Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrast that best fits each of the numbered blanks Natural resources are the useful things that occur (36)______in the environment. Some examples are oil, water and trees. Humans use natural resources for every part of their lives, so we all must be careful to use them wisely. Resources can be divided (37) ______ renewable and non-renewable resources. The difference is ...

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrast that best fits each of the numbered blanks

Natural resources are the useful things that occur (36)______in the environment. Some examples are oil, water and trees. Humans use natural resources for every part of their lives, so we all must be careful to use them wisely.

Resources can be divided (37) ______ renewable and non-renewable resources. The difference is whether the resource recovers naturally over time. Renewable resources are usually living things like animals or plants. For example, trees are a renewable resource because they grow soon again after we cut them down. But oil is a non-renewable resource because it takes millions of years (38) ______again. We must try to save the non-renewable resources because once they are used up, we cannot get more. Natural resources can be traded between countries. They can create (39) ______ wealth for resouree-rich countries. For example, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Kuwait in Middle East have a large amount of petroleum. They (40) ______it to other countries and make good money.