Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word orphrasethat best fits eachof the numbered blanks.
More than two hundred years ago, the term “environmental pollution” was quite strange to people. They lived healthily, drank (39)_____ water and breathed fresh air. In those days, industry was not well-developed. Nowadays, the situation is quite different. The world today is faced with many (40)_____ threats. People all over the world are (41)______ about things that are happening to the environment. Actually, it is man (42)______ is destroying the surroundings with many kinds of wastes from the devices that makes human live more comfortable and convenient. Everybody knows that motorbikes and cars emit dangerous gases that cause poisonous air and cancer, but no one wants to travel on foot or by bicycle. Manufactures know that wastes from factories make water and soil polluted, but they do not want to spend a lot of their money on (43)_____ the wastes safely. Scattering rubbish is bad for our health, but no one wants to spend time burying it. Is it worth talking a lot about pollution?
(39)
A.fresh
B.pure
C.clean
D.boiled

Mark the letter A,B,C,or D on your answer sheet to indicate the following questions.
Biologists have introducted a global list of endangered and vulnerable animal species.
A.tare and specious
B.small but invaluable
C.weak and easily hurt
D.strong and not easily hurt

These students voluntarily spent their summer vacations helping the.............. . (ADVANTAGE)
A.disadvantaged
B.advantagement
C.advance
D.advantaged

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D onyouranswer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlinedword(s) ineachof the followingquestions.
His involuntary reflexes betrayed his feelings.
A.automatic
B.unbelievable
C.unnecessary
D.unreasonable

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
_________ have made communication faster and easier through the use of email and the Internet is widely recognized.
A.It is that computers
B.That computer
C.Computers that
D.That it’s computers

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I object _______ the proposal to restrict the use of cars in the city.
A.at
B.with
C.for
D.to

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The Americans are much more concerned than the Indians and the Chinese with physical ______ when choosing a wife of a husband.
A.attract
B.attraction
C.attractive
D.attractiveness

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I think we should _______ our original plan.
A.get on to
B.follow up
C.keep up
D.put aside

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Application forms of those examinations must be submitted before the _______.
A.line
B.deadline
C.time
D.timeline

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Mary bought a ________ hat yesterday.
A.red big plastic
B.big red plastic
C.plastic big red
D.big plastic red