Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. You may need to change the form of the words. You may need to use one word more than once.

Indiscriminate

for

an

sustain

anticipate

disaster

the

to

erosion

imperative

It is (a)----- that the new century is now facing various challenges specially environmental environmental (b)-----. Feeding the ever growing population is (c)----- first and foremost challenge for Bangladesh. It is very difficult to (d)----- the current level of agricultural production.Because our agricultural land is being reduced due (e)----- human habitat industrialisation, river (f)----  etc. Besides, we are losing our forests gradually Trees are being cut down (g)---- resulting in (h)---- increase of pollution. So, It is (i)---- to check the reckless alarming condition (j)---- our own existence.

a) anticipated
b) disaster
c) the
d) sustain
e) to
f) erosion
g) indiscriminately
h) an
i) imperative
j) for

This fill-in-the-blanks exercise tests a student's vocabulary, grammatical knowledge, and contextual understanding. Each blank requires a specific word from the provided box, often needing a change in its form to fit the sentence structure correctly. For instance, 'anticipate' becomes 'anticipated' to function as a past participle in the passive structure "It is anticipated that...", and 'indiscriminate' becomes 'indiscriminately' to serve as an adverb modifying the verb 'cut down'. The passage itself discusses critical environmental challenges faced in the new century, such as population growth, agricultural land reduction due to urbanization and natural causes like river erosion, and deforestation leading to pollution. Correctly filling the blanks helps to complete a coherent and meaningful discussion on these pressing issues.