Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words given below. around, react, too, method, fields, on, plants,
together, is, family, planter, weeds, experience, talking

Ecology is the study of how (1)… ……………………, animals and people live (2)…… ………… and
help each other. But man sometimes forgets he (3) ……..……….. a part of the (4)……………….. of
all living things. Here is an example. A planter is (5)………………. about killing (6)… ……………
on his land. He remembers his first (7)……………….… with a weedicide. He was a (8)
………………….. then, working (9)………..………..a rubber plantation. He had a problem with
weeds. The cost of weeding of the (10)…….…………… by hand was getting (11)………..…………
high. So he used a new, cheap and effective (12)……………………, good old Sodium
Arsenate. He sprayed plenty of this (13)………………………… to kill the weeds. The first thing to
(14)…………………… were the frogs.

1. plants

2. together

3. is

4. family

5. talking

6. weeds

7. experience

8. planter

9. on

10. fields

11. too

12. method

13. around

14. react.

Explanation:

The given passage talks about the impact of chemicals on the ecosystem. The speaker narrates how the ecology belongs to plants, animals, and humans, though man seemed intent to destroy it for himself.

The blanks in the given passage are filled with the appropriate words as follows-

Ecology is the study of how (1) plants, animals, and people live (2) together and help each other. But man sometimes forgets he (3) is a part of the (4) family of all living things. Here is an example. A planter is (5) talking about killing (6) weeds on his land. He remembers his first (7) experience with a weedicide. He was a (8) planter then, working (9) on a rubber plantation. He had a problem with weeds. The cost of weeding of the (10) fields by hand was getting (11) too high. So he used a new, cheap, and effective (12) method, good old Sodium Arsenate. He sprayed plenty of this (13) around to kill the weeds. The first thing to (14) react were the frogs.

the first one, all those points on the line just make a strait line.