🌍 The Tipping Point of Our Planet

Multiple Choice Cloze – Green Issues & Inversion

Instructions: Complete the text by choosing the correct word (A, B, C, or D) for each blank. There is one example (0).

 

🌍 The Tipping Point of Our Planet

(0)

A) so  B) that  C) as  D) like

Rarely have global warming and climate change reached such alarming levels (0) _C_ they have today. Each year, temperatures rise and hardly had one environmental summit ended (1) ___ another crisis report appeared—proof that our planet’s health is hanging by a thread.

Under (2) ___ circumstances should we underestimate the impact of melting ice caps. These frozen giants are not just distant scenery; they are the planet’s regulators. Their disappearance fuels rising sea levels (3) ___ threaten coastal cities and millions of lives. On no (4) ___ must we consider these events isolated. They are connected in a fragile web where one imbalance triggers another.

Only (5) ___ governments and citizens act collectively can we hope to turn the tide. Reducing carbon emissions, investing in renewable energy, and protecting forests are not optional gestures—they are moral imperatives. No sooner had scientists warned of the dangers (6) ___ floods, droughts, and heatwaves began striking like never before.

Yet there is still hope. Each new green innovation is a breath (7) ___ fresh air, and every reforestation project shows that humanity can adapt. But we are playing with fire if we continue to delay decisive action. The survival of future generations depends on what we do today.

If we act wisely, perhaps we will look back and say that this was the moment when the world finally woke up to the truth hidden beneath the (8) ___ of the iceberg.

Options

(1)

A) before  B) until  C) when  D) than

(2)

A) any  B) some  C) no  D) all

(3)

A) what  B) who  C) when  D) that

(4)

A) account  B) condition  C) doubt  D) reason

(5)

A) when  B) since  C) if  D) because

(6)

A) when  B) than  C) before  D) since

(7)

A) of  B) with  C) for  D) from

(8)

A) base  B) edge  C) point  D) tip