Rain Forest Destruction

The atmosphere and oceans are not the only parts (1) ___________ the environment that (2) ___________ (damage). Rain forests (3) ___________ (destroy) quickly as well, and their survival is questionable.

E.O. Wilson, a biologist at Harvard, (4) ___________ (call) the depletion of rain forest areas "the greatest extinction (5) ___________ the end of the age of dinosaurs."

(6) ___________ some local environmental issues, rain forest depletion (7) ___________ (fortunately / receive) significant public and media attention.

(8) ___________ strong public opposition to the cutting down (9) ___________ rain forests, the problem (10) ___________ (continue). Every year, Brazil (11) ___________ (chop down) an area of forest the size of the state of Nebraska.

In addition (12) ___________ the Amazon's rain forests, many other forests (13) ___________ (cut down) as well. In Indonesia, Zaire, Papua-New Guinea, Malaysia, Burma, the Philippines, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, and Venezuela, rain forests that (14) ___________ (be) once great (15)___________ (lose).

According (16) ___________ some estimates, 50 million acres of rain forest (17) ___________ (cut down) every year. The United Nations says the figure is closer (18) ___________ 17 million acres. The World Wildlife Fund says that every minute, 25 to 50 acres (19)___________ (cut) or ___________ (burn) to the ground.

The world's growing population (20) ___________ (be) a primary cause (21) ___________ rain forest destruction. More people need land to live (22) ___________ and wood products to consume. Limiting population growth may be the first (23) ___________ a series of steps that (24) ___________ (limit) the destruction of the rain forests.

/Adapted from http://library.thinkquest.org/26026/Environmental_Problems/rain_forest_destruction.html/

Vocabulary revision

Word formation

Read the following text and fill in the correct word derived from the words in brackets.

Transportation is a huge problem in most communities. Most families spend more than $5,000 dollars each year to own and maintain a motor vehicle. Transportation accounts for as much as one third of greenhouse (1) ___________ (emit) in the United States. Congestion costs are over 6 million dollars in major cities such as Los Angeles, New York City, and Mexico City. Transportation is vital for economic (2) ___________ (develop), moving goods and services and allowing access to jobs. (3) ___________ (sustain) communities must find (4) ___________ (create) solutions that balance the need for (5) ___________ (economy) growth with the need for less expensive (6) ___________ (mobile) that is (7) ___________ (access) and (8) ___________ (environment) friendly. Communities need to offer alternative choices that focus on people instead of motor vehicles. Raising (9) ___________ (aware) of the problem is one way to help the situation. Also, cities can encourage people to stop using their cars by making public transportation (10) ___________ (ease) to use and to access.

/Adapted from http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01346/improving.html/

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