7. 8.SECTION THREE

6. 7. 8.

SECTION THREE: READING (3.0 pts).

Question 1: Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits

each numbered gap. Write your answers in the box numbered below. 0 has been done

for you as an example. (1pt)

Few people now question the reality of global (0)______and its effects on the world's

climate. Many scientists put the (1) ______ for recent natural disasters on the (2)

______ in the world's temperatures and are convinced that, more than ever before, the

Earth is at (3) ______ from the force of the wind, rain and sun. According to them,

global warming is making extreme weather (4) ______; such as hurricanes and

droughts, even more (5)______ and causing sea levels all around the world to rise.

Environmental groups are putting pressure on governments to take action to reduce the

amount of carbon dioxide which is given (6)______ by factories and power plants, thus

attacking the problem at its source. They are in (7)______ of more money being spent

on research into solar, wind and wave energy devices, which could then replace existing

power stations. Some scientists, (8)______ , believe that even if we stopped releasing

carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere tomorrow, we would have to wait

several hundred years to notice the results. Global warming, it seems, is to stay.

0. A. warming B. population C. pollution D. temperature