Read the following passage and mark letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word that best completes each blank. Everyone wants to reduce pollution but the pollution problem is as complicated as it is (14)____. It is complicated because much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. For example, exhaust from automobiles causes large percentage of air pollution. But the automobile provides transportation to millions of people. Factories discharge much of the material that pollutes air and water, but factories give employment to a large number of people. Thus, to end or greatly reduce pollution immediately people would have to stop using many things that benefit them. Most people do not want to do that, of course. (15)_____pollution can be gradually reduced in several ways. Scientists and engineers can work to find ways to lessen the (16)_________ of pollution that such things as automobiles and factories cause. Governments can pass and enforce laws that require businesses and individuals to stop, or cut down on certain polluting activities. 14. A. seriousness B. serious C. seriously D. serioused 15. A. And B. So C. Therefore D. But 16 A. number B. amount C. way D. figure Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions that follow. News media are the mean or methods by which people learn what is happening in the city, in the country and in the world. The news media can be classified into two general categories: the categories of print media and electric media. Print media use the written material to communicate news to readers. Electronic media use radio waves to send into homes, offices and public places. Print media are usually divided into magazines and newspapers. Most newspapers print news daily. For example, the newspaper “The New York Times” is published weekly, the Newsweek and Times magazines are published once a week. The electric media are generally divided into radio and television. Radio news is the one that you listen to. In the United States, many radio stations broadcast five minutes of news every hour. Television news is the one that you listen but also to watch it. In the future new categories of news media will develop. Even today computers are beginning to influence the transmission and reception of news. 17. What is the best title for the passage? A. Electric media B. Print media C. News media D. Electronic media 18. What do the print media use to communicate the news? A. newspapers B. TV C. radio D. radio waves 19. What do the electronic media use to communicate the news? A. newspapers B. magazines C. radio waves D. television programs 20. Which of the following print media is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. Sunflowers B. Times C. Newsweek D. The New York Times 21. Which of the following media is broadcast? A. books B. newspapers C. magazines D. TV