Question 16: a. However, this change has also raised concerns about privacy and security. b. To summarize, striking a balance between conven...

Question 2:
A. substitute for   B. enroll in   C. adapt to   D. suffer from

Question 3:
A. be showing   B. showing   C. showed   D. to show

Question 4:
A. plenty   B. bit   C. amount   D. deal

Question 5:
A. where   B. whose   C. who   D. why

Question 6:
A. accountability   B. account   C. accountably   D. accountable

Read the following article and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 7 to 12.

Do all humans and animals see color in the same way?

Research shows that color really does affect our minds and bodies. The color blue helps us to feel calm. Red, on the other (7) ______, can make us feel angry. Football teams seem to play better when wearing red. They are more likely to win matches than those wearing (8) ______ colors.

After analysing recent sales of works of art, a leading expert concluded that pictures with red in them fetch higher prices than those without.

Color is how our eyes (9) ______ light. It is the way our brain perceives mixtures of different light wavelengths falling on the retina of the eyes. Human vision is trichromatic – we have three (10) ______ (cones) in our eyes. These receptors are red, green, and blue, and each is designed to pick (11) ______ different wavelengths of light. People who are color-blind detect fewer colours as one type of receptor is not working properly.

Birds are tetrachromatic – they have four color receptors and see things that we see as red as many different shades of color. This is very useful for them (12) ______ searching for food.

Question 7:  A. neck   B. hand   C. art   D. cause

Question 8:  A. other   B. another   C. a little   D. much

Question 9:  A. offend   B. uplift   C. interpret   D. attribute

Question 10:  A. color different receptors B. different color receptors
C. different receptors color D. receptors different color

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 6.

Extinction and habitat loss

Extinction is a natural process. Take the (1) ______ of the dodo. It simply wasn’t strong enough to survive. Ask people to name a species that has become extinct, and it’s always the dodo. However, the dodo went extinct over four centuries ago.

We are told that loss of habitat means that animals find it hard to survive. Animals and plants (2) ______ new surroundings: foxes learn to live in cities, camels and cactus plants survive in the desert, and polar bears live in the Arctic. Of course, there are always programmes on TV (3) ______ us how the ice is melting and the polar bears are finding it hard to survive, and warn of the dangers of oil and gas exploration destroying their habitat. But there is no reason why you can’t use the Arctic for oil and gas and still leave (4) ______ of space for bears. The people who want to stop this are just anti-big business. They just want to stop those of us (5) ______ work hard to provide oil and gas for the people of this world. The Arctic is a big place. There’s enough room for human beings and animals. People also claim that we are (6) ______ for climate change. They seem to forget that climate change has been happening for millions of years.

Question 1:
A. exemplary   B. exemplify   C. exemplarily   D. example