READING COMPREHENSION

Fit the sentences below into the gaps of the text. There are THREE sentences that do
not belong to the text. Match the gap numbers with the letters. 0 is the example.
Circle the correct answer on your answer sheet.

CLIMATE CHANGE
Science tells us that climate change will be a serious problem in a short time. On the
one hand, if we continue to produce greenhouse gasses at our current rate, the world’s
climate will shift into a warming trend _______0_________ F (EXAMPLE) no matter
what mankind may try to do. On the other hand, if we cut world emissions of
greenhouse gasses over the next one hundred months, ________1________, meaning
that the world’s weather systems continue to produce the appropriate conditions.
While eight to twelve years seems a long time in relation to the average
human’s lifespan, 100 months is but a blink of an eye ________2________ since the
last mass extinction of life on earth.
If everyone believes that there is a timeline to climate repair, then everyone is
likely to make the kind of change that will add together to bring climate repair about.
The first of the changes is for each and everyone ________3________ in the short
term. The best way to do it is to change the way we make and use things. At the
moment, we make most of the things from new materials ________4________ .
Until very recently we were happy to use oil in particular to drive the cars, trains,
planes and ships ________5________ from one place to another round the earth. But
this kind of thinking is changing as the price of oil fluctuates.
Now ship owners and air companies are doing their best to cut fuel costs by up
to a third. Railway companies are also trying hard and trains may once again
_______6_______, most effective and convenient means of transport over land.

Adapted from Modern English Digest, 2008

A. COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF YEARS

B. DECREASE THE USE OF NEW SOURCES OF ENERGY
C. HAVE THE MOST ECONOMICAL FARES
D. TAKE OVER FROM LORRIES AS THE CHEAPEST
E. THAT MOVE THE GOODS WE NEED
F. THAT WILL LAST FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS 0 (EXAMPLE)
G. TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY WE NEED
H. WE ARE LIKELY TO SEE CLIMATE REPAIR
I. WE DIG UP AND TAKE OUT OF THE EARTH
J. WE’D BETTER USE MUCH LESS OIL

0 1 2 3 4 5 6
F
Key 0F 1H 2A 3G 4I 5E 6D