V. Choose the option (A, B, or C) that best completes each numbered blank in the passage.
TREES BRING HANOIANS CLOSER TO NATURE
City planners have claimed trees (26)__________ an important role in an urban environment. Children (27) __________close to nature have better health, while walking in parks reduce blood pressure, stress and obesity. The problem is to select the right trees and (28) __________ them.
Ha Noi is considered one of the greenest cities in Viet Nam thanks to its beautiful and precious trees. Ancient trees in Ha Noi are frequently (29) __________ in poems. Each street can be (30) __________ by a tree. To local residents, the hundred-year old trees that line the streets are more than just beautiful, they are a part of the city’s identity.
Due to the treasured place the trees have in the (31) __________ of the local resident, Hanoians seem to have a lot of concern when construction workers chop them (32)__________. Workers get away with digging around the trees without much care, and even (33) __________ the trees without enough earth to grow - making them vulnerable to storms.
To (34) __________ with the problem, Ha Noi’s authorities have started a project of replanting trees: each of the capital’s streets will be planted with two or three sorts of trees. Moreover, more people should be made (35) __________ of the importance of protecting trees in communities.



