Revision for the mid-second term test-grade 11 (N03)

each gap of the following questions
Like any other university, the Open University can give you a degree. However, you don’t have to
stop
working to study. It can also open up a whole variety 
of
interests. If you have(1)_______studied before, 
you will enjoy the special, new pleasure of(2)______your knowledge. You will make friends of 
all
kinds. 
You may also(3)______that your qualification provides new career opportunities. 
You don’t actually
go
to the Open University for lectures, but study at home, using television, radio and 
computer software. You can (4)______one class a month if you wish at an Open University Centre. Of 
course, there are exams to take, as in (5)_____university. If you
would
like to know more, all you have to 
do is complete the form below. It could be the start of a wonderful new period in your life. 
1. 
A. ever 
B. often 
C. never 
D. always 
2. 
A. growing
B. changing
C. adding 
D. increasing 
3. 
A. suggest 
B. find
C. wish 
D. want 
4. 
A. give 
B. attend 
C. learn 
D. study 
5. 
A. any
B. some 
C. many 
D. most 
*Task 3: Read the passage and choose the best answer.
The world's oceans have warmed 50 percent faster over the last 40 years than previously thought 
due to climate change, Australian and US climate researchers reported Wednesday. Higher ocean 
temperatures expand the volume of water, contributing to a rise in sea levels that is submerging small 

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island nations and threatening to wreak havoc in low-lying, densely populated delta regions around the 
globe.
The study, published in the British journal Nature, adds to a growing scientific chorus of warnings 
about the pace and consequences rising oceans. It also serves as a corrective to a massive report issued last 
year by the Nobel-winning UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), according to the 
authors.
Rising sea levels are driven by two things: the thermal expansion of sea water, and additional 
water from melting sources of ice. Both processes are caused by global warming. The ice sheet that sits 
atop Greenland, for example, contains enough water to raise world ocean levels by seven metres (23 feet), 
which would bury sea-level cities from Dhaka to Shanghai.
Trying to figure out how much each of these factors contributes to rising sea levels is critically 
important to understanding climate change, and forecasting future temperature rises, scientists say. But up 
to now, there has been a perplexing gap between the projections of computer-based climate models, and 
the observations of scientists gathering data from the oceans.
The new study, led by Catia Domingues of the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate 
Research, is the first to reconcile the models with observed data. Using new techniques to assess ocean 
temperatures to a depth of 700 metres (2,300 feet) from 1961 to 2003, it shows that thermal warming 
contributed to a 0.53 millimetre-per-year rise in sea levels rather than the 0.32 mm rise reported by the 
IPCC.
1. Ultimately, the new study should help scientists to ____. 
A. lower water levels.
B. better predict climate change.
C. bury sea-level cities like Dhaka and Shanghai.
2. The rise in water levels is especially dangerous for small island nations and ____. 
A. low-lying urban areas.
B. all coastal cities.
C. people who live on the beach.
3. What happens when the ocean's temperature rises?
A. It causes sea levels to rise.
B. It causes sea levels to remain constant.
C. It causes sea levels to decrease.
4. What was the main finding of the study?
A. not enough is being done about global warming.
B. ocean waters have warmed faster than scientists had previously thought.
C. the warming of the world's oceans is not a threat.
5. The new study ____. 
A. shows that thermal warming contributed to a 0.32 millimeter-per-year rise in sea levels.
B. did not reveal anything that scientists didn't already know.
C. used new techniques to assess ocean temperatures.