_________ is a growing world problem, and nowadays the United Nations and its member countries _________hard to deal with it．


  1. A.
    Desertification; are working
  2. B.
    Desertified ; worked
  3. C.
    Desert; work
  4. D.
    Desertification; have worked
A

第一空填：Desertification“沙漠化”，第二空考時態(tài)：句意是：沙漠化是日益嚴重的世界問題，現(xiàn)在聯(lián)合國和成員國正努力對付它。用現(xiàn)在進行時，選A。
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