. Fill in the numbered blanks in the passage with ONE suitable word from the box. There is ONE extra word. Write your answer on the answer sheet.
unfortunately also precious but result worse falls vital caused |
Water is one of our most (26) _________resources; put it simply, without water there would be no life. Unfortunately, many of us seem to have forgotten this fact, and as a (27) ________ the world is facing the danger of running out of water. The actual amount of water on earth has changed little since the time of dinosaurs. The problem has been (28) ________ by people’s misuse of our water supply. This not only means that we have polluted our rivers and seas, but (29) _________that we are wasting a great deal of this precious resource. (30) ___________the destruction of the rain forests has made this problem (31 ) ________since much of the rain that (32) _________is lost because it runs off into the sea. The population of the earth is increasing daily, so it is (33) ________ that we find a solution to this problem before it is too late.
Fill in the numbered blanks in the passage with ONE suitable word from the box. There is ONE extra word. Write your answer on the answer sheet.
unfortunately also precious but result worse falls vital caused |
Water is one of our most (26) ___ precious ______resources; put it simply, without water there would be no life. Unfortunately, many of us seem to have forgotten this fact, and as a (27) __ result ______ the world is facing the danger of running out of water. The actual amount of water on earth has changed little since the time of dinosaurs. The problem has been (28) ___ caused _____ by people’s misuse of our water supply. This not only means that we have polluted our rivers and seas, but (29) ___ also ______that we are wasting a great deal of this precious resource. (30) ___ Unfortunately _____the destruction of the rain forests has made this problem (31 ) __ worse ______since much of the rain that (32) ____ falls _____is lost because it runs off into the sea. The population of the earth is increasing daily, so it is (33) ___ vital _____ that we find a solution to this problem before it is too late.
