Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 26

  Any change in one part of an ecosystem can cause changes in other parts. Droughts, storms and fires can change ecosystems. Some changes ____(25)___ ecosystems. If there is too little rainfall, plants will not have enough water to live. If a kind of plant dies off, the animals____(26)___feed on it may also die or move away. Some changes are good for ecosystems. Some pine forests need fires for the pine trees to reproduce. The seeds are sealed inside pinecones. Heat from a forest fire melts the seal and lets the seeds ____(27)___. Polluting the air, soil, and water can harm ecosystems. Building dams on rivers for electric power and irrigation can harm ecosystems ____(28)___ the rivers. Bulldozing wetlands and cutting down forests destroy ecosystems. Ecologists are working with companies and governments to find better ways of ___(29)____ fish, cutting down trees, and building dams. They are looking for ways to get food, lumber, and other products for people without causing harm to ecosystems.

 

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

He asked me _________ Robert and I said I did not know _________.

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_________ some Japanese women are successful in business, the majority of Japanese companies are run by men.

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Without _________ all the resources necessary for life would be damaged, wasted or destroyed.

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Government have passed laws to _________ protect wildlife from commercial trade.

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No player except the _________ can hold the ball with two hands.

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By 2015, it will be widely accepted that schools and pre-schools have _________extremely important role to play in _________future of our world.

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Daisy’s parents don’ t let her go to late - night disco. She _________ be at home at 9 o’clock in the evening.