Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.
Most people are fascinated with whales and would long to see one up close. Whales are mammals. Like man, they (26) ________ in air so they must come to the surface at regular intervals. They also give birth to their young alive. The young calf stays with its mother for over a year, feeding on the milk produced by its mother. Whales vary in (27) ________ , from nine-metreminke whale to the thirty-metre blue whale that often weighs as much as 150 tonnes.
Man first hunted whales for the oil in their blubber, a thick layer of fat (28) ________ keeps them warm. This oil was used as fuel, for example, in the lighting of candles. It was vital in illuminating homes and businesses in the 19th century. Whale oil was also used as a lubricant for the machines in factories (29) ________ the Industrial Revolution.
Today, whale oil is used for making margarine and for softening leather.The poorer quality meat is made into animal food.
Wildlife experts say that whales are in (30) ________ of extinction if the hunt for whales continues. The number of blue whales for instance, has fallen to about three thousand.
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, Cor D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 21 to 25.
Kandimalal is a large crater in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, 145 kilometres from the town of Halls Creek. Scientists say that Kandimalal was formed about 300,000 years ago when a meteorite struck the earth.
Measuring some 880 metres across and about 60 metres deep, Kandimalal is the second largest meteorite crater in the world. The crater used to be 150 metres deeper, but it has since been filled with wind-blown sand from the Great Sandy Desert. Although the area is arid, rainfall collects in the centre of the crater, and this allows trees to grow there.
Kandimalal has long been a part of the dreaming of the local Djaru people. One of the stories says that a rainbow serpent slithered through the earth and came to the surface in the centre of the crater.
The first time Kandimalal was seen from above was in 1947 during an aerial survey of the region. The area around the crater became a national park in 1969 and has since become popular with tourists who have four-wheel drive vehicles.
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.
You don’t need to be carrying light things and getting out in this weather.
I cannot go on a trip around the world because I don’t win the lottery.
Because it is expensive to eat at a restaurant every day, it is more ________ to buy groceries and make your own meals.
The current constitutional problem is ________ by the top legal minds in the country.
-"________________"
- "Don’t mention it. It was the least I could do."
There is a greater ________ between New York and Tokyo than there is between New York and Washington D.C.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
My uncle no longer ride his motorbike to the countryside at the weekend.
"Why don’t you take an intensive English course?" he said to me.
I must hurry. I want to get home ________ to see the football match on television.
The exit to the front of the building was locked, so we had to use the back doors instead.
