The ease of international travel and the spread of various kinds of mass media all over the world have made it more possible than ever for people to know how other people live in other countries. Do the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
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In some countries, people prefer to rent a house for accommodation, while in other countries people prefer to buy their own house. Does renting a house have more advantages or disadvantages than buying a house? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience
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Most employers do job interviews before offering a position to a person. Do you think this is the best way to do it, or are there better alternatives? What is the best method of choosing employees in your opinion? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Fill in the blanK: living in a modern World may have its advantages but it(1)............. has its disadvantages that one disadvantages of the modern way of life which stands(2)............. from the rest is the negative influence cars have(3)............. The environment. Today, all developed societies face a(4)........... range of problems Caused by cars and(5).........vehicles. These include air and noise pollution,(6)...........traffic and the ever growing numbers in f roads in our cities. Major cities around the world face considerable environmental damage (7)............ of this and are in need of serious measures to reverse this trend.
How did we end (8)..........with such a problem? There are no simple answers(9)............. this question and no serious effort has been made to find either.it is about (10)...........,however, that our generation got serious (11)...........this issue. People must be willing to stand (12).......... environmental groups and make any effort necessary to change the situation. Many Environmentalists Believe that we could help by using our(13)......sense. Car poolling for instance could be a solution to the problem.this simple program calls for people to share their cars with fellow workers to and from work got a lot of interest has been shown (14).......car poolling and other more ambitious programmes are plan for the future
Read the passage and mark the letter A , B , C or D to answer the questions from 1 - 7
PANDEMIC DISEASES
Diseases are a natural part of life on earth . If there were no diseases , the population would grow too quickly , and there would not be enough food or other resources , so in a way , diseases are natural ways of keeping the Earth in balance . But sometimes they spread very quickly and kill large numbers of people . For example , in 1918 , an outbreak of the flu spread across the world , killing over 25 million people in only six months . Such terrible outbreaks of a diseases are called pandemics
Pandemics happen when a disease changes in a way that our bodies are not prepared to fight . In 1918 , a new type of flu virus appeared . Our bodies had no way to fight this new flu virus , and so it spread very quickly and killed large numbers of people . While there have been many different pandemic diseases throughout history , all of them have a new thing in common . First , all pandemic diseases spread from one person to another very easily .
Second , while they may kill many people , they generally do not kill people very quickly . A good example of this would be the Marburg virus . The Marburg virus is an extremely infectious disease . In addition , it is deadly . About 70 - 80 % of all people who get the Marburg virus died from the disease . However , the Marburg virus has not become a pandemic because most people die within three days of getting the disease . This means that the virus does not have enough time to spread a large number of people . The flu virus of 1918 , on the other hand , generally took about a week to ten days to kill its victims , so it had more time to spread .
While we may never be able to completely stop pandemics , we can make them less common . Doctors carefully monitor new diseases that they fear could become pandemics . For example , in 2002 , and 2003 , doctors carefully watched SARS . Their health warnings may have prevented SARS from becoming a pandemic .
Question 1 : According to paragraph 1 , how are diseases a natural part of life on Earth ?
A. They prevent pandemics B. They help control the population
C. They led the world grow quickly D. They kill too many people
Question 2 : Based on the information in the passage the term " pandemics " can be explained as .............................................
A. diseases with no cure
B. a deadly kind of flu
C. diseases that spread quickly and kill large numbers of people
D. new disease like SARS or the Marburg virus
Question 3 : According to the passage , all of the following are true of the 1918 flu pandemic EXCEPT that ...............................................
A. it involved a new kind of flu virus B. it killed over 25 million people
C. it was the last pandemic in history D. it took a little over a week to kill ít victims
Question 4 : The word " it " in the passage refers to .......................
A. disease B. flu virus C. pandemics D. bodies
Question 5 : Which of the following is mentioned as a common feature of all pandemic diseases ?
A. They spread from people to people very quickly
B. It kill many people very quickly
C. They do not kill people very quickly
D. They kill all the victims
Question 6 : The word " monitor " in the passage is closest is meaning to ........................
A. fight B. prevent C. watch D. avoid
Question 7 : The author mentions SARS in order to .............................
A. give an example of a highly dangerous disease
B. suggest that SARS will never become a pandemic
C. give an example of the successful prevention of a pandemic
D. suggest that there may be a new pandemic soon .
Read the following text and decide if each sentence below is correct or incorrect.
Millions of people of all ages enjoy a hobby which is both interesting and fun. And every year, more and more people start a stamp collection of their own and discover an interest which can last a lifetime. Starting your collection is easy because stamps are everywhere. Holiday postcards from friends, birthday cards from favourite aunts and letters from pen-friends can all provide you with stamps from all over the world. But once you've started collecting seriously, you will probably want to join the Stamp Collectors' Club which exists to provide collectors with new British stamps. As a Club member you order the special sets of new stamps you want for your collection. You can receive these in three different ways. We can either post you a complete set of stamps on an envelope addressed to you, or send you the same stamps in a colourful information pack with lots of interesting facts. Or, if your prefer, we can send you the individual stamps for you to arrange in special book of your own. The Stamp Collectors' Club has about 70.000 members and you could become a member too, with a two-year membership costing just $5. You can even get a reduction if a group of you joint at the same time. We're sure you'll agree that this is great value for money. And when you join, the Club sends you a Starter Pack at no extra cost. This contains 100 stamps to begin your collection, together with an attractive box to keep them in. You also receive our helpful 4-page guide to collecting, which has further suggestions on how to add to your collection and includes useful addresses of shops and businesses that sell stamps. Every two months you'll get a copy of the club magazine, which is packed full of competitions and quizzes, and gives you to chance to exchange stamps with members around the world. Why not start on an adventure which will give you years of pleasure? You'll spend many happy hours looking at the amazing variety of stamps in your collection or searching for unusual ones which you know are out there somewhere just waiting to be found. So join the Stamp Collectors' Club today and discover the fun and excitement of stamp collecting. To join the Club simply complete the application form and send your membership fee. Ypur Starter Pack will be sent within 28 days of receipt of your application. 1. The Stamp Collectors' Club sends you special stamps from many different countries. 2. The Club sends every member the same set of new stamps. 3. Information packs include a full set of stamps. 4. It costs $5 a year to join the Stamp Collectors' Club. 5. It is cheaper if several people joing the Club together. 6. The Club sends each new member a hundred free stamps. 7. The guide tells you where you may be able to buy the stamps you want. 8. Members of the Club are sent a monthly magazine. 9. The magazine helps you to contact other members. 10. You must write a letter to the Club if you want to join.
\(Read the following passage and choose the most appropriate answer from A,B,C or D to answer questions. Rain forests cover less than six percent of the earth’s area, but they have 100,000 kinds of all the kinds of plants on the earth. Three-fourths of known kinds of plants and animals call the rain forest their home. Twenty percent of our different kinds of medicine come from rain forests. The glues on an envelope and in shoes come from tropical plants. Rain forests provide materials for hundreds of other products. Rain forests are also very important to the world’s climate. The Amazon rain forest alone receives about thirty to forty percent of the total rainfall on the earth and products about the same percentage of the world oxygen. Some scientists believe that the decreasing size of rain forests will affect the climate on the earth, making it uncomfortable or even dangerous for life. Saving rain forests is an international problem. One country, or even a few countries, cannot solve the problem alone. The nations of the world must work together to find a solution before it is too late. 1. What percent of the earth’s area do rain forests cover? A. Only 6 percent B. 20 percent C. less than 6 percent D. over 6 percent 2. How many known kinds of plants and animals call the rain forests their home? A. B. C. D. 3. What percent of the total rainfall on the earth does the Amazon rain forests receive? A. about 20 to 30 B. less than 30 C. exactly 30 to 40 D. about 30 to 40 4. According to some scientists, what will the decreasing size of rain forests affect on the earth? A. oxygen B. climate C. plants D. only animals 5. According to the passage, what must the nations of the world do to find a solution? A. work together B. work alone C. save rain forests only D. save their lives \)
Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answer
The first system of communication of animals is natural. Many kinds of animals have ways of communicating with each other. And one of the most interesting examples is that of bees. These insects communicate with each other by dancing. The most important kind of dance that they do is concerned with food. They get their food from flowers, of course, from plants and trees. When a bee has found some food, it returns to the other bees and can give them three basic kinds of information about the food: which direction it is in, whether it is nearby or a long way away, and whether it is good to eat or poisonous.
The other kind of system of communication of animals is artificial. It means animals learn it; in this case, they learn from man. Several famous experiments have been carried out with chimpanzees, trying to teach them human language.
One of these experiments was done with a chimpanzee called Sarah. Sarah was taught to understand a system of symbols which represented words. The symbols were cut out of coloured plastic, and each different shape stood for a different word. For example, a red square stood for “banana”, Sarah’s favorite fruit. Soon Sarah could not only understand words, but even sentences. She could obey orders: if her human friends put down the symbols for “apple in cup”, she would put the apple in the cup. Later, she began giving the scientists orders – she was writing her own sentences, and she got upset if the scientists did not obey her. We do not yet know whether chimpanzees will ever learn to use language to communicate as freely as human beings do, but the results so far suggest that this is at least a possibility.
41) According to the passage, bees ____________________________________.
A. learn to communicate B. are born to be able to communicate
C. are the most interesting animals D. communicate with each other by flying
42) From the passage, we can conclude that bees are _____________________.
A. so selfish as to let other bees share the bad food
B. so selfish as to look for food for themselves
C. so hardworking that they dance all the time
D. so smart that they know where the food is
43) The experiment done with Sarah is an example of ____________________.
A. animals with natural system of communication
B. animals able to communicate with humans
C. animals possible to use language as humans
D. animals with a system of communication worked out by humans
44) The results of the experiment with chimpanzees show the possibility to teach animals _____.
A. how to use language freely
B. how to give orders
C. how to obey orders
D. how to understand words and sentences
45) The phrase “concerned with” is closest in meaning to ________________.
A. interested in B. responsible for C. related to D. joined to