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    The document discusses bats and misconceptions about them, how photosynthesis works by producing glucose in plants, and provides sentences with blanks to choose the best collocating word. It covers topics like unjustified abuse of bats, their portrayal as villains, how plants store excess glucose, and debates that can get heated.

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    Vocabulary Practice VI

    A. For questions 1–10, choose the word or phrase in A, B, C, or D which best completes each blank
    space in the text.

    Text 1

    Throughout history, people have considered bats to be dangerous and frightful _____ 1 of the night.
    As such, bats have endured centuries of unjustified_____ 2. While most medieval superstitions
    about bats have perished, some misconceptions surrounding these animals persist today. Bats
    continue to appear as _____ 3 in motion pictures and children's cartoons. Despite studies that give
    evidence to the contrary, they are still frequently miscast as _____ 4 of disease, such as rabies. On
    average, only one person per year dies from rabid bat bites in the United States, far fewer than die
    from dog bites or bee stings. However, studies _____ 5 in 2005 suggested that fruit bats may carry
    the deadly Ebola virus in Africa and a horseshoe bat may be a host for the SARS virus in Asia.

    1. A. creatures
    2. A. abuse
    3. A. villains
    4. A. carriers
    5. A. published

    Text 2

    Photosynthesis occurs in green plants, seaweeds, algae, and certain bacteria. These _____ 6 are
    veritable sugar factories, producing millions of new glucose molecules per second. Plants use much
    of this glucose, a carbohydrate, as an energy _____ 7 to build leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds. They
    also convert glucose to cellulose, the structural material used in their cell walls. Most plants
    produce more glucose than they use, however, and they _____ 8 it in the form of starch and other
    carbohydrates in roots, stems, and_____ 9. The plants can then draw on these reserves for extra
    energy or building materials. Each year, photosynthesizing organisms produce about 170 billion
    metric tons of extra carbohydrates, about 30 metric tons for every person on _____ 10.

    6. A. people B. cells C. organisms D. creatures


    7. A. spring B. stock C. origin D. source
    8. A. store B. throw C. waste D. emit
    9. A. tusk B. leather C. fossil D. leaves
    10. A. atmosphere B. earth C. soil D. trees
    B. Choose the word or phrase in A, B, C, or D that best collocates (combines) with each of the
    underlined words or phrases in the following sentences.

    11. I’m sorry I asked the question. I didn’t mean to bring up _______ memories.
    A. hurtful B. painful C. severe D. sharp

    12. Do we have any idea what the _____ cause is of this issue?
    A. key B. basic C. root D. base

    13. Accepting expensive gifts from vendors is _______ forbidden.


    A. firmly B. strongly C. harshly D. strictly

    14. We can’t afford to hire someone we need to train. We need someone who can step in and have
    an _____ impact.
    A. urgent B. instant C. immediate D. prompt

    15. Our CEO and company president got into a _____ debate yesterday. They were at each other’s
    throats.
    A. harsh B. strong C. heated D. angry

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