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Multilevel · Part 5 · Multilevel Practice Test 14

DIRTY RIVER BUT CLEAN WATER: Reading answers

Answers to questions 30–35 (6 in all), each with why it is right.

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Floods can occur in rivers when the flow rate exceeds the capacity of the river channel, particularly at bends or meanders in the waterway. Floods often cause damage to homes and businesses if they are in the natural flood plains of rivers. While riverine flood damage can be eliminated by moving away from rivers and other bodies of water, people have traditionally lived and worked by rivers because the land is usually flat and fertile and because rivers provide easy travel and access to commerce and industry. FIRE and flood are two of humanity’s worst nightmares. People have, therefore, always sought to control them. Forest fires are snuffed out quickly. The flow of rivers is regulated by…

Answers 30–35

  1. 30

    The snow from far Wyoming would melt in the season of {30} and caused a flood flow peak in Colorado river.

    spring Summary completion

  2. 31

    In the four decades after people built the Glen Canyon Dam, it only could gather {31} together from tiny, undammed tributaries.

    sediment Summary completion

  3. 32

    The non-stopped flow led to the washing away of the sediment out of the canyon, which poses a great threat to the chubs because it has poor {32} away from predators.

    visibility Summary completion

  4. 33

    In addition, the volume of {33} available behind the dam was too low to rebuild the bars and flooding became more serious.

    sand Summary completion

  5. 34

    Which of the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?

    D: It seemed that the artificial flood in 1996 had achieved success partly at the very beginning. Multiple choice

  6. 35

    According to the passage, which of these species aren’t native to the Colorado river?

    B: the common carp Multiple choice

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