The word "extreme" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _______.

Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

We had reached the top. Then we realized how far we had come.

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

Today, many governments are promoting organic or natural farming methods (1) _____ avoid the use of pesticides and other artificial products. The aim is to show that they (2) _____ about the environment and about people's health. But is this the right approach?

Europe is now the biggest (3) _____ for organic food in the world, expanding by 25 percent a year over the past 10 years. Eating organic is (4) _____ way of defining oneself as natural, good, caring different from the junk-food-scoffing masses. As a journalist puts it: "It feels closer to the source, the beginning, the start of things”.

The organic approach means farming with natural, rather than man-made. Techniques such as crop rotation improve soil quality and help organic farmers compensate for the absence of man-made chemicals.(5) _____, for its ineffective use of land and labour, there are severe limits to how much food can be produced.

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

For many years, scientists have been arguing about global warming. While they don't all agree about what this might mean for Planet Earth, many think it is going on — and that we can do something about it. We need a few more years to gather facts before anyone can say for sure. But people need to start now to do things to stop it.

There are many types of gases in our atmosphere. Some of them absorb the heat from the sun and control our climate. "Greenhouse gases” are those that hold the heat around the planet's surface. When we increase the level of these gases, we upset the balance. These extra gases trap even more heat.

Some scientists say global warming has already started to change the environment. The Earth's temperature has risen one degree Fahrenheit this century. Many scientists believe it could rise from two to eight degrees Fahrenheit in the next hundred years. This would be the fastest rise in 10,000 years.

Sea levels could rise. Ice sheets could melt and add to the water level. Many places near the coast would be in danger of flooding. If the climate change is too large and too fast, some plants and animals could really suffer. They could even die out. Weather could become more violent and extreme. In some places there would be more forest fires. But in other areas there would be more rain and snow, storms and floods.

(Adapted from nytimes.com/article/climate-change-global-warming-fag.html)

Lisa is having a discussion with Peter about their plan.

- Lisa: “Let's go to the theatre.”

- Peter: “_______. The number of people infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) is increasing day by day.

I will invite you to my birthday party tomorrow." Lena said

(5) _____, for its ineffective use of land and labour, there are severe limits to how much food can be produced.

She is not allowed to meet her children until the operation has finished.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.