ALTHOUGH PROGRESS _________, WE ARE STILL A LONG WAY FROM ACHIEVIN...

18. Although progress _________, we are still a long way from achieving gender equality worldwide. A. has been made B. have been made C. has been done D. have been done Part C. Reading (2.5 pts) I. Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete the gaps. We are using (19) _______the world’s petroleum. We use it in our cars and to heat our building in winter. Farmers used petrochemicals to make the soil rich . They use them to kill insects (20 )_______ eat plants. These chemicals go into rivers and lakes and kill the fish there. Thousands of pollutants also go into the air and pollute it. Winds carry this (21)_____ air to other countries and other continents. Poor farmers use the same land over and over. The land needs a rest so it will be better next year. However, the farmers must have food this year. Poor people cut down forests (22 ) __________for firewood. In some areas when the trees are gone, the land becomes desert. Poor people can’t save the environment for the time being. This is not a problem for one area of the world. It is a problem for all- humans. The people and the nations of the world must work together to (23) ___________the world’s resources.