Question

It’s reported that the number of dead pigs from the Huangpu River has reached over 10,000. Workers have been busy ____80____ the floating pigs from the river so far, and the government has said that the dead pigs will be dealt with safely. An official from a local water company said the city’s ____81____ had not been polluted and was safe for human drinking, because they had taken some useful action.

Qian Huizhong, Director of a Water Plant in Shanghai told reporters that, “If the water is ____82____, we will put more disinfectants (消毒剂) to clean the water.”

Tags on the ears of the pigs show that they ____83____ have come from the upper reaches of the Huangpu River in Jiaxing City, east China’s Zhejiang Province, but the tags only show the animals’ birthplace. Officials said that no serious pig epidemic (传染病) had ____84____ in Jiaxing. The tests found a pig virus that could spread ____85____ pigs but not to human beings in one water sample (样本) taken from the Huangpu River. All other tests showed no signs of serious diseases. The river is a main source of drinking water for Shanghai, an eastern city of 23 million people in China.

80. A. collecting    B. picking              C. selling            D. putting

81. A. air                    B. water                     C. food                       D. land

82. A. dirty                  B. clean                  C. safe                       D. soft

83. A. should                B. must                      C. need                    D. may

84. A. taken out            B. put out                   C. broken out             D. worked out

85. A. between             B. among                 C. opposite                 D. from

Answer 1

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