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Recently more and more attention has been
focused to the problem of preserving the 62. ______
environment. The fact that a Government Ministry
being called the Department of the Environment has 63. ______
been created shows how unimportant the issue is 64. ______
considered to be.
Over the past thirty years or so the quality of
many people’s lives have deteriorated in some respects 65. ______
because of technological progress. Those people living
near airports are constantly attacked by the noise of
increasingly larger and more powerful jet aircraft
taken off and landing. The motor car has been 66. ______
responsible for many changes in the environment. On
the one hand it has brought mobility to millions of
people, but on the other hand it has taken rise to the 67. ______
construction of more noisy roads and has polluted the
atmosphere with exhaust fumes.
While towns and cities have become larger and
uglier and more dense populated. The rural areas have 68. ______
lost most of their population owing to the need for
less workers in agriculture. The countryside has also 69. ______
been affected by the largescale use of insecticides. For
one thing the killing of insects has resulted from a loss 70. ______
of balance in the ecology. Many people are afraid that
fruit and vegetables sprayed with chemicals may have
some poisonous effect on the people who eat it, 71. ______