Man has been tampering..................................... (1)............................. the Ecosphere for a very..............(2)................... (time and is forced to ...............(3)........................that the environmental resources are....................(4)............................. Environmental problems are.................(5)..................social problems. They begin with people as........................ (6).................. and end with people as victims. Unplanned use of resource ...........................(7).......................... resulted in the depletion of fossil fuels,............................. (8)............... of air and water, deforestation which has resulted in ....................(9) imbalance and draining away of national wealth .....................(10) .................... heavy expenditure on oil and power generation.
1. (a) to
(b) in
(c) with
(d) for
2. (a) short
(b) long
(c) small
(d) tall
3. (a) see
(b) look
(c) do
(d) recognise
4. (a) plenty
(b) scarce
(c) minute
(d) enough
5. (a) really
(b) coldly
(c) badly
(d) happily
6. (a) effect
(b) result
(c) cause
(d) wisdom
7. (a) have
(b) had
(c) being
(d) has
8. (a) revolution
(b) pollution
(c) resolution
(d) evolution
9. (a) ecological
(b) biological
(c) logical
(d) chronological
10. (a) by
(b) in
(c) out
(d) through.
Answers:
1. (c) with (Prep.)
2. (b) long (Adj.)
3. (a) see (Verb)
4. (b) scarce (Adj.) : available in small quantities
5. (a) really (Adv.)
6. (c) cause (Noun) : a reason
7. (d) has (Verb)
8. (b) pollution (Noun) : the process of making air, water, soil, etc, dirty
9. (a) ecological (Adj.) : connected with the relation of plants and living creatures to each other and to their environment
10. (d) through (Prep.)
