THE HOUSES HAVE BEEN CLOSED BY THE CITY HOUSING DEPARTMENT ...A. B...

70. The houses have been closed by the City Housing Department ...A. because their unsafe living conditions B. inspite of unsafe living conditions C. regardless their unsafe living conditions D. because of unsafe living conditionsQuestion 8: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correctanswer to each of the questions.When the first white men came to America, they found vast amounts of natural resources oftremendous value. Forests covered a large part of the nation; later gas, oil and minerals were found inunbelievable amounts. There was a great abundance of very fertile soil. Forests, prairies, streams andrivers abounded with wildlife. So vast were these resources that it seemed that they could never be usedup. So forests were destroyed to make way for farmland. Grasslands and prairies were ploughed andharrowed. Minerals and oil were used in great quantities to supply a young industrial nation. Almostevery river became the scene of factories, mills and power companies. Mammals and birds wereslaughtered for food anf sport.Within a short time, the results were obvious. Floods caused millions of dollars worth of damageyearly. The very fertile soil washed away of blew up in great clouds. The seemingly inexhaustible oil andminerals showed signs of depletion. Rivers were filled with silt from eroding farms and wastes fromfactories. Many of the rivers were made unfit for fish. Several species of birds disappeared, and somemammals seemed on the verge of going. Future timber shortages were predicted. In short, Americanssoon became to realize that some sort of conservation program must be set up, if future as well as presentAmericans were to share in the resources that are the hertage of every American.