Directions: Match the statements from Column 1 with Column 2 and find which of the following pair of the statements make contextually correct sense. Also, each part of the sentence in Column1 or Column 2 contains a blank, which needs to be filled with an appropriate word that makes the pair grammatically correct and meaningful. Find the option with the correct pair(s) and which provides the correct word to be filled in the blank(s).

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A. Erosion of America's farmland by wind and water has been a problem since settlers first put the prairies and grasslands under the plow in the nineteenth century. By the 1930s, more than 282 million acres of farmland were damaged by erosion. After 40 years of conservation efforts, D. even of the surface afford the slightest protection to its foes, a modification of color assimilated to that of the surrounding country is absolutely necessary.

B. The Paris Climate deal which aims at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in a bid to keep global warming below 2 degree Celsius E. soil erosion has due to new demands placed on the land by heavy crop production. In the years ahead, soil erosion and the pollution problems it causes are likely to replace petroleum scarcity as the nation's most critical natural resource problem.

C. Desert animals are generally the color of the desert. Thus, for instance, the lion, the antelope, and the wild donkey are all sand-colored. “Indeed,” says Canon Tristram, “in the desert, where neither trees, brushwood, nor F. which has been _ by 146 nations is an essential step to save the planet for our future generation.

Question

Column 1	Column 2
A. Erosion of America's farmland by wind and water has been a problem since settlers first put the prairies and grasslands under the plow in the nineteenth century. By the 1930s, more than 282 million acres of farmland were damaged by erosion. After 40 years of conservation efforts,	D. even ______of the surface afford the slightest protection to its foes, a modification of color assimilated to that of the surrounding country is absolutely necessary.
B. The Paris Climate deal which aims at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in a bid to keep global warming below 2 degree Celsius	E. soil erosion has ________ due to new demands placed on the land by heavy crop production. In the years ahead, soil erosion and the pollution problems it causes are likely to replace petroleum scarcity as the nation's most critical natural resource problem.
C. Desert animals are generally the color of the desert. Thus, for instance, the lion, the antelope, and the wild donkey are all sand-colored. “Indeed,” says Canon Tristram, “in the desert, where neither trees, brushwood, nor	F. which has been _______ by 146 nations is an essential step to save the planet for our future generation.