READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE CAREFULLY AND THEN CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER TO THE QUESTIONS BY CIRCLING THE CORRESPONDING LETTER A, B, C, OR D

Questions 36-40: Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best answer to the questions

by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. Mark your answer on the answer sheet.

Ordinary houses are full of hazardous waste. The most important hazardous waste in the homes is batteries.

When you throw them out with your other garbage, they break open at the landfill. The poison inside them

moves through rain water and other liquids to the bottom of the landfill. Then it can pollute the natural water in

the ground. We should use rechargeable batteries. Another hazardous waste in the homes is motor oil. Don’t

throw old motor oil on the ground or throw it on the garbage. It poisons the environment. We should recycle

motor oil. Paint is another kind of hazardous waste in homes. Some cities have a “Paint Exchange Day”. If you

bring in open, unused blue paint and wanted red, they give you red. Sometimes they mix the paints together into

strange colours. If you paint walls with them, you help save the environment.

36. What is the most important dangerous waste in the homes?

A. motor oil

B. paint

C. batteries

D. garbage

37. How can batteries at the landfill pollute the underground water?

A. They break open at the landfill.

B. Their poison moves to the bottom of the landfill.

C. They move to the underground water.

D. They combine with rain water and other liquids.

38. Why should we use rechargeable batteries?

A. To protect the environment.

B. They are durable.

C. They pollute the underground water.

D. They are convenient.

39. Why shouldn’t we throw motor oil on the ground?

A. It poisons the environment.

B. It is a waste of money.

C. It pollutes the ground.

D. It is dangerous.

40. What should we do with motor oil?

A. Sell it

B. Throw it on the garbage

C. Throw it away

D. Recycle it