LET'S PRACTICE FOR OUR ENGLISH TEST.

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Let's read about Charles Darwin.

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WHY CAN`T WE ALL JUST BE FRIENDS?

Have you ever paused to notice the people and the __________ 16_________ surrounding you? It is so depressing to notice ___________17___________ people despise each other because of ____________18__________ color, religion, ethnicity or even their sex. There are so many imaginary differences among us.

Why can`t all just be friends? We are similar and equal in all aspects of life. We are human with _______19_____ rights. We all have hearts and minds. ___________20_________ what our religion, persuasion, or race is; and ______21______ you are, you are just like us and I am just like you. So, why can`t we all just be friends?

1.       A. Things                  B. their                        C. world

2.       A. how                       B. what                        C. where

3.       A. your                      B. their                        C. ours

4.       A. equal                     B. identically               C. same

5.       A. without being       B. no matter               C. in fact

6.       A. whenever              B. wherever                C. whatever

PREGUNTAS 22 A 27

Lea el artículo y luego responda las preguntas.

En las preguntas 22 a 27, marque A, B o C en su hoja de respuestas.

A REVOLUTIONARY IDEA

Charles Darwin was a young intelligent naturalist. In 1832 he embarked to South America on the Beagle.

Darwin was surprised during his visit to Brazil. In the Amazon jungle he discovered an enormous variety of plants and animals; but more important, he discovered a great number of varieties of the same species. He continued his voyage on the beagle and reflected intensely on his discoveries.

The differences suggested a revolutionary idea. Animals and plants suffer modifications over many centuries, and the purpose of these changes was to adapt to their habitat.

For example, in the Galapagos Islands, some turtles had long necks to eat the leaves of the trees; but in other habitats the long necks were not necessary because there was sufficient vegetation o the ground.

From these observations Darwin concluded that the different varieties and species were not the result of direct creation. On the contrary, all forms of life come from primitive, microscopic forms. They suffered a long and complex evolution over many millions of years.

This evolution produced the infinite variety of plants and animals of our modern world.

7.       The Beagle was the name of a

        A.      Plane                                  B. balloon                 C. boat

8.       One synonym of the word voyage is    

         A.           Trip                               B. labour                    C. experiment

9.       Darwin didn’t agree with the idea,

         A.      Animals and plants suffer modifications over many centuries.

         B.      The different species are the result of direct creation.

         C.      All forms of life come from the primitive existence.

10.   Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos Islands, which are located in the Pacific Ocean near

        A.      Brazil                                       B. Amazon              C. Ecuador

11.   Darwin developed the theory of

A.      Classification of organisms.

B.      Species evolution

C.      Reproduction of turtles.

12.   The connector underlined in the text, on the contrary, can be replaced by

A.      Otherwise                            B. against                        C. contradict

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