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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions from 34 to 38
On a boat near Costa Rica, a team of marine biologists is helping a turtle. The animal is having trouble breathing, and
the team discovers why there is something inside its nose. A scientist tries to extract the object, but the turtle cries in
pain. Finally, after eight long minutes, a long object is pulled out: It is a 10- centimeter
plastic straw.
The video of the turtle's rescue has been viewed millions of times on YouTube. It has helped raise awareness of a
growing problem: The world's seas are full of plastic. Since 2000, there has been a huge increase in worldwide plastic
production, but we recycle less than one-fifth of it. A lot of this plastic waste ends up in the ocean. Today, scientists
think about 8.1 billion kilograms goes into the sea every year from coastal regions. Most of this plastic will never
biodegrade.
This ocean plastic hurts millions of sea animals every year. Some fish eat plastic because it is covered with sea plants,
and it looks and smells like food. Typically, eating plastic leads to constant hunger. "Imagine you ate lunch and then
just felt weak… and hungry all day," says marine biologist Matthew Savoca. "That would be very confusing." In some
cases, eating sharp pieces of plastic can seriously hurt sea animals and even result in death.
Plastic is useful to people because it is strong and lasts a long time, but this is bad news for sea creatures who eat or
get stuck in it. According to Savoca, "Single-use plastics are the worst." These are items that are used only once before
we throw them away. Some common examples include straws, water bottles, and plastic bags. About 700 sea species
(including the turtle from the video) have been caught in or have eaten this kind of plastic. Luckily, the turtle survived
and was released back into the ocean.
(Adapted from "Reading Explorer")
Question 34. Which of the following can be the title of the passage?
A. The Problem With Costa Rica B. The Work of Marine Biologists
C. Dangers Facing Sea Turtles D. How Plastic Harms Sea Creatures
Question 35. The word extract in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ___________.
A. revise B. reform C. remove D. reduce
Question 36. The word it in paragraph 2 refers to ____________.
A. the problem B. the turtle C. YouTube D. the video
Question 37. According to the passage, which of these can we definitely say?
A. About 700 sea turtles have been caught in or have eaten plastic waste.
B. Having watched the video of the turtles rescue, millions of people stopped using plastics.
C. More than 20% of plastic products can be recycled every year.
D. The plastic waste in the ocean hurts sea animals and can even kill them.
Question 38. According to paragraph 4, which of the following objects is NOT a single-use item?
A. a plastic bag B. a plastic straw C. a plastic toothbrush D. a plastic bottle

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions from 39 to 45.
Improving girl’s educational levels has been demonstrated to have clear impacts on the health and economic future of
young women, which in turn improves the prospects of their entire community. The infant mortality rate of babies
whose mothers have received primary education is half that of children whose mothers are illiterate. In the poorest
countries of the world, 50% of girls do not attend secondary school. Yet, research shows that every extra year of
school for girls increases their lifetime income by 15%. Improving female education, and thus the earning potential of
women, improves the standard of living for their own children, as women invest more of their income in their families
than men do. Yet, many barriers to education for girls remain. In some African countries, such as Burkina Faso, girls
are unlikely to attend school for such basic reasons as a lack of private latrine facilities for girls.
Higher attendance rates of high schools and university education among women, particularly in developing countries,
have helped them make inroads into professional careers with better-paying salaries and wages. Education increases
a woman's (and her partner and the family's) level of health and health awareness. Furthering women's levels of
education and advanced training also tends to lead to later ages of initiation of sexual activity and first intercourse,
later age at first marriage, and later age at first childbirth, as well as an increased likelihood to remain single, have no
children, or have no formal marriage and alternatively, have increasing levels of long-term partnerships. It can lead to
higher rates of barrier and chemical contraceptive use (and a lower level of sexually transmitted infections among
women and their partners and children), and can increase the level of resources available to women who divorce or are
in a situation of domestic violence. It has been shown, in addition, to increase women's communication with their
partners and their employers, and to improve rates of civic participation such as voting or the holding of office.
(Adapted from https://journals.aiac.org.au/index.php/JELS/article/view/408)
Question 39. What can be the best title of the reading passage?
A. Woman's Rights to Lifelong Education B. Female Education and Social Benefits
C. Education and Violence Against Women D. Education and Women's Empowerment
Question 40. Which of the following statements is true according to the first paragraph?
A. It is their husbands who make women improve their education level
B. Many children in Asia have died because of their mother's ignorance
C. The higher their education level is, the more money women earn
D. Children whose mothers are illiterate are unable to grow healthily
Question 41. It is implied in the first paragraph that ___________.
A. the husband in a family takes little responsibility in rearing the children
B. there are numerous reasons for women not to come to class worldwide
C. the children's standard of living largely depends on their mother's income
D. the mother in a family makes every effort to raise the children effectively
Question 42. The word barriers in the passage is closest in meaning to ____________.
A. difficulties B. limits C. challenges D. problems
Question 43. The phrase make inroads into in the passage can be best replaced with __________.
A. succeed in taking B. take the chance in
C. celebrate achievement in D. make reservation in
Question 44. According to the passage, furthering women's levels of education and advanced training does not result
in ____________.
A. an increased likelihood to remain single among women
B. higher rates of barrier and chemical contraceptive use
C. an increased level of health awareness for the husbands
D. improved rates of civic participation among women
Question 45. The word It in the passage refers to ____________.
A. increasing levels of long-term partnership
B. a woman's level of health and health awareness
C. furthering women's levels of education and advanced training
D. higher attendance rates of high schools and university education

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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the following questions.
We are a planet of seven billion people, and this number is growing by about 370,000 people every day. This is
putting a huge strain on the planet's natural resources. For many governments and environmental organizations, the
race is on to drastically reduce our consumption of resources before they run out.
Water is one of our most precious resources. Our quality of life, as well as life itself, depends on the availability of
clean, fresh water. It is the most widely used resource in industry, and plays a major role in energy production.
Although 70 percent of the world is covered in water, only 2.5 percent of that is fresh water, and less than one percent
of that freshwater is readily available to us. Yet we often overestimate how much water we have, and reduce it further
through pollution or inefficient use. Some 92 percent of all fresh water used annually is dedicated to growing plants
and raising animals for food. This means that if water runs out, our food supply might follow. In India, it is estimated
that future water shortages could reduce grain harvests by 25%. In a country where the population exceeds 1.2 billion
people and is growing rapidly every year, this is a huge concern. India, like many developing countries, is already
struggling to provide for its population. While most people in developed countries can get water at the turn of a tap,
nearly four billion people elsewhere lack access to safe water, according to United Nations Development Report.
Rain forests are another endangered-resource. While rain forests are critically important to humanity, they are
rapidly being destroyed by human activities. The biggest cause of deforestation is conversion of forest land for
agriculture. Often called the "Lungs of the Planet”, rain forests once covered 14 percent of the Earth's land surface, but
this has shrunk to only six percent. Every second, an area of rain forest, the size of a football field, is destroyed at this
rate. Rain forests will possibly disappear completely in less than 40 years.
(Adapted from: Active Reading)
Question 34: Which best serves as the title for the passage?
A. Awareness of conservation B. Resources for the future
C. Sustainability of resources D. Human and environment
Question 35: The word "strain" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning ________.
A. pressure B. depletion C. harmony D. contradiction
Question 36: The word "they" in paragraph 3 refers to __________.
A. human activities B. humanity C. rain forests D. resources
Question 37: The word "overestimate" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. exaggerate B. increase C. reduce D. maintain
Question 38: Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. The availability of clean, fresh water greatly affects our quality of life.
B. Most of the fresh water is used to grow plants and raise animals for food.
C. Our forests, the so called the "Lungs of the Planet", are expanding steadily.
D. The shrink in forest area has been caused mainly by conversion of forest land for agriculture.
Question 39: Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 4?
A. "The Lung of our Planet" once covered most of the Earth's surface.
B. Rain forests are unlimited resources.
C. The government must be responsible for the shrink of rain forests
D. Rain forests may disappear in the near future due to the interference of human beings.
Question 40: In paragraph 2, water is one of our most precious resources because .
A. Fresh water is hardly used for energy production.
B. All freshwater on earth is readily available to us.
C. Our quality of life relies on the availability of fresh water.
D. Most parts of the world are covered in fresh water

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the following questions.
Florists, personal trainers, professors, and nutritionists all have healthy jobs according to research. There are many
reasons for this. A florist, for example, sells flowers and plants to customers. This is very relaxing work. A personal
trainer, on the other hand, is usually very fit. He or she trains other people to lose weight and to keep fit.6
However, research also shows that some jobs are 'unhealthy'. They cause a lot of stress and worry. For example, a
taxi driver drives all day. He often faces traffic jams and difficult passengers too. A firefighter puts out dangerous fires
and sometimes saves people from burning buildings.
Most people are looking for the perfect job. They want a job that is interesting, with a good salary and not much
stress. However, it is difficult to get everything. Healthy, relaxing jobs are usually not very well paid. On the other
hand, people with stressful jobs often get good salaries. For example, the head of a big company gets a lot of money,
but he or she does not always have good health, or the time to enjoy life.
(Adapted from New Headway Academic Skills by Richard Harrison)
Question 41: The word They paragraph 3 refers to __________.
A. jobs B. people C. salaries D. buildings
Question 42: The word 'trains' in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ____________.
A. shares B. copies C. sings D. teaches
Question 43: According to paragraph 2, unhealthy .
A. aren't very dangerous B. cause traffic congestion
C. make people stressed D. are quite relaxing
Question 44: What is the passage mainly about?
A. Ways to find a healthy job B. Jobs with good salaries
C. Work and stress D. New evidence about stress
Question 45: Which of the following is true, according to the passage?
A. A personal trainer always follows a healthy diet.
B. A president of a large company often has insufficient free time.
C. People with relaxing jobs often get high salaries.
 D. Only difficult passengers travel by taxi.
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions
Biological diversity has become widely recognized as a critical conservation issue only in the past two decades. The
rapid destruction of the tropical rain forests, which are the ecosystems with the highest known species diversity on
Earth, has awakened people to the importance and fragility of biological diversity. The high rate of species extinctions
in these environments is jolting, but it is important to recognize the significance of biological diversity in all
ecosystems. As the human population continues to expand, it will negatively affect one after another of Earth's
ecosystems. In terrestrial ecosystems and in fringe marine eco common problem is habitat destruction. In most
situations, the result is irreversible. Now humans are beginning to destroy marine ecosystems through other types of
activities, such as disposal and run off of poisonous waste; in less than two centuries, by significantly reducing the
variety of species on Earth, they have irrevocably redirected
the course of evolution.
Certainly, there have been periods in Earth's history when mass extinctions have occurred. The extinction of the
dinosaurs was caused by some physical event, either climatic or cosmic. There have also been less dramatic
extinctions, as when natural competition between species reached an extreme conclusion. Only 0.01 percent of the
species that have lived on Earth have survived to the present, and it was largely chance that determined which species
survived and which died out.
However, nothing has ever equaled the magnitude and speed with which the human species is altering the physical
and chemical world and demolishing the environment. In fact, there is wide agreement that it is the rate of change
humans are inflicting, even more than the changes themselves that will lead to biological devastation. Life on Earth
has continually been in flux as slow physical and chemical changes have occurred on Earth, but life needs time to
adapt-time for migration and genetic adaptation within existing species and time for the proliferation of new genetic
material and new species that may be able to survive in new environments.
Question 3. The word "jolting" mostly means,________.
A shocking B. disgusting C. illuminating D. appealing
Question 4. According to the passage, natural evolutionary change is different from change caused by humans in
that changes caused by humans_________.
A. are reversible B. are occurring at a much faster rate
C. are less devastating to most species D. affect fewer ecosystems
Question 5. What does the word "they" in paragraph 1 refers to_______.
A. centuries B. species C. activities D. humans
Question 6. What can be inferred from the extinction of the dinosaurs in paragraph 2?
A. Earth's climate has changed significantly since the dinosaurs' extinction.
B. Actions by humans could not stop the irreversible process of a species' extinction.
C. The cause of the dinosaurs' extinction is unknown.
D. Not all mass extinctions have been caused by human activity.
Question 7. Which of the following statements would the author be most likely to agree with?
A. The extinction of a few species is an acceptable consequence of human progress.
B. Humans should be more conscious of the influence they have on ecosystems.
C. Technology will provide solutions to problems caused by the destruction of ecosystems
D. Human influence on ecosystems should not be a factor in determining public policy.
Question 8. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The time required for species to adapt to new environments
B. The variety of species found in tropical rain forests
C. The impact of human activities on Earth's ecosystems
D. The cause of the extinction of the dinosaurs
Question 9. The author mentions all of the following as examples of the effect of humans on the world's ecosystems
EXEPT_______.
A. the habitat destruction in wetlands
B. the extensive damage to marine ecosystems
C. the destruction of the tropical rain forests
D. the introduction of new varieties of plant species
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions from.
Australians place a high value on independence and personal choice. This means that a teacher or course tutor will not
tell students what to do, but will give them a number of options and suggest they work out which one is the best in
their circumstances. It also means that they are expected to take action if something goes wrong and seek out
resources and support for themselves.
Australians are also prepared to accept a range of opinions rather than believing there is one truth. This means that in
an educational setting, students will be expected to form their own opinions and defend the reasons for that point of
view and the evidence for it.
Australians are uncomfortable with differences in status and hence idealize the idea of treating everyone equally. An
illustration of this is that most adult Australians call each other by their first names. This concern with equality means
that Australians are uncomfortable taking anything too seriously and are even ready to joke about themselves.
Australians believe that life should have a balance between work and leisure time. As a consequence, some students
may be critical of others who they perceive as doing nothing but study. Australian notions of privacy mean that areas
such as financial matters, appearance and relationships are only discussed with close friends. While people may
volunteer such information, they may resent someone actually asking them unless the friendship is firmly established.
Even then, it is considered very impolite to ask someone what they earn.
Question 34. In paragraph 3, most adult Australians call each other by their first names because
A. Australians find it difficult to remember people's surnames
B. Australians ignore treating people equally
C. Australians get on well with each other
D. They don't feel comfortable with status differences
Question 35. Which of the following could serve as the title for the passage?
A. Australian Culture Shock B. A story about Australia
C. Things to Do in Australia D. Australian Culture
Question 36. The word they in paragraph 1 refers to
A. options B. circumstances C. teachers D. students
Question 37. The word “perceive” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to
A. admire B. criticize C. regard D. dislike
Question 38. Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. A teacher or course tutor will not tell students what to do.
B. Students in Australia will be expected to form their own opinions.
C. Asking someone what they earn is considered polite.
D. Australians are prepared to accept a range of opinions.