MY MOTHER OFTEN TELLS ME NEVER TOACCEPTA LIFT FROM SOMEONE I’VE JU...

22. My mother often tells me never to

accept

a lift from someone I’ve just met!

A. Assist

B. Deny

C. Refuse

D. Prevent

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 largest lake in the western United States is the Great Salt Lake, an island saltwater

lake in northwestern Utah, just outside the state capital of Salt Lake City. Rivers and

streams feed ____ (23) the Great Salt Lake, but none drain out of it; this has a major

influence on both the salt content and the size of the lake.

Although the Great Salt Lake is fed by freshwater streams, it is ____ (24) saltier than

the oceans of the world. The salt comes from the more than two million tons of minerals

that ____ (25) into the lake each year from the rivers and creeks that feed it. Sodium and

chloride- the components of salt- comprise the large majority of the lake’s mineral

content.

The Great Salt Lake can vary tremendously from its ____ (26) size of 1,700 square

miles, depending on long-term weather conditions. During periods of heavy rains, the

size of the lake can swell tremendously from the huge amounts of water flowing into the

lake from its feeder rivers and streams; in 1980 the lake even ____ (27) a size of 2,400

square miles. During periods of dry weather, the size of the lake decreases, sometimes

drastically, due to evaporation.