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36. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.

Reading:
Garbage is a (1) _____ problem in the U.S. Every year, Americans produce about 308 billion
pounds. A lot of the garbage goes (2) _____ the landfills. But many landfills do not have room (3) _____
all the garbage.
One (4) _____ to the garbage problem is recycling. Half of all the garbage in the U.S can be (5)
_____ and use again.
Recycling helps the landfills problem and (6) _____ enough energy too. When people recycling
newspapers, they save (7) _____ When they recycling glass, plastic, or cans. They save oil and electricity.
Recycling is good for (8) _____

1. A. difficultly B. serious C. pleased D. dangerously
2. A. at B. in C. into D. to
3. A. to B. for C. from D. in
4. A. talk B. tell C. answer D. ask
5. A. reused B. recycled C. product D. reduced.
6. A. save B. saving C. to save D. saves.
7. A. trees B. paper C. electricity D. water.
8. A. everything B. everyone C. something D. someone.

37. Read the text then choose the best answer

We are all destroying the earth. The sea and the rivers are too dirty to swim. There is so (1) _____
smoke in the air that it is unhealthy to live in many of the world’s cities. In one well- known city, for
example, gases from cars (2) _____ the air so much that the police men have to wear oxygen masks.
We have cut down so many (3) _____ that there are now vast areas of wasteland (4) _____ over
the world. As a result, farmers in parts of Africa can’t (5) _____ enough to eat. In certain countries in
Asia, there is so little rice. Moreover, we do not take enough (6) _____ of the countryside. Wild (7) _____
in India now because we have killed too many for them to survive.
1. A. a little B. much C. many D. a few
2. A. pollute B. pollution C. polluted D. unpolluted
3. A. forests B. plants C. trees D. wood
4. A. through B. out C. on D. of all
5. A. grow B. work C. take D. supply
6. A. careless B. care C. worry D. tired
7. A. tigers B. animals C. animals D. cattle.
8. A. rare B. ever C. rarely D. sometime
38-Choose the word or phrase (a,b,c,d)that best fits the blank space in the

passage:

Our oceans are becoming (1) _____ polluted. Most of this (2) _____ comes from the lands, which
means it comes (3) _____ people. First, there is raw sewage, which is (4) _____ directly into the sea.
Many countries, both developed and developing, are guilty of (5) _____ this. Secondly, ships drop about
six million tons of garbage into the sea each year. Thirdly, there are oil spills from ships. A ship has an
accident and oil leaks from the vessel.
This is not (6) _____ pollutes the water, but it also kills marine life. Next, there are (7) _____
materials from factories. Without proper regulations, factory owners let the waste run directly into the
rivers, which leads to the sea. And finally, oil is washed from the land. This can be the result of (8) _____
or a deliberate dumping of waste.