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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct

answer to each of the questions .

Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe and was perhaps the first to form. It is among the ten

most common elements on Earth as well and one of the most useful for industrial purposes. Under normal

conditions of temperature, hydrogen is a gas. Designated as H, hydrogen is the first element in the periodic table

because it contains only one proton. Hydrogen can combine with a large number of other elements, forming more

compounds than any of the others. Pure hydrogen seldom occurs naturally, but it exists in most organic

compounds, that is, compounds that contain carbon, which account for a very large number of compounds.

Moreover, hydrogen is found in inorganic compounds. For example, when hydrogen burns in the presence of

oxygen, it forms water.

The lightest and simplest of the elements, hydrogen has several properties that make it valuable for many

industries. It releases more heat per unit of weight than any other fuel. In rocket engines, tons of hydrogen and

oxygen are burned, and hydrogen is used with oxygen for welding torches that produce temperatures as high as