WHICH TOPIC IS DISCUSSED NEXT

65. Which topic is discussed next?

a. How to make cooling systems without fluorocarbon

b. Harmful effects of ultraviolet light

c. The make-up of the ozone layer

d. The sun as a cause of ozone layer depletion

(66-75). Fill in each blank with ONE appropriate word to make a meaning passage.

The world’s oceans are so vast that they can cope (66)____________ the present levels

of pollution. However, little is known about the long-term effects of (67) ______ slow

poisoning. The most serious problem of modern times is that man is destroying the

earth’s (68)_____________ resources and transforming huge areas into wasteland. As a

(69)__________ ; it is becoming extremely difficult to grow (70)___________ to feed

the world’s rapidly increasing population. A way of (71)___________ all the wildlife on

the earth must also be found as many species are in (72)__________ of disappearing

completely from the face of the earth. The dangers, (73)_________ , are not confined

solely to the land and the sea. The smoke in the atmosphere, for example, is increasing so

(74) _______ that the amount of sunlight has been reduced in many cities. Man’s

whole environment is (75) ________ changed in a serious way.

IV. WRITING

(76-80). Choose the sentence (a, b, c or d) that is almost the same in meaning as the

sentence given.