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1-10. In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each five words have been suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
The hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic has begun to (A), signalling good news for the environment decades after an international accord to phase out certain (B), researchers said. The study found that the ozone hole had shrunk by 1.5 million square miles (four million square kilometers) -- an area about the size of India -- since 2000. "It's a big surprise," said lead author Solomon, an atmospheric chemist. "I didn't think it would be this early."
The study attributed the ozone's recovery to the "continuing decline (C) of atmospheric chlorine originating from chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)," or chemicals that were once (D) by dry cleaning, refrigerators, hairspray and other aerosols. Most of the world signed on to the Montreal Protocol in 1987 which (E) the use of CFCs. "The atmospheric chemists can now be confident that the things they've done have put the planet on a path to heal". The ozone hole was first (F) in the 1950s.
It reached record size in October 2015, but Solomon and colleagues determined that this was due to the eruption (G) of the Chilean volcano Calbuco that same year. The volcano slightly delayed the recovery of the (H), which is sensitive to chlorine, temperature and sunlight. Volcanic injections of particles cause greater than usual ozone (I). "Such eruptions are a sporadic source of tiny airborne particles that provide the necessary chemical conditions for the chlorine from CFCs introduced to the atmosphere to react efficiently with ozone in the atmosphere above Antarctica."
The ozone goes through a regular cycle each year, with depletion of ozone starting in late August at the end of Antarctica's dark winter. The hole typically peaks in size in October. The overall trend toward recovery became apparant when scientists studied measurements from satellites, ground-based instruments and weather balloons in the month of September, not October. "I think people, myself included, had been too focused on October, because that's when the ozone hole is enormous” (J) said an atmospheric chemist.
1 Choose an appropriate option for (A)
01. shrink
02. quiver
03. palpitate
04. accessed
05. learned
2 Choose an appropriate option for (B)
01. toxic
02. dirt
03. corruption
04. irk
05. pollutants
3 Choose an appropriate option for (C)
01. flourish
02. decline
03. upgrade
04. sensible
05. achievement
4 Choose an appropriate option for (D)
01. absorbed
02. emitted
03. absorption
04. creed
05. ambiguous
5 Choose an appropriate option for (E)
01. prescribed
02. official
03. shaggy
04. banned
05. felonious
6 Choose an appropriate option for (F)
01. invented
02. hide
03. camouflage
04. summoned
05. discovered
7 Choose an appropriate option for (G)
01. trickle
02. eruption
03. dribble
04. percolate
05. uttered
8 Choose an appropriate option for (H)
01. carbon
02. oxygen
03. halogen
04. ozone
05. methane
9 Choose an appropriate option for (I)
01. ruin
02. forfeit
03. perdition
04. mislaying
05. depletion
10 Choose an appropriate option for (J)
01. common
02. enormous
03. miniscule
04. tiny
05. wander
Answers:-
Q.1 (1)
Q.2 (5)
Q.3 (2)
Q.4 (2)
Q.5 (4)
Q.6 (5)
Q.7 (5)
Q.8 (4)
Q.9 (5)
Q.10 (2)
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