VIII. 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. Forests are useful to man in several ways. Wood is always necessary for building and for making all kinds of things and we usually need firewood in our homes. Forests provide timber, one of the most (23) resources, but they must be used wisely and managed (24) Men should control the cutting of trees in it would be cut, leaving such a way that the forest grows more trees (25) the young ones to grow bigger. Trees and shrubs are also needed to preserve land their roots bind the soil, preventing heavy rain (27) (26) washing the soil away. 23. A. valuable 24. A. good B. reasonable C. comfortable D. famous B. widely C. nicely D. carefully 25. A. as B. than C. then D. that 26. A. because B. because of C. but D. and 27. A. in B. with C. from D. at
