THE (A) GOVERNOR HAS (B) NOT DECIDED HOW TO DEAL WITH (C) THE PROB...

24. The (A) governor has (B) not decided how to deal with (C) the problems already (D)

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

indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks

Fish farming is only one of the many recent experiments man has begun in the endless

battle to feed himself. It is not as easy as it (25)_______ . One doesn’t simply find a pond,

stock it with fish and wait for them to multiply. I knew one amateur who did just this. He

looked on his pond as a fishing hole (26) ____ his friends. One morning he awoke to find

its surface covered with dead fish. They had died quite naturally – from suffocation.

Commercially (27)______ fresh – water fish need just that – and plenty of it. A good

stream feeding the pond is one way to (28)_____________ that fish will stay healthy. Not

only does it supply life-giving oxygen, it also helps to clear away the fish’s own

(29)_______ matter. With the oceans being overfished in recent decades, fish farming

may soon take over there too.