Exercise 14. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank. One of the biggest crazes in rural gardening- whether for personal use (1.)______ profit – is organic gardening. The need for organic gardening grew as a (2.) ______of the problems associated with using modern gardening products. These products (3.) ______man-made chemical compounds never intentionally meant (4.) ______human consumption. Modern gardening fertilizers, pesticides, growth enhancers (5.) ______make beautiful looking flowers and produce, but they (6.) ______contaminate the health of humans. Chemicals do not just (7.) ______in the soil they’ve been used. They leech (8.) ______into the earth, then into the water table and quite literally poison water (9.) ______, gardens, your home, and your body. As more and more people become (10.) ______of this, more and more people look to the promises of healthful organic gardening. 1. A. and B. or C. nor D. also 2. A. conclusion B. solution C. result D. compound 3. A. are B. have C. like D. might 4. A. to B. for C. with D. of 5. A. ought B. must C. should D. may 6. A. actually B. hardly C. timely D. closely 7. A. lay B. stay C. work D. occupy 8. A. wider B. larger C. further D. taller 9. A. halls B. oceans C. parks D. sources 10. A. aware B. interested C. amused D. pleased