FULL NAME: ……………………………………………… A 15 MINUTE TEST CLASS: 12 Circle the best answer A, B, C or D. I. PHONETICS 1. A. tortoise B. leopard C. parrot D. bamboo 2. A. survive B. threaten C. impact D. current 3. A. extinction B. endangered C. disappear D. awareness 4. A. commercial B. industry C. another D. dependent 5. A. urbanization B. individual C. exploitation D. conservation II. VOCABULARY 6. Due to the lack of governmental care, many animals are now on the verge of ______________. A. extinct B. extinctive C. extinctively D. extinction 7. These areas are ___________ to floods. Therefore, we must build more dams. A. vulnerable B. affected C. risky D. endangered 8. The authority should soon __________ new laws on the protection of wild animals. A. give B. distribute C. enact D. prevent 9. The economic _________ in the U.S in the 1970s had a serious impact on the whole world. A. difficulty B. crisis C. unbalance D. destruction 10. We must try our best to maintain ___________ so as not to disturb the balance of nature. A. biodiversity B. priority C. deforestation D. livelihood III. GRAMMAR 11. Twenty years ago, David _________ speak Arabic fluently. Now he’s forgotten a lot. A. could B. might C. needed D. must 12. Jessica hasn’t made up her mind about where to go to school. She __________ attend Duke University. She just doesn’t know yet. A. mustn’t B. may not C. needn’t D. can’t 13. This box isn’t as heavy as it looks. You ________ help me with it. Thanks anyway for offering to help. A. must B. mustn’t C. might D. needn’t 14. Yesterday everyone in the office _________ leave the building for a fire drill. I am glad it wasn’t a real fire. A. may B. might C. must D. mustn’t 15. You ________ play loud music at night. The neighbours will call the police. A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. might not D. couldn’t READING Another side effect of the human population explosion will be the conversion of more land to food production or cities. This habitat (16) ______ will cause progressive extinction of many more species. Globally, 45 species of birds and 40 species of mammals went (17) ______ between 1650 and 1969, more have disappeared since then, and many more are in endangered species list. It has been estimated that half of all the species on Earth reside in the Amazon rain forest, (18) ______ most of them in Brazil. Brazil's plans to colonize and cut down the rain forests and similar changes in Congo and Indonesia may very well (19) ______a major episode of extinction. Recent efforts to estimate the projected rate of extinction suggest (20) ______ half of all the species of mammals and birds will become extinct within the next 200 to 300 years. 16. A. variety B. extinction C. endanger D. destruction 17. A. exhausted B. exhaust C. extinction D extinct 18. A. as with B. with C. as to D. as for 19. A. influence B. result from C. lead to D. cause to 20. A. that B. this C. those D. these FULL NAME: ……………………………………………… A 15 MINUTE TEST CLASS: 12 Circle the best answer A, B, C or D. I. PHONETICS 1. A. disappear B. awareness C. extinction D. endangered 2. A. commercial B. industry C. another D. dependent 3. A. urbanization B. individual C. exploitation D. conservation 4. A. tortoise B. bamboo C. leopard D. parrot 5. A. survive B. threaten C. impact D. current II. VOCABULARY 6. The authority should soon __________ new laws on the protection of wild animals. A. give B. distribute C. enact D. prevent 7. The economic _________ in the U.S in the 1970s had a serious impact on the whole world. A. unbalance B. destruction C. difficulty D. crisis 8. We must try our best to maintain ___________ so as not to disturb the balance of nature. A. biodiversity B. priority C. deforestation D. livelihood 9. Due to the lack of governmental care, many animals are now on the verge of ______________. A. extinctively B. extinction C. extinct D. extinctive 10. These areas are ___________ to floods. Therefore, we must build more dams. A. vulnerable B. affected C. risky D. endangered III.GRAMMAR 11. This library book is overdue. I _________ better return it today. A. need B. must C. might D. had 12. Our company provides free advice on the use of our products. You _________ pay us. A. must B. have to C. needn’t D. mustn’t 13. Whatever ___________ come, I will always be by your side. A. must B. may C. could D. need 14. You __________ stand up. There are a lot of seats available on the bus. A. couldn’t B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. might not 15. People who use public parks __________ clean up after themselves. A. must B. may C. ought D. might IV. READING Another side effect of the human population explosion will be the conversion of more land to food production or cities. This habitat (16) ______ will cause progressive extinction of many more species. Globally, 45 species of birds and 40 species of mammals went (17) ______ between 1650 and 1969, more have disappeared since then, and many more are in endangered species list. It has been estimated that half of all the species on Earth reside in the Amazon rain forest, (18) ______ most of them in Brazil. Brazil's plans to colonize and cut down the rain forests and similar changes in Congo and Indonesia may very well (19) ______a major episode of extinction. Recent efforts to estimate the projected rate of extinction suggest (20) ______ half of all the species of mammals and birds will become extinct within the next 200 to 300 years. 16. A. extinction B. endanger C. Destruction D. variety 17. A. exhausted B. exhaust C. extinction D extinct 18. A. as with B. with C. as to D. as for 19. A. influence B. cause to C. result from D. lead to 20. A. those B. these C. that D. this . FULL NAME: ……………………………………………… A 15 MINUTE TEST CLASS: 12 Circle the best answer A, B, C or D. I. PHONETICS 1. A. tortoise B. leopard C to D. cause to 20. A. that B. this C. those D. these FULL NAME: ……………………………………………… A 15 MINUTE TEST CLASS: 12 Circle the best answer A, B, C or D. I. PHONETICS 1. A. disappear B. awareness. building for a fire drill. I am glad it wasn’t a real fire. A. may B. might C. must D. mustn’t 15. You ________ play loud music at night. The neighbours will call the police. A. mustn’t B. needn’t