1. In 1961, American scientist Melvin Calvin wins the Nobel Prize for his research on photosynthesis.

A B C D

2. In 1743, when Handel's Messiah was first performed to a limited audience at a charity event in Dublin,
A B
Ireland, it was not anticipated that it will become a world-renowned oratorio.
C D

3. When a bee colony becomes overcrowded, some of the bees, accompanied by the old queen, left the
A B C
hive to establish a new colony.
D

4. After a violent volcanic eruption in 1963, a new island, Surtsen, is born off the coast of Iceland.
A B C D

5. The hermit crab changes its shell when it had grown large enough to need a bigger home.
A B C D

6. The invention of the silicon microchip in the 1960s has revolutionized the computer industry.
A B C D

7. There are currently no more than 200 Siberian tigers left in the wild, and conservation biologists
A B
predict that unless drastic measures are taken,there would be fewer than 50 remaining by the year
C D
2010.

8. The camel is able to convert fat in its hump into water, and as a result, it was able to survive two
A B C
weeks without drinking.
D

9. By the time she was only 17, Shannon Miller has won more World and Olympic titles than any other
A B C D
American gymnast.

10. Pterodactyls have lived from 150 million to 70 million years ago.
A B C D
11. Some trees such as the banksaias need to be burned periodically so that the seeds would open and
A B C
germinate.
D

12. During the last ice age, some two million years ago, much of Europe and North America have been
A B C D
covered with ice.

13. Small caterpillars mature in a week, but some larger species would take up to two years or more
A B C
to mature.
D

14. Mozart has written his first symphony by his eighth birthday and was hired as a professional
A B C
musician at 13.
D

15. Grandma Moses did not take up painting until the age of 76, when her hands are so crippled that she
A B C
was unable to continue with her embroidery.
D

16. Since 1972, the movement of tectonic plates had caused Europe and America to drift apart from
A B C
each other one meter.
D

17. Giant anteaters are totally silent, but their offspring would whistle shrilly when they feel threatened.
A B C D

18. After he served as an envoy to China in 1974, George Bush has become president of the United
A B C D
States.

19. Beethoven began to lose his hearing in 1798 and has become completely deaf by 1824.
A B C D
20. If a person were to look up from the bottom of a deep well, he will be able to see stars in the middle
A B C
of the day.
D