• 2022-06-01
    Passage1
    ThehumanraceisusinguptheEarth'sresourcesfasterthaneverbefore,accordingtoanewreportbytheUnitedNationsPopulationFund.“Environmentaldevastationisnotsimplyawasteof1,itisathreattothecomplexstructuresthat2humandevelopment,”saysthereport. 3attentionmustbepaidtofinda(n) 4betweenhumanandenvironmentalneeds,itsays.
    Thereport,StateoftheWorldPopulation2001,saysthatwatersuppliesandagriculturallandsarecoming 5suchincreasingpressurethat,ifleft 6,ourplanetwillnotbeabletosupportusinfutureyears.Overthepast70years,theworld’spopulationhastripledto6.1billionpeople, 7water-useincreasingsix-fold,saysthereport.Already508millionpeoplelivein31countriesthatlackwater.Andtheproblemislikelyto 8astheglobalpopulationis 9torisetoeightbillionby2025.
    By2050,predictsthereport,4.2billionpeoplewillbelivingincountriesthatcannotmeetpeople'sdaily 10needs.Uncleanwaterandpoorsanitationalreadykillsover12millionpeopleeveryyear.Foodproductionisalso 11byenvironmentalproblems,saysthereport.“To 12thefuturepopulationandimprovetheirdiets,theworldwillhavetodoublefoodproduction,”itsays.“Butsinceavailablecroplandis 13,mostproductionwillhavetocomefromhigher 14ratherthannew 15.”
    Accordingtothereport,globalpovertycannotbe 16without 17theenvironmentaldamagecausedbytheseincreasesinconsumptionandpopulation 18.Toreducetheburdenontheplanet,thereportsuggests,alleffortsshouldbe 19toimproveeducationandhealthcare,asthiswould 20reducepopulationgrowth.
    1.A.facilitiesB.resourcesC.reservesD.provisions
    2.A.supportB.foundC.retainD.advocate
    3.A.IntensiveB.IntenseC.EmergentD.Urgent
    4.A.equationB.tradeoffC.balanceD.axis
    5.A.underB.intoC.belowD.beyond
    6.A.unnoticedB.behindC.aloneD.unchecked
    7.A.inB.withC.byD.above
    8.A.aggravateB.heightenC.declineD.worsen
    9.A.projectedB.speculatedC.intendedD.assessed
    10.A.luxuriousB.utmostC.intrinsicD.basic
    11.A.affectedB.effectedC.reflectedD.generated
    12.A.containB.lodgeC.furnishD.accommodate
    13.A.shrinkingB.diminishingC.contractingD.waning
    14.A.outputsB.turnoversC.yieldsD.harvests
    15.A.cultivationB.productionC.farmingD.plowing
    16.A.lightenedB.releasedC.elevatedD.alleviated
    17.A.reversingB.invertingC.upsettingD.disregarding
    18.A.standardsB.indexesC.normsD.levels
    19.A.triedB.takenC.doneD.made
    20.A.ineffectB.inturnC.inpartD.byturns
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