THE FOOTBALL MATCH HAD TO BE ______ BECAUSE OF THE BAD WEATHER.A...

19.

The football match had to be ______ because of the bad weather.

A.

put out

^B.

put off

^C.

put up

^D.

putting off

III.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the

correct word for each of the blanks from 20 to 24

Wild animals play an important part in the (20)_______ nature and supply us with many important

products. Birds and other small animals help (21)_______ insects. Wild animals provide food and hobby

too. Furthermore, they (22)_______ our surroundings more interesting. Uncontrolled hunting has

destroyed a lot of wildlife and people have also harmed animals such as the passenger pigeon which

disappeared completely.

Others including the whooping cranes, the blue whale and the American alligator are in danger of

dying out. Sometimes it is necessary to keep animals from (23)_______ too plentiful. For example,

rabbits and such rodents as ground squirrels and mice may cause (24)_______ damage to crops if they

are too abundant predators help hold down the population of their prey.