For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (10 points)
If a farmer wishes to succeed, he must try to keep a wide gap between his consumption and his production. He must store a large quantity of grain 1 consuming all his grain immediately. He can continue to support himself and his family 2 he produces a surplus. He must use this surplus in three ways: as seed for sowing, as an insurance 3 the unpredictable effects of bad weather and as a commodity which he must sell in order to 4 old agricultural implements and obtain chemical fertilizers to 5 the soil. He may also need money to construct irrigation 6 and improve his farm in other ways. If no surplus is available, a farmer cannot be 7 . He must either sell some of his property or 8 extra funds in the form of loans. Naturally he will try to borrow money at a low 9 of interest, but loans of this kind are not 10 obtainable.
1. [A] other than [B] as well as [C] instead of [D] more than
2. [A] only if [B] much as [C] long before [D] ever since
3. [A] for [B] against [C] of [D] towards
4. [A] replace [B] purchase [C] supplement [D] dispose
5. [A] enhance [B] mix [C] feed [D] raise
6. [A] vessels [B] routes [C] paths [D] channels
7. [A] self-confident [B] self-sufficient [C] self-satisfied [D] self-restrained
8. [A] search [B] save [C] offer [D] seek
9. [A] proportion [B] percentage [C] rate [D] ratio
10. [A] genuinely [B] obviously [C] presumably [D] frequently
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