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USE OF ENGLISH (25 pts)

PART 1: For questions 1 to 10, choose the best answer. Mark your answers on the optical
form. (10 x 1 = 10 pts)

I.
Our Environment
Humans have a history of trying to control the environment. We have learned to produce a constant
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food supply through farming, to control our temperature through the use of clothing and heating and
cooling systems, and to build shelters ___(1)___ can fight against even the greatest extremes in
weather.

Our history has been in a constant struggle to survive the roughness of our environment. Because of
this struggle, we damage the fragile balance of nature, and sometimes, we even destroy it.
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Unfortunately, there are too many people for us ___(2)___ continue this struggle with our earth. If
the population were smaller, our damage ___(3)___ so significant. However, the impact of over 5
billion people is tremendous.

Today, many plants and animals are near extinction, and the all-important food chain is in danger.
___(4)___ we continue to abuse our world, we will almost certainly destroy it.

So, is there anything the individual can do? There are many ___(5)___ that it is impossible for an
individual to have an effect on the current situation in the world. These people often wish that the
situation were different and that our problems had never developed.

2. A) so
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3. A) wouldn’t be
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D) won’t have been
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5. A) they believe

A) Unless
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B) Supposing
B) who believe
C) Although
C) believed
D) believe
D) If

II.
Underground Cities
construction companies are planning underground cities that would ___(6)___ ease urban crowding,
but also provide protection against earthquakes and increase energy efficiency. Situated on an area
which is only one hundredth the size of the United States, but with nearly as many people, Japan
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for underground construction is that the movement of earth underground ___(8)___ an earthquake
is far less than on the surface. The harm caused by recent earthquakes in Japan ___(9)___ to some
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extent if many of the cities affected had been largely located underground. In addition, the near-
constant temperature would reduce fuel costs for underground cities ___(10)___ underground areas
would need much less heating in winter and much less cooling in summer.
A) while
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A) used to suffer
B) when
B) will have suffered
B) not only
C) is suffering
C) during
C) have
D) for
D) be
D) had suffered

A) could have avoided

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10. A) although
B) could avoid
B) since
D) could have been avoided
D) but
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