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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 6 to 13.

In 1945 leaders from 51 countries met in San Francisco, California and organized the United Nations (often called the UN). World War II had just ended. Millions of people had died and (6)_______ was destruction everywhere. People hoped (7)_______ could build a future of world peace through this new organization. The United Nations has four main goals and purposes:

1.     To work together for international peace (8)_______ to solve international problems;

2.     To develop friendly relations among nations;

3.     To work together for human rights for everyone of all races, religions, languages and of both sexes.

4.     To build a center where nations can work together for these goals. Today almost every country in the world is a member of the UN. Each country signed an agreement that says:

       All members are (9)_______.

       All members promise to solve international problems (10)_______ a peaceful way.

       No member will use force against another member.

       All members will help the UN in its actions.

       The UN will not try to solve problems within countries except to international peace.

Obviously, the United Nations has not been completely successful in it. There (11)_______ several wars since 1945. (12)_______, the organization has helped peace to some countries that were at war. It has helped people (13)_______ left their countries because of wars. It has helped bring independence to colonies.

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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 31 to 38.

Africa's wild giraffe population has plunged dramatically and the world's tallest animals are in the process of a "silent extinction", a conservation group has reported.

Giraffe populations have fallen by up to 40% over the last 30 years, the International Union for Conservation of Nature says in the latest edition of its"Red List" of endangered species. The gentle giants' numbers have dipped from as many as 163,000 in 1985 to just over 97,000 in 2015, according to the report. The steep decline was one of the headline statistics from the report, and is driven by some familiar factors including habitat loss, civil unrest and unforgettably, illegal hunting. Elsewhere, of the 742 newly recognized bird species in the list, 11% are considered threatened ‒ and 13 already listed as "extinct".

Many species are slipping away before we can even describe them. This IUCN Red List update shows that the scale of the global extinction crisis may be even greater than we thought. Among bird species under threat is the African grey parrot, a popular pet, which is now classed as "Endangered" on the list because of "unsustainable trapping and habitat loss."

Across animals, birds, insects, aquatic life and plants, the IUCN Red List now includes 85,604 species, of which 24,307 are threatened with extinction.

The plunge in the number of wild giraffes prompted the group to move the animals from the "least concern" rating to "vulnerable", in the report. "While giraffes are commonly seen on safari, in the media and in zoos, people ‒ including conservationists ‒ are unaware that these majestic animals are undergoing a silent extinction," IUCN co-Chairman Julian Fennessy, was quoted as saying. "With a decline of almost 40% in the last three decades alone, the world's tallest animal is under severe pressure in some of its core ranges across East, Central and West Africa. As one of the world's most iconic animals, it is timely that we take risks for the giraffe before it is too late." Of nine subspecies of giraffe, five are declining in numbers, while three have increasing populations and one is stable.

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