A. AUTOMATIC B. FAMILIAR C. RESPONSIBLE D. ENVIRONMENTIX. READ TH...

70. A. automatic B. familiar C. responsible D. environment

IX. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.

Nearly 200 of the 1500 native plant species in Hawaii are at risk of going extinct in the near future because they

have been (71) _______ to such low numbers. Approximately 90 percent of Hawaii's plants are found nowhere else in

the world but they are (72) _______ by alien invasive species such as feral goats, pigs, rodents and (73) _______ plants.

The Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Group is striving to (74) _______ the extinction of the 182 rare Hawaiian plants

with fewer than 50 individuals remaining in the (75) _______ . Since 1990, (76) _______ a result of their "Plant

Extinction Prevention Program", sixteen species have been brought into (77) _______ and three species have been

reintroduced. Invasive weeds have been removed in key areas and fencing put up in order to (78) _______ plants in the

wild.

In the future the Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Program aims (79) _______ collecting genetic material from the

remaining plants in the wild for storage as a safety net for the future. They also aim to manage wild populations

and where possible reintroduce species into (80) _______ .