Question 23
Cloze PassageJAMB 2011 Passage IV: Africa and climate change (cloze)
Believe it or not, change is to human existence what the blood is to the human body. We live in an era of amazing ...16... change spawned by advancing teachnology and industrialization. However, man's ...17... promoting and defending change in a deliberate effort to establish ...18... that stimulate advancement for man's concern is proving unfavourable to the climate with threatening ...19....
Human-induced climate change has awakened widespread concern across the globe. As a matter of fact, climate change is now ...20... global issue. It is a major test of Africa's ...21...! The fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirmed that human actions are changing the earth's climate and creating makor disturbances in human ...22... and ecosystems. The IPCC reports that the world has warned by an average of 0.76°C since pre-industrial times. The rising global ...23... for energy and the adverse changes in the climate put the earth and its inhabitants in a catch-22 situation.
Again, If the effects of climate change on each were commensurate with the level of greenhouse ...24... in spews out, perhaps Africa would have been spared and would probably be just an amused spectator. But as it is, this is not the case. Here again, we see well meaning global citizens appealing for the rest of the world to take responsibility for the problems of Africa, a strategy that cannot, thus far, termed ...25....
Adapted from DAILY INDEPENDENT, Monday, 28 April, 2008
Human-induced climate change has awakened widespread concern across the globe. As a matter of fact, climate change is now ...20... global issue. It is a major test of Africa's ...21...! The fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirmed that human actions are changing the earth's climate and creating makor disturbances in human ...22... and ecosystems. The IPCC reports that the world has warned by an average of 0.76°C since pre-industrial times. The rising global ...23... for energy and the adverse changes in the climate put the earth and its inhabitants in a catch-22 situation.
Again, If the effects of climate change on each were commensurate with the level of greenhouse ...24... in spews out, perhaps Africa would have been spared and would probably be just an amused spectator. But as it is, this is not the case. Here again, we see well meaning global citizens appealing for the rest of the world to take responsibility for the problems of Africa, a strategy that cannot, thus far, termed ...25....
Adapted from DAILY INDEPENDENT, Monday, 28 April, 2008
Passage IV, gap 23: The rising global ________ (23) for energy and the adverse changes in the climate put the earth and its inhabitants in a catch-22 situation.
- A.command
- B.demand
- C.warming
- D.supply
Show the answer and explanation
Answer: B (demand)
Explanation
We speak of 'demand for energy': the world needs more energy, yet producing it harms the climate.