READING PRACTICE 8

1
Fill each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase
Nowadays people are more aware that wildlife all over the world is in ……(1)…. . Many .(2)……. of animals are threatened , and could easily become ...(3)…… if we do not make an effort to ……(4)…… them . There are many reasons for this . In some cases , animals are …….(5)……for their fur or for other valuable parts of their bodies . Some birds , ……(6)…..as parrots , are caught ……(7)….. , and sold as pets . For many animals and birds , the problem is that their habitat – the …..(8)…..where they live – is ……(9)…. . More …..(10)…… is used for farms , for houses or industry , and there are fewer open …(11)… than there once were. Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them grow better …(12)… , but these chemicals pollute the environment and …(13)… wildlife . The most successful animals on earth – human beings – will soon be the only ones …(14)… , unless we can …(15)… this problem .
1. A. danger B. threat C. problem D. vanishing
2. A. marks B. more C. species D. forms
3. A. disappeared B. vanished C. empty D. extinct
4. A. harm B. safe C. protect D. serve
5. A. hunted B. chased C. game D. extinct
6. A. like B. such C. or D. where
7. A. lively B. alive C. for life D. for living
8. A. spot B. point C. place D. site
9. A. exhausting B. departing C. escaping D. disappearing
10. A. earth B. land C. soil D. area
11. A. spaces B. air C. up D. parts
12. A. products B. fields C. herbs D. crops
13. A. spoil B. harm C. wound D. wrong
14. A. survived B. over C. missing D. left
15. A. answer B. calculate C. solve D. explain
1A 2C 3D 4C 5A
6B 7B 8C 9D 10B
11A 12D 13B 14D 15C




2
Complete the missing words from the passage .
It now seems clear that one of the most pressing …(1) p… facing any large city at the end of the twentieth ……(2) c………… , is that of water supply .
W…(3)… , most cities were founded simply because water was …(4) p… available , no one could have …(5) f… the demands put upon the water supply by the sprawling cities of …(6) t… . In many cases , cities are …(7) f… to bring water from many miles …(8) a… , often to the detriment of the local …(9) e… , for water is not only a commodity …(10) n… by man for drinking and …(11) w… and industrial processes . Many lakes which …(12) o… served as breeding grounds for …(13) w… birds now face an uncertain future . As neighbouring cities make greater and greater …(14) d… , the water level of such lakes …(15) f… lower and lower , thus depriving the birds of their habitat . And quite …(16) a… from this environmental problem , …(17) t… is the economic issue to consider . W…(18) … owns the water , and how much …(19) s… the consumer pay for it ? The problem , before you have ……..(20) w… too much water .

1. problems 2. century 3. While 4. plentifully
5. foreseen 6. today 7. forced 8. away
9. environment 10. needed 11. washing 12. once
13. wild 14. demands 15. falls 16. apart
17. there 18. Who 19. should 20. wasted








3
Globes of the earth are used in the study of geography and can be found in classrooms and libraries . They are also …(1)… in planning air and sea routes and in establishing satellite communications. The earth …(2)… is often referred to as the globe . Only a globe can give a correct picture of