M.–4 P.M. December 5th
Set up gym 11 A.M.–4 P.M. December 11th
Help performers 9 A.M.–4 P.M. December 12th
Welcome guests 10 A.M.–2 P.M. December 12th
Clean up gym 4 P.M.–7 P.M. December 12th
Interested students should speak with Ms. Braxton, the music teacher. Students who
would like to help at the festival must have written permission from a parent or
guardian.
40. What time will the festival begin?
A. 10 A.M. B. 11 A.M. C. 1 P.M. D. 2 P.M.
41. In line 3, the word feature is closest in meaning to _______.
A. look B. keep C. include D. entertain
42. What job will be done the day before the festival begins?
A. Making posters B. Setting up the gym
C. Cleaning up the gym D. Helping the performers
For item 45: Read the selection below and answer the question.
For item 46 - 48: Read the selection below and answer the questions.
Victor Hugo, the son of one of Napoleon's officers, decided while still a
teenager to become a writer. Although he studied law, he also founded a literary
review to which he and other emerging writers published their work. In 1822, Hugo
married his childhood sweetheart, Adele Foucher, and published his first volume of
poetry, which won him a pension from Louis XVIII. In 1823, Hugo published his first
novel, Han d'Islande. His 1827 play, Cromwell, embraced the tenets of Romanticism,
which he laid out in the play's preface. The following year, despite a contract to begin
work on a novel called Notre Dame de Paris, he set to work on two plays. The first,
Marion de Lorme (1829), was censored for its candid portrayal of a courtesan. The
second, Hernani, became the subject for a bitter and protracted debate between
French Classicists and Romantics.
In 1831, he finally finished Notre Dame de Paris. In addition to promoting a
Romantic aesthetic that would tolerate the imperfect and the grotesque, the book also
had a simpler agenda: to increase appreciation of old Gothic structures, which had
become the object of vandalism and neglect. Hugo's writing spanned more than six
decades, and he was given a national funeral and buried in the Pantheon after his
death in 1885.
46. Why did Victor Hugo write Notre Dame de Paris?
A. To pay his extensive debts.
B. To fund his playwriting career.
C. To reject the tenets of Romanticism.
D. To spark interest in architectural preservation.
For item 49 - 50: Read the selection below and answer the questions.
A new study suggests that thick crustal plugs and weakened mineral grains
may explain a range of relatively speedy moves among tectonic plates around the
world, from Hawaii to East Timor. Traditionally, scientists believed that all tectonic
plates were pulled by subducting slabs—which resulted from the colder, top boundary
layer of the Earth's rocky surface becoming heavy and sinking slowly into the deeper
mantle. Yet that process does not account for sudden plate shifts. Such abrupt
movement requires that slabs detach from their plates, but doing this quickly is
difficult since the slabs should be too cold and stiff to detach.
According to the study, there are additional factors at work. Thick crust from
continents or oceanic plateau is swept into the subduction zone, plugging it up and
prompting the slab to break off. The detachment process is then accelerated when
mineral grains in the necking slab start to shrink, causing the slab to weaken rapidly.
The result is tectonic plates that abruptly shift horizontally, or continents suddenly
bobbing up.
49. The passage is primarily about
A. the results from new research.
B. the weaknesses of mineral grains.
C. how crust is subducted on the earth’s surface.
D. the types of tectonic plates.