Question 79```SECTION IV: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
```SECTION IV: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
IN THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE, THE NUMBERED GAPS INDICTE MISSING WORDS, AGAINST EACH NUMBER IN THE LIST BELOW THE PASSAGE, FOUR CHOICES ARE OFFERED IN COLUMNS LETTERED A TO D. FOR EACH QUESTION, CHOOSE THE WORD THAT IS THE MOST SUITABLE TO FILL THE NUMBERED GAP IN THE PASSAGE```
PASSAGE
Locusts have from time to time been the cause of terrible ...1... of farms ...2... of locust can; in a few hours, strip vast areas of green and fertile country of all signs of ...3... They are ...4... or periodic ...5... After a heavy ...6... of an area, they may not appear for ten or fourteen years. Now that more is known of the way of life of locusts, these periodic ...7... are better understood and consequently more ...8... Scientists know the regions in which the gregarious phases of locusts may occur and can even sometimes ...9... when an ...10... can take place.
Objective