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Module 6 Test Tatiana
Module 6 Test Tatiana
the lines to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.
RESEARCH IN THE AMAZON
The paperwork that had to be dealt with before going to the Amazon was unbelievable.
(1) Official seems to exist just to make our lives awkward! As conservationists, we were
OFFICE
going to join colleagues at a research centre in the rainforest. For millennia, this (2) wilderness
WILD
had been virtually (3) untouched by humans, but recent road construction, logging and land-
TOUCH
clearing for agriculture have ravaged the landscape. Our base is set against a (4) background of
BACK
cloud forest along the eastern slopes of the Andes, an (5) unspoilt and valuable area offering
SPOIL
plants and animals a refuge from a world that is becoming hotter and drier. The forest plays a vital
role in weather and climate patterns, something which affects us all. We hope that our discoveries
will counteract the (6) cynicism of those who say that humans are not destroying the world.
CYNIC
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