PART A. Directions: Choose the one word 8.

Nuclear engines operate without air and

or phrase that best completes the sentence. consume ……………. fuel than do other
1. At the beginning of this book, the author engines.
dsicusses the effects ……………. on the (a) much less
environment. (b) most
(a) of pollution (c) much
(b) they are of the polluted (d) most of the
(c) of the polluted 9. Calcite is one of ………….. minerals in
(d) they pollute the earth, and is prevalent in
2. Psychologists have observed that a mountainous regions.
large part of the ………………………….. (a) the more commonly
activity is beyond one’s awareness. (b) the most common
(a) brain that (c) as common as
(b) brainless (d) common
(c) brain’s 10. Free electrons are not tightly bound to
(d) brain whose their atoms and ………..from one to
3. One approach to the study of stress is to another.
identify events that cause psychological (a) can move easy
……………… (b) can easily move
(a) disrupting (c) can move more easily
(b) disrupts (d) easy more
(c) disrupt 11. The mass of the sun is about 750 times
(d) disruption …………. that of all the planets
4. When items appear to vanish gradually combined.
from short term ……………………, the (a) the gratest
process of displacement is noted. (b) as great as
(a) memory (c) greatly
(b) memorial for (d) greater
(c) in the memory
(d) memorize PART B. Directions: In each sentence,
5. to get an idea of a soil’s porosity, identify the one underlined word or phrase
…………….. a small amount of top soil that would not be considered correct in the
in your hand. standard witten English.
(a) to rub
(b) rubbing 1. It is probably that a well-developed
(c) rubbed A B
(d) rub memory is crucial in learning a foreign
6. Refrigeration ……….. food spoilage by C D
keeping temperature near or below language
freezing. 2. After the steam has left the turbine, it
(a) and the prevention of A
(b) prevents is condensing and recycled through the
(c) preventing that B C
(d) is prevented from power plant
7. Why …………….. to sell products D
consumers want in order to earn profit? 3. The Saudi Arabian economy depends
(a) companies have A
(b) do companies have large on the petroleum industry and oil
(c) companies do have B C
(d) companies did have production.
D
 4. The article provides general Evaporation and recondensation of water entail
A an important step in purification called
informations about animals and tells distillation. During evaporation, water
B molecules rise from the surface of a solution,
why animals are important to but the salt and other minerals that had been
C dissolved in it crystallize and precipitate from
human beings. the solution, forming sediment. As water is
D heated, its molecules acquire sufficient energy
to break the weak pull between them and rise
5. Studies of the sun may leads to the in the form of vapor. As the vapor temperature
A B falls, the attractive force between molecules
discovery of how the sun heats its outer grows to hold the molecules together, resulting
C D condensation.When water vapor recondenses,
atmosphere. it consists only of water. Pure water used in
chemical laboratories is obtained by this
6. Organic material, in various stages of process.Water from the ocean and other
A B sources is perpetually evaporated, purified,
decay, releasing nutrients into the soil. and eventually recondensed in the
C D atmosphere.
Water can purified by distillation or other
7. The more precipitation there is, the methods. The hydrological cycle of the earth
A consists of water vapor entering the
high is the ground water table atmosphere through evaporation and coming
B C back via condensation and precipitation. Since
in low-lying areas. ocean occupy approximately 70 percent of the
D planet’s surface, the largest amount of water in
the cycle is derived from the evaporation of
8. Reinforced plastics are strong, water from the ocean surfaces. A secondary
A source of water vapor lies in rivers, lakes, and
lightweighted combinations of plastics soil. Plant transpiration occurs in areas with
B heavily vegetated land and adds to the vapor in
and glass fibers, cloth, or paper. the cycle.
C D
1. Why does sedimentation develop?
9. Nuclear reactorsproduce energy by split
A B (A) Salts and minerals solidify and
the atom in the target material into accumulate.
C (B) Distillation makes water rise.
two nearly equal parts. (C) Solid water condenses at low
D temperature.
(D) Recondensation dissolves salts and
10. Computers programs, catalogues, minerals.
A B
directories, and collections of data are 2. What is the primary physical mechanism of
C D evaporation?
protected by copyright law. (A) The reduction in the attraction of
molecules
Part C: Directions: Answer all the questions (B) The rise of water vapor into the air.
following the passage on the basis of what (C) Molecular decomposition of water into
is stated or implied in the passage. For atoms.
each question, select the one best answer, (D) Vapor condensation to hold molecules
(A), (B), (C) or (D). together.
3. …. chemical laboratories is obtained by this Part A :
process. The word “this process” refers to: 1.A 2. B 3. D
(A) evaporation 4. A 5. D 6. B
(B) precipitation 7.B 8. A 9. C
(C) condensation 10. B 11. B
(D) purification
4. The word “perpetually” is the closest
meaning to Part B :
(A) persistenly 1.A 2. B 3. B
(B) perceptually 4.B 5. B 6. C
(C) always 7. B 8. B 9. B
(D) slowly 10. A
5. The word “via” is the closest meaning to
(A) by means of
(B) without Part C :
(C) because of 1.A 2. A 3. D
(D) upward from 4. C 5. A 6. B
6. It can be inferred from the passage that 7.B 8. B 9. A
regions near the ocean experience 10. D
(A) high winds
(B) high humidity
(C) low precipitation
(D) cold snaps
7. It can be inferred from the passage that
evaporation
(A) Occurs only from surfaces of ocean
(B) Takes place from all bodies of water
(C) Is only 70 percent effective
(D) Cannot take place from the soil
8. The author of the passage implies that
(A) Plants benefit from water vapor and
precipitation
(B) Plants participated in the hydrological
(C) Vegetables grow well near the
oceancoastline
(D) water is the main constituent of the
earth’s atmosfer
9. Which of the following is not mentioned in
the passage as a source of vapor?
(A) Precipitation
(B) Oceans
(C) Water in plants
(D) Rivers and lake
10. Which of the following would be the best
title for the passage
(A) Purification of water in large quantites
(B) The physical consistency of water vapor
(C) Evaporation of molecules for purification
(D) Distillation in the Hydrological Cycle.