Migrants may lose their cultural identity as they become _____________ into the new community.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.

In spring 2008, the polar bear was placed on the endangered species list. According to the USA’s Endangered Species Act, an endangered species is an animal, plant or any other kind of wildlife that is likely to face extinction in its natural (26) _____________. Polar bears had already been categorized (27) _____________ a “threatened” species which the ESA defines as one that is likely to become “endangered” in the foreseeable future.

The polar bear’s habitat is more (28) _____________ to global warming than many other species. Polar bears live mainly on the sea ice in the Arctic. This is where they hunt for fish and build up fat reserves. When the ice melts many polar bears move to land and live off their stored fat. In the Arctic, global warming is causing the ice to melt slightly earlier and form slightly later. This (29) _____________ a shorter feeding season for the polar bear. Some risk their lives to find ice. If they have to swim too far they will drown from exhaustion and hunger. The World Wildlife Fund (30) _____________ that over 25% of Arctic sea ice has disappeared in the past 30 years.

If you don’t ___________ this opportunity, you might not get another one.

Although the first printed books had appeared long before in China, the term ‘mass media’ we use today was coined with the creation of print media, which started in Europe in the Middle Ages.

He has the ________ face and skin of an old traveller.

The government said that they didn’t have enough funds to deal with _______ medical care.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

It is imperative that this letter __________ immediately.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

His father used to be a __________ professor at the university. Many students respected him.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

She (A) was walking to (B) the library to borrow (C) some books when she (D) was seeing a robbery.

The hotel prides itself on __________ high standards.

In “Now things ... mobile class”, the author mentions ____________ reasons why people want to live in cities.

A cell phone may take risk going __________ due to unexpected incidents.

Only after food has been dried or canned ___________.

Many young people travel all over the world and do all kinds of jobs before they ________.