The biological community changes again as one moves from the city to the suburbs. Around all cities is a biome called the "suburban forest". The trees of this forest are species that are favored by man, and most of them have been deliberately planted. Mammals such as rabbits, skunks, and opossums have moved in from the surrounding countryside. Raccoons have become experts at opening garbage cans, and in some places even deer wander suburban thoroughfares. Several species of squirrel get along nicely in suburbia, but usually only one species is predominant in any given suburb -fox squirrels in one place, red squirrels in another, gray squirrels in a third - for reasons that are little understood. The diversity of birds in the suburbs is great, and in the South, lizards thrive in gardens and even houses. Of course, insects are always present. There is an odd biological sameness in these suburban communities. True, the palms of Los Angeles are missing from the suburbs of Boston, and there are species of insects in Miami not found in Seattle. But over wide stretches of the United States, ecological conditions in suburban biomes vary much less than do those of natural biome. And unlike the natural biomes, the urban and suburban communities exist in spite of, not because of, the climate

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

If there was a preceding paragraph to this passage it would most likely be concerned with which of the following topics?

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• The word “laundry” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ..........

• According to the passage, great horned owls ..............

• We can see from paragraph 5 that after his father’s death, Mantle ______.

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• Which of the following would NOT be a problem for the construction plan?

• What is the main topic of the passage?

• The word “reckless” in line 11 is closest in meaning to ..............

• The word “sensational” is closest in meaning to ...........

• Which of the following can be inferred about Moore's poems?

• What will happen if a dodder plant starts growing where there are no other plants around?

• According to the author, blacks in King's neighborhood were involved in all the following businesses and services EXCEPT .......

• The expression day-to-day could best be replaced by which of the following?

• The author states that "On the average, people can keep about seven ideas in their minds at once" (paragraph 3) to explain that .....

• In paragraph 2, cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam are mentioned ............

• The Pilgrims immigrated to the New World because ..............

• The word which in the second paragraph refers to _______.

• The word “solid” in paragraph 3 means most nearly the same as .................

• Horace Pippin discovered he could paint and draw .............

• The article is mainly about .............

• The word "related" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.

• A nod of the head from the teacher will likely ask his student to __________ what he is saying.