Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the following questions.

Trees not only bring nature to urban areas, but they also help clean the air by absorbing pollutants, ______oxygen, ______water, and growing food.

Choose one answer that has the same meaning to the underlined word.

Trees were plentiful and sawmills started appearing on area rivers, producing lumber for settlers.

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The park features well-preserved tropical rain forests and savanna, resulting in a diverse ecosystem consisting of endangered, large mammals.

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Much of the region's native vegetation has been damaged by developers who are building hotels along the coast.

Choose one answer that has the same meaning to the underlined word.

These remote islands are inhabited only by birds and small animals.

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Burning garbage ________dangerous gases to the environment, and this may lead to global warming.

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

Recycling provides a method of reducing the amount of waste materials that gets to the landfills – thus ______ it less probable for environmental pollution to take place.

doing

trying

causing

making

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Sometimes it’s better not to buy something new, and buy ________one instead.