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211. Choose the answer which best rewords the underlined portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Although water covers approximately sixty - seven percent of the Earth’s surface, less than three percent is fresh water.
  1. Earth’s surface, less than three percent
  2. Earth’s surface; less than three percent
  3. Earth’s surface: less than three percent
  4. Earth’s surface. Less than three percent
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212. Choose the answer which best rewords the underlined portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Accounting for fresh water locked in glaciers, icecaps, or otherwise inaccessible, the water humans have is less than a tenth of a percent of the Earth’s water available for human consumption.
  1. the water humans have is less than a tenth of a percent of the Earth’s water available for human consumption.
  2. less than a tenth of a percent of the Earth’s water, is available for human consumption.
  3. humans can only consume less than a tenth of a percent of the Earth’s water.
  4. the amount of water available for human consumption is less than a tenth of a percent.
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213. Choose the answer which best rewords the underlined portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Pollution, population growth, and wasteful irrigation practices they are contributing to a worldwide water shortage.
  1. they are contributing
  2. are contributing
  3. they were contributing
  4. have been contributing
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214. Choose the answer which best rewords the underlined portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

When the clear precious liquid becomes scarce, countries begin to assert claims on fresh water supplies.
  1. the clear precious liquid
  2. the clear precious, liquid
  3. the clear, precious liquid
  4. the clear, precious, liquid
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215. Choose the answer which best rewords the underlined portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

As a result, drinkable water has become a region of conflict that could eventually lead to greater hostilities between nations.
  1. region
  2. source
  3. place
  4. course
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