43. Which of the following words is NOT a synonym of the word, “outdated”?
(A) antiquated
(B) chronic
(C) obsolete
(D) outmoded
(E) outworn

39. Based on the passage, why do domesticated dog eat grass? (A) Grass cures their diseases. (B) Grass kills germs. (C) Grass is easy to digest. (D) Grass is palatable to them. (E) Grass contains sufficient protein.

40. What can be inferred from the passage? (A) Dogs have difficulties digesting plants. (B) Dog ancestors were vegetarians. (C) Domesticated dogs eat differently from wild dogs. (D) Eating grass is boring to dogs. (E) Dogs’ eating habits were influenced by their prey.

41. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? (A) ICD-11 is the old version of WHO’s manual. (B) Gender incongruence refers to the difference between a person’s physical sex and psychological gender. (C) Human Rights Watch harshly criticizes ICD-11. (D) In the latest manual, transgenders are considered guilty. (E) Nine organizations work with WHO to revise the manual.

42. Which of the following statements is NOT MENTIONED in the article? (A) Graeme Reid is a human right activist. (B) Human Rights Watch claims the new version will have positive effects. (C) In the latest manual, issues of gender incongruence are included in a new chapter. (D) So far, WHO has recognized all the LGBT groups. (E) At least nine organizations are not fully satisfied with WHO’s latest manual.

44. What does the sentence “even though this improvement is by no means perfect” imply? (A) This latest manual is beyond contentment. (B) This latest manual lives up to everyone’s expectation. (C) This latest manual liberates the difficult situations that transgenders face. (D) This latest manual makes lives of transgenders more difficult. (E) This latest manual still needs revision.

45. What is the best title for this article? (A) Transgender, a New Category of Human Beings (B) Transgender, a New Challenge (C) Transgender, No Longer a Disorder (D) Transgender, No Longer an Issue (E) Transgender, No Further Discussion

46. What is the passage mainly about? (A) Hammill explored how to kill the mosquitoes. (B) Mosquitoes often grow on branches of bromeliad. (C) Damselfly larvae increased dramatically. (D) Mosquitoes are eaten by damselfly larvae. (E) Pesticides can increase the number of mosquito.

47. What is dimethoate? (A) One kind of pesticide (B) One kind of insect species (C) One kind of crop (D) One kind of orange tree (E) One kind of mosquito

48. Where did Hammill’s research team study mosquitoes? (A) In southern Costa Rica (B) In pristine forests only (C) In orange plantations only (D) In both pristine forests and orange plantations (E) In the places which had been treated insecticides only

49. What does “conspicuously” mean? (A) admirably (B) deliberately (C) intolerably (D) moderately (E) prominently