Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

     Space is a dangerous place, not only because of meteors but also because of rays from the sun and other stars. The atmosphere again acts as our protective blanket on earth. Light gets through, and this is essential for plants to make the food which we eat. Heat, too, makes our environment endurable. Various kinds of rays come through the air from outer space, but enormous quantities of radiation from the sun are screened off. As soon as men leave the atmosphere, they are exposed to this radiation but their spacesuits or the walls of their spacecraft, if they are inside, do prevent a lot of radiation damage.

     Radiation is the greatest known danger to explorers in space. The unit of radiation is called “rem”. Scientists have reason to think that a man can put up with far more radiation than 0.1 rem without being damaged; the figure of 60 rems has been agreed on. The trouble is that it is extremely difficult to be sure about radiation damage - a person may feel perfectly well, but the cells of his or her sex organs may be damaged, and this will not be discovered until the birth of deformed children or even grandchildren.

     Missions of the Apollo flights have had to cross belts of high radiation, and during the outward and return journeys, the Apollo crew accumulated a large amount of rems. So far, no dangerous amounts of radiation have been reported, but the Apollo missions have been quite short. We simply do not know yet how men are going to get on when they spend weeks and months outside the protection of the atmosphere, working in a space laboratory. Drugs might help to decrease the damage done by radiation, but no really effective ones have been found so far.

According to the first paragraph, the atmosphere is essential to man in that_______.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

The guests at the Japanese Embassy reception enjoyed it very much but refused to eat the raw fish.

- “Where are we going this weekend?”

     - “_______”

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

     If you would like to go to a beautiful, faraway place, you should choose the Hawaiian Islands. Located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, in 1959 the islands (23) _______ the 50th state of the U.S. Of all the Hawaiian islands, Kauai may be the best place for vacation as it is called a tropical (24) _______. With increasing tourist attraction, its population is getting higher especially in hot seasons. Because thick green rainforests cover the island, the air makes your skin soft and smooth. There is (25) _______air pollution here, and no stress. The beaches of Kauai are large part of its beauty; they are all lovely, clean, white sand. If you want to meet colourful undersea (26) _______you may take a short course for diving. You need an enrolment to get training from professional divers. They also make wide explanations (27) _______ the characteristics of the Ocean. As soon as you make a decision, reserve your place, buy your ticket and say goodbye to your stressful city!

Write new sentences as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentences, using the given words in brackets. Do not change the given words in any way.

An experienced tailor can complete a kimono in a single day. (completed)

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Unluckily the main tourist attraction was lost when the small town was burned down in an accidental fire.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

- “I don't quite believe in the widespread use of robots in the future.”

     - “_______”

The livelihood of each species in the vast and intricate assemblage of living things depends on the existence of other organisms.