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This text is for questions 41 to 45 that entered the challenge, only six finished
in the allowed time.
The thought of a car a truck that can Wende Zhang of General Motors was
drive itself is at once both exciting and part of the team that designed the winning
frightening Autonomous vehicle navigation. vehicle, which finished with the fastest time -
as the technology is known, may make life an average speed of approximately 13 miles
more convenient if it allows people to kick per hour. The GM team drew upon existing
back and enjoy a good bock or movie while technology already offered in some of their
their cars guide themself through rush - vehicles that can assist in parking of detect
hour traffic - hour traffic. However, what lane markers and trigger alarms if the driver
happens if it start to rain or if traffic sud- are coming too close to the shoulder of the
denly picks up? road. For the DARPA challenge, they devel-
If the technology is to work at all it will oped a more sophisticated package of sen-
have to be completely safe on all road, under sors that included GPS coupled with a cam-
all speeds and in all weather. There in line era and a laser - ranging UDAR system to
the challenge: if cars and trucks are to drive guide and correct the vehicle’s route, which
autonomously. they will need futuristic sen- helped them win the challenge.
sor and advanced computing capabilities to Though the won, people should not look
respond to ever - changing road condition. for robotic chauffeurs immediately. The
Perhaps the most extreme example of technology must prove reliable in many def-
ever - changing condition is a war zone, erent road weather and lighting condition.
where roads may be reduced to rubble and Still, says Zhang, a commercially - viable
vehicles are natural target of attack. Rolling autonmous driving product may be available
out fleet of sell - navigating vehicles for the in the next dace.
military is enticing idea because it could keep
thousands of troops out of harm's way. 41. The best title for this passage is
Nevertheless, will it be possible for these (A) Future War Zone Vehicles
vehicles to operate in war zone?. This ques- (B) A Giant Leap in automotive industry
tion was the inspiration for a recent Defense (C) Research on the development of un-
Advanced Research Project Agency manned vehicles
(DARPA) contest aimed at spurring the de- (D) Defense Advanced Research Project
velopment of such tehcnologies. Agency
Held at a former air force be in Victor- (E) The Triumph of General Motors in a
ville, Calf, in late 2007, the DARPA Urban competition
Challenge offered a $5,5 million purse to
competitors who could design the fastest 42. The word “obstacles” in paragraph 4 is clos-
and safest vehicles that could traverse a 60 - est in meaning to which of the following?
mile urban course in moving in less than six (A) Problems
hours. The contestant vehicles were un- (B) Difficult
manned and had to complete a simulated (C) Obstructions
military supply mission, maneuvering (D) Burdens
through a mock city environment, avoiding (E) Nulsances
obstacle: merging into moving traffic, navi-
gating traffic circles, and negotiating interac-
tions - all while conforming to California
driving rules. Of the 89 international teams

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43. What is stated about autonomous vehicle your child may not know to use language
navigation in the passage? appropriately in social situations and did not
(A) It cannot function if it runs out of elec- mean harm by the comment. An individual
tricity. may say words clearly and use long, complex
(B) Bad weather and traffic jam are minor sentences with correct grammar, but still
problems for autonomous vehicles. have a communication problems - if he or
(C) Sixty teams managed to design autono- she has not mastered the rules for social lan-
mous vehicle in the DAPRA competi- guage known as pragmatics. Adult may also
tion. have difficulty with pragmatics, for example,
(D) Autonomous vehicle will be equipped as a result of a brain injury or stroke. An
with a state - of - the art navigating sys- individual with pragmatics problems may say
tem inappropriate or unrelated things during con-
(E) Robotic chauffeurs will be ready in the versations, tell stories n a disorganized way,
near future. or have little variety in language use. It is not
unusual children o have pragmatics problems
44. It can be inferred from the passage that the in only a few situations. However, if prob-
DAPRA Urban Challenge lems in social language use occur often and
(A) Meant to search for an advanced seem inappropriate considering the child’s
manned navigation system age, a pragmatics disorder may exist. Prag-
(B) Was only open for American teams matic disorder often coexist with other lan-
(C) Gave a trivial prize to the winning team guage problems such as vocabulary develop-
(D) Is to develop self - navigating vehicle for ment of grammar.
all sorts of road conditions
(E) Was not very competitive 46. The topic of this paragraph is ________.
(A) Pragmatic disorder
45. Which of the following statement is FALSE? (B) Pragmatic aspect of language
(A) Futuristic sensors and advanced com- (C) Pragmatics, logic and semantics
puting abilities will be essential feature (D) Children with pragmatics problem
of autonomous vehicles (E) What causes pragmatics problems
(B) Using self - navigating vehicle in the
army will reduce the number of injured 47. The paragraph which follows this one most
soldiers in wars. likely discusses ______.
(C) The DAPRA Urban Challenge looked (A) Pragmatic language tips
for the fastest and safest autonomous (B) How to test social pragmatic skills
vehicle. (C) Pragmatic disorder and language inhibi-
(D) The GM team’s new detecting and navi- tion
gating methods played an important role (D) Semantic - pragmatic disorder in chil-
in its victory. dren
(E) The U.S Army is already well - prepared (E) Pragmatic impairment and associated
and ready to launch unmanned vehicles behavioral problems
in current wars.
48. “Did you receive our inquiry? When will we
This text is for questions 46 to 47 receive your confirmation?”
“My apology. It seems that ______. Could
You have invited your friend over for you possibly resend it?”
dinner. Your child sees your friend reach for
(A) We mislay your letter
some cookies and says, “Better not take
(B) Your letter is mislaid
those, or you’ll get even bigger.” You’re em-
(C) We had mislaid your letter
barrassed that your child could speak to so
(D) Your letter has been mislaid
rudely. However, you should consider that
(E) Your letter was mislaid

49. “They earthquake happening at about 3 53. “Excuse me. Could you tell me which bus I
o’clock yesterday caused many people should take to get to Plaza Indonesia?”
panic.” “Sorry, I don’t know. You ______ ask the
“including me, as I _______ on the third- driver.”
floor of my office at that time.” (A) Could have
(A) worked (B) Intan has done
(B) have worked (C) Ought to have
(C) have been working (D) Must have
(D) was working (E) Would rether
(E) had working
54. “I’d like to finish entering the data today but
50. By the time Mr. Arifin retires, his youngest I have to catch the twelve-o’clock train to
child will have graduated from university. Bandung.”
This means that Mr. Arifin ______ when his (A) You have it done
youngest son graduates. (B) Intan has done it
(A) Will still work (C) Have you done it?
(B) Will retire (D) It has to be done
(C) Doesn’t want to retire (E) Have Intan do it?
(D) Want to work
(E) Doesn’t want to work 55. Last summer, he visited Nassau, a small but
vibrant city, with a great range of designer
51. “where’s the report, Ben? You should told outlets ______ luxury goods at tax-free
me it would be ready by now. I need it for prices.
the board meeting this afternoon.” (A) That sells
“Don’t worry, jim ______ before the board (B) Sold
meeting.” (C) They sold
(A) I have it finished (D) Selling
(B) I have had it finished (E) To sell
(C) I will have it finished
(D) The report will finish
(E) The report has finished

52. _____ a new policy related to the establish-

ment of business was released, enterpre-
neurs has found it difficult to get license for
their new businesses.
(A) when
(B) after
(C) since
(D) until
(E) while

This text is for question number 56 - 60 59. …

(A) disturbance
Doctors have started to study causes of (B) danger
a medical disorder which that have appropri- (C) result
ately named SAD, or seasonal affective disor- (D) disease
der. People who suffer from SAD become (E) decrease
very ___ (56) ___ during the winter month.
Their depression appears to be the result of 60. ….
a decrease in the amount of sunlight they are
(A) In fact
exposed to. Doctors theorize that decreased
(B) When
sunlight affect the __(57)__ of melationin, a
(C) Beside
hormone manufacture in the brain, and se-
(D) Since
rotin, a chemical that helps transmit nerve
(E) Moreover
impulses . Depression may result from the
ensuing imbalance of these two body __(58)
__, doctor believe that a decrease in the
amount of sunlight the body receive my
cause a __(59)__ in the body’s natural clock,
which could, in turn, result in symptoms
such as listlessness, oversleeping, weigh gain,
anxiety, and irritability all symptoms of de-
pression.
__(60)__ absence of light seems to be
the cause of this disorder , a daily dose of
light appears to be the cure. Doctors advise
patients to sit in front of a special light
which simulates natural light for a few hours
every day.

56. ….
(A) depressed
(B) clear
(C) doubtful
(D) mad
(E) anxious

57. ….
(A) produce
(B) production
(C) productive
(D) productively
(E) Produced

58. ….
(A) therefore
(B) however
(C) despite
(D) In addition
(E) thus

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Text 43 - 47 Unleashed dam waters can travel tens of

kilometers, cover the ground in meters of
Floods are second only to fire as the most mud and debris, and drown and crush every
common of all natural disasters. They occur thing and creature in their path.
almost everywhere in the world, resulting in Although scientists cannot always predict
widespread damage and even death. Conse- exactly when floods will occur, the do know
quently, scientists have long tried to perfect a great deal about when floods are likely, or
their ability to predict floods. So far, the best probably, going to occur. Deep snow, ice
that scientists can do is to recognize the po- covered rivers, and weak dams are all strong
tential for flooding in certain conditions. conditions for potential flooding. Hopefully,
There are a number of conditions, from this knowledge of why floods happen can
deep snow on the ground to human error, help us reduce the damage they cause.
that cause flooding.
When deep snow melts, it creates a large 43. The best title of the passage is ....
amount of water. Although deep snow alone (A) The Most Common Natural Disaster
rarely causes floods, when it occurs together (B) Potential Circumstances for Flooding
with heavy rain and sudden warmer weather, (C) Scientists' Ability to Predict Floods
it can lead to serious flooding. If there is a (D) Damages Caused by Flood
fast snow melt on top of frozen or very wet (E) Pervention of Potential Flooding
ground, flooding is more likely to occur than
when the ground is not frozen. Frozen 44. The following statement is TRUE according
ground or ground that is very wet and al- to the 2nd paragraph ....
ready saturated with water cannot absorb the
(A) Flooding accurs when melting snow
additional water created by melting snow.
makes the level of a river rise.
Melting snow also contributes to high water
(B) Melting deep snow together with heavy
levels in rivers and streams. Whenever rivers
rain rarely cause flooding
are already at their full capacity of water,
(C) Melting snow causes pieces of ice to
heavy rains will result inthe rivers overflow-
block the river, which causes flooding.
ing and flooding the surrounding land.
(D) Pieces of ice move and float down the
Rivers that are covered in ice can also to
river, makeing the water too cold
flooding. When ice begins to melt, the sur-
(E) Ground saturated by water will easily
face of the ice cracks and breaks into large
absorb melting snow.
pieces. These pieces of ice move and float
down the river. They can form a dam in the
45. The word "debris" in paragraph 4 is closest in
river, causing the water behind the dam to
meaning to ....
rise and flood the land upstream. If the dam
breaks suddenly, then the large amount of (A) residue
water held behind the dam can flood the ar- (B) leftovers
eas downstream too. (C) wreckage
Broken ice dams are not the only dam (D) leavings
problems that can cause flooding. When a (E) garbage
large human-made dam breaks or fails to
hold the water collected behind it, the results
can be devastating. Dams contain such huge
amounts of water behind them that when
sudden breaks occur, the destructive force
of the water is like a great tidal wave.

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46. It can be concluded from the text that the 49. ....
scientists .... (A) timing
(A) have come very close to knowing when (B) way
floods will occur (C) effects
(B) are required to provide some help when (D) habit
flooding occurs (E) regularity
(C) believe that flooding is the most com-
mon natural disaster 50. ....
(D) have sufficient knowledge to recognize (A) alter
potential flooding conditions (B) altered
(E) are trying to reduce damage caused by (C) altering
floods conditions (D) alteration
(E) alternative
47. The purpose of the writer is ....
(A) to criticize the scientists 51. ....
(B) to ask for actions to help flooding vic- (A) number
tims (B) total
(C) to inform the readers on how to stop (C) sum
flooding (D) whole
(D) to clarify the impacts of flooding (E) amount
(E) to explain the conditions that can cause
flooding 52. ....
(A) regular
48 - 52
(B) regulator
Research has found that people sleep better
(C) regularly
at different times during their daily cycle. For
(D) regularity
example, some people Function better if
(E) regulation
they go to sleep early and rise early, ....48....
other feel more rested if they stay up late
53. Which response is NOT possible?
and sleep in. Many people don't pay atten-
Rama : I finally finished the project I
tion to the ....49.... of their sleep. Yet delay-
was working on.
ing or ....50.... the time you go to sleep can
Kris : ....
have a major impact on how you feel when
you wake up. The ....51.... of sleep the aver- (A) I couldn't have done better!
age adult needs each night also varies. Some (B) What is your next project?
people may he fine with six hours sleep, (C) You've been working very hard.
while others need up to nine hours per night. (D) Will you have completed it by tomor-
A scientist points out that those who follow row?
a ....52.... sleep schedule are more apt to fun- (E) It's about time you finished it
citon better on fewer hours, but seh adds
that most adults need at least six hours of 54. .... students studying in a foreign country are
sleep each night. provided with information about literacy
practices and academic cluture of that coun-
48. .... try, they feel stranded in that academic envi-
ronment.
(A) when
(B) although (A) As (D) As soon as
(C) since (B) In order that (E) Where
(D) so that (C) Unless
(E) while

55. Dani was extremely tired when he arrived, 60. Having survivedthe impact of the international fi-
because he .... for his flight for three hours. nancial crisis, the insurance industry expects a
(A) waited steady growth in 2011. The italic phrase
(B) was waiting means .... the insurance industry has survived
(C) had waited the impact of the international financial cri-
(D) had been waiting sis.
(E) had been waited (A) although
(B) while
56. Malnutrition among children .... not only in (C) because
low-income families but also among high- (D) in order that
income earners is caused by economic fac- (E) whenever
tors as well as the habits and lifestyle of par-
ents,
(A) occur
(B) occured
(C) they occur
(D) occuring
(E) to occur

57. The term 'rock', .... a shortened form of 'rock

-and-roll', was coined by an American broad-
caster to replace 'rhythm-and-blues'.
(A) it is
(B) which is
(C) for which
(D) which it is
(E) is

58. Renata : Do you know why Indi wasn't in

class this morning?
Indra : She .... sick. She had a terrible
headache last night.
(A) would rather be
(B) would have been
(C) must have been
(D) had better be
(E) should have been

59. .... is known by anyone rowing a boat in a

strong wind.
(A) Whether it is easier to go with the wind
than against it
(B) When it is easier to go with the wind
thant against it
(C) That it is easier to go with the wind than
against it
(D) It is easier to go with the wind than
against it
(E) Where it is easier to go with the wind
than against it

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Text 41 - 45 critical factor that is affecting bumblebee

populations, and it is related to the loss of
The unmistakeble buzz of a bumblebee wild flowers, both in the countryside and in
is one of the quintessential sounds of British vast areas of suburban gardens the biggest
summertime. However, this slender sound impact has been the availability of food and
and faint utterance is under theat because drink, of supplies throughout the colony
bumblebee are in crisis. Of the 25 species cycle. Although nectar is avaible from a wide
native to Britain, three have already been de- range of plants the bees can be mush more
clared extinct, five are designated axtinct, choosy about where they collect pollen from,
five are designated UK Blodiversity Action sometimes restricting this to very few flow-
Plan priority spacies, and many more have ering plants. In Scotland, overwintered
undergone major range contractions. The queens of the declining and beautiful bil-
great yellow bumblebee, Bombus distinguen- berry bumblebee focus on bilberry in spring.
dus, for example is now restricted to north- Other species may focus on legumes such as
ern Scotland, Orkney and the Hebrides, and red clover and bird’s-foot ttrefoil. Sadly, be-
the shrill carder bee, Bombus sylvarum, cause the UK has lost 98% of its flower-rich
which was one common throughout south- grasslands, this has been devastating for
ern Britain, now exists only in seven small some bumblebee species.
groups. In adddtion, as these populations
become more isolated they can become in- 41. What is the best title of the passage?
bred, which increases the risk of further ex- (A) Various Kinds of Bumblebees
tinctions. (B) The Impacts of the Loss of Wild Flow-
At the end of summer all the bumble- ers
bees in a colony die, apart from the virgin (C) The Falling-Off Population of Bumble-
queens who mate and then leave the nest to bees
hibernate over winter. In the spring a queen (D) The Development of Bumblebees
will make a new nest, lay eggs and then raise Population
the first batch of workers. This annual cycle (E) The Availability of Bumblebee Species
depends on there being enough pollen and in the UK
nectar to sustain the queen as she establishes
her nest and team of workers as the colony 42. The word 'designated' in line 3 can best be
grows. Pollen is a protein-rich fuel that is key replaced by ....
to helping over-wintered queen to kickstart
(A) Voted
their reproductive systems ready and for the
(B) Preferred
development of larvae. Nectar, on the other
(C) Restricted
hand, is a sugar-rich which is converted to
(D) Chosen
honey to feed adult bees. The bees make
(E) Classified
honey by adding to the nectar in their honey
sacs an enzyme called invertase, which con-
verts sucrose sugar to a mixture of glucose
and frctose. Once the workers are developed,
they take over the foraging and the queen
concentrates on laying eggs. Letter in the
year, if the colony has been successful and
reaches a large enough size, the queen will
produce male eggs and some female eggs are
raised as new queens.
A lack of resources is though to be the

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43. Why did the writer mention the queens of 46 - 47

bilberry bumblebee? _________. Scientistsare now able to create
(A) To describe how a bumblebee may look new forms of life in the laboratory because
like of the development of gene splicing - the
(B) To give example of bees which can sur- joining of genes. On the one hand, the abil-
vive the winter ity to create life in the laboratory could
(C) To show one species of bees whose greatly benefit humankind. One beneficial
food resource is declining application of gene splicing is in agriculture.
(D) To give an example of a species of bum- For example, researchers have engineered a
ble-bees which is declining more nutritious type of rice that could help
(E) To give an example of bees which are alleviate the serious problem of vitamin A
very selective about source of pollen deficiency. It is estimated that 124 million
children worldwide lack vitamin A, putting
44. Which of the following statements about the them at risk of permanent blindness and
passage is FALSE? other health issues. However, not everyone is
positive about gene-splicing technology.
(A) When the colony has been thriving and
Some people feel that it could have terrible
reached a sufficient size, the queen will
consequences. In fact a type of corn engi-
lay male eggs
neered to kill a certain insect pest also threat-
(B) Some female eggs are laid to produce
ened to wipe out desirable monarch butter-
new queens bees
flies. In another accident, a genetically engi-
(C) The declining Population of bumblebees
neered type of corn that was approved only
has been attributed to the inadequate
for animal consumption because it was toxic
food resource
to humans,accidentally cross-pollinated with
(D) Nectar and pollen are still widely avail-
corn grown for humans. Asa result many
able even for the choosy species of
countries banned imports of genetically
bumblebees
modified corn for several years.
(E) A large percentage of the UK area has
lost its ability to supply food for bum-
46. Which of the following sentences should
blebees
begin the paragraph ?
45. What can be inferred from the passage about (A) There has been some new promising
the lifecycle of bumblebees? develop-ment lin genetic engineering
(B) Genetic research has produced both ex-
(A) The new workers are brought up by the
iting and frightening possibilities
male bees
(C) The benefits of genetic engineering have
(B) Bumblebees hibernate throughout win-
been proven recently by scientists
ter to survive
(D) Genetic engineering should not be de-
(C) The virgin queens survive the summer
veloped as it disturbs natural ecology
and then continue the reproduction
(E) The limit of genetic engineering is the
(D) All the bumblebees in a colony die when
human mind itself
sum-mer ends
(E) The continuation of the lifecycle de-
pends on the skill of the queens in col-
lecting food

47. This paragraph may be followed by a para- represents a tremendous achievement for
graph that discusses ______- ___(60)___ speciese. Biologically this is very
(A) Ways to prevent the undesirable effects definition of success and we have undoubt-
of genetic splicing edly become the dominant animal on the
(B) Views about genetic engineering based planet. However, this success is the very
on religious ground cause of the gratest threat to mankind.
(C) The reasons for avoiding genetic engi-
neering 48. This sentence "So. why ts this huge Increase
(D) Reasons why people must support ge- in Population taking place?" should be....
netic engineering (A) The first sentence of paragraph 1
(E) The process of the development of ge- (B) The last sentence of paragraph 1
netic engineering (C) The first sentence of paragraph 2
(D) The first sentence of paragraph 3
48-55 (E) The last sentence of paragraph 3
A very important world problem, if not
the most serious of all the great world prob- 49. ....
lems which affect us at the moment, is the (A) At full speed
increasing number of people who actually (B) At its present rate
inhabit this planet. The limited amount of (C) At its present pace
land and land resources will soon be unable (D) In six figures
to support the huge population If it contin- (E) In its present degree
ues to grow ___ (54)___.
In an early survey conducted in 1888, a 50. ....
billion and a half people inhabited
(A) Exceeds
the •artM1. Now, the population ___(55)___
(B) Exceeded
five billion and is growing fast - by the stag-
(C) Exceed
gering figure of 90 million in 1988 alone.
(D) Is exceeding
This means that the world ___(56)___ ac-
(E) Would exceed
commodate a new population roughly equal
to that of the united States and cane. every
51. ....
three rears. Even though the rate of growth
has begun to slow down, most experts be- (A) Can
lieve the population size will still pass eight (B) May
billion during the next 50 years. (C) Will
It is really due to the spread of the know- (D) Had better
ladge and ___(57)___. You have no doubt (E) Must
heard of the term “Birth Control” - “Death
Control” is something rather different. It rec- 52. ...
ognizes the work of the doctors and scien- (A) Practice of what P becoming known as
tists who now keep alive people who, not 'Death Control'
very long ago, ___(58)___ of a variety of (B) What D becoming known practice of
then incurable diseases. Through a wide vari- "Death/ Control"
ety of technological innovations that include (C) What is becoming known as the practice
farming methods and sanitation, as well as of./ 'Death Control"
the control of these deadly diseases, we have (D) Practice at what is becoming known as -
found ways to reduce the rate ___(59)___ we Death Control'
die - creating a population explosion. We (E) Practice what is becoming known of as
used think that reaching seventy years old "Death Control"
was a remakable achievement, but now eighty
or even ninety is becoming recognized as the
normal life-span for humans. In a sense, this

53. .... 57. ....

(A) Had died (A) Since
(B) Have died (B) Because
(C) Would have died (C) Before
(D) Will be dying (D) However
(E) Died (E) Although
54. ... 58. ...
(A) That (A) Illiterate
(B) Why (B) Innate
(C) How (C) Immature
(D) When (D) Imaginative
(E) At (E) Illegitimate
55. ... 59. …
(A) Your (A) As much as
(B) Their (B) As soon as
(C) Our (C) As well as
(D) Its (D) As a result
(E) His (E) As long as

56-60 60. ...

Sequoyah was a young Cherokee Indian, (A) Succeed
son of a while trader and an Indian squaw. (B) Success
At an early age, he became _(56)_ by the (C) Successful
talking leaf", an expression that he used to (D) Successfully
describe the white man's written records. (E) Succeeded
(57) many believed this "talking leaf to be a
gift from the Stant Spirit, Sequoyah refused
to accept that theory. Like other Indians of
the period, he was _(58)___ but his determi-
nation to remedy the situation led to the in-
vention of a unique 86-character alphabet
based on the sound patterns that he heard.
His family and friends thought him mad, but
while recuperating from a hunting accident.
he Mligently and independently set out to
create a form of communication for own
people _(59)_ for other Indians. In 1821,
after twelve years of work, he had _(60)_
developed a written language that would en-
able thou-sands of Indians to read and
write.

56. ...
(A) Amused
(B) Surprised
(C) Interested
(D) Fascinated
(E) Motivated

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41. .... (1) Every culture interprets body lan- 43. Wood plays a part in more activities of
guage, gestures, posture and carriage, vocal the modern economy than does any other
noises, and degree of eye contact differently. commodity. There is (43)___ any industry
(2) A poor traveler might have expected that that does not use wood or wood products
nodding his or her head up and down or giv- somewhere in its manufacturing and market-
ing a thumbs-up would indicate yes. (3) ing processes. Think about the (44)___ of
However, in the Middle East. nodding the junk mail, newspapers, photocopies and
Read down indicates agreement, while nod- other paper products that each of us han-
ding it up is a sign Of disagreement. (4) In dles, stores, and disposes of in a single day_
Japan, an up-and-down nod might just be a Total annual world wood consumption is
signal that someone is listening. (5) Yet, say- about 3.7 billion metric tons or about 3.7
ing 'thank you' to appreciate someone signals billion m3.
the same meaning. (6) The thumbs-up signal This is more than steel and plastic consump-
is vulgar in Iran. (7) Point with the wrong tion together. International trade In wood
finger or with anything less than your entire and wood products amounts to more than
hand and you risk offending somebody. (8) $100 billion each year. Developed countries
while some cultures value eye contact di a produce less than half of all (45)___ wood
sign of respect, averting your eyes may be but account for about 80 percent of its con-
the sign of respect in others. (9) In some sumption. Less-developed countries, mainly
places, people value a certain degree of per- in the tropics produce more than half of all
sonal space in conversation, while those wood used by industries but use only 20 per-
from the Middle East might get right up in cent. The largest producers of this kind of
your face when they want to converse. (10) wood and paper pulp are the United States,
Restrain the desire to pat a child on the head the former Soviet Union, and Canada. Much
in Asia; there's a belief that such a touch of the logging In North America and
would damage the child's soul. (11) Clearly Europe occurs in (46)___ forests, where cut
body language expresses different things in trees are grown as crop. (47)___ tropical
other countries. hardwoods in Southeast Asia. Africa, and
Latin America are being cut at an unsus-
The paragraph should begin with ... tainable rate, mostly from old-growth for-
(A) Non-verbal communication can be ests.
picked up easily in a foreign land. ….
(B) Non-verbal communication will be a (A) Almost
Start in learning a culture. (B) Nearly
(C) Natives welcome good intention shown (C) Hardly
through non-verbal communication. (D) Never
(D) Contrary to popular beliefs. nonverbal (E) Virtually
communication is not universal.
(E) Basic non-verbal communication is the 44. ….
same wherever you go.
(A) Accumulation
(B) Number
42. Which of the following sentence is irrele-
(C) Total
vant ?
(D) Amount
(A) Sentences (3) (E) Figure
(B) Sentences (5)
(C) Sentences (7)
(D) Sentences (8)
(E) Sentences (10)

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45. …. Merchant the created human and alligator

(A) Industrial serum-protein-rich blood plasma that has
(B) Industrially been able to remove clotting agents, and ex-
(C) Industrious posed each of them to 23 strains of bacteria.
(D) Industrallized Human serum destroyed only eight of the
(E) Industry bacterial strains while the alligator serum
killed all 23. When the alligator was exposed
46. …. to HIV, the researchers found that a good
amount of the virus was destroyed.
(A) Manage
(B) Managing The study team thinks that pills and
(C) Management creams containing alligator peptides could be
(D) Managerial available at level pharmacies within seven to
(E) Manageable ten years. Such products would be a solution
to patients that need extra help preventing
47. …. infections, such as diabetes patients with
foot ulcers, burn victims and people suffer-
(A) For example
ing from auto-immune diseases. However,
(B) Similiarly
there may be potential problems before alli-
(C) In addition
gator-based medicines can reach drugstore
(D) In contrast
shelves. For example, initial tests have re-
(E) Therefore
vealed that higher concentrations of the alli-
gator serum tend to be toxic to human cells.
Alligators, which often engage in violent
fights over territories and mates, have made
48 This passage would probably be found in a
scientists puzzled why their wounds rarely
(n)...
get infected. Now researchers think the se-
(A) Academic journal.
cret lies in the reptiles` blood. Chemists in
(B) Lifestyle magazine.
Louisiana found that blood from the Ameri-
(C) Medical journal.
can alligator can successfully destroy 23
(D) Health magazine.
strains of bacteria, including strains known
(E) Men magazine.
be resistant to antibiotics. In addition, the
blood was able to deplete and destroy a sig-
49. Which of the following statements is NOT
nificant amount of HIV, the virus that
TRUE about peptides within alligators
causes AIDS.
blood?
Study co-author Lances Darville at Lou-
isiana State University in Baton Rouge be- (A) They are fragments of proteins.
lieves that peptides - fragments of proteins - (B) They may stop fatal infections.
within alligator blood help the animals stop (C) They are injected in the human body.
fatal infections. Such peptides are also found (D) They are within the blood of reptiles.
in the skin of frogs and toads, as well as ko- (E) They are the same function as antibiot-
modo, dragons and crocodiles. The scientists ics.
think that these peptides could one day lead
to medicines that would provide humans
with the same antibiotic protection. 'We are
in the process of separating and identifying
the specific peptides in alligator blood,' said
Darville. 'Once we sequence these peptides,
we can obtain their chemical structure to
potentially create new where bacteria thrive,
alligators that suffered frequent scratches
and bruises rarely developed fatal infections.

50. The word „cloting‟ in line 10 is closet in There is a (56)___ such as Jupiter and
meaning to ... Saturn, and the terrestrial plants, such as
(A) Setting. Earth or Pluto. Whereas the giants are sur-
(B) Accumulating. rounded by rings and a myriad of small natu-
(C) Thickening. ral satellites, the terrestrial planets have few
(D) Dotting. moons, or just one and no rings. Until now,
(E) Softening. two models (57)___ to explains the presence
of regular satellites in our solar system.
51. The following are what Merchant, the bio- These indicate that the satellites of the ter-
chemist, experienced EXCEPT that he …. restrial planets like Earth or Pluto were
(A) Deleloped two kinds of serum, each can formed following a giant collision. They also
destroy 23 strains of bacteria. indicate that the satellites of the giant planets
(B) Learned why alligators can survive in were formed in a nebula (58)___ the planet.
bacterial environments. They do not, account for the specific distri-
(C) Became interested in alligators resistance bution and chemical composition of the sat-
to infections. ellites orbiting the giant planets.
(D) Created a serum which can remove In 2010 and 2011, a French research
things that cause clotting. team developed a new model to describe
(E) Found out that crocodiles can decrease how Saturn's moons came into being based
infection caused by HIV. on numerical simulations and Cassini probe
data. The researchers discovered that Saturn's
52. The writer concludes his essay by saying
rings, (59)___ are very thin disks made up of
that ...
small blocks of ice surrounding the planet, in
(A) Scientists are now searching for a medi- turn gave birth to ice satellites. This is due to
cine against HIV the fact that the rings spread over time and,
(B) Alligator have contributed a lot to stop when they reach a certain distance from the
human life planet (known as the Roche limit or Roche
(C) Reptiles have peptides which can be radius), (60)___ ends agglomerate and form
used as serum small bodies that break off and move away.
(D) Peptides in the blood are only found in This is how rings give birth to satellites orbit-
America alligators ing the planet.
(E) Alligator serum has the possibility to
harm human beings 54. ...
53. This sentence “ another theory, therefore, (A) first tested
seemed necessary.” Should be put as ... (B) to first test
(A) the last sentence of paragraph 1. (C) first testing
(B) the fist sentence of paragraph 2. (D) was first tested
(C) the last sentence of paragraph 2. (E) had first tested
(D) the first sentence of paragraph 3.
(E) the last sentence of paragraph 3. 55. ...
(A) explain
Two French researchers have recently (B) explains
proposed the first ever model explaining how (C) explained
the great majority of regular satellites in our (D) to explain
solar system were formed out of planet rings. (E) explaining
The model, the only one of its kind, (54)___
in 2010 on Saturn‟s moons. It seems to ac-
cout for the present disctribution of “giant”
planets and also explains how the satellites of
the “terrestrial” planets such as Earth or
Pluto came into being. These results are a
major step forward in under standing and
(55)___ the formation of planet systems
across the universe.
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56. ...
(A) fundamental difference between giant
planet systems
(B) difference between giant planet funda-
mental systems
(C) giant fundamental systems between dif-
ference planets
(D) planet systems difference between giant
fundamental difference
(E) giant planet difference between funda-
mental systems

57. ...
(A) have been commonly used
(B) had been commonly used
(C) will be commonly used
(D) were commonly used
(E) are commonly used

58. ...
(A) surrounding
(B) surrounded
(C) will surround
(D) which surround
(E) which surrounded

59. ...
(A) that
(B) which
(C) who
(D) when
(E) where

60. ...
(A) it
(B) its
(C) It‟s
(D) they
(E) their

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(1) Wild animals have been kept in captivity for A calendar is a system of organizing units of
thousands of years, often as symbols of power time for the purpose of reckoning time over
or religious significance. (2) However, what is extended periods. By convention, the day is the
now recognized as the modern zoo was smallest calendrical unit of time; the
developed in the early part of the 19th century measurement of fractions of a day is classified
with London, Paris and Dublin zoos opening as timekeeping. The (43) ... of this definition is
within a few years of each other. (3) This due to the diversity of methods that have been
coincided with the Victorian fascination with used in creating calendars. Although some calen-
natural history and increasing urbanization of dars replicate astronomical cycles according to
the population of Europe, and these 19th fixed rules, others are based on abstract, per-
century zoos proved to be immensely popular, petually repeating cycles of no astronomical
with millions flocking to see unusual animals (44) ... . Some calendars are regulated by astro-
from far off lands. (4) The majority of zoos nomical observations, some carefully and redun-
served simply to display animals, with the more dantly enumerate every unit, and some contain
advanced among them, also utilizing their ambiguities and discontinuities. Some calendars
collections for the study of zoology. (5) By are (45) ... in written laws; others are transmitted
visiting zoos people make a direct contribution by oral tradition. The common theme of calen-
through entry tickets to maintaining the dar making is the desire to organize units of
threatened species in zoos. (6) However, over time to satisfy the needs and preoccupations of
time good zoos have changed their mission and society. In addition to serving practical purposes,
focus due to a growing realization and the process of organization provides a sense,
documentation of the decline in wildlife, driven however illusory, of understanding and control-
mostly by loss of habitat. (7) From the mid-20th ling time itself. (46) ... , calendars serve as a link
century these zoo have been finding ways to between mankind and the cosmos. It is little
help conserve wild animals and their habitats, wonder that calendars have held a sacred status
and the animals now fulfill a number of roles, and have served as a source of social order and
from education to ambassadors for their species. cultural identity. Calendars have provided the
basis for planning agricultural, hunting, and
41. Which of the following sentence is migration cycles, for divination and prognostica-
irrelevant? tion, and for maintaining cycles of religious and
(A) Sentence 2 (47) ... events. Whatever their sophistication, cal-
(B) Sentence 4 endars must ultimately be judged as social con-
(C) Sentence 5 tracts, not as scientific treatises.
(D) Sentence 6
(E) Sentence 7 43. (A) general
(B) generally
42. The following paragraph most likely (C) generality
discusses .... (D) generalize
(E) generalized
(A) Reason why people enjoy going to zoos
(B) Conservation of animals in the wilder-
44. (A) gist
ness
(B) futility
(C) Effects of the changing roles of modern
(C) outcome
zoos
(D) significance
(D) Challenges of keeping animals in mod-
(E) consequence
ern zoos
(E) Examples of zoo animals performing
various roles

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45. (A) chosen teristic in the first half year after birth that is
(B) elected associated with later emerging ASD.” These
(C) codified findings indicate that infants who later develop
(D) preferred ASD have difficulty maintaining attention to
(E) discussed relevant social information as early as 6 months
of age, a phenomenon that could reduce the
46. (A) on the other hand quality of their social and communicative
(B) nevertheless exchanges with others and, consequently, the
(C) besides trajectory of their social development.
(D) thus Autism typically can‟t be diagnosed until at
(E) still least two years of age, but this and other studies
confirm that abnormalities in behavior and
47. (A) civil attention can be detected as early as 6 months of
(B) civility age. “It seems clear that brain changes related to
(C) civilian autism appear much earlier than we traditionally
(D) civilize diagnose this disorder,” commented Dr. John
(E) civilization Krystal, Editor of Biological Psychiatry. “This
study elegantly illustrates that autism-related
disturbances in social relatedness are present
From birth, infants naturally show a very early in life, shaping one‟s most
preference for human contact and interaction, fundamental social contacts.”
including faces and voices. These basic These affected infants may be experiencing
predispositions to social stimuli are altered in an altered social experience at a critical
individuals diagnosed with Autism Spectrum developmental point. The hope is that this and
Disorders (ASD). A new study conducted by further research can help clarify how and when
researchers at the Yale University School of the developmental trajectory is altered in
Medicine now reports that 6-moth-old infants children who develop autism and potentially,
later diagnosed with autism divert their gaze develop targeted interventions that could
from facial features when that face is speaking. normalize their developmental processes
One of the best methods to examine autism in
very young infants is the use of eye-tracking. 48. The author‟s purpose in writing this article
This technology uses advanced video monitoring is to ….
and special software that tracks and „maps‟ (A) compare typical children and children
exactly where the eyes are focused and for how that develop autism at early age.
long. Dr. Frederick Shic and his colleagues used (B) illustrate the advanced research in psy-
this method to examine how 6-month-old in- chiatry due to modern technology
fants looked at videos of still, smiling, and (C) argue that autistic infants should receive
speaking faces. The infants were later assessed at special treatment from their family
3 years of age and divided into groups based on (D) explain that autism can be detected early
their diagnosis of ASD, other developmental by using an eye-tracking test on infants.
delays, or typical development. Infants who later (E) inform that infants with autism have
developed ASD not only looked at all faces less difficulties in identifying people‟s inten-
than other infants, but also, when shown a face tions
that was speaking, looked away from key facial
features such as the eyes and mouth.
"These results suggest that the presence of
speech disrupts typical attentional processing of
faces in those infants later diagnosed with ASD,"
said Shic. " This is the first study to isolate an
atypical response to speech as a specific charac-

49. According to the text, infants with ASD .... Current wisdom inclines toward the view
(A) gazed at faces more frequently than typi- that disasters are not exceptional events. They
cal infants tend to be repetitive and to concentrate in
(B) Stared at all faces without noticing their particular places. With regard to (53) ... . Seismic
key features and volcanic belts, hurricane-generating areas
(C) were more attracted to smiling faces and unstable slopes are well known. Moreover,
than speaking faces the frequency of events and therefore their sta-
(D) Avoided looking at main facial features tistical recurrence intervals are often fairly well
of speaking faces established at least for the smaller and more fre-
(E) diverted their gaze from speaking faces quent occurrences. Many technological hazards
and smiling faces also follow more or less predictable patterns,
although these (54) ... become apparent only
50. The underlined word atypical in paragraph 2 when research reveals them. (55) ... , intelligence
is closest in meaning to …. gathering, strategic studies, and policy analyses
can help us to understand the pattern of emer-
(A) illegal
gencies resulting from conflict and insurgence.
(B) unusual
Thus, there is little excuse for being caught un-
(C) important
prepared.
(D) irregular
The main scope of emergency planning is
(E) impossible
to (56) ... the risk to life and limb posed by actual
and potential disasters. Secondary motives in-
51. It can be inferred from the passage that the
volve reducing damage, ensuring public safety
research ….
during the aftermath of a disaster, and caring for
(A) succeeded in revealing new important survivors and the disadvantaged. Inefficiencies
information about autism diagnosis in planning are translated very easily into loss of
(B) managed to discover the reasons autism life, injuries, or damage (57) ... could have been
causes changes in children‟s brains avoided. Thus, emergency planning is at least a
(C) found why autism at an early stage was moral, and perhaps also a legal, responsibility for
easier to detect than at later stage all those who are involved with the safety of the
(D) convinced parents to send their 6-month public or employees. Moreover, planning cannot
-old babies to get eye-tracking test be successfully improvised during emergencies;
(E) required many years of observation and this represents one of the worst forms of ineffi-
collaboration with various researchers ciency and most likely sources of error and con-
fusion. Fortunately, however, 50 years of inten-
52. According to the text, which of the follow- sive research and accumulated experience have
ing is not expected from research on autism? furnished an ample basis for planning.
(A) shed light on how autistic children have Given that disasters tend to be repetitive
different developmental processes events, they form a cycle that can be divided into
(B) design involvement plan for children phases of mitigation, preparedness, response
with autism to normalize their progress and delivery, including reconstruction. The first
(C) explain the time children with autism two stages occur before catastrophe strikes and
develop differently from typical children the last two afterwards. The actions taken differ
(D) come up with solutions how to return for each of the periods, as different needs
autistic children‟s development to nor- (58) .... Mitigation comprises all actions designed
mal to reduce the impact of future disasters. These
(E) clarify the effects of autism on children are usually divided into structural measures and
and their relationships with the parents. non-structural measures, which include land-use
planning, insurance, legislation, and evacuation
planning. The term preparedness refers to
actions taken to ease the impact of disasters
when they are forecast. They also include
security measures, such as the evacuation of

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vulnerable populations and sandbagging of river 59. The underlined word comprises in the third
levees as flood-waters begin to rise. paragraph is closest in meaning to ....
Response refers to emergency actions taken (A) means
during both the impact of a disaster and the (B) ensures
short-term aftermath. The principal emphasis is (C) encompasses
on saving human lives. Victims are rescued and (D) prepares
the immediate needs of survivors are attended (E) emphasizes
to. Recovery is the process of repairing damage,
(60) ... services, and reconstructing facilities after 60. (A) restore
disaster has struck. While major catastrophes (B) to restore
may take as long as 25 years to recover, much (C) restored
less time is needed in lighter impacts or disasters (D) restoring
that strike smaller areas. (E) it restores

53. (A) Emergency planning

(B) Natural catastrophes
(C) Security measures
(D) Impacts of disaster
(E) Strategic study

54. (A) have to

(B) should
(C) will
(D) must
(E) may

55. (A) therefore

(B) finally
(C) however
(D) similarly
(E) in addition

56. (A) inform

(B) endanger
(C) attempt
(D) take
(E) reduce

57. (A) that

(B) whose
(C) who
(D) in which
(E) for which

58. (A) were tackled

(B) are tackled
(C) are tackling
(D) tackled
(E) to tackle

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(1) The most influential theory of emotions was BCE, _46_ the origins of the epic probably fall
proposed in 1884 by William James, the Ameri- between the 8th and 9th centuries BCE. The text
can psychologist and philosopher. (2) Scientists probably reached its final form by the early
have faced problems in attempting to formulate Gupta period (c. 4th century CE). The title may
a precise definition of emotion. (3) A Danish be translated as “the great tale of the Bhrata dy-
physiologist, Carl Lange, without prior knowl- nasty”. The Mahabharata is the longest known
edge of James’ writings, published the same con- _47_ poem and has been described as “the long-
cept in 1887. (4) The proposition came to be est poem ever written”. About 1.8 million words
known as the James-Lange theory. (5) Prior to in total, the Mahabharata is roughly ten times the
the formulation of this theory, it had been as- length of the Iliad and the Odyssey combined,
sumed that emotions were aroused by ideas that or about four times the length of the Ramayana.
the provoking situation aroused in the individ-
ual’s mind.(6) To use a simple example: man sees 43. ....
bear; man feels afraid; man runs away. (7) James (A) Furthermore,
and Lange reversed the sequence: man sees bear; (B) Because
man runs away; man feels afraid. (8) According (C) Besides
to this view, the physiological reactions are the (D) As a result,
immediate reflex response to the provoking (E) On the other hand,
stimulus. (9) The emotions appear only when the
individual senses that bodily changes are occur- 44. ....
ring.
(A) philosophy
(B) philoshopher
41. Which of the following sentences from the
(C) philosophizer
paragraph is irrelevant?
(D) philosophical
(A) Sentence 1 (D) Sentence 6 (E) philosophically
(B) Sentence 2 (E) Sentence 7
(C) Sentence 4 45. ....
(A) disappear (D) neglect
42. The preceding paragraph most likely dis-
(B) conceal (E) abduct
cusses ....
(C) unravel
(A) other theories of emotions
(B) reasons for people to be afraid 46. ....
(C) studies conducted by Carl Lange
(A) although (D) when
(D) the impacts of emotions to the brain
(B) unless (E) as long as
(E) physical changes caused by emotions
(C) before
The Mahabharata is one of the two major San-
47. ....
skrit epics of ancient India, the other being the
Ramayana. _43_ its epic narrative of the Kuruk- (A) mediocre (D) epic
shetra War and the fates of the Kaurava and the (B) common (E) rapid
Pandava princes, the Mahabharata contains _44_ (C) trivial
and devotional material. Traditionally, the au-
thorship of the Mahabharata is attributed to With a growing number of consumers demand-
Vyasa. There have been many attempts to _45_ ing more Earth-friendly practices from the fash-
its historical growth and compositional layers. ion world, scientists are developing new ways to
The oldest preserved parts of the text are produce textiles that could help meet rising ex-
thought to be not much older than around 400 pectations. They report in the ACS journal In-

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dustrial & Engineering Chemistry Research one 49. The following statements are true EX-
such method that can dramatically reduce the CEPT ....
amount of energy it takes to bleach cotton while (A) The energy needed to produce this new
improving the quality of the popular material. kind of fabric can be significantly de-
These scientists point out that the cotton creased.
industry’s current whitening techniques require (B) Bright white material does not necessar-
bleaching the natural fiber at very high tempera- ily come with good quality.
tures with hydrogen peroxide. Although this (C) The new method uses lower tempera-
method results in the bright white material con- tures to produce the fabric.
sumers have grown so fond of, it also lowers the (D) The waste water produced by the new
quality of the material and takes a lot of energy method is not as much as that produced
to carry out. Multiply that by the 7.3 billion by the old method.
pounds of cotton produced in the US. alone, (E) The main goal of the research is to pro-
and the energy needs soar. To cut down on the duce fabric with better quality
energy the textile industry uses to make cotton,
they targeted their efforts toward lowering the 50. The passage would probably be assigned
bleaching technique’s high temperatures. reading in which of the following courses?
This group of scientists developed a novel
(A) Geology (D) Statistics
compound that, when used with hydrogen per-
(B) Chemistry (E) Geometry
oxide, drops the bleaching temperature down to
(C) Biology
140 degrees Fahrenheit from 200 degrees. It is
estimated that 60 degree difference would result
51. The tone of this passage could be best de-
in a process requiring less than half the energy
scribed as ....
as the commercial technique. It also produced
less waste water, improved the weight of the ma- (A) emotional
terial and performed its original function — (B) informative
whitening the cotton. Since many materials des- (C) disinterested
tined to become clothing eventually take on vari- (D) exaggerated
ous hues, the scientists also tested dyes and (E) concerned
found the cotton bleached at the lower tempera-
ture could be made just as vibrant as its high- 52. What can be inferred from the last para-
heat counterpart. They successfully showed the graph?
treatment’s effectiveness on knitted cotton fabric (A) To produce good products, a more
in commercial scale trials. complicated process is needed.
(B) More energy is required to make better
48. The writer’s main purpose in this passage is quality fabrics.
to .... (C) Fabrics produced at low temperatures
(A) explain in detail what processes are in- are not as vibrant as those produced at
volved in each stage of production high temperatures.
(B) blame consumers for wanting fabrics (D) The fabric unfortunately cannot be sold
which are not environmentally friendly as it cannot be produced in large quanti-
produced ties.
(C) tell that a group of scientists have come (E) In order to produce good products, the
up with a better invention environment does not need to be sacri-
(D) promote a new kind of fabric in order to ficed.
boost sales once it is marketed
(E) make consumers aware of the produc- One of the most important decisions that
tion process for each product they buy most people make is choosing the type of em-
ployment for which they are best suited and
which best suits them If a job seeker has a clear
idea of his abilities, interests, limitations, and
aims, he _53_ able to narrow his choice of em-

ployment and to try to match himself and an 56. ....

occupation. (A) make promising sources through the
There is a wide range of sources of job in- most approaches
formation, _54_ includes advertisements in (B) make approaches through the most
newspapers and periodicals, public and private promising sources
employment services, professional organizations, (C) approaches make most through promis-
labor unions, and civil service commisions. _55_ ing sources
one or more of these sources allows the pro- (D) through sources make the most promis-
spective employee to assess the opportunities ing approaches
available, the training and experience necessary, (E) through promising approaches make the
and the income that can be expected. most sources
When a job seeker has chosen a field of
employment and has located information about 57. ....
specific openings, he is ready to _56_. If the
(A) made in person
prospective employer is to be contacted directly,
(B) asked in public
the approach may be _57_ through a company’s
(C) written in private
personnel office, by letter, or by making a tele-
(D) declared in office
phone appointment for an interview. Employers
(E) delivered in general
often ask job applicants to send a resume, which
is a summary of the applicant’s employment ex-
58. ....
perience, personal data, and education.
The italicized phrase in the last paragraph
The education and training of the job
means ....
seeker have an important bearing on the types
(A) working at the training center
of employment that are open to him. As a gen-
(B) doing a job by training others
eral rule, occupations are becoming more spe-
(C) giving a job by training people
cialized and technical. Many jobs demand ap-
(D) training received while working
prenticeship or on-the-job training, while others
(E) offering people jobs at the training of-
require a professional academic degree. About
fice
75% of the people working in _59_ and techni-
cal fields have at least some college education,
59. ....
and only about 5% have less than a high-school
education. Although education is not a guarantee (A) professional (D) profession
of employment, unemployment rates decline as (B) professed (E) professor
the level of education rises. (C) professing

53. .... 60. The sentence “Also, personal income gener-

ally increases in relation to the individual’s
(A) will be (D) has been
educational level.” should be ....
(B) was (E) will have been
(C) is (A) first sentence of paragraph 4
(B) second sentence of paragraph 4
54. .... (C) third sentence of paragraph 4
(D) fourth sentence of paragraph 4
(A) that (D) whose
(E) last sentence of paragraph 4
(B) which (E) who
(C) when

55. ....
(A) Investigate
(B) Investigated
(C) Investigating
(D) Be investigated
(E) To investigating

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Text 31-34. 33. ….

(A) so
Indigenous plant and animals are few in Easter (B) yet
Island. At the time of European arrival, the (C) while
toromiro tree was the only wild tree and the (D) hence
Carolina wolfberry the only wild shrub, the (E) unlike
vegetation being ..(31).. herbaceous. The
toromiro tree was overexploited by the island
wood carvers, and the last local specimen died in 34. ….
the 1950s. ..(32).. , the species was saved from (A) principal
extinction. The Norwegian Archaeological (B) principle
Expedition collected seeds and planted them in (C) secondary
the Gothenburg Botanical Garden, and saplings (D) mandatory
from the garden were reintroduced to Easter (E) inconspicuous
Island in 1988. Today only 31 wild flowering
plants, 14 ferns, and 14 mosses are reported. Text 35-39.
Grass and small ferns dominate the barren
landscape, ..(33).. the boggy crater lakes are Twelve months have passed since the
thickly covered by two imported American adoption by UN member states of the Sendai
species, the totora reed and Polygonum Framework for disaster risk reduction, a 15-year
acumination. A number of cultivated species of plan for reducing disaster losses from man-made
plant were also introduced partly from America and natural hazards. During that period, almost
and partly from Polynesia before the arrival of 100 million people have lost their homes, their
Europeans; of these the ..(34).. species was the livelihoods, been displaced or suffered injury or
sweet potato, which was the cultivated in loss because of a wide range of disasters.
extensive plantations and formed the staple diet. Alongside the rising needs driven by climate
Bottle gourds, sugarcane, bananas, taro, yams, change and one of the strongest El Nino events
and two trees. (i.e., the Asiatic paper mulberry- in 50 years, the humanitarian assistance system is
and the American Triumfetta semitriloba) were under increasing strain from conflicts, which
of aboriginal importation, as also probably were have cost countless lives and driven millions
the husk-tomato, small variety of pineapple, and from their homes, triggering the largest forced
the coconut. displacement of people since the end of the
Second World War.
31. …. The unprecedented storm of humanitarian
(A) predominant need has given rise to much debate about more
(B) predominated equitable burdensharing. But what the Sendai
(C) predominating framework reminds us is that we need to be
(D) predominance much more focused on reducing the
(E) predominantly humanitarian burden in the first place.
Disaster risk reduction is a philosophy for
our times: it means disaster response reduction.
32. …. The inaugural world humanitarian summit is rec-
(A) However ognition that we need to get smarter at how we
(B) Moreover cooperate to address humanitarian challenges
(C) In contrast while reaffirming human dignity. An essential
(D) For example part of this is improving how we manage
(E) Consequently disaster risk.

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The adoption of the Sendai Framework, at 38. What is the purpose of the writer?
the Third UN world conference on disaster risk (A) to criticize the UN member states for not
reduction in Japan, marked the beginning of a providing sufficient aid for the victims of
momentous year in which agreement was disasters
reached on the 2030 development agenda. (B) to ask people to donate some money to
be given to those in disaster-affected
35. The following statement are false, EXCEPT areas
…. (C) to invite people to reduce the burden
(A) this year people have experienced the suffered by people affected by disasters
strongest El-Nino in the last 50 years (D) to show how hard the lives of people
(B) the main focus of the Sendai framework who have been displaced are due to
is on how to reduce the burden of do- disasters
nor countries (E) to explain the kinds of serious impacts
(C) people may have been displaced from that people experience from disasters
where they lived due to natural disasters
and conflicts 39. What is the tone of the passage?
(D) risk disaster management is not an im- (A) Hopeful
portant part in dealing with humanitar- (B) Disappointed.
ian challenges (C) Informative
(E) it took 12 months for the countries in- (D) Undisturbed
volved to formulate the Sendai frame- (E) Concerned
work
Text 40-45.
36. What can be interred from the passage? An echo of outrage was heard following the
(A) the number of people who left their recent tragedy in Bangladesh, where a
homes because of disasters or conflict is structurally unsound building collapsed, killing
not surprising thousands of workers who were making
(B) disasters addressed in Sendai framework products for U.S. consumers. The echo is a
are only those caused by nature familiar one, as various high-profile labor abuses
(C) in dealing with victims of disasters, their involving major international brands such as
self-esteem and pride must be considered. Nike. Apple and the Gap. have occurred over
(D) the Sendai framework has been imple- the past decades ..(40).. to bring concrete
mented for about 15 years actions, the echo of outrage fades, and the
(E) Japan is the head of the UN member media cycle move on.
countries formulating the Sendai frame- While economists and activists disagree
work about the costs and benefits of such practices.
research organizations consistently have found
37. The kind of passage might be found in …. that consumer prefer ..(42).. products made
(A) an article on first aids without sweatshop labor. Consumers may not
(B) an encyclopedia really disapprove of sweatshop labor and instead
(C) a philosophy book turn to economic justifications. Like many
(D) an article on environment economists, these consumers may feel their
(E) a daily newspaper participation in this system is a better option for
the workers than toiling in fields.
In addition, as humans, we tend to be less
sensitive to harms that occur away from us than
those occurring in our backyard. When tragedies
such as Bangladesh happen, our emotions are
intense. We cannot believe such atrocities are
able to happen, but over time emotions wear
Out. The heat of the moment has faded and our
motivation to change the situation fades.
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In an effort to alleviateconflict surrounding 44. ….

sweatshop labor, ..(44).. Even if consumers (A) the market should offer free accessible
demand something, If companies do not supply sweatshop products
it. ..(45).. . Taking this acceptance as a signal for (B) the accessible sweatshop-free market
endorsement, companies may fail to see the should offer products
opportunity in offering products that are (C) the sweatshop-free products should offer
sourced without sweatshop labor. This initiative, accessible market
to ethical business and consumption, would (D) accessible products should offer the sweat-
make the echo of Bangladesh tragedy a distant shop-free market
memory. (E) the market should offer accessible sweat-
shop-tree products
40. ….
(A) fail 45. ….
(B) failed (A) consumers will provide the supply
(C) failing (B) consumers may buy it from factories
(D) having failed (C) consumers have to accept the existing
(E) have been failing options
(D) companies will keep using sweatshop
41. The sentence “The use of questionable labor labor
practices, popularly know as „sweatshop labor,‟ (E) companies will reduce conflict with
is widespread in the production of consumer workers
goods,” should be put in ….
(A) the first sentence of paragraph 1
(B) the first sentence of paragraph 2
(C) the third sentence of paragraph 3
(D) the second sentence of paragraph 2
(E) the second sentence of paragraph 3

42. ….
(A) purchase
(B) purchasing
(C) to purchases
(D) to it purchases
(E) being purchased

43. The italic phrase “wear out” in the third para-

graph means ….
(A) endure
(B) worsen
(C) vitalize
(D) occur
(E) disappear

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Blood Diamonds, also known as 33. ...

"Conflict Diamonds", are stones produced (A) local
in areas controlled by rebel forces that are (B) bilateral
opposed to internationally recognized (C) national
governments. The rebels sell these dia- (D) worldwide
monds, and the money is used to purchase (E) metropolitan
arms for their military actions. Blood
Diamonds are often produced through the 34. ...
forced labor of men, women, and children.
(A) certifies
__31__ they are commonly stolen during
(B) certifying
shipment or seized by attacking the mining
(C) certifiable
operations of legitimate producers. The
(D) certificate
stones are then smuggled into the interna-
(E) certification
tional diamond trade and __32__ as
legitimate gems. Enormous amounts of
A prolific painter, draftsman, and etcher,
money are at stake and bribes, threats, tor-
Rembrandt is usually regarded as the greatest
ture, and murder are modes of operation.
artist of Holland's "Golden Age”. He
This is why the term "blood diamonds" is
worked first in his native Leiden and, from
used. The United Nations and other groups
1632 onward, in Amsterdam, where he had
are working to block the entry of conflict
studied briefly with the influential history
diamonds into the __33__ diamond trade.
painter Pieter Lastman. Rembrandt never
Their approach has been to develop a gov-
went abroad, but he carefully examined the
ernment __34_ procedure known as the
work of Northern artists who had lived in
Kimberly Process. This procedure requires
Italy. In the Leiden period, Rembrandt also
each nation to certify that all rough diamond
responded strongly to earlier Netherlandish
exports are produced through legitimate
artists, such as Lucas van Leyden. However,
mining and sales activity. All rough diamonds
a crucial aspect of Rembrandt’s development
exported from these nations are to be
was his intense study of people, objects, and
accompanied by certificates. Retail customers
their surroundings, “from life” as it is
buying a cut diamond are encouraged to in-
obvious in paintings like his early self-
sist upon a sales receipt which documents
portraits and the Saint Paul in Prison (1627).
that their diamond is from a conflict free
Even by Dutch standards, Rembrandt’s pre-
source.
occupation with direct observation was
exceptional and continued throughout his
31. ...
career. Despite the constant evolution of his
(A) also style, Rembrandt’s compelling descriptions
(B) hence of light, space, atmosphere, modeling,
(C) therefore texture, and human situations may be traced
(D) nevertheless back even from his late works, such as The
(E) on the other hand Jewish Bride, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, to
the foundations of his Leiden years. It was
32. ... also this program, in good part that made
(A) sold Rembrandt a great teacher.
(B) used In Amsterdam, Rembrandt became a
(C) shared prominent portraitist, attracting attention
(D) prepared with dramatic compositions like The
(E) delivered Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp. In securing
commissions, the artist was assisted by the

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Mennonite art dealer Hendrick Uylenburgh. 38. The tone of the author is best described as
The Mennonites advocated personal inter- ….
pretation of scripture, which probably influ- (A) smooth
enced Rembrandt’s subjective and often (B) amused
moving treatment of biblical subjects. The (C) pleasant
artist became highly successful in the 1630s, (D) admiring
when he had several pupils and assistants, (E) objective
started his own art collection, and lived the
life of a cultivated gentleman, especially in 39. What can be inferred about Rembrandt?
the impressive residence he purchased in
(A) figures from the Bible were Rembrandt’s
1639. Now it is known as the “Rembrandt
main interest
House” museum. Rembrandt exudes
(B) Italian painters had a little influence on
confidence and urbanity in his Self-portrait
Rembrandt’s paintings
(1640). It was modeled upon courtly portraits
(C) the time Rembrandt spent in Amsterdam
by Raphael and Titian. These artists probably
was more essential in his early career
also inspired his Amsterdam signature,
(D) unlike prominent Dutch painters, Rem-
“Rembrandt”.
brandt was preoccupied with Dutch
standards
35. According to the text. Which of the follow-
(E) although Rembrandt’s style changed
ing statements is false?
over his career, certain elements can be
(A) he got incredible success in the 1630s found in all his work
(B) his style kept on evolving throughout his
career Dame Zaha Hadid was the uncrowned
(C) Rembrandt was very productive queen of contemporary architecture. A bona
throughout his career fide autrice, Hadid was without a doubt the
(D) Rembrandt did not have any experience world’s most famous woman in a starchitect
visiting other countries stratosphere __40__ by her masculine peers.
(E) The Jewish Bride was made in the same During her student days in London at the
period of time as the Saint Paul in Prison Architectural Association School of Archi-
tecture, the Iraqi-British architect was
36. What is the author’s purpose in writing this intensely preoccupied with changing our gen-
text? eral notions of space, not only a physical
(A) to present the life of Rembrandt sense, but also socially and culturally. Hadid’s
(B) to argue that Rembrandt was a great buildings are iconic. They are characterized
teacher for other painters by their dynamic formal qualities of sinuous-
(C) to argue that Rembrandt is one of the ly , curving shapes, or crystallized strata.
best painters in the world Hadid’s project during the late 1970s and
(D) to present the achievement of Rem- 1980s were marked by a profound under-
brandt in obtaining commissions standing of early 20th century avant-garde
(E) to present Rembrandt’s development as artist and architects, in an attempt to redevelop
a painter throughout his career and make relevant again the formal investiga-
tions of Russian Constructivism and Italian
37. This passage would probably be assigned Futurism, her projects expressed utopian
reading in which of the following art course? ideals.
(A) Urban Art Today, Zaha Hadid Architects create
(B) Biblical Art landmarks project for all types of functional
(C) Artists and Their Art programs. Their buildings are never bland or
(D) Philosophy of Art mundane, but, moreover, assertive state-
(E) Drawing and Composition ments of a particular view that the world
__42__ indeed look different. Their efforts
have resulted in staggering almost one
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thousand projects throughout the globe, in 44. ...

every scale, from urban design schemes to (A) the landmark projects
objects and furniture design. (B) her male counterparts
Along with her strong conceptual and (C) traditional architecture
historical awareness. __43__ a recurrent (D) patterns and construction
source of inspiration for Zaha Hadid’s archi- (E) the development of new designs
tecture. It includes attention to physical con-
text and landscape, resulting in layered struc- 45. This sentence “This sums up a kind of new
tures of powerful moving lines and also Baroque, a sensuous, more vibrant, and
exploring possible interface between patterns engaging type of architecture.” should be the
and construction. last sentence of paragraph ….
Zaha Hadid Architects embraced digital
(A) 1
drawing early on. This has made the studio
(B) 2
able to challenge __44__, leading us to the
(C) 3
21st century urban architecture. (D) 4
(E) 5
40. ...
(A) dominates
(B) dominated
(C) to dominate
(D) was dominated
(E) had been dominated

41. The italic phrase in the second paragraph

means ….
(A) going
(B) trying
(C) standing
(D) opposing
(E) determining

42. ...
(A) must
(B) should
(C) may
(D) will
(E) has to

43. ...
(A) as nature’s forms and shapes appear
(B) nature forms shapes which appear as
(C) nature’s forms and shapes appear as
(D) nature’s appearance as shapes and forms
(E) nature shapes forms appearing as

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Plastic bags are often thought of as 32. ....

free, no-brainer solutions to carry your
(A) therefore
groceries or to use as trashcan liners,
(B) in contrast
However, research has shown that as a
(C) also
consequence of carefree usage of plastic
(D) in other words
bags millions of tons of plastic particles
(E) after that
_31_ in our seas each year. Reversing this
trend and finding ways to maintain both
the health of our oceans and the human
33. ....
benefits associated with it are
complicated tasks. Most people (A) a gap
appreciate and value the importance of (B) a cure
the ocean and see marine litter as a (C) an advantage
global problem. _32_, the challenge is (D) an alternative
connecting the dots. So many of human (E) an impediment
behaviours and decisions contribute to
this problem, but rarely are there 34. ….
attempts to link their impact to the
(A) aware
environment. Behavioural science has
(B) elated
been recognized as _33_ to understand
(C) excited
drivers of human behaviour which
(D) optimistic
support ongoing initiatives to clean up
(E) interested
our environments. For instance,
behavioural scientists have suggested
that the public could become more _34_ Unlike beloved children’s stories,
if powerful images were carried on nature is a cruel, hard world that is
everyday products, similar to that already painted not in water colors but in blood.
being used on cigarette packaging. A study found that chemicals released by
plants as they are eaten can help push
Gunakan Petunjuk A dalam menjawab caterpillars to cannibalism. Many plants
soal 31 sampai nomor release the chemical methyl jasmonate
34! when stressed or damaged. Getting
gnawed on by a caterpillar is stressful, so
31. .... when the caterpillars start biting, the
chemical flare goes up. Other nearby
(A) accumulate plants sense the flare and start
(B) accumulator producing their own methyl jasmonate,
(C) accumulation building a camouflage around their leaves
(D) accumulating and stems. Once all the food sources
(E) accumulative taste terrible, caterpillars turn to the
next available meal; each other. Plants
with the time to build up a strong
defence can make their leaves so
unappetizing that caterpillars will start
eating each other to get their fill, leaving
the plant alone.

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Researchers now plan to also look 36. The topic of this passage is ….
into how insect viruses are transferred
(A) caterpillars’ consumption
during their more carnivorous period. If
behavior
viruses that harm caterpillars are
(B) cannibalism and it’s effect on
transferred more easily by cannibalism,
caterpillars
that could be a gain for the plants. Not
(C) the effect of methyl jasmonate
only are their leaves protected from
on insects
pests, but now those predators are
(D) plant’s defence mechanism
spreading disease amongst themselves,
against herbivores
reducing the herbivore population
(E) the cause and effect of
further.
cannibalism among caterpillars
Interestingly enough, cannibalism
can serve some important functions
37. It can be inferred from the text that
among these herbivores. Eating each
other literally takes the competition out ….
of the food chain, and keeps the surviving (A) cannibalism may balance the
population strong in a time when food supply and demand for food
might be scarce. Therefore, we should (B) viruses are easily transferred by
not be to quick to judge these fuzzy tittle means of cannibalism
cannibalism. It’s a bug eat bug world out (C) the chemicals decrease the
there. caterpillar’s hunger for food
(D) cannibalism is a natural
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soal nomor 35 sampai nomor 39! (E) other bugs can also turn
cannibalistic towards each other
35. Which of the following statements is
not true according to the text? 38. The purpose of this passage is to ….
(A) stress may save plants from (A) convince readers that nature is
being consumed harsh in reality
(B) plants can manipulate their own (B) educate readers not to judge
perception of taste herbivores hastily
(C) under constraints, plants can (C) describe the effect of
alter their predator’s appetite cannibalism among plant-eating
(D) cannibalism helps maintain food animals
supply in times of need (D) explain how caterpillars can
(E) the chemical methyl jasmonate behave uncharacteristically
drives caterpillars away from (E) inform the readers that
their natural food cannibalism among herbivores is
normal

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Fortune. The overcrowded chaos of the

39. The tone of this passage is …. mining camps and towns _43_ ever more
lawless, including rampant banditry
(A) critical gambling, prostitution, and violence.
(B) amused After 1850, the surface gold in
(C) objective California largely disappeared. Though
(D) outraged gold mining continued throughout the
(E) humorous 1850’s, it had reached its peak by 1852,
when some eighty-one million dollars
The discovery of gold nuggets in the was pulled from the ground. After that
Sacramento Valley in early 1848 sparked year, the total take _44_. Settlement in
the Gold Rush, arguably one of the most California continued, however, and by the
noteworthy events to shape American end of the decade the state’s population
history during the first half of the was 380,000.
ninetieth century. _40_, thousands of
prospective gold miners travelled by sea Gunakan Petunjuk A dalam menjawab
or over land to San Francisco and the soal 40 sampai nomor 45!
surrounding area. By the end of 1849, the
non-native population of the California 40. ….
territory was some 100,000 (compared (A) as the discovery of news spread
with the pre-1848 figure of less than (B) as of the discovery news spread
1,000). A total of 2 billion dollar’s worth (C) as news of the discovery spread
of precious metal _41_ from the area
(D) spread as news of the discovery
during the Gold Rush, which peaked in
(E) the news as spread of discovery
1852.
Throughout 1849, people around
41. ….
the United States (mostly men) borrowed
money, mortgaged their property or (A) extracted
spent their life savings to make the (B) was to extract
arduous journey to California. In pursuit (C) was extracted
of the kind of wealth they had never (D) was extracting
dreamed of, they left their families and (E) was to be extracted
hometowns. In turn, women left behind
took on new responsibilities such as 42. The italic phrase took on in paragraph
running farms or businesses and caring 2 means ….
for their children alone. Thousands of
(A) shared
would-be gold miners, known as ‘49ers,
(B) shouldered
travelled overland across the mountains
(C) declined
or by sea, sailing to Panama or even
(D) established
around Cape Horn, the southernmost
(E) volunteered
point of South America.
To accommodate the needs of the
‘49ers, gold mining towns had sprung up
all over the region, complete with shops,
saloons, brothels and other businesses
seeking to make their own Gold Rush

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43. ….
(A) grow
(B) grew
(C) has grown
(D) were growing
(E) would have grown

44. ….
(A) reached a peak
(B) took a soar
(C) became surprising
(D) remained lucrative
(E) declined gradually

45. This sentence “San Francisco, for it’s

part, developed a bustling economy
and became the central metropolis of
the new frontier.” should be ….
(A) the last sentence of paragraph 1
(B) the second sentence of
paragraph 2
(C) the last sentence of paragraph 2
(D) the las sentence of paragraph 3
(E) the second sentence of
paragraph 4

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There appears to be increasing 01. The word “lure” in paragraph 1 is

numbers of children who specialize in a closest in meaning to ….
single sport at an early age. The lure of a
(A) plan
college scholarship or a professional
(B) illusion
career can motivate young athletes to
(C) chance
commit to specialized training regimens
(D) appeal
at an early age. However, the American
(E) thought
Academy of Pediatrics recommends
avoiding specializing in one sport before
02. The word “this” in paragraph 2 refers
puberty.
to ....
Once puberty begins, both boys and (A) age
girls go through their adolescent growth (B) impact
spurt (AGS). The change and the age at (C) puberty
which they occur can have an impact on (D) change
a child’s sports performance. Going (E) occurrence
through this can have a significant impact
on athletic performance in both positive 03. Which sentence is closest in meaning
and negative ways. Increases in body to the last sentence in paragraph 3?
size, hormones, and muscle strength can (A) By designing training founded on
improve athletic performance. the knowledge of AGS, trainers
Nevertheless, there may be a temporary can be more aware of possible
decline in balance skills and body control difficulties in sports.
during the AGS. Quick increases in height (B) With practice that prevents
and weight affect the body’s center of children from performing
gravity. Sometimes, the brain needs to awkwardly, trainers can assist
adjust to this higher observation point. As children through this growth
a result, a teen may seem a little clumsy. phase.
(C) To help children perform with
This phase is especially noticeable in more ease, trainers should
sports that require good balance and consider the effects of puberty
body control (e.g. figure skating, diving, when designing a training routine.
gymnastics, basketball). In addition, (D) Without considering the physical
longer arms and legs can affect throwing changes undergone by children,
any type of ball, hitting with a bat, trainers cannot prevent them
catching with a glove, or swimming and from having difficulties when
jumping. Coaches that are aware of the training.
AGS can help reduce athletic (E) Since identifying potential
awkwardness by incorporating specific problems during children’s phase
aspects of training into practice sessions. of AGS is necessary to eliminate
clumsiness, trainers can do this
before training begins.

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04. The most appropriate title for this Actually, there’s an ongoing battle
passage is …. over which of Uranus’ poles is its north
pole. Either its axial inclination is a bit
(A) Adolescent Growth Spurt and
over 90 degrees and its rotation is direct,
Sport
or it’s a bit less than 90 degrees and the
(B) Effects of Puberty on Sports
rotation is retrograde. The problem is
Performance
that you need to draw a dividing line
(C) The Rising Popularity of Sports
somewhere because in a case like Venus,
among Children
there is little dispute that the rotation is
(D) The Impact of Poor Balance and
indeed retrograde (not a direct rotation
Body Control
with an inclination of nearly 180).
(E) The Side Effects of Specializing in
Sports on Children
05. The tone of the author is best
described as ….
Uranus, the first planet discovered in
modern times, was named after the (A) seriuos
Greek deity, the earliest supreme God. It (B) amused
was discovered by William Herschel while (C) objective
systematically searching the sky with his (D) admiring
telescope on March 13, 1781. It had (E) optimistic
actually been seen many times before
but ignored as simply another star. The 06. This passage would probably be
earliest recorded sighting was in 1690 assigned reading in which of the
when John Flamsted classified it as 34 following course?
Tauri. Herschel named it “the Georgium
(A) physics
Sidus” (the Georgian Planet) to honor his
(B) geology
patron King George III of England. Others
(C) astrology
called it “Herschel”. The name “Uranus”
(D) astronomy
was first recommended by Bode, but it
(E) geography
was not commonly used until 1850.
Uranus has been visited by only one
07. The following statements are true,
spacecraft, Voyager 2 on Jan 24, 1986.
except ….
Most of the planets spin on an axis (A) Uranus is the name of a greek
nearly perpendicular to the plane of the God
ecliptic, but Uranus’ axis is almost (B) Uranus was once considered a
parallel to the ecliptic. At the time of star
Voyager 2’s passage, Uranus’ south pole (C) Uranus has been known by
was pointed almost directly at the Sun, different names
so Uranus’ polar regions receive more (D) a spacecraft travelled to Uranus
energy input from the Sun than do its in the 1980s
equatorial regions. Uranus is (E) Uranus was first seen in the
nevertheless hotter at its equator than at sixteenth century
its poles. The mechanism underlying this
is unknown.

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08. What can be inferred about Uranus’ something, children are passive
orbit and rotation? recipients of visual and auditory
(A) The Sun’s energy does not reach stimulation that may or may not
Uranus’ polar regions require some response using fine
(B) Uranus’ orbit is parallel to the motor skills. However, this is a very
plane of the ecliptic artificial way of learning about the
(C) why Uranus’ equator is hotter world and does not engage
than its poles is unknown children in a kinesthetic manner
(D) scientists still need to do more
using their entire bodies.
research on Uranus’ orbit and
rotation
Imaginative and creative play is
(E) the rotation of Uranus is direct at
one time and retrograde at other a more natural way for children to
times learn about the world and does
involve the whole body. Children
09. What is the author’s purpose in manipulate and touch various play
writing this text? materials. They express
(A) to show that people are still themselves through play both
confused about Uranus verbally and non-verbally. They
(B) to inform people that Uranus has use all of their muscles and senses
a unique orbit and rotation to move around. Actively using
(C) to educate people on the their large and small muscles as
importance of the exploration of well as 42) … in play, children
Uranus develop healthy, strong, and
(D) to argue that Uranus was complete neurological connections
discovered earlier than other
in their brains.
planets
(E) to present information about the
Children play imaginatively and
discovery, orbit, and rotation of
Uranus
creatively in various different ways
based on many factors such as
Raising children now is more age, play environment, and toys
challenging than it was 30 years provided. They can engage in
ago. Currently, one of the most 40) imaginative and creative play by
… aspects of raising children is the themselves or with others.
amount of time they spend in front Imaginary play happens when
of screens, whether it is TV or children use their imaginations to
gadgets. When children focus their 43) …. They can engage in this type
attention onto a screen, it is a very of play using small toy figures,
passive form of learning or puppets, dolls, or stuffed animals.
entertainment. Instead of using They can also act out a particular
their own imaginations to learn role themselves and become a part
about the world and 41) … of a play drama. Often, dressing up

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and using props will be part of this 13. ….

kind of imaginary play. (A) create pretend and make-believe
scenarios
This type of play releases (B) pretend create and make-believe
energy and develops coordination. scenarios
All in all, children who engage in (C) make-believe scenarios and
active imaginary play are more pretend create
creative. This is because playing in (D) make-believe pretend and create
make-believe worlds requires scenarios
(E) scenarios make-believe pretend
imagination to conceive of the
and create
world differently to its current
reality, which is also necessary to 14. The italic phrase in paragraph 3 is
think creatively closest in meaning to ….

10. …. (A) related to

(B) founded on
(A) concern (C) as of
(B) concerns (D) with reference to
(C) to concern (E) in accordance with
(D) concerned
(E) concerning 15. “Moreover, active play happens when
children use their large muscles and
11. …. move around rather than stay in one
(A) create place.” should be ….
(B) creates (A) The last sentence in paragraph 1
(C) created (B) The first sentence in paragraph 2
(D) creating (C) The first sentence in paragraph 3
(E) creation (D) The last sentence in paragraph 3
(E) The first sentence in paragraph 4
12. ….
(A) their left brain
(B) their different senses
(C) moving all parts of their bodies
(D) their creative ideas
(E) producing sounds and rhythm

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Text 1-2. Text 3-7

Is it a mistake to run in rain if you want to With quicksand, the more you struggle in it,
stay drier? One idea is that you should run the faster you will sink. your body will float
because you spend less time in the rain so in it because your body is less (3) … than the
you will stay drier. On the other hand, this is quicksand.
true only if the rain lands only on the top of How many times have you watched a movie
your head and shoulders. If you run, you will where the hero (4) … down into a pit of
end up running into more raindrops on the quicksand, only to be saved at the last
larger surface around your face, chest, and minute by grabbing a nearby tree branch and
front of your legs. pulling himself out?
Two North Carolina researchers looked If you believed what you saw in movies, you
into this question with one walking and the might think that quicksand is a (5) …
other running over a measured distance creature that can suck you down into a
while wearing cotton sweatsuits. They then bottomless pit, never to be heard from again.
weighed their clothing and found that the But no -the actual properties of quicksand
walking person’s sweatsuit weighed more. (1) are not quite those portrayed in the movies.
…
Quicksand is not quite the fearsome force of
nature that you sometimes see on the big
01. …
screen. In fact, the treacherous grit is rarely
(A) that is why accidents usually happen to deeper than a few feet.
people who run in the rain
Quicksand can (6) … almost anywhere if the
(B) this means whether you run or walk in
right conditions are present. It is basically
the rain, your clothes will absorb the
just ordinary sand that has been so saturated
same amount of raindrops
with water that the friction between sand
(C) Why didn’t the researchers investigate
particles is reduced the resulting sand is a
other cloth materials, such as nylon or
mushy mixture of sand and water that can
silk?
no longer support any weight.
(D) this means you should run in the rain to
stay drier If you step into quicksand, it won’t suck you
(E) this means you should not walk or run down. (7) …, your movements will cause you
in the rain if you want to stay healthy to dig yourself deeper into it.
[source: http://science.howstuffworks.com/
02. What is the best title for the passage? environmental/earth/geology/quicksand.htm]
(A) Walking in the Rain Makes You Stay
Drier 03. …
(B) Should You Run or Walk in the Rain? (A) density
(C) Walking and Running (B) denser
(D) Cotton Sweatsuits and Running in the (C) dense
Rain (D) densely
(E) A Research about Rains (E) dent

04. …
(A) sucks
(B) sucked
(C) is sucked
(D) will suck
(E) sucking

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05. … Similarly, a reduction in perception of effort

(A) lived would be very helpful to the many people
(B) lively who find exercise difficult because they are
(C) living overweight and/or exercise after work in a
(D) life state of mental fatigue.
(E) alive Professor Marcora also states that whilst
there is no strong ethical opposition to the
06. … use of psychoactive drugs to help quit
(A) live smoking (nicotine) or treat obesity (appetite
(B) present suppressants), the negative perception of
(C) continue doping in sport may prevent the use of
(D) be found stimulants and other psychoactive drugs to
(E) suffer treat physical inactivity.
Given that physical inactivity is responsible
07. … for twice as many deaths as obesity, he hopes
(A) therefore that psychopharmacological treatment for
(B) consequently physical inactivity will be considered fairly
(C) otherwise and seriously rather than immediately
(D) however rejected on the basis of unrelated ethical
(E) hence considerations about doping in sport.
Professor Samuele Marcora is Director of
Text 8-12 Research at the University of Kent's School
of Sport and Exercise Sciences. His paper
Endurance expert suggests drugs could help
Can Doping be a Good Thing? Using
'lazy people' exercise In what has been
Psychoactive Drugs to Facilitate Physical
described as 'doping for lazy people' a
Activity Behaviour has been published in the
University of Kent endurance expert has
journal Sports Medicine.
advocated the use of psychoactive drugs to
encourage sedentary people to exercise. [https://www.sciencedaily.com/
releases/2015/11/151103140442.htm]
Together with lack of time, physical exertion
is one of the main perceived barriers to
08. Which one is NOT TRUE according to the
exercise. This is not surprising because
text?
humans evolved to be 'lazy', i.e. to conserve
energy. Professor Samuele Marcora suggests (A) walking is an example of moderate-
that reducing perception of effort during intensity exercise
exercise using caffeine or other psychoactive (B) modafinil is one of psychoactive drugs.
drugs (e.g. methylphenidate and modafinil) (C) treating nicotine addiction may require
could help many people stick to their fitness psychoactive drugs
plans. (D) physical inactivity is more fatal than
obesity
Whilst acknowledging that such an
(E) there is no ethical opposition to the use
intervention is both drastic and
of psychoactive drugs to help smoking
controversial, Professor Marcora points out
addiction
that perception of effort is one of the main
reasons why most people choose sedentary
09. What is the reason behind physical inactivity
activities for their leisure time. Compared to
stated in paragraph 3?
watching television (zero effort), even
moderate-intensity physical activities like (A) the amount of effort seems too high
walking require considerable effort. He says (B) people don’t have enough time
finding a way that makes people with very (C) people are overweight
low motivation to do even moderate (D) people can’t exercise after work
exercise, like walking, could be particularly (E) the phychoactive drugs are still illegal
useful.
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10. Why does the use of psychoactive drugs to The study concludes that the pattern of
treat physical inactivity may be rejected? brain development is similar if you learn
(A) because physical inactivity may be re- one or two language from birth. However,
sponsible for deaths learning a second language later on in
(B) because the use of psychoactive drugs childhood after gaining proficiency in the
are not tolerated, as we can see in nico- first (native) language does in fact modify
tine addiction and obesity cases the brain's structure, specifically the brain's
(C) because there is negative perception of inferior frontal cortex. The left inferior
using psychoactive drugs related to sport frontal cortex became thicker and the right
(D) because the real culprit is obesity inferior frontal cortex became thinner. The
(E) drug treatment of physical inactivity has cortex is a multi-layered mass of neurons
been considered fairly and seriously that plays a major role in cognitive
functions such as thought, language,
11. The underline word “sedentary” (paragraph (15) …, and memory. (c).
1) most likely means … (d). The study suggests that the task of
(A) mobile acquiring a second language after infancy
(B) compulsory (16) … new neural growth and connections
(C) agile among neurons in ways seen in acquiring
(D) unhealthy (17) … such as juggling. The study's
(E) inactive authors speculate that the difficulty that
some people have in learning a second
12. What is the topic of the text about? language later in life could be explained at
the structural level.
(A) misperceptions of effort in exercising
(B) the arguments for using psychoactive "The later in childhood that the second
drugs to exercise language is acquired, the (18) … are the
(C) the reasons why laziness is harmful changes in the inferior frontal cortex," said
(D) why psychoactive drugs manipulate peo- Dr. Denise Klein, researcher in The
ple’s minds Neuro's Cognitive Neuroscience Unit and a
(E) tackling addiction in physical exercise lead author on the paper published in the
journal Brain and Language. (e).
Text 13-20 Using a software program developed at
The Neuro, the study examined MRI scans
(a). The age (13) … children learn a second
of 66 bilingual and 22 monolingual men
language can have a significant bearing on
and women living in Montreal. The work
the structure of their adult brain, according
was supported by a (20) … from the
to a new joint study by the Montreal
Natural Science and Engineering Research
Neurological Institute and Hospital -- The
Council of Canada and from an Oxford
Neuro at McGill University and Oxford
McGill Neuroscience Collaboration Pilot
University. The majority of people in the
project.
world learn to speak more than one language
(14) … their lifetime. Many do so with great [h t t p s: / / www. sci en ced a i l y. com /
proficiency particularly if the languages are releases/2013/08/130829124351.htm]
learned simultaneously or from early in
development. (b). 13. …
(A) which
(B) where
(C) who
(D) with which
(E) at which

14. …
(A) during
(B) when
(C) while
(D) where
(E) whenever

15. …
(A) conscious
(B) consciousness
(C) consciously
(D) conscientious
(E) conscientiously

16. …
(A) stimulates
(B) stimulated
(C) stimulating
(D) stimuli
(E) stimulation

17. …
(A) complexity motor skills
(B) complex motor skills
(C) skill motor complex
(D) skilled motor complex
(E) skill complex motor

18. …
(A) great
(B) greater
(C) greatest
(D) greatly
(E) greatness

19. The sentence “Our results provide

structural evidence that age of acquisition
is crucial in laying down the structure for
language learning”. Should be put in …
(A) a
(B) b
(C) c
(D) d
(E) e

20. …
(A) salary
(B) price
(C) grant
(D) fee
(E) cost
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Text 1-2 01. What is the topic of the passage?

L.L Zamenhof, the creator of language (A) the revival of Latin
Esperanto, would later say that he had (B) the early creation of Esperanto
dreamed of a word language since he was a (C) the early life of L.L Zamenhof
child. At first he considered a revival (D) Esperanto versus English
of Latin, but after learning it in school he (E) the vocabulary of Esperanto
decided it was too complicated to be a
common means of international 02. What can be inferred from the first
communication. When he learned English, paragraph above?
he realized that verb conjugations were (A) Romance and Germanic languages were
unnecessary, and that grammatical systems the sources of vocabulary in Esperanto
could be much simpler than he had (B) Esperanto had been widely used
expected. He still had the problem of globally
memorizing a large vocabulary, until (C) Russian language had a large vocabulary
he notic e d two Russia n sig n s (D) English had unnecessary verb
labeled Швейцарская – conjugations
from швейцар, which means porter’s house (E) Latin wasn’t quite used by people at that
and porter- and Кондитерская – time
from кондитер, which means a
confectioner’s. He then realized that a mod- Text 3-7
erate use of affixes could greatly decrease the
Only humans have a spoken, symbolic
number of root words needed for
language. Scientists have long thought that
communication. He chose to take his
non-human primates (3) … much less
vocabulary from Romance and Germanic,
sophisticated communication systems. True,
the languages that were most widely taught
but chimpanzees use gestures and many
in schools around the world and would
voice sounds in the wild, (4) … other apes
therefore be recognizable to the largest
use sounds to communicate territorial
number of people.
information. Chimpanzees seem to have a
Zamenhof taught an early version of the (5) … talent for learning symbolic language
language to his high-school classmates. under controlled conditions. A famous
Then, for several years, he worked on chimpanzee named Washoe (6) … to
translations and poetry to refine his creation. communicate with humans, using no less
In 1895 he wrote, "I worked for six years than 175 sign language gestures similar to
perfecting and testing the language, even those of American sign language. After
though it had seemed to me in 1878 that it more than a year, Washoe could associate
was already completely ready." When he was particular signs with activities, such as eating
ready to publish, the Czarist censors would and drinking. Another chimpanzee (7) …
not allow it. Stymied, he spent his time in Sarah was taught to read and write with
translating works such as the Bible plastic symbols and acquired a vocabulary of
and Shakespeare. This enforced delay led to 130 different words, to the extent that she
continued improvement. In July 1887 he obeyed sequences of written instructions
published his Unua Libro, a basic given with the symbols.
introduction to the language. This was
essentially the language spoken today.
[source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
History_of_Esperanto]

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03. … The Hope Diamond is a remnant of a

(A) had 112-carat Indian diamond stolen from a
(B) had been statue of me Hindu goddess, Sita. The angry
(C) having goddess cast a spell of misfortune on any-
(D) were one who acquired me gem. The spell began
(E) been to work when the stone arrived in France. It
was sold to the French King, Louis XIV.
04. … Louis XIV had the gem cut into a 67-carat
jewel. After wearing it once, he became sick
(A) if
and died of small pox. Next, me stone was
(B) although
passed down to Louis XVI and his wife,
(C) so that
Marie Antoinette. Their bad misfortune was
(D) consequently
to lose their heads in the French Revolution.
(E) while
The gem was stolen again at the end of
05. … the French Revolution. It reappeared in Lon-
don 38 years later It was recut and bought by
(A) naturally
a British banker and gem collector, Henry
(B) naturalize
Thomas Hope. We do not know about any
(C) natural
misfortune Henry Hope suffered. However,
(D) nature
in 1890 Lord Francis Hope inherited me
(E) naturalism
Hope Diamond His wife soon ran off with
another man. Lord Hope was later forced to
06. …
sell the diamond to avoid bankruptcy. His
(A) it trained unfaithful wife died in poverty.
(B) being trained
The ongoing woeful story of the
(C) it was trained
diamond’s owner continued for decades. An
(D) was training
Eastern European prince gave it to an exotic
(E) was trained
dancer. But Later he became jealous and
shot her to death Another owner had a car
07. …
accident and died with his wife and children.
(A) naming Finally, in 1911, Evalyn Walsh McLean
(B) named purchased the Hope Diamond. She was a
(C) it names wealthy American socialite. She was
(D) to name sometimes unconventional. For example, she
(E) being named had her dog wear the diamond to greet party
guests. She said she did not believe in the
Text 8-12 diamonds curse. However, she suffered
The 44.5-carat Hope Diamond is the world’s several personal tragedies while she owned
largest blue diamond. It is also one of the the gem. Her son died in a car accident. Her
most popular attractions in the Smithsonian daughter died from an overdose of sleeping
National Museum of Natural History in pills, and her husband went insane.
Washington D.C. The Hope Diamond is The diamond’s final owner, Harry
flawless and priceless. However, ownership Winston bought the stone alter Dame
of this gem has not always been a stroke of McLean died in 1947. He donated It to me
great fortune. Smithsonian 11 years later. Without
explaining his actions, Winston sent the
stone in a plain brown wrapper to the
museum. The Hope Diamond now holds a
place of honor In the museum’s remodeled
Hall of Gems. perhaps bringing an end to its
colorful yet sometimes tragic history.

08. The Hope Diamond was originally … 12. “To cast a spell of misfortune on someone” in
(A) a jewel exhibited in a museum in paragraph 2 means …
Washington, D.C (A) to wish someone bad luck
(B) a bigger gem stone attached to an Indian (B) to do magic by saying special words
statue (C) to put a curse on someone
(C) a 112-carat diamond owned by (D) to throw bad words to someone
European kings (E) to look at something quickly
(D) meant to be auctioned to the royal fami-
lies in France Text 13-20
(E) a sacred object worshipped by Indian
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria (21
people
August 1858 - 30 January 1889) was the
son and heir of Emperor Franz Josef of
09. The main topic of the whole text is …
Austria and Elisabeth of Austria. His
(A) the Smithsonian National Museum of death, apparently through suicide, along
Natural History with that of his mistress, Baroness Mary
(B) me diamond from the statue of the Vetsera at his Mayerling hunting lodge in
Hindu goddess 1889 made international headlines, (13) …
(C) the cutting of the Hope Diamond into international conspiracy rumors and
smaller carats ultimately may have sealed the long-term
(D) the tragic history of the worlds largest fate of the Habsburg monarchy.
blue diamond
(14) … his deeply conservative father,
(E) the kings who had owned me Hope
Crown Prince Rudolf held distinctively
Diamond
liberal views mat were closer to those of
his mother. Nevertheless his relationship
10. The following were misfortunes happening
with her was strained and contained (15) …
to the owners of the Hope Diamond,
warmth. On May 10, 1881, he married
EXCEPT …
Princess Stephanie of Belgium, a daughter
(A) death from smallpox of King Leopold II, with all the pomp and
(B) beheaded in a revolution splendor of a state wedding Rudolf
(C) broken marriage appeared to be genuinely In love, but his
(D) a fatal car accident mother regarded her new daughter-in-law
(E) getting married to an exotic dancer as a “clumsy oaf.” By the time their only
child, the Archduchess Elizabeth, was born
11. Which of the following statements is TRUE on September 2, 1883, the couple had
about the Hope Diamond … drifted apart, and he found solace in drink
(A) Dame McLean was the most cursed and female companionship.
person among the owners of the In 1887, Rudolf bought Mayerling and
diamond adapted it into a hunting lodge. In The
(B) not only people but also an animal had autumn of 1888, the 30-year-old crown
worn the Hope Diamond prince met the (16) … Baroness Marie
(C) having been the owner of the diamond Vetsera, known by the more fashionable
for a decade, Winston donated it to the Anglophile name Mary. From the start.
Smithsonian Mary adored him. It was almost certainly
(D) the Hope Diamond maintained its origi- not the great romance of his life, but
nal shape after it had been cut Rudolf did have feelings for her, and was
(E) the Hope Diamond has never been sold touched by her limitless, almost.

According to official reports. both their 15. …

deaths were a result of the emperors (A) a little
demand that the couple end the (B) little
relationship. The crown prince, as part of a (C) a few
suicide pact, shot his mistress in the head. (D) few
then (17) … . Rudolf was officially (18) … (E) much
to have been in a state of “mental
unbalance” In order to enable burial in the 16. …
Imperial Crypt (Kapuzinergruft) of the
(A) 17-years
Capuchin Church in Vienna. Mary’s body
(B) 17-years-old
(19) … out of Mayerling in the middle of
(C) 17-year-old
the night, and secretly buried in the
(D) 17
cemetery of Holy Cross Abbey in
(E) 17-age
Heiligenkreuz and the Emperor had
Mayerling converted into a convent of
17. …
Carmelite nuns.
(A) he
Following the death of the emperors
(B) him
only son, the marriage of Franz Josef and
(C) himself
Elisabeth collapsed (20) … , with the
(D) his life
empress spending much of her time
(E) them
abroad, particularly in England and Ireland
where she loved to hunt. The new heir
18. …
presumptive to the Austrian, Bohemian,
and Hungarian thrones was Archduke Karl (A) changed
Ludwig, the eldest surviving brother of the (B) adjusted
emperor. After Karl Ludwigs death, his (C) rumored
oldest son, Archduke Franz Ferdinand (D) declared
became heir presumptive. His assassination (E) understood
in 1914 led to a chain of events that
produced World War I. 19. …
[source: https://www.virtualvienna.net/ (A) smuggling
crown-prince-rudolf-of-austria/] (B) smuggled
(C) was smuggling
13. … (D) was smuggled
(A) when (E) had smuggled
(B) fueled
(C) of 20. …
(D) if (A) complete
(E) because (B) completion
(C) completing
14. … (D) complementary
(A) in contrast with (E) completely
(B) nevertheless
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58. Renata : Do you know why Indi wasn't in

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Text 41 - 45 critical factor that is affecting bumblebee

43. Why did the writer mention the queens of 46 - 47

53. .... 57. ....

56-60 60. ...

45. …. Merchant the created human and alligator

53. (A) Emergency planning

54. (A) have to

55. (A) therefore

56. (A) inform

57. (A) that

58. (A) were tackled

ployment and to try to match himself and an 56. ....

53. .... 60. The sentence “Also, personal income gener-

Text 31-34. 33. ….

In an effort to alleviateconflict surrounding 44. ….

43. The italic phrase “wear out” in the third para-

Blood Diamonds, also known as 33. ...

thousand projects throughout the globe, in 44. ...

41. The italic phrase in the second paragraph

Plastic bags are often thought of as 32. ....

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