IELTS Reading detail Practice
One of the co-benefits of wetlands is their ability to improve water quality by trapping sediments and breaking down ______.
Question type: sentence completion · Difficulty: intermediate
- A. carbon
- B. habitats
- C. aquifers
- D. pollutants
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Paragraph E discusses the co-benefits and states that wetlands 'act as natural filters, trapping sediments and breaking down pollutants, thereby improving downstream water quality.' The missing word is 'pollutants'.