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     In Southeast Asia, many forests have been cut down to produce timber and to clear land for farms and industries. The destruction of forests has reduced the living space of wildlife. Much of Asia’s wildlife is also threatened by over-hunting. Many people kill animals for food or hunt them to sell to zoos, medical researchers, and pet traders. Because of habitat destruction and over-hunting, many large Asian animals, including elephants, rhinoceros, and tigers, have become endangered.

In China, people have cut down most of the forests for wood, which has caused serious soil erosion. The soil is deposited in rivers and streams, which lowers the quality of the water. The Huang He, or Yellow River, is so named because the light-colored soil gives the water a yellowish color. The soil has also raised the riverbed. As a result, the Huang He often floods, causing great property damage and loss of life along its banks.

The living space of wildlife in Southeast Asia_________.

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Tiger Woods started playing golf when two years old. Now he is one of the most famous professional golfers in the world. Tiger is from the United States. His father is African-American and his mother is Thai. His real name is Eldrick, but everyone knows him as Tiger, the nickname his father gave him.

He started playing golf professionally in 1996, and won all four of the World Golf Championships before he turned 25. He holds the record as the youngest player ever to win all four of these championships. Although he has played on many great golf courses, one of Tiger's favorite places to play is Pebble Beach

Tiger became a role model at an early age. People look up to him, so he is very grateful. Because many people helped Tiger as a child, he wants to lend a hand to others now. Some people cannot play golf because of their ethnicity, while others do not have enough money. Occasionally, Tiger himself was prevented from playing golf. Because of this, he created the Tiger Woods Foundation to help make golf open to everyone. He likes to see diversity on the golf course, and he wants all children to play golf if they want to. Tiger is happy that many children now want to play golf because of him.

Which is true about Tigers parents?

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Nature gave us all necessary resources to live and prosper. Now it is in danger and needs our help. What else we can do to protect environment? First of all this decisions must be made on governmental level and provide legal limitations for industries that emit a lot of greenhouse gases. We must unite together in order to protect the place we live in. People are an integral part of nature, we are dependent of it as we cannot imagine our life without nature. So why to destroy environment and bite the hand that feeds you? We must stop deforestation and plant trees on cut down areas. Trees are natural filter of air that absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. Cutting down trees we deprive animals of their natural environment and the soil begin to grow in erosion. Planting trees will save birds and other animals.

We often make forced choices that are advertised on TV. Manufacturers try to rise their profits and sell more products. Sometimes we have so many unnecessary things we do not use. Imagine that you are moving your house, what are the necessary items you may need to live, only several bags. In reality the matter is opposite. There are a lot of things we do not use. People have to reconsider their views of life and promote healthy and ecologically friendly lifestyle. It is up to us to change situation for better and leave good legacy for generations to come.

What do people have to reconsider?

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Conservation, sustainable use and protection of natural resources including plants, animals, mineral deposits, soils, clean water, clean air, and fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas. Natural resources are grouped into two categories, renewable and nonrenewable.

A renewable resource is one that may be replaced over time by natural processes, such as fish populations or natural vegetation, or is inexhaustible, such as solar energy. The goal of renewable resource conservation is to ensure that such resources are not consumed faster than they are formed.

Nonrenewable resources are those in limited supply that cannot be replaced or can be replaced only over extremely long period of time. Nonrenewable resources include fossil fuels and mineral deposits, such as metal ore and gold ore. Conservation activities for nonrenewable resources focus on maintaining an adequate supply of these resources well into the future.

Natural resources are conserved for their biological, economic, and recreational values, like their natural beauty and importance to local cultures. For example, tropical rain forests are protected for their important role in both global ecology and the economic livelihood of the local culture; a coral reef may be protected for its recreational value for scuba divers; and a scenic river may be protected for its natural beauty.

A renewable source can be replaced over time or can last forever

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Ecotourism is booming and many tour operators say this is helpful to nature. Every year, millions of people visit protected (1) ____ areas to observe rare species. However, a new report casts doubt (2) ____ this form of tourism. The report, (3) ____ in the journal "Trends in Ecology and Evolution", suggests that ecotourism damages more than (4) ____ nature. Researchers believe tourists disrupt animals in their natural (5) ____. They point to a recent (6) ____ in Costa Rica where turtles had problems laying their eggs because of the many tourists who had gathered (7) ____  the beach to watch them.

The report says that ecotourism is (8) ____ animals bolder. A human presence makes animals tamer and less (9) ____ about other animals. This could put them at (10) ____ of being attacked by their natural predators, so more of them will be killed. The report says that when animals interact with humans, "they may let down their guard”. The report also says it is essential, “to develop a more comprehensive understanding of how different species in different situations respond to human visitation, and under what precise conditions human exposure might put them at risk".

(5) ___________

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LEARNING HOW TO LEARN

There is usually one important subject missing from most school timetables. Very few students are (41) ________ how to organize their learning and how to (42) ________ the best use of their time. Let's take some simple (43) ________. Do you know how to (44) ________ up words in a dictionary, and do you understand all of the (45)________ the dictionary contains? Can you take notes quickly and can you understand them (46) ________ ? For some reasons, many schools give learners no (47) ________ with these matters. Teachers ask students to memorize pages from books, but don't explain (48) ________ to do it. Learning by heart can be useful but it is important to have a genuine (49) ________ of a subject. You can (50) ________ a lot of time memorizing books, without understanding anything about the subject.

(49).....................

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Conservation, sustainable use and protection of natural resources including plants, animals, mineral deposits, soils, clean water, clean air, and fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas. Natural resources are grouped into two categories, renewable and nonrenewable.

A renewable resource is one that may be replaced over time by natural processes, such as fish populations or natural vegetation, or is inexhaustible, such as solar energy. The goal of renewable resource conservation is to ensure that such resources are not consumed faster than they are formed.

Nonrenewable resources are those in limited supply that cannot be replaced or can be replaced only over extremely long period of time. Nonrenewable resources include fossil fuels and mineral deposits, such as metal ore and gold ore. Conservation activities for nonrenewable resources focus on maintaining an adequate supply of these resources well into the future.

Natural resources are conserved for their biological, economic, and recreational values, like their natural beauty and importance to local cultures. For example, tropical rain forests are protected for their important role in both global ecology and the economic livelihood of the local culture; a coral reef may be protected for its recreational value for scuba divers; and a scenic river may be protected for its natural beauty.

The goal of renewable resource conservation is to ensure that such resources are consumed faster than they are formed.

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LEARNING HOW TO LEARN

There is usually one important subject missing from most school timetables. Very few students are (41) ________ how to organize their learning and how to (42) ________ the best use of their time. Let's take some simple (43) ________. Do you know how to (44) ________ up words in a dictionary, and do you understand all of the (45)________ the dictionary contains? Can you take notes quickly and can you understand them (46) ________ ? For some reasons, many schools give learners no (47) ________ with these matters. Teachers ask students to memorize pages from books, but don't explain (48) ________ to do it. Learning by heart can be useful but it is important to have a genuine (49) ________ of a subject. You can (50) ________ a lot of time memorizing books, without understanding anything about the subject.

(50)...................

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Saving energy means decreasing the amount of energy used while achieving a similar outcome of end use. Using less energy has lots of benefits - you can save money and help the environment. Generating energy requires precious natural resources, for instance coal, oil or gas. Therefore, using less energy helps us to preserve these resources and make them last longer in the future.

If people use less energy, there is less pressure to increase the available supply of energy, for example by constructing new power plants, or by importing energy from a different country.

There are many sources on the web that give you ideas of what you can do to save energy.

Here are a few ideas to help you:

Change your travel behavior, think more in terms of public transportation, if possible, walk or ride your bicycle instead of taking the car.

Reduce your house heat, keep the windows closed while heating, dress warmly.

Choose products that come with lightweight packaging.

Turn off lights and appliances when you are not using them, use energy-saving light bulbs.

Reuse plastic bags for shopping and storage.

Use a microwave instead of a stove to reheat food.

Use rechargeable batteries instead of disposable batteries.

According to the passage, all of the following are mentioned as the benefits of saving energy EXCEPT ___.

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Tiger Woods started playing golf when two years old. Now he is one of the most famous professional golfers in the world. Tiger is from the United States. His father is African-American and his mother is Thai. His real name is Eldrick, but everyone knows him as Tiger, the nickname his father gave him.

He started playing golf professionally in 1996, and won all four of the World Golf Championships before he turned 25. He holds the record as the youngest player ever to win all four of these championships. Although he has played on many great golf courses, one of Tiger's favorite places to play is Pebble Beach

Tiger became a role model at an early age. People look up to him, so he is very grateful. Because many people helped Tiger as a child, he wants to lend a hand to others now. Some people cannot play golf because of their ethnicity, while others do not have enough money. Occasionally, Tiger himself was prevented from playing golf. Because of this, he created the Tiger Woods Foundation to help make golf open to everyone. He likes to see diversity on the golf course, and he wants all children to play golf if they want to. Tiger is happy that many children now want to play golf because of him.

What does the Tiger Woods Foundation do?

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One of the most urgent environmental problems in the world today is the shortage of clean water. Having clean drinking water is a basic human right. However, acid rain, industrial pollution and garbage have made many sources of water undrinkable. Lakes, reservoirs and even entire seas have become vast pools of poison. Lake Baikal in Russia is one of the largest lakes in the world. It contains a rich variety of animals and plants, including 1,300 rare species that do not exist anywhere else in the world. Yet, they are being destroyed by the massive volumes of industrial effluent which pour into the lake every day. Even though laws have been made, the government do not have the power to enforce them. Most industries simply ignore the regulations. The Mediterranean Sea occupies 1% of the world's water surface, but it is the dumping ground for 50% of all marine pollution. Almost 16 countries regularly throw industrial wastes a few miles off shore. Water is free to everyone. A few years ago people thought that the supply of clean water in the world was limitless. Today, many water supplies have been ruined by pollution and sewage. Clean water is now scarce, and we are at last beginning to respect this precious source. We should do something now.

How many countries throw industrial wastes into the Mediterranean Sea regularly?

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MAKING RECYCLING EASIER

More and more of the products we buy have got recycled material in (29)____. Things like newspapers and magazines, glass bottles and jars, food and drink cans and even some clothing may have been (30)____ using recycled materials. Every time we buy one of these products we help to support the recycling industry. The aim is that the product is used once, recycled and then used again.

One of the ways in which we can help the recycling process is by saving our own waste. Over the next couple of weeks we'll begin a fortnightly collection of recyclable waste from your home. All you have to (31)___ is put your recyclable waste in the box we've given you and put the remember to look at the box out next to your dustbin. The collection is fortnightly, (32)___ sticker on the box that tells you which weeks we will collect it. Your dustbin will still be collected weekly.

(30).....................

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"Conservation, sustainable use and protection of (1) _______ resources including plants, animals, mineral deposits, soils, clean (2) _______, clean air, and fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas. Natural (3) _______ are grouped into two categories, renewable and nonrenewable. A (4) _______ resource is one that may be replaced over time by natural processes, (5) _______ fish populations or natural vegetation, or is inexhaustible, such as (6) _______ energy. The goal of renewable resource conservation is to ensure (7) _______ such resources are not consumed faster than they are (8) _______. Nonrenewable resources are those in limited supply that cannot be replaced (9) ______ can be replaced only over extremely long (10) _______ of time. Nonrenewable resources include fossil fuels and mineral deposits, such as (11) _______ ore and gold ore. Conservation activities for nonrenewable resources focus (12) _______ maintaining an adequate supply of these resources well into the future. Natural resources are conserved for their biological, economic, and recreational values, (13)_______ their natural beauty and importance to local cultures. (14) _______, tropical rain forests are protected for their important role in both global ecology and the economic livelihood of the local culture; a coral reef may be (15) _______ for its recreational value for scuba divers; and a scenic river may be protected for its natural beauty...."

13. Natural resources are conserved for their biological, economic, and recreational values, (13)_______ their natural beauty and importance to local cultures. 

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Our family members resemble each other because we have the same genetic formation in our DNA, and this formation has been passed from parents to children for many generations. Much like the children humans create, plants pass on their genetic formation in their seeds. The seeds of endangered and imperiled plants are so valuable because there are no other plants in the world with that same genetic formation, and we are at risk of loosing these genetic resources forever. But preserving the genetic diversity of some species can be quite difficult. When researchers and conservationists preserve a plant, one of their goals is to preserve genetic variety. “By preserving the genes of these plants, we preserve the possibility for adaptations in the future,” explains Dr. Christina Walters, a plant physiologist. After collected seeds must be stored for future use, planting or research. Since seeds begin to grow when it is warm and wet, scientists store seeds in places that are cold and dry, which is called a seed bank. But not all seeds survive the drying and freezing treatments, and care must be taken so that they are not harmed during banking. When researchers attempt to store a seed, they examine what is known about the growth habits of the plant, its habitat and geographical distribution, and then classify the seeds by storage needs.

Scientists preserve seeds ___.

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Nature gave us all necessary resources to live and prosper. Now it is in danger and needs our help. What else we can do to protect environment? First of all this decisions must be made on governmental level and provide legal limitations for industries that emit a lot of greenhouse gases. We must unite together in order to protect the place we live in. People are an integral part of nature, we are dependent of it as we cannot imagine our life without nature. So why to destroy environment and bite the hand that feeds you? We must stop deforestation and plant trees on cut down areas. Trees are natural filter of air that absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. Cutting down trees we deprive animals of their natural environment and the soil begin to grow in erosion. Planting trees will save birds and other animals.

We often make forced choices that are advertised on TV. Manufacturers try to rise their profits and sell more products. Sometimes we have so many unnecessary things we do not use. Imagine that you are moving your house, what are the necessary items you may need to live, only several bags. In reality the matter is opposite. There are a lot of things we do not use. People have to reconsider their views of life and promote healthy and ecologically friendly lifestyle. It is up to us to change situation for better and leave good legacy for generations to come.

Why should we plant trees?

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Tiger Woods started playing golf when two years old. Now he is one of the most famous professional golfers in the world. Tiger is from the United States. His father is African-American and his mother is Thai. His real name is Eldrick, but everyone knows him as Tiger, the nickname his father gave him.

He started playing golf professionally in 1996, and won all four of the World Golf Championships before he turned 25. He holds the record as the youngest player ever to win all four of these championships. Although he has played on many great golf courses, one of Tiger's favorite places to play is Pebble Beach

Tiger became a role model at an early age. People look up to him, so he is very grateful. Because many people helped Tiger as a child, he wants to lend a hand to others now. Some people cannot play golf because of their ethnicity, while others do not have enough money. Occasionally, Tiger himself was prevented from playing golf. Because of this, he created the Tiger Woods Foundation to help make golf open to everyone. He likes to see diversity on the golf course, and he wants all children to play golf if they want to. Tiger is happy that many children now want to play golf because of him.

What is the main idea of this reading?

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LIFE BEYOND EARTH

Is there intelligent life on other planets? For years, scientists said "no" or "we don't know". But today this is changing. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are astronomers. They believe intelligent life exists somewhere in the universe. They also think we will soon contact these beings.

Why do Shostak and Barnett think intelligent life exists on other planets? The first reason is time. Scientists believe the universe is about 12 billion years old. This is too long, say Shostak and Barnett, for only one planet in the entire universe to have intelligent life. The second - the universe is huge. Tools like the Hubble Telescope "have shown that shown that there are at least 100 billion galaxies," says Shostak. And our galaxy, the Milky Way, has at least 100 billion stars. Some planets circling these stars might be similar to Earth.

Until recently, it was difficult to search for signs of intelligent life in the universe. But now, powerful telescopes enable scientists to identify smaller planets - the size of other solar systems. These planets might have intelligent life.

Have beings from space already visited Earth? Probably not, says Shostak. The distance between planets is too great. Despite this, intelligent beings might eve other methods, such as radio signals. In fact, they may be trying to communicate with us now, but we don't have the right tools to receive their messages. But this is changing, says Shostak. By 2025, we could make contact with other life forms in our universe.

Why was it harder to look for signs of intelligent life in in the universe in the past?

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UNICEF means the United Nations Children’s Fund. It serves children in (41)______ all over the world. It helps children of (42)______ races, nationalities, religions, and political systems in more than 140 worldwide countries. The (43)______ of UNICEF is to help provide a better life for children and their mothers.
UNICEF (44) ______ both long-term assistance and emergency. UNICEF was (45) ______ in 1946 to help bring food and medicine to children who suffered during World War II in Europe. It began (46)______ a temporary agency, but became a permanent part of the United Nations in 1953 (47)______ the need for its services around the world. UNICEF’s primary concern is to help governments of developing countries improve the (48)______  of life for almost one billion children. UNICEF’s main office is in the United Nations, New York City, (49)______ it also has more than 40 offices and 100 programs worldwide. In 1965, UNICEF won the Nobel Peace Prize (50) ______  its work helping children and building brighter futures.

47__________

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    Here are some ways to help you to get a good night’s sleep. Firstly, don’t try too hard to (1)…………. asleep because this will make you anxious and keep you awake. Secondly, don’t go to bed until you (2)………….sleepy. Sitting in bed awake just (3)…………. you awake. If you cannot sleep (4) ………….you go to bed, get up and do something relaxing for a while until you feel sleepy. (5)…………. a boring book, watching TV or writing a letter can all help to relax you. You shouldn’t keep (6)…………. the clock, either. If you know how much sleep you have lost, you will become worried and less able to sleep. Turning the clock around (7)…………. you cannot see it is better. Lastly, it is a good (8)…………. to exercise during the day. A 20-minute walk (9)………… the morning will (10) ………….you feel sleepier at bedtime.

5__________

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"Conservation conflicts arise when natural-resource shortages develop in the face of steadily increasing demands from a growing human population. Controversy frequently surrounds how a resource should be used, or allocated, and for whom. For example, a river may supply water for agricultural irrigation, habitat for fish, and water-generated electricity for a factory. Farmers, fishers, and industry leaders vie for unrestricted access to this river, but such freedom could destroy the resource, and conservation method sare necessary to protect the river for future use.
Conflicts worsen when a natural resource crosses political boundaries. For example, the headwaters, or source, of a major river may be located in a different country than the country through which the river flows. There is no guarantee that the river source will be protected to accommodate resource needs downstream. In addition, the way in which one natural resource is managed has a direct effect upon other natural resources. Cutting down a forest near a river, for instance, increases erosion, the wearing away of topsoil, and can lead to flooding. Eroded soil and silt cloud the river and adversely affect many organisms such as fish and important aquatic plants that require clean, clear freshwater for survival."

1/ What does “arise” in line 1 mean?

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Research has shown that over half the children in Britain who take their lunches to school do not eat (1)_____ in the middle of the day. In Britain schools have to (2)_____ meals at lunchtime. Children can (3)_____ to bring their own food or have lunch at the school canteen.
One shocking (4)_____ of this research is that school meals are much healthier than lunches prepared by parents. There are strict (5)_____ for the preparation of school meals, which have to include one (6)_____of fruit and one of the vegetables, as well meat, a dairy item and starchy food like bread or pasta. Lunchboxes (7) _____by researchers contained sweet drinks, crisps, and chocolate bars. Children (8) _____twice as much sugar as they should at lunchtime.
Research has shown that over half the children in Britain who take their own lunches to school do not eat (1)_____ in the middle of the day. In Britain schools have to (2)_____ meals at lunchtime. Children can (3)_____ to bring their own food or have lunch at the school canteen.
One shocking (4)_____ of this research is that school meals are much healthier than lunches prepared by parents. There are strict (5)_____ for the preparation of school meals, which have to include one (6)_____of fruit and one of vegetables, as well meat, a dairy item and starchy food like bread or pasta. Lunchboxes (7) _____by researchers contained sweet drinks, crisps and chocolates bars. Children (8) _____twice as much sugar as they should at lunchtime. 
The research will provide a better (9)_____ why the percentage of overweight students in Britain has (10)_____  in the last decade. Unfortunately, the government cannot (11)_____ parents, but it can remind them of the (12)_____  value of milk, fruit, and vegetables. Small changes in their children’s diet can (13) _____ their future health. Children can easily develop bad eating (14 )_____ at this age, and parents are the only ones who can (15)_____ it.

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