Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
It’s important for the developed countries to reduce energy ______ as much as possible.
A.exhaustion
B.destruction
C.consumption
D.waste

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Hydroelectric power is produced by the fall of water ______ in a dam.
A.trapping
B.trapped
C.to be trapped
D.that trapped

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A huge amount of solar energy ______ the earth's outer atmosphere.
A.reach
B.reaches
C.that reaches
D.is reached

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There are over 2,000 varieties of snake, ______ are harmless to humans.
A.mostly they
B.most of them
C.most of which
D.which most

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For many years people have wondered ______ exists elsewhere in the universe.
A.that life
B.life which
C.whether life
D.life as it

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from those of the rest.
A.drum
B.jute
C.jump
D.plug

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from those of the rest.
A.fast
B.screen
C.cleanse
D.scrub

I travel by bus only when I have no alternative.
A.I resort to travel by bus only when I had no alternative.
B.It's my only alternative to travel by bus.
C.Traveling by bus is my only alternative.
D.I travel by bus only as a last resort.

It was such a sunny day that none of us wanted to do any work.
A.We wouldn't do any work if it was such a sunny day.
B.None of us refused to do our work although it was a sunny day.
C.We didn't work when it was sunny.
D.None of us felt like doing any work because it was such a sunny day.

Lydia's reason for going to London was that she wanted to brush up her English.
A.Lydia could hardly see any point in going to London to brush up her English.
B.Lydia went to London so that she could improve her English.
C.Not brushing up her English, Lydia had difficulty communicating when she went to London.
D.Lydia went to London with a view to brush up her English.