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35 Answer:
prosperous Keywords in Questions Similar words in Passage Q35. Individual water usage is rising
dramatically as people living in
industrialised countries
become
increasingly _____ A Per capita water usage has been on an upward
trend for many years. As countries industrialise
and their citizens
become more prosperous , their
individual water usage increases rapidly
Note From the question, we can know that the word to fill in the blank is an adjective.
All the keywords in the question appear to match very well with those in the passage
+ “people” refers to “citizens”
+ “rising dramatically” means “increases rapidly”
+ “increasingly” is paraphrased into “more”
So obviously, the word coming after “increasingly” is “prosperous”
36 Answer:
population Keywords in Questions Similar words in Passage 36. As well as
increased consumption
per capita, the growing demand
for fresh water is due to a bigger
global___
A In the 21st century, the world's limited supply of
renewable fresh water is having to meet demands
of both larger total population and increased per
capita consumption
Note From the question, since there is an article and two adjectives in front of the blank, we
can assume a noun should be filled in the blank.
As shown in the passage, two factors affecting the fresh water demand are larger total population and increased per capita consumption. Since the question mentioned
one factor which is “increased per capita consumption”, the other one has to be
added is population. By paying attention to the word “larger” (meaning “bigger”) So the answer to fill in the blank is “population”
