jueves, 23 de enero de 2014

MULTIPLE CHOICE GAP FILLING (FCE)


The answers for this question will be shown next week: 

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 (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 (4) ... resource we have by which all people can survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is (5) ... built on or washed into the 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 (8) ... at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are (9) ... increasingly heavy demands on it. The Earth's (10) ... resources are there for us to use. We need food, water, air, energy, medicines, warmth, shelter and minerals to (11) ... us fed, comfortable, healthy and active. If we are sensible in how we use the resources they will (12) ... indefinitely. But if we use them wastefully and excessively they will soon run out and everyone will suffer.


Gap 1
Although
Still
Yet
Despite

Gap 2
continues
repeats
carries
follows

Gap 3
already
just
for
entirely

Gap 4
alone
individual
lone
only

Gap 5
sooner
neither
either
rather

Gap 6
quite
greatly
utterly
completely

Gap 7
development
result
reaction
product

Gap 8
stopped
narrowed
reduced
cut

Gap 9
doing
having
taking
making

Gap 10
natural
real
living
genuine

Gap 11
hold
maintain
stay
keep

Gap 12
last
stand
go
remain

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