Directions (1-10): In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered

Below the passage against each blank number, four words/phrases are suggested one of which fits
the blank appropriately in some relation to the word given in the bracket. Find out the appropriate
word/phrase in each case:

Hundreds of plants and animals are (1)……(removed) every day due to deforestation and
urbanization but what might happen if this continues in the future? The last mass extinction of plant
and animal species occurred 65 million years ago with the Dinosaurs. In all, five mass extinctions
have occurred and scientists (2)……(estimate) another in a few hundred years. The world is
threatened, including people, who are responsible for earth’s (3)…(decline). Pesticides
contaminating water; over harvesting of animals and plants; air pollution; illegal fishing and the
clearing of land are direct results of urbanization and deforestation. People have (4)…….(change)
nature and damaged almost half of earth's land, at a very unsustainable rate. Global warming is
having a serious impact as well. A six-degree Celsius increase in global temperature killed 95% of all
species on Earth 251 million years ago. An increase of six-degree Celsius is forecast this Century if a
change is not made to (5)….(do away with) the damage done to earth. Humans will be one of the
95% of species lost. Noticeable, changes of global warming include untimely egging and migration
(6)….. birds is a clear example of the change and premature spring and summer is resulting in
endangering many bird species. Migrating birds are migrating earlier, which in turn is causing them
to hatch eggs and (7)… (carry) young earlier than they did at the beginning of this Century. While
this is just the tip of the iceberg many other (8)…(affairs) regarding the extinction of plant and
animal species need addressing. It is more important now than ever before to pull our heads out of
the sand arid and make changes for the (9)…(advance) of the earth. Future generations have this
(10)…(due).
1. 4.
(a) altered
(a) killing (b) created
(b) gone (c) produced
(c) decay (d) made
(d) lost 5.
(a) enhance
2. (b) dissipate
(a) speak (c) argument
(b) told (d) reverse
(c) predict
(d) believe 6.
(a) of
3. (b) at
(a) shape (c) into
(b) destruction (d) upon
(c) deterioration
(d) warmth
7.
(a) spare 9.
(b) bear (a) extinction
(c) destroy (b) betterment
(d) amend (c) wealth
(d) growth
8.
(a) causes 10.
(b) difficulty (a) danger
(c) issues (b) duty
(d) humans (c) evaluation
(d) right