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 1 to 5.
For many young people, sport is a popular part of school life and being in one of the school teams and playing in matches is very important. (1)________ someone is in a team, it means a lot of extra practice and often spending a Saturday or Sunday away (2)________ home, as many matches are played then. It can also involve traveling to other towns to play against other school teams and then (3)________ on after the match for a meal or drink. Sometimes parents, friends or other friends will travel with the team to support their own side. When a team wins a match, it is the whole school which feels proud, (4)________ only the players. It can also mean that a school (5)________ well-known for being good at certain sports and pupils from that school may end up playing for national and international teams so that the school has some really famous names associated with it! (1)________ someone is in a team, it means a lot of extra practice and often spending a Saturday or ...
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 from 14 to 18.
The scarcity of tigers and African elephants is more and more serious. They are endangered because poachers hunt them in order to sell tiger pelts and elephant ivory. At least 4,000 elephants are killed each year in order to meet the global demand for ivory, which is used to make carvings, jewelry and other products although it is illegal to sell ivory since 1989 anywhere. “Americans should be aware that there is still a problem with elephant poaching and loss to the illegal ivory trade,” Ginette Hemley, Fund’s vice president for species conservation, told the Washington Post in September. And so our message is “Don’t buy it, and don’t take that chance.” A Wildlife Fund report states that the United States seized 8,300 illegal ivory items between 1995 and 2002. Each week there are about 1,000 ivory auctions, the report said. As for tigers, their parts are used in traditional Chinese medicine. Tiger bones are used as a pain reliever in traditional medicine. Even tiger’s whiskers are sold because some people in Asia think they are a good-luck charm – like a rabbit’s foot in the United States. “Part of our job is education,” said Professor Dillon. “The other part is law enforcement. So we have more than one strategy.”