Mass Tourism Threatens Venice - One Word Too Many
Read the text about Venice's problems. In some lines there is a word that shouldn't be there. Write this word into the box next to the line. If the line is correct, write
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Venice, one of the world's most beautiful cities,
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is facing down environmental disaster.
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More than 60,000 tourists must visit Venice
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every day and while experts suggest the city
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should attract fewer but less wealthier visitors.
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Venice is threatened by rising sea levels. In
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the next decades, many old buildings are not
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in danger of collapsing. The situation has
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become worse because of giant cruise ships
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sail into the city, creating waves that should
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push mud and sand into building foundations.
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Italian authorities have been started to build
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a flood barrier, designed to keep out fresh
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water from the sea. However, environmentalists
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are afraid that such a wall will affect how
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the natural life of the lagoon ocean. Other
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projects that environmentalists are even critical
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of include such a subway system that would
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connect the islands with the Italian mainland.
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