Read the text and answer questions 73, 74, 75, 76, 77 and 78.

Global coral reef bleaching event underway as oceans get warmer

The world’s oceans experience unprecedented rising temperatures: last month, the average global sea surface temperature reached a record 21° Celsius. Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported the 4th global bleaching event on record. A press release stated, “Within the last 14 months, significant coral bleaching has been documented in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres of each major ocean basin. Since 2023, the problem has become more frequent in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.”

According to NOAA, warmer ocean temperatures can result in expulsion of algae that live in the coral tissue, leaving the coral completely white - something known as ‘coral bleaching’. This does not necessarily mean corals will die, as they can recover if the strain on their ecosystems is reduced. At a local level, storms, disease, sediments and changes in salinity can cause corals to bleach. However, mass bleaching, which is when several varieties of coral reefs are bleached, is largely caused by increased sea temperatures. When these events are sufficiently severe or prolonged, they can cause coral mortality, which hurts the people who depend on the coral reefs for their livelihoods.

In 2019, NOAA published a study that provided “resilience- based management practices” and __________ the importance of coral restoration. “We are on the frontlines of coral reef research, management and restoration, and are actively and aggressively implementing the recommendations of the 2019 study.” A buoy in Florida reported an ocean temperature of 38° Celsius in July 2023, according to meteorologists at the time. In response, NOAA started a program to attempt to offset the effects of global climate change on the local coral reefs by moving coral nurseries to deeper, cooler waters and deploying sunshades to protect corals in other areas.

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Read the text and answer questions 73, 74, 75, 76, 77 and 78.

Global coral reef bleaching event underway as oceans get warmer

The world’s oceans experience unprecedented rising temperatures: last month, the average global sea surface temperature reached a record 21° Celsius. Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported the 4th global bleaching event on record. A press release stated, “Within the last 14 months, significant coral bleaching has been documented in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres of each major ocean basin. Since 2023, the problem has become more frequent in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.”

According to NOAA, warmer ocean temperatures can result in expulsion of algae that live in the coral tissue, leaving the coral completely white - something known as ‘coral bleaching’. This does not necessarily mean corals will die, as they can recover if the strain on their ecosystems is reduced. At a local level, storms, disease, sediments and changes in salinity can cause corals to bleach. However, mass bleaching, which is when several varieties of coral reefs are bleached, is largely caused by increased sea temperatures. When these events are sufficiently severe or prolonged, they can cause coral mortality, which hurts the people who depend on the coral reefs for their livelihoods.

In 2019, NOAA published a study that provided “resilience- based management practices” and __________ the importance of coral restoration. “We are on the frontlines of coral reef research, management and restoration, and are actively and aggressively implementing the recommendations of the 2019 study.” A buoy in Florida reported an ocean temperature of 38° Celsius in July 2023, according to meteorologists at the time. In response, NOAA started a program to attempt to offset the effects of global climate change on the local coral reefs by moving coral nurseries to deeper, cooler waters and deploying sunshades to protect corals in other areas.

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Read the text and answer questions 73, 74, 75, 76, 77 and 78.

Global coral reef bleaching event underway as oceans get warmer

The world’s oceans experience unprecedented rising temperatures: last month, the average global sea surface temperature reached a record 21° Celsius. Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported the 4th global bleaching event on record. A press release stated, “Within the last 14 months, significant coral bleaching has been documented in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres of each major ocean basin. Since 2023, the problem has become more frequent in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.”

According to NOAA, warmer ocean temperatures can result in expulsion of algae that live in the coral tissue, leaving the coral completely white - something known as ‘coral bleaching’. This does not necessarily mean corals will die, as they can recover if the strain on their ecosystems is reduced. At a local level, storms, disease, sediments and changes in salinity can cause corals to bleach. However, mass bleaching, which is when several varieties of coral reefs are bleached, is largely caused by increased sea temperatures. When these events are sufficiently severe or prolonged, they can cause coral mortality, which hurts the people who depend on the coral reefs for their livelihoods.

In 2019, NOAA published a study that provided “resilience- based management practices” and __________ the importance of coral restoration. “We are on the frontlines of coral reef research, management and restoration, and are actively and aggressively implementing the recommendations of the 2019 study.” A buoy in Florida reported an ocean temperature of 38° Celsius in July 2023, according to meteorologists at the time. In response, NOAA started a program to attempt to offset the effects of global climate change on the local coral reefs by moving coral nurseries to deeper, cooler waters and deploying sunshades to protect corals in other areas.

Adapted. Internet: www.abcnews.go.com/International.

Text for items 31 to 40.

Adolescence can be rife with anxieties and challenges, but today’s youth face unique threats on a scale encountered by no previous generation, according to an exhaustive new report on their health and wellbeing.

More than one billion people aged 10 to 24 are at risk of poor health outcomes by 2030, which is at least half the global adolescent population, concluded the report published on Tuesday in the Lancet, a leading medical journal. Adolescents are experiencing rising rates of obesity and mental health struggles, while also grappling with the influence of digital technologies and a destabilized global climate.

“Even I was shocked by what some of these numbers and future predictions look like,” says Sarah Baird, a professor of global health and economics at the George Washington University and co-chair of the Lancet Commission that produced the report. “It’s clear we’re already in, and going to be increasingly in, a crisis of bad health among young people.”

Lancet Commissions are independent research teams convened by the Lancet to examine specific health topics and recommend policy actions. This report was compiled by 44 experts, including ten Youth Commissioners, who reviewed some 550 peer-reviewed studies since starting their work in 2021. It follows the first report on adolescent health and wellbeing published in 2016.

“What life is like as an adolescent today is very different than ten years ago,” says Baird. “Given all these other competing demands for resources, attention, and focus, adolescents have once again fallen into the background. It’s time to really remind people of why they’re important, and that ignoring them in this time of rapid change is potentially disastrous.”

Though there is some good news in the report’s findings – declining rates of cigarette smoking and alcohol use and better access to education, particularly for girls – the report warns that the health of young people is at “a tipping point” in an uncertain and rapidly changing world.

Internet: <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/>(adapted).

According to the text and its linguistic aspects, judge the following items.

Text for items 31 to 40.

Adolescence can be rife with anxieties and challenges, but today’s youth face unique threats on a scale encountered by no previous generation, according to an exhaustive new report on their health and wellbeing.

More than one billion people aged 10 to 24 are at risk of poor health outcomes by 2030, which is at least half the global adolescent population, concluded the report published on Tuesday in the Lancet, a leading medical journal. Adolescents are experiencing rising rates of obesity and mental health struggles, while also grappling with the influence of digital technologies and a destabilized global climate.

“Even I was shocked by what some of these numbers and future predictions look like,” says Sarah Baird, a professor of global health and economics at the George Washington University and co-chair of the Lancet Commission that produced the report. “It’s clear we’re already in, and going to be increasingly in, a crisis of bad health among young people.”

Lancet Commissions are independent research teams convened by the Lancet to examine specific health topics and recommend policy actions. This report was compiled by 44 experts, including ten Youth Commissioners, who reviewed some 550 peer-reviewed studies since starting their work in 2021. It follows the first report on adolescent health and wellbeing published in 2016.

“What life is like as an adolescent today is very different than ten years ago,” says Baird. “Given all these other competing demands for resources, attention, and focus, adolescents have once again fallen into the background. It’s time to really remind people of why they’re important, and that ignoring them in this time of rapid change is potentially disastrous.”

Though there is some good news in the report’s findings – declining rates of cigarette smoking and alcohol use and better access to education, particularly for girls – the report warns that the health of young people is at “a tipping point” in an uncertain and rapidly changing world.

Internet: <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/>(adapted).

According to the text and its linguistic aspects, judge the following items.

Text for items 31 to 40.

Adolescence can be rife with anxieties and challenges, but today’s youth face unique threats on a scale encountered by no previous generation, according to an exhaustive new report on their health and wellbeing.

More than one billion people aged 10 to 24 are at risk of poor health outcomes by 2030, which is at least half the global adolescent population, concluded the report published on Tuesday in the Lancet, a leading medical journal. Adolescents are experiencing rising rates of obesity and mental health struggles, while also grappling with the influence of digital technologies and a destabilized global climate.

“Even I was shocked by what some of these numbers and future predictions look like,” says Sarah Baird, a professor of global health and economics at the George Washington University and co-chair of the Lancet Commission that produced the report. “It’s clear we’re already in, and going to be increasingly in, a crisis of bad health among young people.”

Lancet Commissions are independent research teams convened by the Lancet to examine specific health topics and recommend policy actions. This report was compiled by 44 experts, including ten Youth Commissioners, who reviewed some 550 peer-reviewed studies since starting their work in 2021. It follows the first report on adolescent health and wellbeing published in 2016.

“What life is like as an adolescent today is very different than ten years ago,” says Baird. “Given all these other competing demands for resources, attention, and focus, adolescents have once again fallen into the background. It’s time to really remind people of why they’re important, and that ignoring them in this time of rapid change is potentially disastrous.”

Though there is some good news in the report’s findings – declining rates of cigarette smoking and alcohol use and better access to education, particularly for girls – the report warns that the health of young people is at “a tipping point” in an uncertain and rapidly changing world.

Internet: <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/>(adapted).

According to the text and its linguistic aspects, judge the following items.

Text for items 31 to 40.

Adolescence can be rife with anxieties and challenges, but today’s youth face unique threats on a scale encountered by no previous generation, according to an exhaustive new report on their health and wellbeing.

More than one billion people aged 10 to 24 are at risk of poor health outcomes by 2030, which is at least half the global adolescent population, concluded the report published on Tuesday in the Lancet, a leading medical journal. Adolescents are experiencing rising rates of obesity and mental health struggles, while also grappling with the influence of digital technologies and a destabilized global climate.

“Even I was shocked by what some of these numbers and future predictions look like,” says Sarah Baird, a professor of global health and economics at the George Washington University and co-chair of the Lancet Commission that produced the report. “It’s clear we’re already in, and going to be increasingly in, a crisis of bad health among young people.”

Lancet Commissions are independent research teams convened by the Lancet to examine specific health topics and recommend policy actions. This report was compiled by 44 experts, including ten Youth Commissioners, who reviewed some 550 peer-reviewed studies since starting their work in 2021. It follows the first report on adolescent health and wellbeing published in 2016.

“What life is like as an adolescent today is very different than ten years ago,” says Baird. “Given all these other competing demands for resources, attention, and focus, adolescents have once again fallen into the background. It’s time to really remind people of why they’re important, and that ignoring them in this time of rapid change is potentially disastrous.”

Though there is some good news in the report’s findings – declining rates of cigarette smoking and alcohol use and better access to education, particularly for girls – the report warns that the health of young people is at “a tipping point” in an uncertain and rapidly changing world.

Internet: <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/>(adapted).

According to the text and its linguistic aspects, judge the following items.

Text for items 31 to 40.

Adolescence can be rife with anxieties and challenges, but today’s youth face unique threats on a scale encountered by no previous generation, according to an exhaustive new report on their health and wellbeing.

More than one billion people aged 10 to 24 are at risk of poor health outcomes by 2030, which is at least half the global adolescent population, concluded the report published on Tuesday in the Lancet, a leading medical journal. Adolescents are experiencing rising rates of obesity and mental health struggles, while also grappling with the influence of digital technologies and a destabilized global climate.

“Even I was shocked by what some of these numbers and future predictions look like,” says Sarah Baird, a professor of global health and economics at the George Washington University and co-chair of the Lancet Commission that produced the report. “It’s clear we’re already in, and going to be increasingly in, a crisis of bad health among young people.”

Lancet Commissions are independent research teams convened by the Lancet to examine specific health topics and recommend policy actions. This report was compiled by 44 experts, including ten Youth Commissioners, who reviewed some 550 peer-reviewed studies since starting their work in 2021. It follows the first report on adolescent health and wellbeing published in 2016.

“What life is like as an adolescent today is very different than ten years ago,” says Baird. “Given all these other competing demands for resources, attention, and focus, adolescents have once again fallen into the background. It’s time to really remind people of why they’re important, and that ignoring them in this time of rapid change is potentially disastrous.”

Though there is some good news in the report’s findings – declining rates of cigarette smoking and alcohol use and better access to education, particularly for girls – the report warns that the health of young people is at “a tipping point” in an uncertain and rapidly changing world.

Internet: <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/>(adapted).

According to the text and its linguistic aspects, judge the following items.

Text for items 31 to 40.

Adolescence can be rife with anxieties and challenges, but today’s youth face unique threats on a scale encountered by no previous generation, according to an exhaustive new report on their health and wellbeing.

More than one billion people aged 10 to 24 are at risk of poor health outcomes by 2030, which is at least half the global adolescent population, concluded the report published on Tuesday in the Lancet, a leading medical journal. Adolescents are experiencing rising rates of obesity and mental health struggles, while also grappling with the influence of digital technologies and a destabilized global climate.

“Even I was shocked by what some of these numbers and future predictions look like,” says Sarah Baird, a professor of global health and economics at the George Washington University and co-chair of the Lancet Commission that produced the report. “It’s clear we’re already in, and going to be increasingly in, a crisis of bad health among young people.”

Lancet Commissions are independent research teams convened by the Lancet to examine specific health topics and recommend policy actions. This report was compiled by 44 experts, including ten Youth Commissioners, who reviewed some 550 peer-reviewed studies since starting their work in 2021. It follows the first report on adolescent health and wellbeing published in 2016.

“What life is like as an adolescent today is very different than ten years ago,” says Baird. “Given all these other competing demands for resources, attention, and focus, adolescents have once again fallen into the background. It’s time to really remind people of why they’re important, and that ignoring them in this time of rapid change is potentially disastrous.”

Though there is some good news in the report’s findings – declining rates of cigarette smoking and alcohol use and better access to education, particularly for girls – the report warns that the health of young people is at “a tipping point” in an uncertain and rapidly changing world.

Internet: <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/>(adapted).

According to the text and its linguistic aspects, judge the following items.

Text for items 31 to 40.

Adolescence can be rife with anxieties and challenges, but today’s youth face unique threats on a scale encountered by no previous generation, according to an exhaustive new report on their health and wellbeing.

More than one billion people aged 10 to 24 are at risk of poor health outcomes by 2030, which is at least half the global adolescent population, concluded the report published on Tuesday in the Lancet, a leading medical journal. Adolescents are experiencing rising rates of obesity and mental health struggles, while also grappling with the influence of digital technologies and a destabilized global climate.

“Even I was shocked by what some of these numbers and future predictions look like,” says Sarah Baird, a professor of global health and economics at the George Washington University and co-chair of the Lancet Commission that produced the report. “It’s clear we’re already in, and going to be increasingly in, a crisis of bad health among young people.”

Lancet Commissions are independent research teams convened by the Lancet to examine specific health topics and recommend policy actions. This report was compiled by 44 experts, including ten Youth Commissioners, who reviewed some 550 peer-reviewed studies since starting their work in 2021. It follows the first report on adolescent health and wellbeing published in 2016.

“What life is like as an adolescent today is very different than ten years ago,” says Baird. “Given all these other competing demands for resources, attention, and focus, adolescents have once again fallen into the background. It’s time to really remind people of why they’re important, and that ignoring them in this time of rapid change is potentially disastrous.”

Though there is some good news in the report’s findings – declining rates of cigarette smoking and alcohol use and better access to education, particularly for girls – the report warns that the health of young people is at “a tipping point” in an uncertain and rapidly changing world.

Internet: <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/>(adapted).

According to the text and its linguistic aspects, judge the following items.