THE WORD 'PRECIOUS' IS CLOSEST IN MEANING TO_________A. NATURAL B....

70-The word 'precious' is closest in meaning to_________

A. natural B. substantial C. first D. invaluable

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

correct word(s) for each of the blanks.

From the seeds themselves to the machinery, fertilizers and pesticides - The Green Revolution regimen

depend heavily on technology. One (71) ... , however, depends much (72) ... on technology -

organic farming. Many organic farmers use machinery, but (73) ...chemical fertilizers or pesticides. (74)

... chemical soil enrichers, they use animal manure and plant parts not used as food -,natural,organic

fertilizers that are clearly a renewable (75) ... Organic farmers also use alternatives for pesticides; for

example they may rely (76)...natural predators of certain insect pests. (77) ... the need arises, they

can buy the eggs and larvae of these natural predators and introduce them into their crop fields. They use

(78) ...techniques to control pests as well, like planting certain crops together because one crop

repels the other's pests. Organic farmers do not need a lot of land; (79) ...organic farming is

perfectly (80) ...to small farms and is relatively inexpensive. Finally, many organic farmers' average

yields compare favorably with other farmers' yields.