Part 1: Read the passage and complete each blank with a correct word. Write A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet.

Scientists are increasingly concerned about the decline of some populations of insects. One scientific review of insect numbers in 2019 pointed to 40% of species facing "alarming rates of decline" around the world. The study said bees, ants and beetles were (11) ______________ eight times faster than mammals, birds or reptiles. The (12) ______________ of insects has serious consequences as they provide a food source for many birds, bats and reptiles, while plants rely on insects for pollination.

Scientists say (13) ______________ pollution may be contributing to the declines in insects in recent decades. Modem LED streetlights seemed to have the biggest impact. The researchers think these lights may prevent night insects (14) ______________ laying their eggs or put the insects in danger of being seen and (15) ______________ by hunters such as bats.

11. A. disappear          B. disappears               C.  disappearing          D. disappearance

12. A. construction     B. loss                          C. happiness                D. benefit

13. A. water                B. air                            C. noise                       D. light

14. A. in                       B. about                       C. at                             D. from

15. A. eaten                 B. cooked                    C. eared                       D. helped

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