Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35. HOW TRANSPORTATION AFFECTS OUR LIFE?

Without transportation, our modern society could not (31) ___. We would have no metal, no coal and no oil nor would we have any products made from these materials. (32)____ we would have to spend most of our time raising food and food would be (33) __ to the kinds that could grow in the climate and soil of our neighborhood. Transportation also affects our lives in other ways. Transportation can speed a doctor to the (34)____ of a sick person, even if the patients’ lives on an isolated farm. It can take police to the scene of a crime within a moment of being noticed. Transportation enables teams of athletes to compete in national and international sports contests. In time of (35) ___ transportation can rush aid to persons in areas stricken by floods, families and earthquakes.   Without transportation, our modern society could not (31) ___.

Without transportation, our modern society could not (31) ___.