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4 PART C: READING COMPREHENSION I. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage. Write A, B, C or D on the answer sheet. (1.0 point) Pollution is any contamination of the environment (1) _______ causes harm to the environment or the inhabitants of the environment. There are three main kinds of pollution. Air pollution can be caused by liquids, or gases that make the air (2) _______ to breathe. There are two main types of air pollution: primary and secondary. Primary pollutants enter the air (3) ________, like smoke from factories and car exhaust. Secondary pollutants are chemicals that mix together (4) ________ the air, like mixtures of emissions from vehicles and factory smoke that change to form more dangerous pollutants in the air and sunlight. Soil pollution can be caused by pesticides, leakage from chemical tanks, oil spills, and (5) ________ chemicals which get into the soil by dumping or accidental contamination. Soil pollution can also cause water pollution when underground water becomes (6) _______ by coming into contact with the polluted soil. Water pollution can be caused by waste products, sewage, oil spills, and (7) _______ in streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans. Some scientists believe that water pollution is the largest cause of death and (8) _______ in the world, causing about 14,000 deaths in the world each day. It is (9) _______ for anyone to predict the exact timing and effects of global, pollution and global climate change brought about by pollution. There, is general (10) ________ by scientists that the global climate will continue to change, the intensity of weather elfects will continue to increase, and some species of animals will become extinct. 1. A. which B. what C. who D. whose 2. A. safe B. depressed C. fresh D. harmful 3. A. consequently B. seriously C. gradually D. directly 4. A. polluted B. pollute C. to pollute D. polluting 5. A. another B. other C. many D. some 6. A. frustrated B. contaminated C. illiterate D. healthy 7. A. tunnel B. plastic C. flyover D. litter 8. A. problems B. poverty C. diseases D. shortage 9. A. impossible B. compulsory C. valuable D. necessary 10. A. conclusion B. agreement C. discussion D. argument II. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to complete the sentences. Write A, B, C or D on the answer sheet. (1.0 point) The year 1850 may be considered the beginning of a new epoch in America art, with respect to the development of watercolor painting. In December of that year, a group of thirty artists gathered in the