Variant 1 You could have come first and won the race if you … faster

27. We can conclude from the passage that ...

A) New York and New Jersey often suffer from traffic jams.

B) sometimes people believe things no matter how improbable they are.

C) radio stations often broadcast fictional stories deliberately to cause a panic.

D) H.G. Wells wrote stories credible enough to take in everyone.
There are two kinds of water pollution. The first is when rubbish, sewage or chemicals are thrown into the water. This waste upsets the natural environment and can be dangerous or fatal to fish and other life in the water. The second type of pollution is thermal, or warm water pollution. This is most commonly caused by hydroelectric power plants. These take water from a lake or river, convert it into steam for running the plant’s turbines, change the steam back into water, then return the water to the original lake or river. Though this water is no dirtier than when it was taken out, it is often five to ten degrees above its original temperature. This causes a change in the environment which can be as dangerous to aquatic life as waste pollution.