_____ 2/ _____ 3/ _____ 4/ _____ 5/ _____ 6/ _____ (23-28) CHOOSE THE WORD OR PHRASE THAT BEST FITS THE BLANK SPACE IN THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE

1/ _____ 2/ _____ 3/ _____ 4/ _____ 5/ _____ 6/ _____

(23-28) Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage:

Throughout Europe, and also in (23)___________ areas of the world such as India, China and

parts of America, forests are (24) ________ destroyed. According to one (25) ___________ ,

90% of German forests will have vanished by the end of the century. This disaster is caused by air

pollution. Power stations and (26) ________ are mainly denounce- they emit gases to the air,

which, after a series of (27) _________ changes, turn into toxic acids. These acids fall as” acid

rain”, raising the acidity in the soil, in lake and in air to(28) __________ levels, and destroy not

only trees but also fish and other wildlife.