GRADE 12 – UNIT TEN – ENDANGERED SPECIES - TEST 02 24. May I have two tickets, please? ........two tickets, please?

I. Pick out the word whose underlined and bold part is pronounced differently A. You must give me B. You have got to give me
from that of the other words. C. Could I have D. You may give me
1. A. took B. book C.shoe D. would 25. He will have to stay in hospital. That’s what he.........
2 A. achieve B. chemist C. riches D. watch A. has done B. must do
3. A. clothes B. gone C. drove D. ghost C. must be doing D. must have done
4. A. hear B. dear C. pear D. clear IV. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C, or D that needs correcting.
5. A. turn B. burn C. curtain D. bury 26. (A) In the year coming, all the trees (B) in this forest will disappear (C) if nothing
II. Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the other w ords. (D) is done to protect them.
6. A. endangered B. survival C. commercial D. industry 27. They believe (A) in protecting (B) endangered animals and they (C) protect them
7. A. wildlife B. awareness C. global D. measure (D) from controversial ways.
8. A. money B. receive C. borrow D. service 28. Biologists still (A) have (B) not real idea (C) how many species of living things (D)
9. A. golden B. science C. rocket D. attain exist on Earth.
10. A. provide B.account C. pocket D. protect 29. I have lost one (A) of my gloves, I (B) must have (C) been dropped it (D)
III. Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D that best completes each sentence. somewhere.
11. Her husband's violent and abusive behaviour........ her to the verge of despair. 30. The employer (A) are regretted having (B) to dismiss (C) several of (D) his staff.
A. put B. dragged C. drove D. pulled V. Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C, or D which has the same meaning
12. We must be careful not to do anything that might........ the economic recovery. as the given one.
A. damage B. endanger C. harm D. destroy 31. I am sure you didn't lock the door because here’s the key.
13. The oil which discharged into the sea seriously ........a lot of birds and animals. A. You couldn’t lock the door because here's the key.
A. harmed B. hurt C. destroyed D. endangered B. You haven’t been able to lock the door because here’s the key.
14. Activists want more measures taken to........ the environment. C. You can’t have locked the door because here's the key.
A. preserve B. protect C. safeguard D. All are correct D. You weren’t able to lock the door because here’s the key.
15. I've got some sort of insect ........on my leg. 32. “I'm grateful to you for looking my children so well.”
A. beat B. lick C. crush D. bite A. Thank you very much that you looked after my children so well.
16. Many species of plants and animals are........ extinction. B. Thank you very much because you looked after my children so well.
A. in danger of B. threatened with C. 1 hank you very much for having looked after my children so well.
C. endangered of D. A and B D. Thank you very much about having looked after my children so well.
17. He was seriously ill, but nobody spotted the danger ........ 33. “Why don’t you complain to the company, John?” said Peter.
A. signals B. signs C. symptoms D. syndromes A. Peter suggested that John had better complain to the company.
18. The town........a decline after the mine closed. B. Peter suggested that John should complain to the company.
A. dropped at B. dropped into C. fell at D. fell into C. Peter suggested that John had to complain to the company.
19. They have plenty of time, so they needn’t......... D. Peter suggested John to complain to the company.
A. be hurry B. to hurry C. hurry D. to be hurried 34. The little boy wasn’t able to reach that picture.
20. You’re having a sore throat. You’d better........to the doctor. A. The little boy couldn’t reach that picture.
A. to go B. went C. go D. going B. The little boy couldn’t have reached that picture.
211 would rather........ poor but happy than become rich without happiness. C. The little boy wouldn’t be able to reach that picture.
A. being B. be C. to be D. was D. The little boy didn’t try to reach that picture.
22. Sit down, please. ........a cup of tea? 35. The match was cancelled because of the heavy rain.
A. Do you like B. Do you like to drink A. If it didn’t rain, the match wouldn’t be cancelled.
C. Would you like D. Will you like B. The match was cancelled because it rained heavily.
23. “Must you come when your neighbor calls?” ~ “No, I. ........” C. Despite the heavy rain, the match was cancelled.
A. must not B. must D. If it hadn’t been for the heavy rain, the match wouldn't have been cancelled.
C. don’t have to D. must not come
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VI. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C, or D that best fits the blank space intervals, producing live young only every three to five years. If a frost or cold spell
in the following passage. comes late in the year, the entire litter of six to twelve young may die. Efforts are
Nowadays people are more aware that wildlife all over the world is in (36).Many underway to protect the Timber rattlesnake and its habitat from further human
species ofanimals are threatened, and could easily become (37).......if we do not make an depredation, but in many states it is already too late.
effort to (38)........them. There are many reasons for this. In some cases, animals are 46. What is the main topic of the passage?
(39)for their fur or for other valuable parts of their bodies. Some birds, such as parrots, A. Why Timber rattlesnakes hibernate.
are caught (40) .......,and sold as pets. For many animals and birds, the problem is that B. How Timber rattlesnakes are surviving.
their habitats - the place where they live - is (41)......... More (42)........is used for farms, C. How Timber rattlesnakes adapted to northern climates.
for houses and industry, and there are fewer open spaces than there once were. Farmers D. Why Timber rattlesnakes are endangered.
use powerful chemicals to help them grow better (43)........,but these chemicals pollute 47. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “vulnerable”?
the environment and (44)........wildlife. The most successful animals on Earth, human A. unprotected B. impervious C. insensitive D. deprived
beings, will soon be the only ones(45) ........unless we can solve this problem. 48. In which of the following places might a person be most likely to find Timber
36. A.danger B. threat C. problem D. vanishing rattlesnakes in the spring?
37. A. disappeared B. vanished C. empty D. extinct A. in the woods B. in meadows C. in bushy areas D. in canyons
38. A. harm B. defend C. protect D. serve 49. Which of the following could best replace the phrase “coupled with”?
39. A. hunted B. chased C. game D. extinct A. compared with B. combines with
40. A. lively B. alive C. for life D. for living C. controlled with D. supported with
41. A. exhausting B. departing C.escaping D. disappearing 50. According to the passage, which of the following does NOT contribute to the
42. A. earth B. soil C. land D. area rattlesnake being an endangered animal?
43. A. products B. fields C. herbs D.crops A. Hibernating for eight months. B. Basking in the sun.
44. A. spoil B.harm C. wound D. wrong C. Congregating together. D. Having long intervals between births.
45. A. left B. over C. staying D. survived
VII. Choose the item among A, B, C, or D that best answers the question about the
passage.
The Timber rattlesnake, once widespread throughout the eastern United States, is now
on the endangered species list and is extinct in two eastern states in which it once The End
thrived. Compared to its western cousins, the Timber rattlesnake may be especially
vulnerably because of certain behaviours adapted for coping with the cold climate in
which it lives.
Rattlesnakes are generally found in warm climates because, like all reptiles, they
cannot generate or regulate their own body temperature internally and must rely on the
sun's warmth for heat. But Timber rattlesnakes migrated into colder northern areas ANSWER KEY
about 8,000 years ago when glaciers retreated. In these northern regions, the snakes
developed a number of adaptive strategies to survive, but ltimately these behaviours 1. C 11.C 21. B 31.C 41. D
make them more vulnerable to human predation, their main threat. 2. B 12. B 22. C 32. C 42. C
One survival strategy the snakes have developed is hibernation. For approximately 3. B 13. A 23. C 33. B 43 D
eight months of the year, the rattlers remain motionless in deep frost-free crevices, with 4. C 14. D 24. C 34. A 44. B
their body temperature dropping as low as 40 degrees. In the spring when they emerge, 5. D 15. D 25. C 35. D 45. D
they must warm their chilled bodies by sunning for three or four days on rocks in the 6. D 16. D 26. A 36. A 46. D
open. This behaviour, coupled with the fact that timber rattlesnakes tend to concentrate 7. B 17. B 27. D 37. D 47. A
in large numbers at their wintering sites, makes them easy prey. Gestating females are 8. B 18. D 28. B 38. C 48. B
particularly vulnerable because they spend much of their time lying in the sun in order 9. D 19. C 29. C 39. A 49. B
to produce live young from eggs. In addition, females have very long interbirth 10. C 20. C 30. A 40. B 50. A
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