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22. And in 1891, the shy Marie, with very little money to live on, came to Paris tocontinue her studies at the Sorbonne.A. many B. a lot C. few D. muchVIII. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate thecorrect word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.About 50 or so kinds modern plastic are made from oil, gas, or coal-non-renewablenatural resources. We (23)___ well over three million tons of the stuff in Japan eachyear and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away. A high proportion of our animalconsumption is in the (24)____of packaging and this constitutes about seven percent byweight, of our domestic(25) ____ . Almost all of it can be recycled, but very little of it is,though the plastic recycling industry is growing fast. The plastics themselves areextremely energy - rich – they have a higher calorific(26) ____ than coal and onemethod of “recovery” strongly (27)____ by plastic manufacturers if the conversion ofwaste plastic into a fuel.Question 23: A.consign B.import C.consume D.removeQuestion 24: A.form B.way C.type D.kindQuestion 25: A.goods B.refuse C.rubble D.requirementsQuestion 26: A.effect B.degree C.value D.demandQuestion 27: A.argued B.presented C.desired D.favoredIX. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate thecorrect answer to each of the questions.A recent investigation by scientists at the US Geological Survey shows thatstrange animal behavior might help predict future earthquake.Investigators found such occurrences in a ten-kilometer radius of the center of afairly recent quake. Some birds screeched and flew about wildly. Dogs yelped and ranuncontrollably.Scientists believe that animals can perceive these environmental changes as earlyas several days before the disaster.In 1976 after observing animal behavior, the Chinese were able to predict aterrible quake. Although hundreds of thousands of people were killed, the governmentwas able toevacuate millions of people and thus keep the death toll at a lower rate.