THERE WERE SO MANY MEMBERS OF THE POLITICAL PARTY WHO HAD GONE AGA...
22. There were so many members of the political party who had
gone against
the leader
that he had to resign
A. invited
B. opposed
C. insisted
D. supported
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
The giant panda is already on the endangered list. The _____ (23) of pandas in the world
has been falling for decades. There are several reasons for this. One is that many of the
panda's forests have gone. They have been cut down to make towns and cities. Another is
the fact that the animal breeds very ____ (24) and has few cubs (baby pandas). The panda
is now facing another big threat to its survival – a shortage of food. A new report _____
(25) that bamboo, the panda's main food, is disappearing ______ (26) climate change.
Bamboo is pretty much the only food the panda eats. Ninety-nine per cent of its diet is
bamboo. An adult panda needs around 38 kilograms of bamboo every day. The study
predicts that nearly all the bamboo in China's Qinling Mountains ____ (27) disappear by
the end of this century because of global warming. That means pandas would have
nothing to eat.