In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. For each number, choose the word which fits the blank appropriately from the suggestions provided. Find out the appropriate word in each case. Once there was a lake which was (1) to many golden swans. Every six months, the swans would  leave a golden feather as a (2) for using the lake. The soldiers of the kingdom in which the lake was, would collect the feathers and deposit them in the royal treasury. One day, a homeless bird saw the lake. “The water in this lake (3) so cool and soothing. I will (4) my nest here,” thought the bird. As soon as the bird settled down near the lake, the golden swan noticed her. They shouted, “This lake belongs to us! We pay a golden feather to the king for using it. You…

In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. For each number, choose the word which fits the blank appropriately from the suggestions provided. Find out the appropriate word in each case.           Around the world, forests are being (1) at a rate of about thirteen million hectares a year and deforestation accounts for an estimated 17% – 20% of all global emissions. In addition, forests and other terrestrial carbon sinks play a (2) role in preventing runaway climate change, soaking up a full 2.6 Gt of atmospheric carbon every year. The destruction of forests, therefore not only emits carbon a staggering 1.6 Gt a year, which severely (3)…