4 What is currently (i) ______________ civil engineers is not so much a predicted increase in annual precipitation as the likelihood that many storms will come in (ii) ______________, thereby making flooding in lower lying riparian regions (iii) ______________.

Blank (i)

worryingcomfortingunimportant to

Blank (ii)

more predictable patternstighter succession

Blank (iii)

far more likelysomewhat infrequentall but impossible greater isolation

Text Explanation

Answers: (A), (E), (G)

"A much predicted...", and "making flooding..." indicates that the first blank is

(A). The second blank must point at increased participation. Only (E) is consistent. More storms will make flooding more likely. Therefore the third blank is (G).