II. Mark the letter A, B, C, 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 question:
III. Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions:
She has been playing piano since she was 10 years of age.
You ______ many good choices for the future if you are admitted to a famous university.
Bruce was not promoted to a higher position ________ he was a devoted worker.
The teacher criticized me _______ making too many stupid mistakes in the essay.
________the destination, everyone felt a relief.
We noticed a very sneaky man while we _________ at the checkout.
__________a good chance, don’t let it slip away!
The stockbroker denied ____ of the secret business deal.
The helicopter carrier is indispensable in marine operations against sea or enemies.
Researchers warn of the impending extinction of many species of plants and animals.
It was a heartfelt confession.
Is he looking for a temporary or a permanent contract?
It is time(A) the management do(B) something to support the unemployed(C) to find some(D) jobs.
I enjoy reading(A) the editorial that(B) you told(C) me about it(D) yesterday.
Students suppose(A) to read all the problems(B) carefully and find out(C) the solution to them(D).
In the world today, particularly in the two most industrialized areas, North America and Europe, recycling is big news. People are talking about it, practicing it, and discovering new ways to be sensitive to the environment. Recycling means finding was to use products a second time. The motto of the recycling movement is "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle".
The first step is to reduce garbage. In stores, a shopper has to buy products in blister packs, boxes and expensive plastic wrappings. A hamburger from a fast food restaurant comes in lots of packaging: usually paper, a box, and a bag. All that packaging is wasted resources. People should try to buy things that are wrapped simply, and to reuse cups and utensils. Another way to reduce waste is to buy high- quality products. When low quality appliances break, many customers throw them away and buy new ones - a loss of more resources and more energy. For example, if a customer buys a high-quality appliance that can be easily repaired, the manufacturer receives an important message. In the same way, if a customer chooses a product with less packaging, that customer sends an important message to the manufacturers. To reduce garbage, the throwaway must stop.
The second step is to reuse. It is better to buy juices and soft drinks in returnable bottles. After customers empty the bottles, they return them to the store. The manufacturers of the drinks collect the bottles, wash them, and then fill them again. The energy that is necessary to make new bottles is saved. In some parts of the world, returning bottles for money is a common practice. In those places, the garbage dumps have relatively little glass and plastic from throwaway bottles.
The third step is being environmentally sensitive is to recycle. Spent motor oil can be cleaned and used again. Aluminum cans are expensive to make. It takes the same amount of energy to make one aluminum can as it does to run a color TV set for three hours. When people collect and recycle aluminum (for new cans), they help save one of the world's precious resources.
What is the main topic of the passage?
People can do the following to reduce waste EXCEPT:
Why is it a waste when customers buy low-quality products?
What best describes the process of reuse?
What are the two things mentioned as examples of recycling?
From the seeds themselves to the machinery, fertilizers and pesticides - The Green Revolution regimen depend heavily on technology. One...........(25)........ however, depends much more on technology - organic farming. Many organic farmers use machinery, but...........(26)..........chemical fertilizers or pesticides. ..........(27)..........chemical soil enrichers, they use animal manure and plant parts not used as food - natural, organic fertilizers that are clearly a renewable........(28)........ Organic farmers also use alternatives for pesticides; for example, they may rely........(29)..........natural predators of certain insect pests. Then, the need arises, they can buy the eggs and larvae of these natural predators and introduce them into their crop fields.
An air pollutant is defined as a compound added directly or indirectly by humans to the atmosphere in such quantities as to affect humans, animals, vegetation, or materials adversely. Air pollution requires a very flexible definition that permits continuous change. When the first air pollution laws were established in England in the fourteenth century, air pollutants were limited to compounds that could be seen or smelled - a far cry from the extensive list of harmful substances known today. As technology has developed and knowledge of the health aspects of various chemicals has increased, the list of air pollutants has lengthened. In the future, even water vapor might be considered an air pollutant under certain conditions.
Many of the more important air pollutants, such as sulfur oxides, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides, are found in nature. As the Earth developed, the concentration of these pollutants was altered by various chemical reactions; they became components in biogeochemical cycles. These serve as an air purification scheme by allowing the compounds to move from the air to the water or soil. On a global basis, nature's output of these compounds dwarfs that resulting from human activities.
However, human production usually occurs in a localized area, such as a city. In such a region, human output may be dominant and may temporarily overload the natural purification scheme of the cycles. The result is an increased concentration of noxious chemicals in the air. The concentrations at which the adverse effects appear will be greater than the concentrations that the pollutants would have in the absence of human activities. The actual concentration need not be large for a substance to be a pollutant; in fact, the numerical value tells us little until we know how much of an increase this represents over the concentration that would occur naturally in the area. For example, sulfur dioxide has detectable health effects at 0.08 parts per million (ppm), which is about 400 times its natural level. Carbon monoxide, however, has a natural level of 0.1 ppm and is not usually a pollutant until its level reaches about 15 ppm.
(source: http://www.ilocis.org)
What does the passage mainly discuss?
It can be inferred from the first paragraph that ___________.
For which of the following reasons can natural pollutants play an important role in controlling air pollution?
According to the passage, human-generated air pollution in localized regions___________.
The word “localized” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to________.
According to the passage, the numerical value of the concentration level of a substance is only useful if ________.
The word “detectable” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to____.
Which of the following is best supported by the passage?
A trust worker was discovered to have______ confidential information to a rival corporation.
Poor supervision brought the firm to _________ of collapse.
It never _____ his mind that his badly behaved manner would be discovered.
Tim finds mending old clothes incredibly ___________ that's why he always asks his mother to do it for him.
As Tim was _________ of the modification in the schedule, he arrived an hour late for the meeting.
Despite a lot of difficulties, the Star City Project will go .
– “Thanks for the lovely party.”
– “ ___________.”
– “What do you usually do at weekend?”
– “ _________.”
I had never met Rose before. However, I recognized her from a picture.
The human brain is 8 times the size of a monkey’s. It weighs about 1,400 grams.
Tom has the ability to be a professional musician, but he’s too lazy to practice.
Tim broke his arm and couldn’t battle in the final.
The teacher couldn’t stand my brother’s manner.
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