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5. Writers like William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe are not only prolific but too interesting. PART D: READING COMPREHENSION (25 points) I- Fill in each blank with one suitable word. One of the main problems facing the environmental movements is that it may become a victim of its own success. It is now generally accepted that issues such as global warning need to be (1) ___________with seriously, and that the Scandinavian forests are being destroyed (2) ____________ to the effects of (3) ____________rain. Views (4) _____________ these have now become an accepted part of the political scene, and consumers are constantly bombarded with green or (5) ______________friendly products. However, this does not mean that environmental groups can now afford to relax. On the (6)_______________, the green movement must consider how the momentum will (7) _____________sustained when the current enthusiasm has (8)______________ The environment must not be (9)______________ to fade from people’s minds, because the progress of ecological collapse has already been (10) _______________ in train, and so far very little has been done to reverse it. II- Read the text and choose the best answer A, B, C or D to fill in the numbered blanks. The computer is undoubtedly one of the most (1) ... and important inventions of the twentieth century. Boring or time-consuming jobs which, in the past, would have been (2) ... by hundreds of workers can now be done by one small computer. However, the (3) ... of the computer has not been entirely problem-free. Many people feel that we are already too (4) ... on computers. They think that computers themselves are (5) ... too powerful, and that people are no longer in control of them. One of the problems with a computer is that, like any other machines, it can (6) ... If a computer is (7) ..., the information it is storing can be lost. If a computer program has a(n) (8) ... in it, the computer’s calculation can be seriously (9) ... . A faulty program in a hospital or police computer could (10) . ... terrible mistakes.