THE WORD 'PRECIOUS' IS CLOSEST IN MEANING TO_________A. NATURAL B....

70-The word 'precious' is closest in meaning to_________A. natural B. substantial C. first D. invaluableRead the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correctword(s) for each of the blanks.From the seeds themselves to the machinery, fertilizers and pesticides - The Green Revolution regimendepend heavily on technology. One (71) ... , however, depends much (72) ... on technology - organicfarming. Many organic farmers use machinery, but (73) ...chemical fertilizers or pesticides. (74) ...chemical soil enrichers, they use animal manure and plant parts not used as food -,natural,organic fertilizersthat are clearly a renewable (75) ... Organic farmers also use alternatives for pesticides; for example theyand larvae of these natural predators and introduce them into their crop fields. They use (78) ...techniques to control pests as well, like planting certain crops together because one crop repels the other'spests. Organic farmers do not need a lot of land; (79) ... organic farming is perfectly (80) ...tosmall farms and is relatively inexpensive. Finally, many organic farmers' average yields compare favorablywith other farmers' yields.