Reading 2

Text II
(1) ………………………………………………………………..
(2) This is because the cost the unavailability of conventional fuels became
a major problem in industrial countries. (3) Getting energy from the sun is
not a new idea. (4) Most people have had the experience of getting sunburn
on cloudy day, much of their surprise. (5) The energy is always there. (6)
Technology has now brought the cost of harnessing the sun closer to being
economically competitive. (7) The conventional fuels, such as patrol, coal,
and gas are usually called non-renewable source of energy. (8) Finally, the
fact that solar heating and solar cooling are very attractive environmentally
provides another reason to switch from conventional fuels.
1. Which sentence would best begin the paragraph?

A. people are trying to find an alternative source of energy as a
replacement of solar energy
B. solar energy is considered as an impractical alternative source
of energy
C. solar energy in rapidly becoming a logical alternative source
of head
D. the sun is an alternative source of energy which is expensive
and dangerous
E. nowadays people tend to keep using petroleum production as
fuels
1. The sentence which is irrelevant to the text is sentence

number______
2. Four
3. Five
4. Six
5. Seven
6. Eight
Text III
In the animal world, when any species become overpopulated, naturalists
observe that the animals begin fighting among themselves and become
cannibalistic. Sociologists have been reporting for years that the human
population of the world is growing at an uncontrollable rate, and the
world’s cities will be overpopulated in about ten years. As a result, human
societies will begin experiencing a global breakdown and we can expect an
international war within the next ten years. It is feared that human social
behaviour follows the same patterns as the behaviours of animals.
1. We can conclude from the text that human beings will behave like
animals when ….
1. They become cannibalistic
2. They fight among themselves
3. There is an international war
4. They struggle for survival
5. They build up their societies
2. The topic of the text is
1. The researches of naturalists on animals
2. The reports of sociologists on overpopulation in the word
3. The fighting among animal species at a certain stage of their
life
4. The similar effects of overpopulation in humans and animals
5. The cause of overpopulation in the animal world
Text IV
The Philippine government knows that smoking is deadly. But is also
knows that more than 60.000 farmers rely on tobacco _(10)___for a living.
The solution? ‘We are trying to find __(11_ uses for tobacco,’ says Perlina
Baula of the National Tobacco administration. Traditional healers in the
Philippines use Tobacco leaves _(12)_ Wounds and insect bites, so
researchers want to assess the plant’s potential as a topical pain killer and
antibacterial medicine. The plant also has a high protein (13)__which can
be extracted and added to food supplement. The most promising by
products are paper and particle board. We’re doing this to supplement the
farmers’ income’, notes Baula,(14)__ I don’t think we will ever eliminate
smoking through this program.
1. a. Plants
b. roots
c. seed
d. crops
e. branches
1. a. Alter
b. alternation
c. alternative
d. altering
e. altered
1. a. To hurt
b. to inject
c. to attract
d. to increase
e. to treat
1. a. Selection
b. content
c. mixture
d. condition
e. benefit
1. a. Although
b. because
c. since
d. if
e. while
1. We would not have lost our bag, if we ____ sit in the hotel.
1. Left
2. Have left
3. Had left
4. Would have
5. Would have left
2. The success of our team ____ everywhere in town how
1. Is celebrated
2. Was celebrated
3. Is being celebrated
4. Has been celebrated
3. She looks so hungry and week. Tell her that she ____ have some
food
1. Should
2. Would
3. Might
4. Will
5. Shall
4. I used to study until late at night
It means ____ until late at night.
1. It is my habit to study
2. I wanted to study
3. It was not my custom to study
4. No, I do not study
5. I would like to study
6. Over the past few years medical doctors ____ for a drug to control
the AIDS virus.
Have been searching
1. Searched
2. Had searched
3. Were searching
4. Will search
5. By the times she finds the umbrella, they____ working.
1. Stopped
2. Will have stop
3. Will stop
4. Will have stopped
5. Will have been stopping
6. I am having my car repaired, it means…..
1. I would like my car to be repaired
2. My car needed repairing
3. Someone is repairing my car
4. I am repairing my car
5. My car is being repaired by me
22. She has got her brother’s toy …
1. Repair
2. Repairs
3. Repaired
4. To repair
5. Repairing
6. Bill has been working for this bookstore for many years, and now he
acts as if he were the owner. From this sentence we may conclude that
….
1. Bill is an honest man
2. Bill has become a rich man
3. Bill is a shareholder
4. Bill is not the owner of the store
5. Bill is the one whom the owner trusts
7. The lady ____ this letter is addressed had moved to another city.
1. Who
2. To which
3. To whom
4. Whom
5. Which
8. The girl ____ mother is ill is staying at home today.
9. Who
10. What
11. Whom
1. Her
2. Whose

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1. Which sentence would best begin the paragraph?

1. The sentence which is irrelevant to the text is sentence

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