Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that best fits each of the numbered blanks
Cu Chi – A Legendary Land
If the tenacious spirit of the Vietnamese can be symbolized by a place, few sites are more
symbolic than Cu Chi. During the fierce times of war, local people and soldiers miraculously lived
and fought for national liberation from the intricate network of underground tunnels. At first glance
there is scant evidence today of the fighting and bombing that (44)________ Cu Chi during the war.
To see what went on, you have to dig deeper – underground.
The tunnel network of Cu Chi became (45) ________ during the 1960s for facilitating VC control
of a large rural area. The network, parts of (46) ________ were several storeys deep, included
countless trapdoors, constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapon factories, field hospitals,
command centres and kitchens.
The village of Cu Chi have been presented with numerous (47) ________ awards, decorations
and citations by the government since the end of the American War, and many have been declared
‘heroic villages’. Since 1975, new hamlets have been established and the population of the area has
exploded; however, chemical (48) ________ remain in the soil in water, and crop yields are still poor.
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