According to the passage, the basic knowledge needed to transform Mars comes from

The other passengers will get on the bus soon. Then we'll leave.

What does the passage mainly discuss?

He was presented with a gold watch in_____ of his years as club secretary.

The word "there" in paragraph 1 refers to

To increase the number of female representatives, the selection committee decided to discriminate in favour of women for three years.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.

Moana and Jerome are talking about their holiday. - Moana: "You should have booked the earlier flight." - Jerome:"

Roger and Emily are talking about Roger's result at MasterChef cooking show. - Emily: "Your parents must be proud of you." - Roger:

According to Christopher McKay, the possibility of transforming Mars

It has been translated into 25 languages, including Chinese, and was made into a major motion picture for (45)_____ Tan co-wrote the screenplay.

The "greenhouse effect" mentioned in paragraph 3 is

In 1985, she wrote the story "Rules of the Game" for a writing workshop, which laid the early (43)_____ for her first novel The Joy Luck Club. 

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Amy Tan was born on February 19, 1952 in Oakland, California. Tan grew up in Northern California, (41)____when her father and older brother both died from brain tumors in 1966, she moved with her mother and younger brother to Europe, where she attended high school in Montreux, Switzerland. She returned to the United States for college. After college, Tan worked (42)____ a language development consultant and as a corporate freelance writer. In 1985, she wrote the story "Rules of the Game" for a writing workshop, which laid the early (43)_____ for her first novel The Joy Luck Club. Published in 1989, the book explored the (44)____ between Chinese women and their Chinese-American daughters and became the longest-running New York Times bestseller for that year. The Joy Luck Club received numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Award. It has been translated into 25 languages, including Chinese, and was made into a major motion picture for (45)_____ Tan co-wrote the screenplay. Tan's other works have also been adapted into several different forms of media.