V. Give the correct form of the word in brackets to complete each sentence . (10 pts) 26. ______ has caused many so-called man-made disasters. (forest) 27. _____ often walk through the streets shouting or singing about something they sell. (cry) 28. Gas and oil _________________ always increases in cold weather. (consume) 29. The police are interested in the sudden _________________ of the valuable painting. (appear) 30. He claimed that his ____________________ had caused him to become a criminal. (bring up) 31. A lot of toys encourage children’s_______________. (imagine) 32. The factory has provided cheaper_______________ lately. (produce) 33. Burning coal is an__________ way of heating a house. Gas is much cheaper. (economy) 34. According to some scientists the earth is losing its outer atmosphere because of _____. (pollute) 35. She has one of the biggest art ________________________ in Britain. (collect) VI. Match a beginning in column A with the most suitable ending in column B . (5 pts) A B 36. I must get back to work, a. That’s right, I am 37. Hello. You must be Maryam. b. which is the capital city of California. 38. Andrew is flying to Sacramento, c. we will have no fresh water to use. 39. Do you know that you can only live without water for four days? d. otherwise I’ll get the sack. 40. If we pollute the water, e. It depends on where you are and what you are doing, surely? VII. Choose the underlined part of each sentence that needs correcting . (5 pts) 41. Preserving natural resources mean reserving them for our future. A B C D 42. Despite of the increase in air fares, most people still prefer to travel by plane. A B C D 43. Regardless of your teaching method, the objective of any conversation class should be for students to practice speaking words 44. The injured man was taken to the hospital . A B C D 45. In order for one to achieve the desired results in this experiment, it is necessary that he work as fastly as possible. A B C D VIII. Read the text below the fill in the missing words . (15 pts) SAVING THE TIGER In 1973, when the tiger appeared to (0) be facing extinction, the World Wide Fund for Nature and (46) _____Indian Government agreed to set (47) ______ “Operation Tiger”- a campaign (48) ______ save this threatened creature. They started by creating nine special parks (49) _____that tigers could live in safety. The first was at Ranthambhore, a region (50) _____ was quickly turning into a desert (51) _____ too much of the grass was being eaten by the local people’s cattle. At the time there (52) ______ just fourteen tigers left there. The government had to clear twelve small villages, which mean moving nearly 1,000 people and 10,000 cattle so the land (53) ______ be handed back to nature. Today, Ranthambhore is a very different place, with grass tall (54) _____ for tigers to hide in, and there are now at (55) ______ forty of them (56) _____ the park, wandering freely about. Other animals have also benefited. For example, there are many (57) _____ deer and monkeys than before. The people (58) _______were moved are now living in better conditions. They live in new villages away (59) _____ the tiger park, with schools, temples and fresh water supplies. There are now sixteen such tiger parks in India and the animals’ future looks (60) ______little safer.