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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