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The land is not the (1 0 )______victim. Rainforests are a richly populated
habitat. In the rainforests of Madagascar there are at (11) ______ 150,000
individual species of plants and animals which are found nowhere (12)
______ in the world, and more are being discovered all the (13) ______ .
Purthermore, approximately 50% of Edl endangered animal species live in the
world’s rainforests. The destruction of the íorests effectively represents a
complete removal of all these plants and animals. Deprived (1 4 )______ their
natural environments, they will disappear altogether. Again, this process is
irreversible. Man, no (15)______how powerful he considers himseir, does not
have the power to re-establish the species he is so wilfully destroying.

38. A DYING ART

“Read a book? There must be something better to do.” This phrase is
heard more and more frequently (1 )______not only the desire but also the
incentive to read declines. Young people nowadays are provided (2) ______
too many alternatives (3 )______ reading for them to fínd a justification for
actually sitting down and opening a book, let (4) curling up in a chadr
for the aíternoon to enjoy a good long read for the pure pleasure of it. Even
in schools, where books have been the Standard (5) ______ of storing and
transmitting all types of knowledge for centuries, they are (6) ______
supplanted hy the tools of the video and Computer revolution. (7) ______
bother to turn a page when hy tapping a button or touching a screen the (8)
______iníormation can be Aashed before your eyes within seconds? Even the
act of reading (9 )______is being “revolutionised” hy the advent of portable
walkman-like devices which (10) ______ store and display the texts (11)
______ innumerable books without the reader (12) ______ to turn a page.
One wonders (13) íuture generations will ever know the actual,
physical pleasures of reading: the sturdy weight of the book itself, the rough
(14)______ smooth texture of the paper, the soothing rustle of the pages, and
the indescribable scent of old paper and ink which is much (15) ______ a
períume to the dedicated reader.

39. SAVING THE WHALE
As part of Project Pelagos, a marine reserve covering the same area (1)
______Switzerland and located in the Ligurian Sea is being planned. The
programme was devised hy environmentalists from the University of Genoa
(2) ______ response to growing concern about the number of vvhales and
dolphins (3 )______ harmed in those waters.
Every year large numbers of dolphins, rorquals and finback whales
migrate to this area from Atlantic waters in search of food. (4) ______ ,

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