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4. The third factor that contributes to air pollution – one that cannot be changed – is the
combination of weather and geography.
a) confrontation;
b) contamination;
c) oblivion;
d) possession.
5. Among the serious threats to people posed by these pollutants are respiratory irritation,
cancer, kidney and liver damage, anemia, and heart failure.
a) defence;
b) protection;
c) danger;
d) safeguard.
6. There is a hope that one of the most beautiful and the deepest lakes of the world will
never die.
a) expectation;
b) anticipation;
c) despair;
d) response;
7. But then the water of the rivers was diverted to cotton plantations.
a) deliver;
b) discourage;
c) encourage;
d) deflect.
8. The Mediterranean Sea and the North Sea are half dead because great amounts of
chemical and nuclear waste were dumped into their waters.
a) squander;
b) profusion;
c) abundance;
d) wealth.
9. The fundamental issues are (1) how to restore damaged or contaminated land at a
reasonable cost and (2) how to protect unpolluted land from future damage.
a) reimburse;
b) recollect;
c) renew;
d) destroy.
10. A shortage of landfills makes garbage disposal an especially serious predicament.
Incinerators are a possible solution to the problem of a landfill shortage, but they bring
with them their own problems.
