Humans depend on species diversity to provide food, clean air and water, and fertile soil for agriculture.

 

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. 
The first thing that is included in the "living together” (23) ______ is the expected good relations with your family. This also involves sharing equally the housework. Lots of people think that everyone should share the housework (24) ________, but in many homes parents do most of it. To certain minds, many families can't share the housework whereas they should try it. In fact, sharing the housework equally is not very possible because of the families' timetable. So, it is somehow believed that children and parents must do things together. For this they can establish a housework planning.
(25)_________, housework's contributions of the teenager make him more responsible. He will think that he has an important role in his family. According to researchers, teenagers should share the housework because (26) ______ will help them when they have to establish their own family in the future. Too many teenagers and young adults leave home without knowing how to cook or clean, but if parents delegate basic housework to teens as they are old enough to do it, they won't be destabilized by doing the housework in their new grown-up life.
It can be (27) ________ concluded that many parents don't really prepare their children for future, because they don't stimulate them to learn how to run a house. If parents get them responsible, teens will be more responsible and that will improve family's life.

(25)_________, housework's contributions of the teenager make him more responsible

Most environmental problems are ______ to lacks of awareness and understanding of humans.

If people paid a little more attention to the environment, the Earth _______ greener. 

It was such a boring speech that I fell ....................

All the boots donated must be in good  ____, complete with laces and studs.

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences: 
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was …......…. by Congress in 1973.

I must warn you I am not used to ________ so rudely.

We all welcome the government's initiative to boost lifelong learning.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined bold word(s) in each of the following questions: 

If that was done on a national scale, we would wipe out this infectious disease.

The thieves may have made their _____ in a white Mercedes van.

Choose the best answer:

Would you like to drink milk ................... coffee?

Choose the best answer:

The flat is very noisy, .................. we enjoy living there. 

If one wants to take part in volunteer organisations such as Green Summer Camp, Green Saturday Movement, Blood Donor, he/she will  have to ______an application form.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

 Now I understand why you moved out of that house.

My parents always let me ____ what I think I should." 

Choose the best answer:

More and more specious animals ________ of environmental problems.

Ryan finds a new job in New York and is about to move there. He doesn't want his friendship
with Adriana to drift apart.
Adriana: “Don't forget to drop me a line when you settle down." - Ryan: “________________.”

My wife is always.............. when she has a problem at work and becomes angry at me for no reason at all.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

Those who advocate for doctor-assisted suicide say the terminally ill should not have to suffer.

Choose the correct answer in each sentence.

The banquet hall was  ______________  decorated for the fund - raising gala on June 11.