VIII. Give the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. (5 point) 1. Do you remember (meet) ______________ her at Nam's birthday party last week? 2. My mother is busy (cook) ______________dinner in the kitchen. 3. It’s ten years since I last (see) ______________ her. 4. The price (become) ______________ more and more expensive recently. 5. I think this institution (widen) ______________twice since 1999. 6. These skirts need (1. wash) ……...……………..……. 7. There (2. be) ………….…….…… no rain here for over four months. 8. The thieves were caught when they (3. leave) …………………..…….…… the bank. 9. There is someone behind me. I think I (4. follow) ……………………. 10. I can’t help (5. feel) ……………..……..….. sorry for the hungry children X. Choose one suitable word (A/ B/ C or D) to complete the following passage. (20 points) The 25th meeting of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) that will take place in February 2003 comes at a (1)_____________time in the quest for sustainable fisheries. Meeting in Johannesburg at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002, world leaders (2)_____________the vital role of marine fisheries to economic and food security and to biodiversity in general. Leaders established a number of fisheries commitments for the world community, (3)______________ a call “to maintain or restorestocks to levels that can produce maximum sustainable (4)_______________ with the aim of achieving these goals for depleted stocks on an urgent basis and where possible not later than 2015.” The mission of FAO in the field of fisheries is to (5)_______________ and secure the long-term sustainable development and utilization of the worlds fisheries and aquaculture. Many of the issues (6)_______________the agenda for the 2003 COFI meeting will contribute directly to the goal of restoring depleted fish stocks and to (7)_________________other commitments. If we are to fulfill these commitments, we must take (8) _______actions and set clear priorities. The most recent FAO statistics indicate that over 70 percent of fisheries are (9)____________overfished or are fished at their maximum capacity. In coming years, production from many key fisheries will likely decline. Demand for fisheries products, (10)____________, will continue to increase. The prospect of this growing shortfall poses our greatest fisheries challenge today. 1. A. busy B. critical C. serious D. fine 2. A. declared B. claimed C. accepted D. acknowledged 3. A. giving B. making C. including D. containing 4. A. volume B. quantity C. amount D. yield 5. A. aid B. meet C. provide D. facilitate 6. A. on B with C. in D. for 7. A. advancement B. advancing C. advanced D. advance 8. A. determined B. concentrated C. concerted D. focused 9. A. both B. or C. either D. neither 10. A. however B. consequently C. so D. therefore WHY?