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Semester 1
Session 2010/2011
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PEPERIKSAAN SEMESTER PROGRAM MATRIKULASI
MATRICULATION PROGRAMME EXAMINATION
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JANGAN BUKA KERTAS SOALAN INI SEHINGGA DIBERITAHU.
DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATE:
There are fifty questions in the booklet. For each question, choose the most appropriate
option.
Read the instructions on the answer sheet provided carefully.
Attempt all questions.
Kertas soalan ini mengandungi 21 halaman bercetak.
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Questions 1 - 7 are based on the following table.
MALAYSIA MY SECOND HOME PROGRAMME
Approved applications
Country Total
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
241 521 468 242 China 502 1974
- 32 204 Bangladesh 852 341 1429
Britain 108 159 210 199 209 885
Taiwan 38 95 140 186 63 522
96 143 Singapore 91 62 94 486
49 42 99 434 Japan 87 157
286 596 Others 762 622 2993 727
818 1645 Total 1917 2615 1728 8723
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Adapted from The Star, 23 January 2007
1 Japan had the most number of approved applications in
A 2006.
B 2005.
C 2004.
D 2003.
2 Approved applications from China had
A stabilised from 2004 onwards.
B increased steadily over the years.
C grown signiticantly from 2004 onwards.
D fluctuated during the years under review.
3 According to the table, the total number of approved applications had
A stabilised since 2003.
B plateaued from 2003.
C decreased on'ly once.
D increased marginally yearly.
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4 Which of the following statements about the number of approved applications in 2005
is FALSE?
A China had the highest number of applications.
B Singapore had the least number of applications.
e The approved applications of Japan were less than half that of Taiwan.
D Britain together with Taiwan had fewer approved applications than China.
5 What is the overall pattern for approved applications over the years?
A There were gradual increases over the years.
B All countries saw an increase from 2004 to 2005.
e All countries followed the same pattern of increases.
D Most countries saw an increase in 2006 as compared to 2002.
6 Which of the following statements are TRUE of the Malaysia My Second Home
Programme?
Japan had the least number of approved applications.
II Approved applications from Britain showed a steady increase over the years.
III The highest number of approved applications came from Bangladesh in 2005.
A I and II
B I and III
e II and III
D I, II and III
7 From the table, it can be inferred that
A Malaysia is an attractive second home destination.
B there has been an aggressive campaign to promote Malaysia.
e people from over populated countries are migrating to Malaysia.
D more people from the east are choosing Malaysia as their second home.
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Questions 8 - 14 are based on the following text.
There are as many warning signs, as there are types of cancers. However, here are some of
the more common signs and symptoms that can indicate the presence of cancer.
Bladder and Kidney: Blood in urine, pain or burning and increased urination.
Breast: Lump or thickening of lumps, itching, redness or soreness of the nipples
which is not caused by pregnancy, breast feeding or menstruation.
Cervical, Endometrial and Uterine: Bleeding between menstrual cycles, any
unusual discharge, painful menstruation and heavy periods.
Colon: Rectal bleeding, blood in your stool or changes in bowel habits such as
persistent diarrhoea and/or constipation.
Leukemia: Paleness, fatigue, weight loss, repeated infections, nosebleeds, bone
or joint pain and easy bruising.
Lung: A persistent cough, sputum with blood, heavy chest and/or chest pain.
Mouth and Throat: Any chronic ulcer (sore) of the mouth, tongue or throat which
does not heal or white areas in the mouth.
Pancreas: There are usually no symptoms until it has progressed to the later
stages when you may notice jaundiced skin and there may be pain deep in the
stomach or back.
Skin: If you have moles that change colour, size, or appearance, or flat sores
(lesions that look like moles), a tumour or lump under the skin that resembles a
wart or an ulceration that never heals.
Stomach: Vomiting blood or experiencing frequent indigestion and pain after
eating, weight loss.
Cancer deaths are decreasing for the first time since the early 1990s; the rate has decreased
with 153,000 people dying from cancer in 1996, compared with about 158,000 earlier this
decade, according to the Daily Telegraph London report. Here are some preventive measures
to observe:
Thirty minutes of exercise everyday reduces your risk of cancer more than 30 per
cent. Increasing your daily exercise beyond thirty minutes results in a further
reduction in your cancer risk.
A well-balanced diet of low fat, high fibre foods that includes little to no red
meat and fresh fruits and vegetables not only helps lower your chance of getting
cancer, it also provides significant benefit to your cardiovascular health.
If you smoke, quit the habit; if you do not smoke, do not start. Records show
lung cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths after skin cancer.
All women who are 21 or who have been sexually active for three years, should
have annual Pap smears to protect you from cervical cancer developing.
Monthly breast self-exam, as well as mammography exams have helped to
substantially increase the survival rate for breast cancer through early detection.
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Mammograms are usually ordered, beginning at the age of forty. Other women

with genetic or other known risk factors for breast cancer often begin
mammography at an earlier age.
Many women choose facial moisturisers that contain sun protection factor and
use them daily under their make-up. A daily SPF moisturising helps prevent the
signs of aging while offering protection against future skin cancer.
Nol Type 8 Preventive Measure
1 Bladder Blood in urine Exercise daily
2 9 Lump and itching Have mammography exams
3 Cervical Painful menstruation 10
4 Colon 11 Eat low fat high fibre foods
5 Lung 12 Quit smoking
6 Skin Lump under skin 13
7 Stomach 14 Eat a balanced diet
8 A Risks
B Causes
C Warnings
D Symptoms
9 A Lung
B Breast
C Kidney
D Pancreas
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10 A
B
C
D
11 A
B
C
D
12 A
B
C
D
13 A
B
C
D
14 A
B
C
D
Annual Pap smear
Take less red meat
Monthly self exam
High fibre food intake
Fatigue
Rectal bleeding
Pain after eating
Pain deep in stomach
Nosebleeds
Persistent coughs
Ulcers in the mouth
White areas in the mouth
Low fat diet
Daily exercise
Eat more fruits
Use moisturisers with SPF
Fatigue
Constipation
Vomit blood
Blood in the stool
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Questions 15 - 21 are based on the following text.
I A hundred millennia from now, perhaps a new civilization will have arisen from
the remains of the civilisation we now know. And as this new society explores the
land and its secrets, at the base of what we call Yucca Mountain, Nevada, it may
stumble on artifacts that warn those who find them to stay away. Why? Because
under that mountain, there will be some 100,000 tonnes of still-active nuclear waste 5
barrels. By then, even in the absence of any geological upheavals in the intervening
thousand centuries, about I per cent of the lethal material will have leaked out and
may have contaminated the groundwater. Of course, we cannot predict what will
happen geologically, biologically, or sociologically in 100,000 years. But atomic
waste is collecting at 131 minimally secured sites in the United States - and many 10
others around the world - and the need to contain the threat continues to mount.
II In fact, we are finally coming to realize that securing nuclear waste is an essential
step in improving environmental and global security. While we are able to secure
these weapons of mass destruction in the short run, our civilisation is still in its
infancy. Governments come and go, empires rise and fall. How can we find a 15
system to contain materials that will last 50 times longer than our recorded history?
The goal must bc to avoid creating anymorc waste in the first place. Yet how do we
do this when 17 per cent of the world's electricity comes from nuclear power, using
more than 65,000 tonnes of uranium per year?
III While proponents of nuclear power argue that it is a cheap and clean alternative to 20
fossil fuel because it does not produce air pollution, nuclear energy is not a viable
alternative to renewable encrgy. Besides creating waste that remains lethal for
millennia, nuclear powcr costs two to three times more than wind power (l0 - 14
cents per kilowatt, compared to 4 - 6 cents per kilowatt). It is also a massive
environmental and security threat against terrorist attacks. Finally, nuclear 25
materials have also been known to disappear, and some in quantities to make 30 to
40 bombs.
IV With the threat of climate change upon us, it is obvious that we need to move away
from fossil fuels, but we also need to follow the example of Germany and reject the
nuclear option in favour of renewable resources like wind and solar power. 30
V Germany only began a serious transition to renewables ten years ago but it is now
the leading global producer of wind power. This industry has been an economic
and ecological boon, generating clean and cheap energy and 40,000 jobs (compared
to 38,000 in the entire German nuclear industry). And wind turbines and solar
panels which are decentnilised and stationary, make poor terrorist targets. 35
Adapted from Assadourian. E.( May-June 2003) World-Watch
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15 The word artifacts in line 4 mean
A tools.
B exhibits.
CremaIns.
D decorative items.
16 Why is there an urgent need to stop the problem of nuclear waste from worsening?
A Nuclear waste that man has buried is still active and lethal.
B Buried nuclear waste is contaminating underground water.
C Man cannot predict any geological catastrophe in the future.
D A new civilisation may stumble upon buried nuclear waste.
17 Which is NOT a problem facing people today in their attempt to prevent nuclear
waste from spreading?
A The danger of nuclear waste to the environment
B A concern for future governments and their people
C The extensive use of uranium to generate electricity
D The lack of an effective solution in storing the waste
18 The main idea of paragraph III is
A nuclear power is cheap and clean.
B nuclear power is not a practicable energy option.
C nuclear power is more expensive than wind power.
D nuclear power is an environmental and security threat.
19 It in line 24 refers to
A waste.
B wind power.
C nuclear power.
D renewable energy.
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Why is nuclear energy not a viable renewable energy?
It is costly.
II It is clean.
III It is deadly.
IV It is prone to attacks.
A II and IV
B I, II and III
C I, II and IV
D I, III and IV
In the last paragraph, the writer suggests that
the threat of climate change is serious.
II countries need to consider renewable resources.
III there is a need to be less dependent on fossil fuels.
A I and II
B I and III
C II and III
D I, II and III
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Questions 22 - 30 are based on the following passage.
When I woke, I heard my mother coughing, below in the kitchen. She had been
coughing for days, but I had paid no attention. We were living on the Old Youghal
Road at the time. The coughing sounded terrible. I dressed and went downstairs in
my stocking feet, and in the clear morning light, I saw her, unaware that she was
being watched. collapsed into a little armchair, holding her side. She had made an 5
attempt to light the fire, but it had gone against her. She looked so tired and helpless
that my heart turned over with compassion. I ran to her.
'Are you all right Mum?' I asked.
'I'll be all right in a second,' she replied, trying to smile. 'The old sticks were
wet, and the smoke started me coughing.' 10
'Go back to bed and I'll light the fire,' I said.
'Ah, how can I, child? she said anxiously. 'Sure, I have to go to work.'
'You couldn't work like that,' I said. 'I'll stop at home from school and look
after you.'
It's a funny thing about women, the way they'l1 take orders from anything in 15
trousers, even if it's only ten.
'If you could make yourself a cup of tea, I might be all right later on,' she
said guiltily, and she rose, very shakily, and climbed back up the stairs. J knew then
she must be feeling really bad.
I got more sticks out of the coal hole, under the stairs. My mother was so 20
economical that she never used enough, and that was why the fire sometimes went
against her. I used a whole bundle, and I soon had the fire roaring and the kettle on. J
made her toast while I was about it. J was a great believer in hot buttered toast at all
hours of the day. Then I made the tea and brought her a cup on the tray. 'Is that all
right?' I asked. 25
'Would you have a cup of boiling water left?' she asked doubtfully.
'Tis too strong,' I agreed cheerfully, remembering the patience of the saints in
their afflictions. 'I'll pour half of it out.'
'I'm an old nuisance,' she sighed.
'Tis my fault,' I said taking the cup. 'I can never remember about tea. Put the 30
shawl around you while you're sitting up.'
I had my own breakfast alone by the window, and then I went out and stood
by the front door to watch the kids from the road on their way to school.
'You'd better hurry or you'll be killed, Sullivan,' they shouted.
'I'm not going.' I said. 'My mother is sick, and I have to mind the house." 35
I wasn't a malicious child, by any means, but I like to be able to take out my
comforts and study them by the light of others' misfortunes. Then I heated another
kettle of water and cleared up the breakfast things before I washed my face and came
up to the attic with my shopping basket, a piece of paper, and a lead pencil.
'I'll do the messages now if you'll write them down,' I said. 'Would you like 40
me to get the doctor?'
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"Ah,' said my mother impatiently, 'he'd only want to send me to hospital, and
how would I go to hospital? You could call at the chemist's and ask him to give you
a good, strong cough bottle.'
'Write it down,' I said. 'If I haven't it written down, I might forget it. And put 45
"strong" in big letters. What will I get for the dinner? Eggs?'
As boiled eggs were the only dish I could manage, I more or less knew it
would be eggs, but she told me to get sausages as well, in case she could get up.
When I got home, I rushed upstairs and found Minnie Ryan sitting with my
mother. She was a middle-aged woman, very knowledgeable, gossipy and pious. 50
'How are you, Mum?' I asked.
'Grand,' said my mother, with a smile.
'You can't get up today, though" said Minnie Ryan.
'I'll put the kettle on and make a cup of tea for you,' I said.
'Sure, I'll do that' said Minnie. 55
'Ah, don't worry, Miss Ryan,' I said lightly,' I can manage it all right.'
'Wisha, isn't he very good?' I heard her say in a low voice to my mother.
'As good as gold,' said my mother.
Adapted from The Man of/he House by Frank O'Connor
22 In the story, Sullivan's mother is
A in poor health.
B sick of working.
C old and grumpy.
D compassionate and helpless.
23 From the phrase" ... unaware that she was being watched. collapsed into a little
armchair, hulding her side. " in line 4, we can infer that Sullivan's mother
A did not try hard enough to light the fire.
B was really tired of trying to light the fire every day.
C did not want her son to know how ill she really was.
D was trying to hold on to something so that it would not drop.
24 We can infer that Sullivan's relationship with his mother is
A loving.
B strained.
C emotional.
D passionate.
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Sullivan's mother asked him if there was any boiling water left because she wanted
to
A dilute her tea.
B quench her thirst.
C make another cup of tea.
D make her son a cup of tea.
26 All of the following adjectives describe Sullivan's mother EXCEPT
A kind.
B cold.
C patient.
D considerate.
27 From the text, we can infer that Sullivan is a
A strong character.
B malicious child.
C reluctant helper.
D forgetful person.
28 " ... lUke to be able to take out my comforts and study them by the light ofothers'
misfortunes. " in line 36 means that Sullivan
A is happy that others are in misery.
B appreciates the sufferings of others.
C is glad to study in comfortable surroundings.
D enjoys the idea of not having to go to school like the others.
29 Sullivan suggested eggs for dinner because
A his mother liked eggs.
B it was his favourite food.
C it was the only food he could cook.
D he could not get sausages from the market.
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30 The moral of the text is that
A a son should make tea for his mother.
B the young should care for the parents.
C the young should learn about life at an early age.
D a son should take over his mother's responsibility.
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Questions 3J - 40 are based on the following passage.
Although we have all suffered from a poor night's sleep, there is little research
on what happens to the human body when it goes for extended periods without
sleep. What is more common and troubling, however, is chronic insomnia
bouts of brief, irregular sleep.
II The ill effects of insomnia can be immediate after just one sleepless night. 5
According to recent research by Matthew Walker, director of the Sleep and
Neuroimaging Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, the
amygdala - the part of the brain that alerts the body to be prepared in times of
danger - goes haywire when a full night's sleeplessness occurs. That in tum
wreaks havoc on the prefrontal cortex, which controls our logical reasoning 10
and "fight or flight" reflex. Memory capacity and speech control diminish;
irritability increases. At the same time, some studies have shown that cortisol,
a hormone related to stress and depression and linked to cardiovascular
disease, is building up in the body instead of being moderated by a good
night's rest. Concentration fails. The muscles ache. Essentially the body is 15
robbed of its powcr to encode or consolidate memories after just one day, the
brain quickly instead begins to mimic the profile of people with acute
psychiatric disorders.
HI Physiologically, the human body could survive without sleep for 11 to 18 days,
based on research from experiments. Taken to extremes, the results of 20
sleeplessness get downright grim. "Prolonged stress with sleep deprivation
will lead to a physiological exhaustion of the body's defense mechanisms,
physical collapse, and with the potential for various ensuing illnesses,"
responded Professor James Home of the Sleep Research Centre at England's
Loughborough University. Home says the effects of prolonged sleeplessness 25
are painful indeed. Various brain and several bodily functions go completely
berserk. Vision goes blurry or double; nausea sets in. By a week, hypertension
and body temperature run amok; the brain may be overcome with
hyperemotionality, paranoia, and hallucinations.
IV Ordinary insomnia, also known as primary insomnia, is far more common. 30
Leaving aside obvious, easy-to-diagnose causes Uet lag, drug abuse, excessive
caffeine, or alcohol intake) and those of what is called secondary insomnia
(symptoms of an array of bodily ailments from sleep apnea to rybromyalgia,
arthritis, cancer, Parkinson's, and others), the root cause is often psychological,
its persistence due to learned behavior. "Anxiety and depression are usually 35
highly correlated.with insomnia," says Sara Mednick, assistant professor in the
Laboratory of Sleep and Behavioral Neuroscience at University of California,
San Diego.
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V Insomnia sometimes passes - but sometimes it does not, leading to chronic
sleepless nights. Most insomniacs avoidably become, in essence, their own 40
worst enemies, mishandling the malady through habit-forming drugs or
seemingly benign but flawed methodology. ways to cope with the
sleep deprivation - such as drinking coffee, going to bed earlier, having a
nightcap, or staying in bed longer in the morning - only fuel the problem,"
write Lawrence Epstein and Steven Mardon, authors of The Harvard Medical 45
School Guide to a Good Night's Sleep. "
VI Those desperate enough for sleep often overmedicate, Mednick says, which
docs not treat the insomnia at all. Instead, it masks the underlying issues in a
narcotic haze that can lead to addiction and even more sleepless nights.
Unfortunately, desperate for sleep, the insomniac has a variety of heavily 50
marketed pharmaceutical remedies to choose from - both by prescription and
over the counter. In recent years, prescription antidepressants have found some
favour in treating insomnia. while over-the-counter sleeping pills (usually a
form of antihistamine) remain popular too. The problem with most of these
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and also known as benzodiazepines and non-benzodiazepines - is that while
they might seem to give the sufferer some relief, they either disrupt or prohibit
rapid eye movement sleep. You think you are asleep, but it is light and there is
the chance of developing psychological or physical dependence, not to
mention a host of side effects. In all cases. these pills fail to cure the cause of 60
the insomnia. And when abused. these drugs can result in a deadly slumber.
Retrieved and adapted from H'ww. newsweek. COlli (11. d)
The passage is about
A research on sleep.
B getting good sleep.
C effects of bad sleep.
D dealing with insomnia.
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The effects of insufficient sleep are
body ache.
II depression.
III irritability.
IV diminishing ability to remember.
A I, II and III
B I, II and IV
C I, III and IV
D II, III and IV
33 That in line 9 refers to
A the brain alerting the body.
B the amygdala going haywire.
C losing control of the flight reflex.
D wreaking havoc on the prefrontal cortex.
34 The following are the effects of prolonged sleep deprivation EXCEPT
A paranoIa.
B body ache.
C hypertension.
D double vision.
35 In paragraph Ill, grim in line 21 can be replaced with
A cruel.
B pitiful.
C painful.
D dreadful.
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36 In paragraph V, line 40, the writer says, 'Most insomniacs avoidably become, in
essence, their own worst enemies ... ' By this, he means that those who have sleep
problems
A are irritating to others.
B take drugs to overcome their problem.
C are responsible for endangering themselves.
D do not know how to manage them properly.
37 The phrase flawed methodology in line 42 can be replaced with
A weak technique.
B unsound strategy.
C defective process.
D faulty course of action.
38 ... masks.. in line 48 means
A hides
B clouds
C shields
D disguises
39 The main idea of paragraph VI is
A over medication can lead to addiction of drugs.
B sleeping pills are easily available over-the-counter.
C medication can provide relief but has its side effects.
D pharmacists have found remedies for treating insomniacs.
40 The writer organises his ideas through
A cause and effect.
B chronological order.
C comparison and contrast.
D explanation and illustration.
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Questions 41 - 50 are based on the {o/lm1'ing passage.
I The word sanctuary says it all: The \Vhale Sanctuary of EI Vizcaino in Mexico
is a haven for Pacific gray whales. Every winter. the whales seek shelter here to
calve, after travelling down from the Bering Sea, past Alaska, along the west
coasts of Canada and the United States. They finally stop to rest in El Vizcaino,
located halfway down the Baja California peninsula. 5
II Gray \vhales once roamed the Atlantic too, before being hunted to extinction in
the 1800s, Atlantic whaling fleets sailed into the Pacific to continue stalking
them there. Fortunately, whaling became uneconomical before the Pacific
population was also driven to extinction. Today, in part thanks to the EI Vizcaino
sanctuary, the gray whales are coming back. Yet. if the whale population is 10
growing, El Vizcaino remains a fragile site. One big issue has been salt
production in the area.
III Mexico created its first whale sanctuary in Laguna Ojo de Liebre in 1972. The
Mexican authorities nominated the encompassing region of El Vizcaino (named
after the 1i
h
century Spanish explorer Vizcaino who surveyed the Pacific Coast) 15
as a World Heritage site in 1993. Yet there are large salt-making facilities in the
area, producing some seven million tonnes of salt annually. While governments
are free to propose sites to be considered for inscription on the UNESCO World
Ileritage list. sites must meet its stringent criteria.
IV Recalls UNESCO Program Specialist. "We sent out, as \ve usually do, our team 20
of experts to evaluate the proposal for EI Vizcaino. They had a good look at the
whales and at the site - which also has desert ecosystems - and looked at the
facilities for producing salt. They conduded that the existing facilities were not
the source of a major problem. In fact. they did not affect the value of the site at
all. The desert ecosystems were not affected, nor were the whale populations. 25
Therefore, they had no objections to having the site inscribed as it was."
V Five years later, however, the World Heritage Centre began receiving messages
from visitors to El Vizcaino and from other parties. They were concerned that the
Mexican government was considering doubling the size of the salt facilities,
which would likely threaten the surrounding eco-systems. El Vizcaino boasts two 30
lagoons that make up one of only four of the world's calving areas for the gray
whale. The sanctuary is, naturally, a high priority for conservationists. In
partnership with the Mexican government, a Japanese corporation was seeking to
expand the salt faoilities and wanted to pump 22,000 litres of water per second
from one of the lagoons and flood more than 100 square kilometers of adjacent 35
land to create evaporation ponds.
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VI The issue was gathering public attention, both in Mexico and at the World
Heritage Centre itself, where UNESCO received a petition - condemning the
expansion plans. In August 1999, the World Heritage Committee sent its second
mission to El Vizcaino, which again concluded that the existing salt works had 40
no impact on the site. "But", according to a spokesman "they declared that
doubling the size of the facilities would likely cause problems down the line
pollution, infrastructure development and increased population - that could
seriously affect the values of the site, whale-breeding and the rest." Salt mining
has been linked to the death of threatened species, such as marine turtles, which 45
are protected at El Vizcaino.
VII Based on the World Heritage Committee's new findings, the Mexican
government decided to scrap the expansion project.
Adapted from International Herald Tribune. I9 Januwy, 2009
41 The following words share the same meaning as sanctuary EXCEPT
A haven.
B refuge.
C asylum.
D sanatorium.
42 ... here.. in line 2 refers to
A Alaska
B Bering Sea
C EI Vizcaino
D west coasts of Canada
43 Which of the following statements about the migratory whales is FALSE?
A They travel with a purpose to breed.
B After the breeding period they head for the Atlantic.
C They begin their wintery journey from the Bering Sea.
D They seek shelter halfway through their journey in Mexico.
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44 The word extinction in line 6 means
A abolition.
D wiped out.
C protection.
D cleaned out.
45 ... inscription in line 18 can best be replaced with
A insertion
D addition
C mention
D inclusion
46 Which of the following is NOT a reason for consideration ofEl Vizcaino as a World
Heritage site?
A It has a conducive desert eco-system.
D It has an expanding salt making infrastructure.
C It is one of only four whale calving sites in the world.
D Its strategic location attracts a sizable whaling population.
47 Why were the visitors and various other parties concerned about the Mexican
government's plan to double salt production at the site?
A They resent competition on site.
D They fear it may threaten the eco-system.
C They fear the whales would no longer come.
D They worry about the slow death of the whale population.
48 Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the World Heritage Committee's
findings about the doubling of salt production issue?
A The existing salt works had no impact on the site.
D Doubling the facilities would increase the whale population.
C Doubling the size of the facilities would likely cause pollution.
D Doubling the facilities could seriously affect the values of the site.
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49 The writer develops the relationship between events through
A addition.
B cause and effect.
C chronological order.
D comparison and contrast.
50 The purpose of the text is to
A inform.
B criticise.
C persuade.
D describe.
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