Read the following passage and mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Environmental concerns
Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life. (1)..................... human activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world carries on human consuming (2)................... of the world's resources wwhile half of the world's population do so just to stay (3)..................... we are rapidly destroying the only resource we have (4)...................... which all people can survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is (5)...................... built on or washed into sea. Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to recover (6)....................... We discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of the consequences. As a (7)........................ the planet's ability to support people is being reduced at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are making increasingly heavy demands on it.
The Earth's (8)..........................resources are there for us to use. We need food, water, air, energy, medicines, warmth, shelter and minerals to (9)......................... us fed, comfortable, healthy and active. If we are sensible in how we use the resources they will last indenfinitely. But if we use them wastefully and excessively, they will soon (10)................... and everyone will suffer.
| 1 | A. Still | B. Despite | C. Yet | D. Although |
| 2 | A. two-thirds | B. two-third | C. two-three | D. two-threes |
| 3 | A. survival | B. alive | C.existent | D. live |
| 4 | A. on | B. at | C. in | D. by |
| 5 | A. sooner | B. rather | C. either | D. neither |
| 6. | A. completely | B. quite | C. greatly | D. utterly |
| 7. | A. result | B. product | C. development | D. reaction |
| 8. | A. natural | B. real | C. living | D. genuine |
| 9. | A. stay | B. keep | C. maintain | D. hold |
| 10. | A. run out | B. run away | C. run up | D. run off |
Read the following passage and mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Environmental concerns
Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life. (1)..................... human activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world carries on human consuming (2)................... of the world's resources wwhile half of the world's population do so just to stay (3)..................... we are rapidly destroying the only resource we have (4)...................... which all people can survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is (5)...................... built on or washed into sea. Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to recover (6)....................... We discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of the consequences. As a (7)........................ the planet's ability to support people is being reduced at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are making increasingly heavy demands on it.
The Earth's (8)..........................resources are there for us to use. We need food, water, air, energy, medicines, warmth, shelter and minerals to (9)......................... us fed, comfortable, healthy and active. If we are sensible in how we use the resources they will last indenfinitely. But if we use them wastefully and excessively, they will soon (10)................... and everyone will suffer.