NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT rEaDING
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1 Choose the correct word to complete the sentences that describe the world today. 1 The population of the world is (growing / becoming) smaller. 2 Our climate is changing. The world is becoming (colder / warmer). The Arctic ice is melting. 3 (Not everybody / Everybody) has clean water. There are dry places and polluted rivers. 4 We produce (little / a lot of) rubbish. 5 There (are / aren’t) many endangered animal and plant species. 2 Match each sentence in Task 1 with one prediction about the future of the world below. A lot of people will be thirsty. There will be many more people in the world. They will disappear. Rubbish will pollute the land and the sea. Polar bears won’t have enough space to hunt.
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