A Planet Under Pressure
Read the text about the environment, then choose the correct option for each gap. The target vocabulary is in bold.
For decades, scientists have warned that human activity is pushing the planet towards its limits. Every year, the Earth (1) ______ millions of hectares of forest, largely because of logging and the expansion of agriculture, a process known as deforestation.
When the first major international climate summit took place in 1992, many countries (2) ______ already ______ the consequences of rising temperatures. Since then, global emissions of greenhouse gases (3) ______ steadily, despite countless promises from world leaders. The burning of (4) ______ fuels such as coal, oil and gas remains the main cause of global warming.
The effects are already visible. Last summer, wildfires (5) ______ through southern Europe, destroying thousands of homes and hectares of woodland. Experts insist that protecting (6) ______, the variety of plant and animal life on Earth, is just as urgent as cutting emissions. Many coastal communities now have to protect (7) ______ from rising sea levels by building sea walls and restoring wetlands.
Plastic pollution is another major concern. Before the government finally banned single-use plastics, tonnes of waste (8) ______ into the ocean for years.
However, change is possible. Each of us can reduce our carbon (9) ______ by using public transport, eating less meat and avoiding unnecessary flights. If everyone (10) ______ small changes in their daily life, the overall impact will be enormous. In the end, nobody will save the planet for us: we have to do it ourselves.
Choose the correct option
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