24. Underline the appropriate words to complete the
sentences.
1. Too much salt (damaged / spoiled) the taste of the soup.
2. An (endangered/extinct) species of wild animals or
plants is close to existing no more.
3. A (rainbow/rainstorm) is caused by the sun's shining
through small drops of water in the air.
4. (Creatures/Insects) are small animals without a back-
bone usually with three pairs of legs.
5. The air, the water, the soil, and all other things that
surround a person, animal, or plant make their (habitat/
environment).
6. (Pigeons/Reptiles) live in the wild, but are found in
nearly every city of the world.
7. Human beings, cattle, dogs, cats and whales are (mam-
mals/species).
8. Oil is one of the country's natural (resources/energy).
9. Jane's death was a real (shock/disaster) to all her rel-
atives. She was such a young girl.
10. Avoid the (waste/dump) of water.