The word “bind" in the passage probably means 

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 

   When people hear the word "city", they usually imagine concrete, neon signs, and lots of air pollution. Thanks to some clever and concerned architects, this image is starting to change. The concept of green cities aims to bring some beauty from rural environments into urban areas. It is not only about looking better though. Green cities are also trying to improve the efficiency of cities and raise the standard of living for people who stay in them. 

   The term "green cities" refers to cities where builders take into account several environmental factors before those cities are constructed or redesigned. For starters, green cities are designed to be more physically appealing than traditional cities from the past. In addition, the mobility of citizens should be considered, so public transportation can be more convenient and travel time to work can be reduced. Energy sources should also be evaluated with the goal of minimizing air pollution. 

   When it comes to going green, the city of Barcelona is far ahead of its time. Since 1859, its designers have consciously tried to create sustainable urban designs. Then in 1992, the city received a well-deserved makeover before hosting the Olympic Games. In recent years, Barcelona has upgraded its transportation system. This has reduced air pollution and more workers are using public transportation instead of their own vehicles. Barcelona also boasts one of the best recycling programs in the world. Visitors will find clear color-coded trash bins throughout the city where they can put all of their materials. 

Which of the following is NOT a goal that a green city builder would have?

She won't come home when she hasn't finished all the paperwork. 

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 

   Trees are useful to man in three very important ways; they provide him with wood and other products, they give him shade, and they help to prevent drought and floods. 

   Unfortunately, in many parts of the world man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important. In his eagerness to draw quick profit from the trees, he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had. 

   Two thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire but without its trees, its soil became hard and poor. When the empire fell to pieces, the country found itself faced by floods and starvation. 

   Even though a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult for it to persuade the villager to see this The villager wants wood to cook his food with, and he can earn money by making charcoal or selling wood to the townsman. He is usually too lazy or too careless to plant and look after trees. So unless the government has a good system of control, or can educate the people, the forests will slowly disappear. 

   This does not only mean that there will be fewer trees. The results are even more serious. For where there are trees their roots break the soil up, allowing the rain to sink in and also bind the soil, thus preventing it being washed away easily, but where there are no trees, the soil becomes hard and poor. The rain falls on hard ground and flows away on the surface, causing floods and carrying away with it the rich topsoil, in which crops grow so well. When all the topsoil is gone, nothing remains but a worthless desert. 

In the writer's opinion, ________________ or the forests slowly disappear.

After being enrolled at the university at the age of seventeen, Freud studied the physiology, biology and anatomy. 

You had better drink a glass of water as soon as you wake up each mong

We left a message for his neighbor. We wanted him to know we'd come.

Unsafe ____________, one of the world's largest health and environmental problems, is responsible for 775,000 deaths each year. 

His eldest brother, John, had a __________ career in the diplomatic service.

___________ is a demographic and social process whereby people move from urban areas to rural areas. 

A. romantic       B. compose         C. progress         D. overcome

The toys have to be intact in their original boxes or they're not worth anything.

The book is both lively and ____________ and represents a useful contribution to the literature in the subject. 

She was ____________ that her children should have the best possible education.

Many scientists blame global warming on industrial ________________ that trap infrared the heat in the atmosphere rather than letting it escape into space.