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Question 1 - 8

Alpha Centauri is a triple-star system. one of the three stars in alpha centauri is Proxima
Centauri, which is the nearest star to earth, except of course for the sun. the name "proxima"
comes from a latin word which means "close". even though proxima centauri is the closest star to
earth outside of our solar system, it isnot really close.

Interstellar distance are so large that the are almost impossible to imagine. a person travelling in
a modern spacecraft would not arrive at proxima centauri within this lifetime or the next, or even
ten lifetime because the distance is so great. light travel at a speed of 18,000 miles per second
and it still take light more than four ear to travel from Proxima Centauri to the earth.

Alpha Centauri can be easily seen in night sky without telescope from certain part of the earth. it
is the third brightest star in the sky, out of approximately  6,000 visible stars. it can not be seen
from most part of the united state because most of the unite state is too far north. however, it can
be seen from the southern part of the southernmost state.

1. The main subject of this passage is ....

a. the closest star to the earth
b. modern space travel
c. the speed of light
d. interstellar distance

2. The passage indicate that which of the following is NOT true 

a. Alpha centauri is composed of three stars
b. proxima centauri is the closest star to the earth
c. proxima centauri is one of the star in alpha centauri
d. it is possible to see alpha centauri from the earth

3. "Interstellar" distance in line 5 are ....

a. distance between stars
b. distance between the earth and various stars
c. distance measured b the speed of light
d. distance from sun to each of the planet including the earth

4. It can be inferred from the passage that if a person left in one today's spacecrafts, he or she
would arrive at alpha Centauri 
a. within this lifetime
b. within the next lifetime 
c. within ten life time
d. after more than ten lifetimes
5. The word "great" in line 7 could best be replaced b which of the following
a. famous
b. well-known
c. accomplished
d. big

6. Which of the following is true according to the passage

a. light travel at 18,000 miles per hour
b. a person could travel from earth to proxima centauri in four years
c. light from proxima centauri reaches the earth in more than four years
d. it is 186,000 miles from the earth to proxima centauri

7. The word brightest in line 11 could best be replaced by

a. smartest
b. palest
c. shiniest
d. largest

8. In can be inferred from the passage that from Alaska Alpha Centauri is
a. always visible
b. frequently visible
c. occasionally visible
d. never visible

Question 9 -15

In 1972, a century after the first national park in united state was established at Yellowstone,
legislation was passed to create the National Marine Sanctuaries Program. the intent of this
legislation was to provide protection to selected coastal habitats similar to that existing for land
areas designated as national parks. the designation of an areas a marine sanctuary indicated that it
is a protected area, just as a national park is. people are permitted to visit and observe there, but
living organism and their environment ma not be harmed or removed.

The national marine sanctuary program is administrated b The National oceanic and atmosphere
administration, a branch of the united state department of commerce. initially, 70 site were
proposed as candidates for sanctuary status. two and half decades later, only fifteen sanctuary
had been designated, with half of these establishment after 1978. the range in size from the very
small (less than 1 square kilometer) Fagatele bay National Marine Sanctuary in american Samoa
to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in California, extending over 15,744 square
kilometers.
The National Marine Sanctuaries Program is a crucial part of new management practice in which
whole communities of species and not just individual species, are offered some degree of
protection from habitat degradation and over exploitation. only this way can a reasonable degree
of marine  species diversity be maintained in a setting that also maintains the natural
interrelationship that exist among these species. several other types of marine protected areas
exist in the unite state and other countries. The National Estuarine Research Reserve system.
managed by United State government, includes 23 designated and protected estuaries. outside the
united state marine protected-area program exist as marine park, reserve and preserve. over 100
designated area exist around the periphery of the Carbbean Sea. other range from well-known
Australian Great Barrer Reef Marine Park to Lesser-known park in countries such as Thailand
and Indonesia, where tourism is placing growing pressures on fragile coral reef system. as state,
national and international agency come to recognize the importance of conserving marine
biodiversity, marine projected areas. whether as sanctuaries, parks or estuarine reserves, will play
an increasingly important role in preserving that diversity.

9. What does the passage mainly discuss?

a. Difference among Marine Parks, Sanctuaries and reserve
b. Various marine conservation programs
c. International agreements on coastal protection
c. Similarities between land and sea protection environment

10. The word "intent" in line 3 s closest in meaning to ....

a. repetition
b. approval
c. goal
d. revision

11. The word "administered" in line 8 is closest in meaning to ....

a. managed
b. recognized
c. opposed
d. justified

12. The word "these" in line 11 refers to ....

a. sites
b. candidates
c. decade
d. sanctuaries

13. The passage mentions the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (line 13-14) as an
example of a sanctuary that ....
a. is not well know
b. covers a large area
c. is smaller than the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary
d. was not originally proposed for sanctuary status

14. According to the passage, when was the national Marine Sanctuaries Program Established ?
a. before 197
b. after 1987
c. 100 years before national park were established
d. 100 years after national park were established

15. According to the passage, all of the following are achievement of the national Marine
Sanctuaries program except ....

a. the discovery of several new marine organisms

b. the preservation of connections between individual marine species
c. the protection of coastal habitats
d. the establishment of areas where the public can observe marine life

Question 16-20

The plan obtains carbon and hydrogen dioxide from the atmosphere; other nutrients are taken up
from the soil. Although the plant contains sodium, iodine, and cobalt, these are apparently not
essential. This is also true of silicon and alumunium.

Overall chemical analysis indicate that the total supply of nutrients in soils is usually high in
comparison with the requirements of crop plants. Much of this potential supply, however, is
bound tightly in forms that are not released to crops fast enough to give satisfactory growth.
Because of this, the farmer is interested in measuring the available nutrient supply as contrasted
to the total quantities.

16. Which of the following elements is not taken up from the soil?

a) Potassium

b) Magnesium

c) Carbon

d) Calcium

17. Why do farmers prefer considering the only available nutrients to the total quantities of
nutrient found in the soil? Because . . . . .

a) They do to know how to obtain all the nutrients

b) Chemical analysis indicate that the soil constrains all the nutrients needed

c) The nutrient are in the soil

d) Most of the nutrients are bound in compounds

18. The topic of paragraph three is about . . . . .

a) The result of chemical analysis

b) The requirement of crop plants

c) Giving satisfactory growth to the plants

d) Measuring the available nutrients supply

19. How many elements which are not very important can be found in the plants?

a) Three

b) Five

c) Seven

d) Nine

20. “the plant obtains carbon and hydrogen dioxide . . . . .”(pharagraph 2). Obtain means

a) Gets

b) Takes

c) Puts

d) Gives