Part 2. Read the passage and fill in each numbered gap with ONE suitable word. Fog is a cloud in (1) ________ with or just above the surface of land o

Part 2. Read the passage and fill in each numbered gap with ONE suitable word.
Fog is a cloud in (1) ________ with or just above the surface of land or sea. It can be a major environmental hazard. Fog on highways can cause chain-reaction accidents involving dozens of cars. Delays and shutdowns at airports can (2) ________ economic losses to airlines and inconveniences to thousands of travelers carrying vast quantities of oil, increases the possibility of catastrophic oil spills.
The (3) ________ common type of fog, radiation fog, forms at night, when moist air near the ground loses warmth through radiation on a clear night. This type of fog often occurs in valleys, (4) ________ as California’s San Joaquin Valley. (5) ________ common type, advection fog, results from the movement of warm, wet air over cold ground. The air loses temperature to the ground and condensation sets in. This type of fog often occurs along the California coast and the shores of the Great Lake. Advection fog also forms when air (6) ________ with a warm ocean current blows across the surface of a cold current. The thick fogs of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada, are largely of this origin, (7) ________ here the Labrador Current comes in contact with the warm Gulf Stream.
Two other types of fog are somewhat (8) ________ unusual. Frontal fog occurs when two fronts of different temperatures meet, and rain from the warm front falls (9) ________ the colder one, saturating the air. Steam fog appears when cold air picks (10) ________ moisture by moving other warmer water.
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Part 3.Choose the correct answer to complete the following passage by writing thecorresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
Of the myriad of Japanese ceremonies introduced to the West, the Japanese tea ceremony would have to be the least accessible. (1) __________ many other aspects of Japanese culture, the practice of drinking tea was (2) __________from China well over a thousand years ago. In Japan, green tea developed its own character, and the Japanese tea ceremony has evolved (3) __________ a peculiarly Japanese phenomenon.
The modern tea ceremony can be (4) __________back to the 17th century when it developed alongside another singular Japanese adaptionof Chinese culture: the philosophy of Zen. The tea ceremony eventually became established as a recognized form of high art, where it was practiced in (5) __________ locations, from a Zen temple to an ordinary home. Even today, the simplest and most secular tea ceremony still embraces the Zen aesthetics of (6) __________, austerity and devotion. During the ceremony strictly prescribed words of invitation and gratitude are murmured quietly; tea maker and guests(7) __________ their roles with humilityand respect. A brief moment of (8) __________ tranquility has been communallycreated and shared. It is simultaneously an aesthetic, social and spiritual moment. Significantly it is a Japanese moment, fleeting and poignant with its own peacefulness(9) __________ the noise and confusion of the everyday world is temporarily suspended as a vague, indefinable(10) __________ of the eternal pervades.
1. A. Like B. As C. Similar D. Alike
2. A. brought up B. brought in C. brought about D. brought down
3. A.off B. into C. about D. for
4. A.detected B. tracked C. ignored D. traced
5. A. disparate B. diverse C.equal D. unlike
6. A. simply B. simplify C. simplicity D. simplification
7. A. play B. take C. set D. have
8. A. heavy B. serious C. profound D. difficult
9. A. where B. when C. which D. who
10. A. sense B.thought C. capacity D. atmosphere