Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

The South American Amazon Rainforest is often called the botanical lungs of the planet. Covering more than five-and-a-half million square kilometers, it additionally provides a natural habitat for over half of the Earth’s most significant species of plants and animals in an area that is a little larger than half of the world’s remaining rainforest.

Unfortunately, over the last four decades, this huge lush expanse has been ever more endangered by deforestation. During the 1960s and up to the 1990s, thousands of trees were felled, but what farmers did not realise is that the topsoil, when denuded of trees, is only considered cultivable for a short period of time.

This means the farmers have to clear more and more land to continue running a profitable and productive business. Despite the reduction in the number of trees being felled, the forest is still slowly disappearing, diminishing the biodiversity of the area and having a terrible global impact because fewer trees means it has less capacity to clean the air we breathe.

36. The word “it” in paragraph 1 refers to ______________.

A. the lung                  B. the habitat              C. the planet                D. the Amazon Rainforest

37. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. The Amazon Rainforest stretches across 3.5 million square kilometers.

B. More than half of the Earth’s most important species of plants and animals live in the Amazon Rainforest.

C. The farmers in the Amazon Rainforest have realized the bad effects of deforestation.

D. The Amazon Rainforest has been endangered by overhunting over the last 40 years.

38. The word “felled” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______________.

A. planted                   B. cultivated               C. cut down                D. resulted

39. Why does the reduction in the number of trees have a terrible global impact?

A. because fewer trees means it has less capacity to clean the air we breathe.

B. because farmers have to clear more and more land

C. because fanners did not realise that the topsoil is only considered cultivable for a short period of time.

D. because it provides a natural habitat for over half of the Earth’s most significant species of plants and animals

40. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. Deforestation and Its Impact

B. The Amazon Rainforest

C. The Differences Between Fanning and Forestation

D. Conservation of Forests

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

The South American Amazon Rainforest is often called the botanical lungs of the planet. Covering more than five-and-a-half million square kilometers, it additionally provides a natural habitat for over half of the Earth’s most significant species of plants and animals in an area that is a little larger than half of the world’s remaining rainforest.

Unfortunately, over the last four decades, this huge lush expanse has been ever more endangered by deforestation. During the 1960s and up to the 1990s, thousands of trees were felled, but what farmers did not realise is that the topsoil, when denuded of trees, is only considered cultivable for a short period of time.

This means the farmers have to clear more and more land to continue running a profitable and productive business. Despite the reduction in the number of trees being felled, the forest is still slowly disappearing, diminishing the biodiversity of the area and having a terrible global impact because fewer trees means it has less capacity to clean the air we breathe.

36. The word “it” in paragraph 1 refers to ______________.

A. the lung                  B. the habitat              C. the planet                D. the Amazon Rainforest

37. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. The Amazon Rainforest stretches across 3.5 million square kilometers.

B. More than half of the Earth’s most important species of plants and animals live in the Amazon Rainforest.

C. The farmers in the Amazon Rainforest have realized the bad effects of deforestation.

D. The Amazon Rainforest has been endangered by overhunting over the last 40 years.

38. The word “felled” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______________.

A. planted                   B. cultivated               C. cut down                D. resulted

39. Why does the reduction in the number of trees have a terrible global impact?

A. because fewer trees means it has less capacity to clean the air we breathe.

B. because farmers have to clear more and more land

C. because fanners did not realise that the topsoil is only considered cultivable for a short period of time.

D. because it provides a natural habitat for over half of the Earth’s most significant species of plants and animals

40. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. Deforestation and Its Impact

B. The Amazon Rainforest

C. The Differences Between Fanning and Forestation

D. Conservation of Forests