Part II.

Vocabulary

A. For questions 1–10, choose the word or phrase in A, B, C, or D which best completes each
blank space in the text.

Text 1

Homo erectus went (1)......... in Africa and much of Asia about 500,000 years ago, but appeared to have
survived in Indonesia until about 35,000 to 50,000 years ago at the site of Ngandong on the Solo River.
These late members of Homo erectus would have shared the environment with early members of our
own species, Homo sapiens, who arrived in Indonesia about 40,000 years ago. The existence of the two
species (2)......... has important implications for models about the origins of modern humans. (3)........
models, the Out of Africa or replacement model, predicts such overlap. However, another, the
multiregional model, which (4)....... that modern humans originated as a result of genetic contributions
from hominin populations all around the Old World (Africa, Asia, Europe), does not. The late (5).......... of
Homo erectus in Indonesia has been used as one line of support for the Out of Africa model.

1. a. Catch c. Empty
b. Found d. Extinct

2. a. Recently c. Simultaneously
b. Separately d. Consequently

3. a. Of what c. Of the one

b. One of these d. The one of

4. a. Posits c. Destroys
b. Relies d. Responsible For

5. a. Arrival c. Survival
b. Species d. Population
Text 2

Researchers examined 165 Ebola genomes, most collected during the second wave of infection that
started in late May 2014 in the West Africa. The analysis adds missing information about how the virus
(6).......... in Liberia. Ebola first entered Liberia in March 2014 from (7)....... Guinea. That Ebola (8)........
did not last long, ending in early April 2014. One sample in the new study supports evidence that the
first wave leaked into Liberia from Guinea. The World Health Organization has twice declared Liberia
Ebola-free only to have cases (9)….... again. The latest was a 15-year old boy (10)…..... with Ebola on
November 19 who died on November 23.

6. a. Spread c. Circulated
b. Caught d. Circularized

7. a. Living c. Populating
d. Neighboring b. Dwelling

8. a. Event c. Outbreak
b. Eruption d. Irruption

9. a. Peep c. Execute
b. Appear d. Perform

10. a. Studied c. Carivased

b. Analyzed d. Diagnosed

B. Number 11—20 Choose the word or phrase in A, B, C, or D that best collocates

(combines) with each of the underlined words or phrases in the following sentences.

11. The elongation of the neck …… to have started early in the giraffe lineage.
A. falls C. appears
B. differs D. becomes

12. Very light crossbows can be ……. by hand, but heavier types need the help of mechanical devices.

A. hit C. slapped
B. drawn D. covered

13. The V belt needs to be very stiff in the pulley’s axial direction in order to ……. only short radial
movement while sliding in and out of the pulleys.
A. make C. move
B. take D. do

14. A skateboard is propelled by pushing with one foot while the other ……. on the board, or by
pumping one’s legs in structure such as a bowl or half pipe.
 A. runs C. pulls
B. flies D. remains
15. The second half of the 20th century saw the ……. of recreational snowmobiling, whose riders are
called snowmobiles.
A. rise C. ride
b. bite D. tide

16. The function of the reaction center of chlorophyll is to …… light energy and transfer it to other
parts of the photosystem.
A. give C. draw
B. absorb D. submit

17. Students can contact individual library if they ……. questions about a specific online resource.
A. own C. possess
B. take D. have

18. The scientists ……. an in-depth analysis of the cause of the disease.
A. built C. created
B. made D. predicted

19. Unfortunately, eating only fruit and vegetables to cure illness is an ……. concept to most people.
A. alien C. normal
B. absolute D. antiquated

20. If your stomach is ……. you have an illness that is affecting your stomach, usually caused by
something that you have eaten or drunk.
A. mad C. upset
B. angry D. weak