READING COMPREHENSION PART 4 ANSWERS d.

The steps to take in checking the impending

Directions: In this test you will read several
passages. Answer all the questions that follow by
encircling the correct answer.
Passage D
The complacent Filipino majority may not have
been awakened yet to the reality of a ravaged
environment; nonetheless, the evidence must be
overemphasized. Automotive vehicles for one,
reportedly contribute 94.6 million tons of waste
released into the air each year, a commuter can
only imagine how polluted the air that gets into his
respiratory system is.
Pollution experts are inclined to single out man as
the culprit of his own destruction. Man, rightly
referred to as a “messy animal,” has helped being
about untold environmental decay.
Imperiled by the pollution of air, water and land are
not only human lives. The marine species as well as
the flora and fauna are just adversely affected. Mass
suicides of fishes and whales have been witnessed
along Australian and American shorelines.
The mushrooming of factories and plants along
river banks have been largely responsible for the
pollution of the different bodies of water,
indiscriminate disposal of industrial waste makes
festering sinks of the rivers. Too much dumping of
industrial waste renders to water stagnant. Many of
the rivers that used to flow along industrial banks
can use some dredging. And yet what good will
dredging of a river do if in no time at all it will serve
again as dumping basin? The initiative has to come
from the factory owners.
A great number of scientists like or think that new
technology can be called upon to check the
impending pollution disaster, others are of the
opinion that fewer births and less gadgetry may yet
provide the answer to the devastating dilemma. It
cannot be denied, however, that man’s wasteful
ways call for some measure of discipline.
Man’s brutality toward his environment will only
lead to his unmarking. It is ironical, indeed, that he
who was created to have dominion over every
living creature on earth should one day be
overpowered by an environment he has helped to
pollute. The catastrophe can hopefully still be
averted.
pollution disaster
22. The phrase “mushrooming of factories” are used
in the fourth paragraph of the selection refers to
factories which are
a. built           b. destroyed                  c.
maintained                       d. abandoned
23. In what part of the passage can you read of the
ways we can prevent pollution?
a. First paragraph         b. Fourth paragraph         c.
Fifth paragraph         d. Last paragraph
24. Who is referred to in the phrase “a messy
animal” in the second paragraph of the passage?
a. Fishes and whales         b. Flora and fauna          c.
Scientist              d. Man
25. What is implied in the last paragraph of the
passage?
a. Man failed to realize the seriousness of the
pollution problem.
b. Pollution, if unchecked, can bring about the
destruction of man.
c. Man does not deserve to be the master of His
creation.
d. There is no need to be alarmed of the pollution
problem.
26. What would be the likely outcome if we
continue polluting our environment?
a. Man will be destroyed by an environment he had
polluted.
b. Less births and less gadgetry will save the world
from catastrophe  .
c. Technology can help check the problem on
environmental pollution.
d. Man’s wasteful ways will contribute more to the
pollution of the environment.
27. Which of the following statements show a cause
and effect relationship?
a. Man’s wasteful ways are a perennial problem.
b. Man’s brutality toward his destruction.
c. The marine species and the flora and fauna are
adversely affected.
d. Mass suicide of fishes and whales have been seen
along coastlines.

QUESTIONS:
21. What does the selection generally urge man to
realize?
a. The threat of environmental pollution to each
country
b. The necessity of taking immediate steps to solve
the pollution problem
c. The scope of the problem of environmental
pollution