Passage 5
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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