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Clean freshwater resources are essential for drinking, bathing, cooking, irrigation, industry, and for plant and animal (36) ____. Unfortunately, the global supply of freshwater is (37) ____ unevenly. Chronic water shortages (38) ____ in most of Africa and drought is common over much of the globe. The (39) ____ of most freshwater supplies - groundwater (water located below the soil surface), reservoirs, and rivers - are under severe and (40) ____ environmental stress because of overuse, water pollution, and ecosystem degradation. Over 95 percent of urban sewage in (41) ____ countries is (42) ____ untreated into surface waters such as rivers and harbors;

About 65 percent of the global freshwater supply is used in (43) ____ and 25 percent is used in industry. Freshwater (44) ____ therefore requires a reduction in wasteful practices like (45) ____ irrigation, reforms in agriculture and. industry, and strict pollution controls worldwide.

36. 
    A. survive B. survived C. surviving D. survival
    
37. 
    A. delivered B. distributed C. provided D. given
    
38. 
    A. exist B. lie C. show D. lay
    
39. 
    A. resources B. springs C. sources D. starting
    
40. 
    A. increasing B. growing C. climbing D. ascending
    
41. 
    A. growing B. miserable C. poverty D. developing
    
42. 
    A. recharged B. discharged C. charged D. discharging
    
43. 
    A. farming B. planting C. agriculture D. growing
    
44. 
    A. reservation B. conservation C. preservation D. retention
    
45. 
    A. ineffective B. illogical C. irrational D. inefficient
    

46. 
    (A) Mined over 2,000 years (B) ago, copper is one of (C) the earliest (D) know metals.
    
47. 
    (A) The average adult (B) has got from two (C) to five (D) colds each year.
    
48. 
    Computers (A) have made (B) access to information (C) instantly available just (D) by push a few buttons.
    
49. 
    Some gorillas (A) beat their chests (B) as an (C) express of (D) high spirits.
    
50. 
    Because vitamins (A) contained (B) in a wide (C) variety of foods, people seldom (D) lack most of them.
    

51. 
    Simon physics at all.
    

C. was hardly not interesting on D. was not hardly interested in

52. 
    If a student ____ it is very unlikely that he will receive a good education.
    

C. who behaves badly and is lazy, D. behaves badly and is lazy,

53. 
    The audience, ____ enjoyed the performance.
    

C. they were mostly students, D. they themselves were students,

54. 
    The tests .in this. book are arranged ____
    

C. in orderly difficult D. in the order of difficulty

55. 
    The success of the play was due to ____
    

C. the actors and its production D. how they acted and the production

56. 
    It is a pity you didn't tell us about this.
    

C. I wish you had told us about this D. I wish you would have told us about this.

57. 
    I've never gone to the car wash before.
    

C. Never have I washed my car before. D. Never has my car been washed.

58. 
    After he had finished the report, he submitted it to the director.
    

B. Having finished the report, it was submitted to the director.

C. Having finished the report, he submitted to the director.

D. Having finished the report, he submitted it to the director.

59. 
    Jean could not help weeping when she heard the bad news.
    

B. Jean could not allow herself to weep at the bad news.

C. Jean could not help herself and so she wept at the bad news.

D. Jean could not help herself because she was weeping.

60. 
    The best solution was thought of by the monitor.
    

C. No one could solve the problem except the monitor. D. The best solution was monitored by the thought.

In the United States, presidential elections are held in years evenly divisible by four (1888, 1900, 1964, etc.). Since 1840, American presidents elected in years ending with zero have died in office, with one exception. William H. Harrison, the man who served the shortest term, died of pneumonia only several weeks after his inauguration.

Abraham Lincoln was one of four presidents who were assassinated. He was elected in 1860, and his untimely death came just five years later. James A. Garfield, a former Union army general from Ohio, was shot during his first year in office (1881) by a man to whom he wouldn't give a job. While in his second term of office (1901), William McKinley, another Ohioan, attended the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. During the reception, he was assassinated while shaking hands with some of the guests. John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 in Dallas only three years after his election.

Three years after his election in 1920, Warren G, Harding died in office. Although it was never proved, many believe he was poisoned. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected four times (1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944), the only man to serve so long a term. He had contracted polio in 1921 and eventually died of the illness in 1945.

Ronald Reagan, who was elected in 1980 and reelected four years later, suffered an assassination attempt but did not succumb to the assassin's bullets. He was the first to break the long chain of unfortunate events. Will the candidate in the election of 2020 also be as lucky?

61. 
    All of the following were election years EXCEPT ____ .
    

62. 
    Which president served the shortest term in office?
    

63. 
    Which of the following is true?
    

B. Only presidents from Ohio have died in office.

C. Franklin D. Roosevelt completed four terms as president.

D. Four American presidents have been assassinated.

64. 
    How many presidents elected in years ending in zero since 1840 have died in office?
    

65. 
    The word "inauguration" in the first paragraph means most nearly the same as
    

66. 
    All of the following presidents were assassinated EXCEPT ____
    

C. Abraham Lincoln D. James A. Garfield

67. 
    The word "whom" in the second paragraph refers to ____
    

68. 
    The word "assassinated" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to
    

69. 
    In the third paragraph, "contracted" is closest in meaning to ____
    

70. 
    How long did Warren G, Harding work as a president?
    

After inventing dynamite, Swedish-born Alfred Nobel became a very rich man. However, he foresaw its universally destructive powers too late. Nobel preferred not to be remembered as the inventor of dynamite, so in 1895, just two weeks before his death·, he created a fund to be used for awarding prizes to people who had made worthwhile contributions to humanity. Originally there were five awards: literature, physics, chemistry, medicine, and peace. Economics was added in 1968, just sixty-seven years after the first awards ceremony.

Nobel's original legacy of nine million dollars was invested, and the interest on this sum is used for the awards which vary from $30,000 to $125,000.

Every year on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death, the awards (gold medal, illuminated diploma, and money) are presented to the winners. Sometimes politics plays an important role in the judges' decisions. Americans have won numerous science awards, but relatively few literature prizes.

No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of World War 11. Some people have won two prizes, but this is rare; others have shared their prizes.

71. 
    The word "foresaw" in the first paragraph is nearest in meaning to __
    

72. 
    The Nobel prize was established in order to ___
    

C. honor the inventor of dynamite D. spend money

73. 
    In which area have Americans received the most awards?
    

74. 
    All of the following statements are true EXCEPT
    

C. Politics plays an important role in selecting the winners D. A few individuals have won two awards

75. 
    In how many fields are prizes bestowed?
    

76. 
    It is implied that Nobel's profession was in ____
    

77. 
    In the first paragraph, "worthwhile" is closest in meaning to ___
    

78. 
    How much money did Nobel leaves for the prizes?
    

79. 
    What is the main idea of this passage?
    

B. Alfred Nobel created awards in six categories for contributions to humanity.

80. 
    The word "legacy" in the second paragraph means most nearly the same as ____