Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25-32.
We are using up the world's petroleum. We use it in our cars and to heat our building in winter. Farmers use petro-chemicals to (25).....the soil rich. They use them to kill insects that (26)...... plants. These chemicals go (27).....rivers and lakes and kill the fish there. Thousands of pollutants also go into the air and pollute it. Winds carry this (28).....air to other countries and other continents.
Poor fanners use the same land over and (29)..... . The land needs a rest so it will be better next year. However, the farmers must have food this year. Poor people cut down forests (30).....firewood. In some areas when the trees are gone, the land (31).....desert. Poor people can't save the environment for the future.
This is not a problem for one country or one area of the world. It is a problem for all humans. The people and the nations of the world must work together to (32)......the world's resources.
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