Soil pollution is also a (1)______ matter in all of the countries today. (2) ______ such as heavy metals, pesticides and solvents ooze into the earth’s soil and (3) ______ the food supply. Major health risks to entire ecosystems (4) ______ by soil pollution. It (5) ______ the amount of soil which is suitable (6) ______ agricultural production and contributes to global food shortages. The (7) ______ of industrial waste products generates much of the world’s soil pollution, though natural disasters can also add to the problem. In some (8) ______ countries such as the US and UK, protection agencies monitor the food supply. The public is generally warned (9) ______ major health outbreaks occur. However, developing countries do not have this luxury. Farmers in poor nations grow plants for food in polluted land both to earn a living and to avoid (10) ______.
1. A. small B. main C. tiny D. tight
2. A. contamination B. contaminated C. contaminants D. contaminating
3. A. pollutes B. polluted C. pollute D. polluting
4. A. is causing B. cause C. are caused D. are causing
5. A. takes B. decreases C. gets D. has
6. A. in B. of C. for D. up
7. A. dispose B. disposing C. disposable D. disposal
8. A. power B. powerful C. powerly D. powerless
9. A. during B. because C. although D. thus
10.A. starve B. starvation C. starving D. starved
1B 2C 3C 4C 5B 6C 7D 8B 9B 10B