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English Language ProficiencyChineseNameEnglish NamePart 1: Sentence Reading Comprehension (2*5=10)1. My friend likes to eat most meat. He enjoys beef, chicken and lamb. The only meat he wont eat isa. Porkb. Beefc. Carrotsd. Bread2. If a man is homeless, he has lost hisa. Jobb. Place to livec. Foodd. Girlfriend3. Tom and Joe are twin brothers. They look very similar, but their personalities are very different. Tom is friendly and outgoing, but Joea. Enjoys meeting new peoplec. Hates reading booksb. Likes to be aloned. Is very friendly also4. Vivians favorite animal is a cat. She has three cats. Her house has a lot of cat pictures. Vivians mom loves cats, but they make her sick, so she cannot have any. Her moma. Also has three catsc. Hates all animalsb. Plays with Vivians cats every dayd. Has many pictures of cats also5. Many people have cell phones because they are so easy to use. Cell phones are verya. Unpopularb. Interestingc. Convenientd. ExpensivePart 2: Academic Vocabulary (2*5=10)6. We do not know very much about black holes they are very mysterious.The mans past was very secretive and mysterious.Mysterious meansa. Easy to understandc. Puzzling and difficult to comprehendb. An unintentional mistaked. None of the above7. The scientists gathered facts about plant growth.We need more facts before we decide who killed the woman.Fact meansa. Data that has been collectedc. A type of soil to help plants growb. Something that never happenedd. None of the above8. The men abandoned the Titanic just as the ship was about to sink.The woman abandoned her child because she could not afford to feed it anymore.Abandon meansa. To give a foreign person a place to livec. To accept something completelyb. Nearness in time, place, or orderd. None of the above9. People thought the woman was magic because she could predict the future.The weather man predicted that it would rain today.Predict meansa. To share informationc. To speak kindly about somethingb. To tell about something before it happensd. None of the above10. The postman made an error: he gave me mail that had my neighbors name on it.The teachers error in grading caused me to not receive a full mark on my test.Error meansa. A particular country or part of a countryc. To leave completely and finallyb. A mean, sneaking cowardly persond. None of the abovePart 3: Reading Short Stories (3*7=21)READING TO CHILDRENChildren who are read to on a regular basis will grow up to be better readers. When children sit in their parents lap and listen to stories, they are learning about the joy of reading and the patterns of language. When you see children turning the pages of a book, looking at the pictures, and telling the story, often from memory, it is called emergent literacy. Parents can help their children by talking with them, telling them stories, reading to them every day, and surrounding them with books.11. The writers main point is thata. parents should read to their children every dayb. children must learn their A B Cs before they can learn to readc. pretend reading is one of the first steps toward learning how to readd. parents should buy their children lots of books12. Emergent literacy is best defined asa. Pretend readingc. patterns of languageb. reading to children every day d. early language and reading developmentENDANGERED ANIMALSA snow leopard roars in the mountains of Asia. A rhinoceros gallops across the plains of Africa. A grizzly bear hunts for fish in North America. A blue whale glides through the ocean. All of these animals are endangered. Many of them have died, and without special care, they may someday disappear from the Earth.Why is it important to care for animals like these? One reason is to protect the balance of life on Earth. Another reason is the beauty of the animals themselves. Each species of animal is special. Once it is gone, it is gone forever.The giant panda is a fascinating and unique animal. There are only about 1,000 still living in the wild. The giant pandas diet consists mainly of the bamboo plant, so when the bamboo forests die, so does the panda. China is now making an effort to protect these special creatures from becoming extinct.Asias big cats are also in trouble. The exotic snow leopard lives high in the mountains. Even there, it faces the loss of its natural habitat, and hunters who kill it for its fur. The tiger, the largest of all the big cats, is hunted merely for sport.The world is made up of many living things, and each thing is dependent on the others to survive. If we allow even one species on Earth to become extinct, it has an impact on other living things and changes our world. When we mention any endangered wild animals, lets hope that we never again have to say, Gone forever.13. Which of the following is NOT an opinion?a. It is important for us to take care of endangered animalsb. If we dont protect endangered animals now, we will regret it in the futurec. The tiger is the most frightening animal in Asiad. The giant panda of Asia eats mostly bamboo14. In this article, what does the word extinct mean?a. Something that is no longer usefulc. A large number of somethingb. Something that has ended or died outd. A special kind of panda15. Which of the following does NOT support the main idea of the story?a. Asias big cats are in troubleb. The exotic snow leopard lives high in the mountainsc. Every animal is special once it is gone, it is gone foreverd. Why is it important for us to care about animals like these?16. What will happen to some animal species if current trends continue?a. Their numbers will increasec. They will become extinctb. There will be no significant changed. They will move to other habitats17. What does the author feel about the fate of endangered animals?a. Not interestedb. Concernedc. Pleasedd. ConfusedPart 4: Reading Textbooks (3*3=9)COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS: COMPETITIONCompetition occurs when organisms of the same or different species attempt to use an ecological resource in the same place at the same time. The term resource refers to any necessity of life, such as water, light, nutrients, food, or space. In a forest, for example, broad-leaved trees such as oak or hickory may compete for sunlight by growing tall, spreading out their leaves, and blocking the sunlight from shorter trees. Similarly, two species of lizards in a desert might compete by attempting to eat the same type of insect.Direct competition in nature often results in a winner and a loserwith the losing organism failing to survive. A fundamental rule in ecology, the competitive exclusion principle, states that no two species can occupy the same niche in the same habitat at the same time.For this reason, many species avoid competing with one another and distribute themselves into different niches within the same habitat.18. Which of the following is an example of a resource?a. Speciesb. Ecologyc. Competitiond. Nutrients19. Broad-leaved trees grow tall, spread out their leaves, and block sunlight from shorter trees. This is an example ofa. Speciesb. Ecologyc. Competitiond. Nutrients20. According to the competitive exclusion principle,a. No two species can occupy the same niche in the same habitat at the same timeb. Water, sunlight, nutrients, food and space are all necessities of lifec. Two species of lizards in a desert might compete by attempting to eat the same insectd. Oak or hickory trees might compete for sunlightPart 5: Reading Charts and Graphs (5*2=10)21. How many people aged 65 and over are estimated to reside in the US in the year 2040?a. 8,000,000b. 8,670,000c. 80,000,000d. 86,700,00022. In what year are there expected to be 54.6 million people aged 65 and over in the US?a. 2000b. 2020c. 2030d. 2040Part 6: Short Answer Writing (40-60 Words) (10*2=20)Choose TWO of the FOUR prompts to answer. Write your answer in the space below.Prompt 1:What are the most important traits in a friend? Explain.Prompt 2: Which holiday is the most important to you and why?Prompt 3:Would you like to be famous? Why our why not?Prompt 4:Describe your favorite meal. What time of day is it, who would you be with, and what food would you eat?Prompt #_:Prompt #_:Part 7: Essay Writing (200-300 Words) (20)Choose ONE of the THREE prompts to answer. Write your answer in the space below.Prompt 1:We all have activities that we enjoy. Write an essay pers