THE ENGLISH HORN IS AN ALTO OBOE WITH A PITCH ONE-FIFTH LOWER THAN...

5. The English horn is an alto oboe with a pitch one-fifth lower than the soprano oboe.

A B C D

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the

correct word for each of the blanks

THE EARTH GALLERIES

To many people, the word ‘geology’ conjures up rather dull image of lumps of rock in glass

cases. People tend to regard geology as an academic subject that you don’t need to know about (56)

__________you have to study it at school. If you visit te Earth Galleries at London’s Natural

history Museum, however, you’ll (57) __________ that this image couldn’t be further from the

geological museum (58) __________, literacy because you begin at the top. The central space in the

museum is a glass-topped atrium. As you enter, you (59) __________ up to the top of this by

escalator. On the (60) __________, the escalator passed through a massive revolving globe,

measuring eleven metres (61) __________ diameter. This represents a planet, not necessarily the

Earth. (62) __________ at the top, you work your way down through the six different exhibitions

that (63) __________ the museum.

The individual exhibitions explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes as

well as looking at the Earth’s energy (64) __________ and where our most common building (65)

__________ come from. These exhibitions allow everyone to appreciate the fascination of geology.