READING I. Read the text below and write one word in each blank to complete it. Kudos to the Maldives for getting their entire country on the list. The Maldives are a series of coral atolls in (1)……….Indian Ocean, and, if climate change raises sea (2)………..by even a little bit, they will no longer exist- the nation’s highest point is only 7 feet and 10 inches off the (3)………(it’s the world’s lowest country) . Its waters are (4)………..to several ecosystems, (5)……….a variety, 187 species, of vibrant coral reefs. This (6)……….of the Indian Ocean, alone, houses 1100 species (7)………….fish, 5 species of sea turtles, 21 species of whales and dolphins, 400 species of mollusks, and 83 (8)………… of echinoderms.