FUTA English Language 2014/2015 Past Questions

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Erosion in nature is a beneficent process without which the world would have died long ago. The same process, accelerated by human mismanagement, has become one of the most vicious and destructive forces that have ever been released by man. 'Geological erosion' or 'denudation' is an early and important process in soil formation, whereby the original rock material is continuously broken down and sorted by wind and water until it becomes suitable for colonization by plants. Plants, by t h e binding effects of their roots, by the protection they afford against rain and wind and by the fertility they impart to the soil, bring denudation almost to a standstill. Nevertheless, some slight denudationis always occurring. As each superficial film of plant-covered soil becomes exhausted it is removed by rain or wind, to be deposited mainly in the rivers and sea, and a corresponding thin layer of soil forms by slow weathering of the underlying rock. The depth is sometimes only a few inches. occasionally several feet deep, but within it lies the whole capacity of the earth to produce life. Below that thin layer comprising the delicate organism known soil is a planet as lifeless as the moon.

Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow:
Erosion in nature is a beneficent process without which the world would have died long ago. The same process, accelerated by human mismanagement, has become one of the most vicious and destructive forces that have ever been released by man. 'Geological erosion' or 'denudation' is an early and important process in soil formation, whereby the original rock material is continuously broken down and sorted by wind and water until it becomes suitable for colonization by plants. Plants, by t h e binding effects of their roots, by the protection they afford against rain and wind and by the fertility they impart to the soil, bring denudation almost to a standstill. Nevertheless, some slight denudationis always occurring. As each superficial film of plant-covered soil becomes exhausted it is removed by rain or wind, to be deposited mainly in the rivers and sea, and a corresponding thin layer of soil forms by slow weathering of the underlying rock. The depth is sometimes only a few inches. occasionally several feet deep, but within it lies the whole capacity of the earth to produce life. Below that thin layer comprising the delicate organism known soil is a planet as lifeless as the moon.

Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow:
Erosion in nature is a beneficent process without which the world would have died long ago. The same process, accelerated by human mismanagement, has become one of the most vicious and destructive forces that have ever been released by man. 'Geological erosion' or 'denudation' is an early and important process in soil formation, whereby the original rock material is continuously broken down and sorted by wind and water until it becomes suitable for colonization by plants. Plants, by t h e binding effects of their roots, by the protection they afford against rain and wind and by the fertility they impart to the soil, bring denudation almost to a standstill. Nevertheless, some slight denudationis always occurring. As each superficial film of plant-covered soil becomes exhausted it is removed by rain or wind, to be deposited mainly in the rivers and sea, and a corresponding thin layer of soil forms by slow weathering of the underlying rock. The depth is sometimes only a few inches. occasionally several feet deep, but within it lies the whole capacity of the earth to produce life. Below that thin layer comprising the delicate organism known soil is a planet as lifeless as the moon.

Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow:
Erosion in nature is a beneficent process without which the world would have died long ago. The same process, accelerated by human mismanagement, has become one of the most vicious and destructive forces that have ever been released by man. 'Geological erosion' or 'denudation' is an early and important process in soil formation, whereby the original rock material is continuously broken down and sorted by wind and water until it becomes suitable for colonization by plants. Plants, by t h e binding effects of their roots, by the protection they afford against rain and wind and by the fertility they impart to the soil, bring denudation almost to a standstill. Nevertheless, some slight denudationis always occurring. As each superficial film of plant-covered soil becomes exhausted it is removed by rain or wind, to be deposited mainly in the rivers and sea, and a corresponding thin layer of soil forms by slow weathering of the underlying rock. The depth is sometimes only a few inches. occasionally several feet deep, but within it lies the whole capacity of the earth to produce life. Below that thin layer comprising the delicate organism known soil is a planet as lifeless as the moon.

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When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the bands that have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and natures God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of humanity requires that they declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all human beings are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We affirm also that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men. deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a no government, laying its foundations on such principles, and organising its power in such form. a5 to them shall seem most likely to secure their safe). and happiness. Adapted from The Declaration of Independence.

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When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the bands that have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and natures God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of humanity requires that they declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all human beings are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We affirm also that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men. deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a no government, laying its foundations on such principles, and organising its power in such form. a5 to them shall seem most likely to secure their safe). and happiness. Adapted from The Declaration of Independence.

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When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the bands that have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and natures God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of humanity requires that they declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all human beings are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We affirm also that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men. deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a no government, laying its foundations on such principles, and organising its power in such form. a5 to them shall seem most likely to secure their safe). and happiness. Adapted from The Declaration of Independence.

Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow:
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the bands that have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and natures God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of humanity requires that they declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all human beings are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We affirm also that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men. deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a no government, laying its foundations on such principles, and organising its power in such form. a5 to them shall seem most likely to secure their safe). and happiness. Adapted from The Declaration of Independence.

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