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Exam practice

Reading and Use of English Part 3

For questions 1 - 8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to
form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Brazil's habitats under threat

expansion
The ongoing (0) EXPAND
of agriculture in Brazil is seriously
threatening rare and vulnerable habitats such as the Amazon. The major
threat to some of these vast natural areas is the destructive power of
the soya bean. Soya beans are one of Brazil's main crops, with more
. Mother crop
than 21 million hectares under (1) CULTIVATE
which is causing concern is cocoa, which has been blamed for the
of Brazilian forests. During the
widespread (2) DESTROY
boom of the 1970s, the growth in importance
(3) ECONOMY
of this crop was a leading cause of the decline of Brazil's
Atlantic forest ecosystem, of which only
(4) DANGER
woodland
about 10% remains. The Cerrado, an (5) EXTEND
savanna ecosystem in Brazil, is threatened by cattle farming. The
of this business is closely linked to the increase in
(6) GROW
soya production, which poses serious concerns about the impact of this

ecosystems. In the forests of Brazil,
industry on (7) SENSE
some of the world's most diverse ecosystems have been converted to

fast-growing (8) mainly of eucalyptus, a non-native PLANT
species.

If Exam tip

For Reading and Use ot English Part 3 tasks, read the whole text quickly first, thinking about what
type of words are missing (for example, a noun or adjective). Then think about the exact form of
each missing word. For example, if the word is a noun, should it be singular or plural? Think about
whether the meaning of the word will add to the sentence as a whole. Does the word need a prefix,
a suffix or both to make sense?

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