According to text II, mark the correct alternative.
- A. In the sentence Water security is the gossamer that links together the web of food (lines 1 and 2), the word gossamer can be correctly replaced by source with no difference in meaning.
- B. The sentence The volatility in food prices in 2008 should be treated as an early warning sign of what is to come. (lines 9 and 10) is in the passive voice. In the active voice, it can be written like this: As an early warning sign of what is to come should treat the volatility in food prices in 2008.
- C. In the fragment over the past 50 years or so (lines 15 and 16), the expression or so means in an accurate manner.
- D. In the sentence This set of regional challenges becomes a fast-approaching global crisis (lines 23 and 24), the word crisis is in its singular form. In fact, in its plural form, it will show the same spelling.
- E. The word stark, in the sentence The financial crisis gives us a stark warning (lines 42 and 43), implies that the financial crisis gives us a complete warning.