Light pollution - Module 3

B2 First · Multiple Choice Cloze · First Expert Student's Resource Book, Pearson Education

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning.

clearly

surely

hardly

faintly

case

rank

grade

rate

carry

draw

get

catch

brought

taken

felt

passed

According to

Apart from

Instead of

In addition to

destroy

deny

defeat

delay

set

allowed

left

joined

letting

resulting

causing

making

Living on a hill in London, after dark I can see the lights of the city beneath me and also the orange glow they (0) ___ up into the night sky. But I can (1) ___ see any stars. If light pollution – as this effect is known – continues to increase at its present (2) ___ , our grandchildren will only (3) ___ the chance to see the stars if they visit a remote part of the world. Light pollution is almost (4) ___ for granted in most cities and it is fast spreading into rural areas too. (5) ___ recent research, almost half of all Europeans can no longer see the Milky Way. What's more, this type of pollution doesn't only (6) ___ our view of the night sky, it also wastes money and affects the environment. For example, a single light bulb, (7) ___ on all year, releases around a quarter of a tonne of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, (8) ___ global warming even worse.

Light pollution

send

give

keep

fill

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