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nd Term-1

st Test

Class A

I. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

By the year 2025, the Earth could lose as many as one fifth of all species known to …(1)… today. In

recent centuries, hundreds of species have…..(2)………almost always as a result of human activities.

Today, ….(3)…….. require such efforts more urgently than ever. An essential task that falls to present￾day conservationists is to determine which species are most……(4)….., so that conservation resources can be

applied where action is needed most. Species are categorized by the degree to which their ……..(5)………. in

the wild is threatened. World ………(6)…… Fund (WWF) offers a sampling of animals and plants that fall

mainly within the two most serious categories of- threat: critically endangered and endangered. What threatens

these species' existence? Some of the top threats are habitat destruction by unsustainable logging and ever￾encroaching human settlement; pollution of water, soil, and air by toxic ……..(7)……; unnatural climate

changes due to fossil fuel use; unmanaged fishing that exhausts fish stocks; and illegal hunting to supply the

demand for skins, hides, traditional medicines, food, and tourist souvenirs.

1. A. live B. exist C. be D. understand

2. A. appeared B. lived C. survived D. disappeared

3. A. species B. animals C. plants D. human

4. A. dangerous B. beautiful C. endangered D. precious

5. A. survival B. life C. home D. nature

6. A. World B. Workers C. Winning D. Wildlife

7. A. sources B. chemicals C. fields D. industries

II.. Choose the best answer for each sentence below:

8. We’ve got plenty of time. We………..leave yet.

A. need B. may C. needn’t D. might

9. You could fly via Vienna;……………,it isn’t the only way.

A .but B. however C. therefore D. so

10. I’m very bored…………..what he said. His lecture wasn’t interesting.

A. at B. in C. from D. with

11 Almost half of turtles and tortoises are known to be threatened with ____.

A. extinction B. extinct C. extinctive D. extinctly

12. Don’t make too much noise. You ………. wake my parents up.

A. need B. must C. may D. should

13. Everyone is ready for the discussion, ________ him.

A. however B. but C. so D. therefore

14. She has worked as a secretary ………….she graduated from college.

A. until B. while C. since D. before

15. When I came to see her yesterday, she ……………..film with her boyfriend.

A. watches B. is watching C. has watched D. was watching

16. The children haven’t met their mother before they left London

A B C D

17. She…………..her grandmother last week

A. visited B. visits C. will visit D. is visiting

18. Last week, We all took part ……….the competition held by the teacher.

A. on B. at C. in D. of

19. My father often …………..exercise at nights with his neighbors

A. do B. does C. did D. has done

20. “………………?-“I’m 18 years old”

A. How far is it B. How tall are you C. How are you D. How old are you