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II. Read the passage and then decide which answer A, B, C, or D best fits each space:
Set in the red desert of central Australia is the mining town of Coober Pedy. At first sight, the town looks (1) ……. to many other such communities, but Coober Pedy is different. Sixty per cent of its population of some 4,000 people live underground. There are today about 800 underground houses as well as shops, hotels and even churches in the town and the (2).............................................................................................................................................................................. hills. Once a
site has been chosen, special tunneling machines are (3)........ in to create passages and rooms in the sandstone.Rock pillars are
left to (4) ……… the roof, and doors and windows are cut into the front. Houses are of all shapes and (5). , the largest
having twenty rooms, and some even have their own swimming pool. Living underground may (6)...... strange but in fact it
has a (7) ……… of advantages. In summer, the temperature outside can (8)..... an astonishing 470C, and in winter the nights
can be (9) …….. cold. However, inside the houses it remains a steady 250C all year (10).......... Many people say that living
underground (11) ……. them feel very secure. There is no problem with noise from the neighbors and the houses are not (12) ……..
by the fierce dust storms that regularly (13) …….through the area. And of course, if your family (14). or lots of friends come
to stay, you can (15).......... dig another room.
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[/TBODY]B / The cheetah is a large cat with spots (1)....... a leopard. It is a fierce hunter and the fastest animal on earth. Cheetahs
have two main (2) ……… - grasslands and deserts in Africa and Asia. African cheetahs are (3)..... They have enough space
and food to survive in large (4).............. But Asiatic cheetahs are an endangered species. According to one scientist, there are only
a few hundred (5).......... in the world. The last Asiatic cheetah in captivity was 9-year-old Marita. She was found as a cub and
raised by zookeepers. The biggest enemy to the Asiatic cheetah’s survival is its human (6)...... Poachers sneak into protected
areas to catch them. Their speeding cars (7)..... the cats. Poachers also hunt gazelles, foxes, and hares-the cheetah’s primary food.
(Some gazelles are as rare as cheetahs.) Farmers kill the big cats when they invade farms looking (8).. food. Iran is the country
with the (9) ……. Asiatic cheetahs. The animals are safe in a large wildlife refuge supported by the Iranian government. But cheetahs avoid people, so they are very hard to spot even there. Scientists know when a cheetah is in an area by its tracks. Those large paw prints are all most researchers ever see of a cheetah. But scientists are elated anyway. They hope (10).............................................................................................................................................................................. more and
more tracks as the cheetah population in the refuge grows.
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Set in the red desert of central Australia is the mining town of Coober Pedy. At first sight, the town looks (1) ……. to many other such communities, but Coober Pedy is different. Sixty per cent of its population of some 4,000 people live underground. There are today about 800 underground houses as well as shops, hotels and even churches in the town and the (2).............................................................................................................................................................................. hills. Once a
site has been chosen, special tunneling machines are (3)........ in to create passages and rooms in the sandstone.Rock pillars are
left to (4) ……… the roof, and doors and windows are cut into the front. Houses are of all shapes and (5). , the largest
having twenty rooms, and some even have their own swimming pool. Living underground may (6)...... strange but in fact it
has a (7) ……… of advantages. In summer, the temperature outside can (8)..... an astonishing 470C, and in winter the nights
can be (9) …….. cold. However, inside the houses it remains a steady 250C all year (10).......... Many people say that living
underground (11) ……. them feel very secure. There is no problem with noise from the neighbors and the houses are not (12) ……..
by the fierce dust storms that regularly (13) …….through the area. And of course, if your family (14). or lots of friends come
to stay, you can (15).......... dig another room.
1,A. similar | B. like | C. same | D. alike | 8,A. achieve | B. reach | C. fulfill | D. hold |
2,A. enclosing | B. close | C. near | D. surrounding | 9.A. extremely | B. heavily | C. sharply | D. strongly |
3,A. entered | B. brought | C. worked | D. placed | 10,A. wide | B. round | C. across | D. along |
4,A. push | B. lift | C. rise | D. support | 11,A. makes | B. enables | C. allows | D. gets |
5,A. volumes | B. areas | C. sizes | D. numbers | 12,A. spoiled | B. influenced | C. disturbed | D. affected |
6,A. consider | B. hear | C. suggest | D. sound | 13,A. pour | B. sweep | C. flood | D. hurry |
7,A. sum | B. plenty | C. number | D. total | 14,A. grows | B. rises | C. stretches | D. explodes |
15,A. ever | B. regular | C. always | D. only |
have two main (2) ……… - grasslands and deserts in Africa and Asia. African cheetahs are (3)..... They have enough space
and food to survive in large (4).............. But Asiatic cheetahs are an endangered species. According to one scientist, there are only
a few hundred (5).......... in the world. The last Asiatic cheetah in captivity was 9-year-old Marita. She was found as a cub and
raised by zookeepers. The biggest enemy to the Asiatic cheetah’s survival is its human (6)...... Poachers sneak into protected
areas to catch them. Their speeding cars (7)..... the cats. Poachers also hunt gazelles, foxes, and hares-the cheetah’s primary food.
(Some gazelles are as rare as cheetahs.) Farmers kill the big cats when they invade farms looking (8).. food. Iran is the country
with the (9) ……. Asiatic cheetahs. The animals are safe in a large wildlife refuge supported by the Iranian government. But cheetahs avoid people, so they are very hard to spot even there. Scientists know when a cheetah is in an area by its tracks. Those large paw prints are all most researchers ever see of a cheetah. But scientists are elated anyway. They hope (10).............................................................................................................................................................................. more and
more tracks as the cheetah population in the refuge grows.
1,A. such as | B. for example | C. like | D. as if | 6,A. prisoners | B. criminals | C. predators | D. murderers |
2,A. habitats | B. housings | C. floras | D. ecologies | 7,A. run out | B. run after | C. run off | D. run over |
3,A. survival | B. abundant | C. limited | D. regular | 8,A. ahead | B. for | C. after | D. at |
4,A. amounts | B. qualities | C. capacities | D. numbers | 9,A. most | B. more | C. many | D. much |
5,A. left | B. leave | C. leaving | D. to leave | 10,A. see | B. will see | C. to see | D. seeing |
