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Many scientists (1)_____the blame for recent natural disasters on the increase
a. give
b. put
c. takes
d. has
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Many scientists put the blame for recent natural disasters on the increase (2) ______ the world’s temperatures...
a. in
b. at
c. by
d. to
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the Earth is at (3) ______ from the forces of the wind, rain and sun.
a. danger
b. harm
c. risk
d. threat
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According to them, global warming is making extreme weather events, (4) ______ as hurricanes and droughts…
a. just
b. well
c. such
d. even
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According to them, global warming is making extreme weather events, ______ as hurricanes and droughts, even more (5) ______...
a. strong
b. strict
c. heavy
d. severe
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and causing sea levels all around the world to (6) ______.
a. raise
b. lift
c. rise
d. arise
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Environmental groups are putting (7) ______ on governments to take action to reduce …
a. pressure
b. force
c. persuasion
d. encouragement
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the amount of carbon dioxide which is given (8) ______ by factories and power plants,...
a. off
b. up
c. over
d. away
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They are in (9) ______ of more money being spent on research into solar, wind, and wave energy devices …
a. request
b. suggestion
c. belief
d. favour
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… which could then replace existing power (10) ______
a. houses
b. factories
c. stations
d. generations
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Viet Nam is listed by the World Bank among the countries most (1) _______by rising waters brought about by higher global temperatures.
a. hurt
b. destroyed
c. threatened
d. changed
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Such a rise of one meter (2) _______ a third of the Mekong Delta underwater …
a. can leave
b. could leave
c. can result
d. could result
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in a region (3) _______ produces nearly half of Viet Nam's rice.
a. that
b. what
c. it
d. there
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The vast, humid expanse of the delta is home to more than 17 million people, who (4)_______ for generations on its thousands of river arteries.
a. rely
b. relies
c. has relied
d. have relied
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But rising sea water caused by global warming is now increasing the salt content of the river water and (5) _______the livelihoods of millions of poor farmers and fishermen.
a. threatens
b. threaten
c. threatening
d. threatened
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Climate change is (6) _______the rivers of the Mekong Delta salty.
a. turning
b. making
c. causing
d. damaging
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In Ben Tre, salt water reached as far as 35 miles inland, causing significant (7) _______to crops and livestock, with rice production particularly affected.
a. damage
b. destruction
c. disaster
d. loss
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Gradually, more and more people are affected: (8) _______nearest the sea are the most affected now, …
a. it
b. that
c. those
d. who
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but soon the whole province will be (9) _______.
a. attacked
b. hit
c. touched
d. swept
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The salinity of the water has (10) _______ a point where many locals have been forced to abandon their traditional rice cultivation.
a. reached
b. come
c. gone
d. become
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It has become a (1) ________of our wasteful, throw-away society.
a. symbol
b. mark
c. sign
d. detail
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But there seems little doubt it is here to stay, and the truth is, of course, that plastic has brought enormous (2) _______, even environmental ones.
a. savings
b. pleasures
c. benefits
d. profits
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It’s not really the plastics themselves that are the evil ─ it's the way society chooses to use and (3) _______them.
a. abuse
b. endanger
c. store
d. dispose
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Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal ─ non-renewable natural (4) _______.
a. processes
b. resources
c. products
d. fuels
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We (5) _______well over three million tones of the stuff in Britain each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away.
a. import
b. consign
c. remove
d. consume
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A high (6) _______of our annual consumption is in the form of packaging…
a. amount
b. proportion
c. portion
d. rate
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and this (7) _______about seven percent by weight of our domestic refuse.
a. makes
b. carries
c. takes
d. constitutes
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Almost all of it could be recycled, but every little of it is though the plastic recycling (8) _______is growing fast.
a. manufacture
b. plant
c. factory
d. industry