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IELTS reading detail Practice

Les zones humides côtières, comme les forêts de mangroves, sont efficaces pour absorber l'______ des vagues pendant une tempête.

Question type: sentence completion · Difficulty: intermediate

  1. A. (A) énergie
  2. B. (B) sédiments
  3. C. (C) polluants
  4. D. (D) habitats

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Paragraph D states that in coastal zones, 'the dense stands of vegetation absorb the energy of incoming waves, significantly reducing the height and force of a storm surge.' The key word that completes the sentence is 'energy'.

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