The word “lavish “in line 11 is closest in meaning to____.

The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to____.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 5.

SHE STUDIES WHILE HE PLAYS: TRUE OF CHILDREN AND CHIMPS

Chimpanzees in the wild like to snack on termites, and youngsters learn to fish for them by pocking long sticks and other (1)........tools into the mounds that large groups of termites build. Researchers found that (2)............average female chimps in the Gombe National Park in Tanzania learned how to do termite fishing at the age of 31 months, more than two years earlier than the males.

The females seem to learn by watching their mothers. Researcher Dr. Elisabeth V. Lonsdorf, director of field conservation at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, said that it is (3).............to find that, when a young male and female are near a mound, ‘she’s really focusing on termite fishing and he’s spinning himself round (4)...........circles’. Dr Landsdorf and colleagues are studying chimpanzees at the zoo with a new, specially created termite mound, filled with mustard (5).......than termites.

When she _____ at the new dress for half part an hour, she asked how much it_____

She always complained ___ her parents ___ how small her room was or how few clothes she had.

If we cannot save (A) the forests in their original (B) state, we must save enough (C)to preserve them as living burgeon ecosystem (D)

I decided _________ the dictionary you told me about.

I have had a toothache for one week but I still keep _____ going to the dentist.

The police have not found the robbers yet and the bank robbery is still under ____

The author states that one characteristic of animals that live in the desert is that they ____.

Tropical (A) rain forests are founded (B) in a (C)belt around the Equator of (D) the Earth.

The word “inception” in line 8 is closest in meaning to ____.

It is very (A) difficult for (B) her to prevent (C) him for smoking (D) in her house.

____ umbrella should not be used during ______ thunderstorm.

She hasn’t had a _____ week. She seems to have done nothing at all.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.