English Collocations in Use Intermediate Book with Answers How Words Work Together for Fluent and Natural English 2nd Edition

took to the streets to demonstrate about third-world debt repayments.
A terrible 
earthquake hit the region last year. The death toll was massive.
The 
sexual exploitation of children is a world-wide problem, as is child labour.
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Exercises
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English Collocations in Use Intermediate
Complete the collocations.
1 a rise in the number of asylum .................................
2 to deplete the ozone .................................
3 bad social conditions ................................. crime
4 increasing amounts of greenhouse ...............................
5 a golden ................................. to combat poverty
6 people who ................................. rough
7 a massive ................................. toll
8 to be in desperate .................................
9 to ................................. people out 
of poverty
10 below the poverty .................................
Match sentences 1–5 with sentences a–e.
1 There was a big protest against child labour.
2 There is new evidence of a widening gulf 
between the wealthy and more deprived 
sectors of society.
3 There has been some small success in 
tackling marine pollution.
4 The problem of street children in big cities 
has become a global crisis.
5 A spokesperson for one of the biggest 
charities said access for economic migrants 
should be made easier.
a) There is some evidence to suggest that fish 
stocks are beginning to rise slightly in the 
North Sea.
b) People wanting to come to this country to 
escape poverty should be welcomed.
c) Large numbers of people took to the streets 
yesterday to demonstrate against the 
increasing employment of children in 
appalling conditions. 
d) A worldwide study of young people who 
sleep rough has raised universal alarm.
e) Figures published today indicate that the 
divide between the rich and the poor is 
getting bigger.