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Reading Comprehension

11. The main subject of the passage above is -

14. The final paragraph of the passage suggests that the theory that life arose independently on Earth is - (1) part of the theory of panspermia (2) simpler than the theory of panspermia (3) disproven by the work of Francesco Redi (4) unnecessarily complicated

(1) the problem of how life began and developed on the planet Mars (2) the question of whether life arose independently on Earth or not (3) whether or not rocks from Mars have arrived on Earth as meteorites (4) the conditions required for microscopic forms of life to survive in space

15. The term “it” in line 18 refers to -

12. Svante Arrhenius is mentioned in the passage as someone who -

(1) colonization (2) Earth (3) Mars (4) life

(1) suggested a method which could make panspermia possible (2) showed that it was impossible for life to come from non-life (3) believed that meteorites could travel from Mars to Earth (4) invented the term “panspermia”

13. According to the second paragraph microbes -

(1) can survive the trip from Mars to Earth (2) are very unlikely to travel from Mars to Earth without being destroyed (3) constantly arrive from Mars on meteorites (4) can arise from non-living matter

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