Section 11: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 44 to 48.
Sylvia Earle is an underwater explorer and marine biologist, who was born in the USA in 1935. She became interested in the world's oceans from an early age. As a child, she liked to stand on the beach for hours and look at the sea, wondering that it must be like under the surface. When she was 16, she finally got a chance to make her first dive. It was this dive that inspired her to become an underwater explorer. Since then, she has spent more than 6,500 hours under water, and has led more than seventy expeditions worldwide. She has also made the deepest dive ever, reaching a record-breaking depth of 381 meters.
In 1970, she became famous around the world when she became the captain of the first all-female team to live under water. The team spent two weeks in an underwater "house". The research they carried out showed the damage that pollution was causing to marine life, and specially to coral reefs. Since then she has written several books and magazine articles in which she suggests ways of reducing the damage that is being done to the world's oceans. One way, she believes, is to rely on fish farms for seafood, and reduce the amount of fishing that is done the out at sea.
(Adapted from Complete IELTS by Rawdon Wyatt)
Question 44: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Ways to reduce the damage to oceans
B. The first all-female divers
C. An underwater hero
D. Sylvia Earle's first drive
Question 45: According to paragraph 1, Sylvía Earle_________.
A. relocated to the US in 1935.
B. often looked at the sea with her friends.
C. made her first voyage from an early age.
D. was keen on the world's oceans when young
Question 46: The word 'inspired' in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to_________.
A. forced B. disappointed C. prevented D. encouraged
Question 47: The word 'they' in paragraph 2 refers to________.
A. the team B. articles C. farms D. reefs
Question 48: Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. Sylvia Earle believes that we should cut down on fishing at sea.
B. Sylvia Earle set a record for deepest dive.
C. The team of all-female divers led by Sylvia Earle spent 14 days underwater.
D. It was not until Sylvia Earle made her first dive that she was interested in the world's oceans.
Section 12: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word which differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 49: A. energy B. benefit C. suggestion D. happiness
Question 50: A. order B. reduce C. invite D. complain
