Deforestation: Multiple Choice Grammar Test
Deforestation can harm the climate in the short-term. Forests play (1) __________ important ecological roles,(2) __________ water supplies, cooling the Earth’s surface and regulating rainfall patterns Forest loss (3) __________ hunger and malnutrition for those who can (4) __________ afford it. A new report (5) __________ forest preservation found that governments, businesses and donors invested (6) __________ in agriculture and land development — (7) __________ $777 billion since 2010 — than they invested in reforestation — just $20 billion (8) __________ the same period. It will take at least (9) __________ than the $20 billion that forests are currently receiving(10) __________ a deforestation-free economy.
A | B | C | D | |
1 | so much | such a lot | as many | so many |
2 | are including protecting drinking | included protecting drinking | including protecting drinking | including protected drinking |
3 | threatened | threatens | threaten | threatening |
4 | list | a little | little | least |
5 | over | for | on | in |
6 | far more | far the more | far many | further more |
7 | a little | at least | in the least | less |
8 | over | since | above | through |
9 | ten times many as | ten times more | ten times as more | ten times much |
10 | to achieve | achieving | to be achieved | to achieving |
1.D; 2.C; 3.B; 4.D; 5.C; 6.A; 7.B; 8.A; 9.B; 10.A