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Integrated Pest Management

There is no one best way to deal with pests in agriculture. Pesticides are commonly used, but this may cause many problems. Combining different management operations is the most effective way to control pests.

Firstly, the chemicals in pesticides may build up as residues in the environment. This reduces the quality of farm’s products.

As well, pests can become resistant to pesticides gradually. This means that newer and stronger ones have to be developed.

Some pesticides affect non target animals such as fish and bees. This affects the natural balance.

To wipe out agricultural pests completely may be very expensive. Sometimes pest damage costs less than the method of control.

Finally, understanding the ecology of the area helps a lot in pest control. Natural enemies can be used to control a pest. Pesticides that do not affect the natural enemies should be chosen.

Therefore, integrated pest management is a safe and more effective option in agriculture.

21. What kind of text is it?

    1. Recount D. Narrative

    2. Report E. Exposition

    3. Procedure

22. What is the purpose of the text?

    1. To tell the reader a joke

    2. To tell the past event

    3. To describe a particular place

    4. To persuade the reader that something is in the case

    5. To show the reader how something is made

23. What does the text talk about?

    1. Pesticides

    2. The best way to raid the pest

    3. The integrated pest management

    4. The natural enemies can control pest

    5. The chemicals in pesticides don’t harm the people

24. Pesticides that do not affect the natural enemies should be chosen (paragraph 6).

The antonym of the underlined word is ___.

1. Artificial C. potent D. strong

2. Industrial E. weak

21. To wipe out agricultural pests completely may be expensive (paragraph 3).

The synonym of the underlined word is ___

1. Wonderful C. cheap D. dear

2. Interesting E. rare

Text 2

Have you ever talked to someone who, in fact, has died?

Mr. Ronald was nearly ninety, so it was often difficult for him to remember things. But he still liked traveling very much, so he and his wife went to Spain every year.

One summer when they were there, they went to visit a friend, Mr. Alcantara. He had two young daughters, Angelita and Angelina. One afternoon after lunch Mr. Ronald was talking to one of them in the garden. He asked if Angelita and her sister had been ill when he and his wife had been there last year. Angelita said they had been very ill. Mr. Ronald said nothing for a minute, because he was thinking. Then at last he said he remembered one of them had died. He asked which one died, Angelita or her sister. Angelita answered it was her.

He said that he was very sorry to hear that.

Mr. Ronald didn’t realize that he had just talked to a ghost. Poor man!

21. What kind of text is it?

    1. Report D. Anecdote

    2. News item E. Exposition

    3. Narrative

22. What is the purpose of the text?

    1. To tell the reader a joke

    2. To describe a particular person

    3. To tell the reader the past event

    4. To show the reader how something is made

    5. To persuade the reader to do something

23. What step does the write use to write the text?

    1. Abstract – Orientation – Crisis – Reaction – Coda

    2. Thesis – Argument – Recommendation

    3. Orientation – Complication - Resolution

    4. Orientation – Events – Reorientation

    5. Abstract – Argument – Reaction

24. … so it was often difficult for him to remember things (paragraph 2). The synonym of the underlined word is...

    1. Simple D. sophisticated

    2. Easy E. modified

    3. complicated

25. Which paragraph is the abstract of the text?

    1. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

Text 3

Pingvelir was 51 in 1928 and became a 52 park. Now there is a fence all around Pingvelir to 53 it from sheep and other animals, 54 can destroy the vegetation.

21. A. reserved

2. modified

3. created

4. founded

5. treated

21. A. nationality

2. nation

3. national

4. domestic

5. strange

21. A. attract

2. protect

3. detect

4. tract

5. catch

21. A. who

2. whom

3. which

4. of which

5. whose

21. Do you know the manager ___ reports we read yesterday?

    1. Who C. whose E. to whom

    2. Whom D. of which

22. Lina is the only one of all my girl friends ___ me a birthday card.

    1. who always send D. who always sends

    2. that always send E. that always sends

    3. whom always sends

23. By the end of this season the farmers ___ the harvest.

    1. will have got C. have got D. will get

    2. have been getting E. got

24. My uncle is an employee who has a low income; ___ he can send all his children to University.

    1. Nevertheless C. consequently E. on the

    2. Therefore D. although other hand

25. My grandfather live in a ___ in the village.

    1. beautiful large Javanese style wooden house

    2. large beautiful Javanese style wooden house

    3. large beautiful Javanese style house wooden

    4. beautiful large style Javanese wooden house

    5. Javanese style beautiful large wooden house

26. Ita apologized to her boss ___ her mistake.

    1. in spite of C. because E. since

    2. because of D. although