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.