Habitat Destruction

Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. There is an
example at the beginning (0).
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A environs

B place

C environment

D ground

All over the world, people are changing the face of the Earth. Wild areas are cleared for farming
and to build roads and expand cities. Our factories, cars and power stations poison the (0) ..C...
with polluting gases and chemical (1) ..... . As well as transforming the environment, we are
destroying habitats, the homes of both plants and animals.
Living things have evolved (2) ..... millions of years. Many animals and plants can only (3) .....
in certain environments. When such areas are destroyed, wildlife cannot always (4) ..... to the
new conditions and some species may (5) ..... . Thousands of species of plants and animals face
extinction because of human activities.
People can also (6) ..... from habitat destruction. When forests are (7) ..... earth is washed
away, this causes crop failure and starvation. There is the future to consider, too; plants provide
essential food and can also be used in medicines. If species (8) ..... extinct, their potential value
will never be known.
The scale of destruction is enormous. Swamps, forests, grasslands and jungles are being cleared
at an increasing (9) ..... . Half of the world's tropical rainforests have (10) ..... been destroyed.
Coral reefs, called the rainforests of the ocean because they are so rich in life, are (11) .....
around the world. We must limit the (12) ..... to habitats now (13) ..... they remain a valuable
resource for the future.
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A rubbish
B nonsense
A over
B in
A persist
B survive
A adapt
B use
A fade out
B die out
A experience B feel
A cut down B pulled down
A get
B die
A degree
B rate
A still
B even
A threatened B violated
A injury
B hurt
A so that
B in order to

C remains
C during
C go
C stand
C give out
C suffer
C put down
C result
C extent
C already
C wasted
C damage
C in case

waste
D since
D attend
D bear
D run out
D damage
D struck down
D become
D index
D yet
D spoilt
D pain
D as a result

For questions 18, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each
gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example:
0 A situation B place

C position D site

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
Earth is the only (0) ..B.. 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 (2) ... on
consuming two-thirds of the world's resources while half of the world's population do
so (3) ... to stay alive we are rapidly destroying the very resource we have by which all
people can survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is (4) ... built on or washed into
the sea. Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to
recover completely. We discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of
the consequences. As a (5) ... the planet's ability to support people is being reduced at
the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are (6) ... increasingly
heavy demands on it. The Earth's natural resources are there for us to use. We need
food, water, air, energy, medicines, warmth, shelter and minerals to (7) ... us fed,
comfortable, healthy and active. If we are sensible in how we use the resources they
will (8) ... indefinitely. But if we use them wastefully and excessively they will soon run
out and everyone will suffer.
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