Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correcting
51: Having punished twice this week, Kate feels ashamed of her bad behaviour.
A B C D
52: So extensive the lakes are that they are viewed as the largest bodies of fresh water in the world.
A B C D
53: Many disabled children cannot derive full enjoyment from toys make for non-disabled children.
A B C D
54: He has done a valuable contribution to the independence of the country.
A B C D
55: The air that surrounds our planet is both odourless, colourless, and invisible.
A B C D
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions
When the first white men came to America, they found vast amounts of natural resources of tremendous
value. Forests covered a large part of the nation; later gas, oil and minerals were found in unbelievable
amounts. There was a great abundance of very fertile soil. Forests, prairies, streams and rivers abounded
with wildlife. So vast were these resources that it seemed that they could never be used up. So forests were
destroyed to make way for farmland. Grass lands and prairies were plowed and harrowed. Minerals and oil
were used in great quantities to supply a young industrial nation. Almost every river became the scene of
factories, mills and power companies. Mammals and birds were slaughtered for food and sport.
Within a short time, the results were obvious. Floods caused millions of dollars worth of damage yearly.
The very fertile soil was washed away or blown up in great clouds. The seemingly inexhaustible oil and
minerals showed signs of depletion. Rivers were filled with silt from eroding farms and wastes from
factories. Many of the rivers were made unfit for fish. Several species of birds disappeared, and some
mammals seemed on the verge of going. Future timber shortages were predicted. In short, Americans soon
became to realize that some sort of conservation program must be set up, if future as well as present
Americans were to share in the resources that are the heritage of every American.
56: The title that best expresses the main theme or subject of this selection is ____.
A. The loss of topsoil B. The cause of timber shortage
C. The story of America's natural resources D. What the first white men found in America
57: It seemed to the early American settlers that ____.
A. there was a shortage of minerals. B. fertile soil was scarce
C. the natural resources were inexhaustible D. forests should not be cut
58: The use of America's natural resources by the early settlers was ____.
A. careless B. predicted C. scientific D. unbelievable
59: Much of the fertile soil of America has ____.
A. been covered by lakes B. been eroded by wind and water
C. sunk deep into the earth D. become the scene of factories
60: According to the passage, the false sentence is that _____.
A. they killed animals for food and sport.
B. the early American settlers used a lot of minerals and oil.
C. they plowed and harrowed grasslands and prairies.
D. they grew different kinds of plants in prairies.
61: The word "abounded with" could best replaced by ____.
A. were plentiful of B. were abundant in C. were rich with D. were a lot of
62: The word "silt" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ____.
A. dust B. soil C. land D. mud
63: One reason why many of our rivers are no longer suitable living places for fish is that ____.
A. too many fish have been caught B. floods have caused much damage
C. a conservation program has been set up D. factories have dumped waste into the rivers
64: Some species of birds and mammals seemed ____.
A. to become extinct B. to be killed C. to be slaughtered D. to die