Choose the correct word

No one really knows what the future ......... for mankind.

• carries
• keeps
• brings
• holds

The Antarctic ice sheet is ......... — it is losing up to 152 cubic km of ice each year.

• shrinking
• lessening
• contracting
• reducing

The islanders are ......... serious problems such as drought and unemployment.

• meeting
• opposing
• opposing
• facing

To a large ......... , global warming has been caused by human activity.

• extent
• expanse
• stretch
• amount

The eggs I had in the fridge were ......... .

• decomposed
• beaten
• sour
• rotten

Millions of people in the world are at ......... of starvation.

• risk
• threat
• danger
• chance

The price of petrol has ......... considerably in recent months.

• cut
• corrected
• descended
• dropped

The water level in the local river ......... so much that it overflowed.

• enlarged
• advanced
• rose
• elevated

The Jeffersons are ......... and welcoming hosts.

• heated
• warm
• hot
• sunny

Enough ......... were raised by the school play to pay for the class graduation ceremony.

• fees
• charges
• funds
• expenses