English Grammar

Chittagong Board-2011

Part B: Vocabulary Test

9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box (make any grammatical changes if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need.                               1 × 10 = 10

warmer	flood	change	climate	catastrophic	severely	alarm
gradual	rise	evidence	destroy	unnecessary	prediction	increase

                                   

            The world is getting (a) _______ because of pollution. Every year millions of people all over the world die (b) _______ as a result of pollution. In recent years, there have been many (c) _______      reports that the world’s (d) _______ is undergoing a significant (e) ____. All these reports provide strong (f) _______  that world temperatures are (g) _______ day by day. Climatologists (h) _______ that mid-way through the next century temperature may have (i) _______ as much as 4˚ centigrade. This could raise sea levels and thereby (j) ______ coastal areas and farmlands.

Answer

9. Cloze test with clues:

(a) warmer;   (b) unnecessarily;   (c) alarming;   (d) climate;   (e) change; 

(f) evidence/evidences;  (g) increasing/rising;  (h) predict;  (i) increased/risen;  (j) flood.