DESERTIFICATIONDesertification is the degradation of once-productive land into unproductive or poorl...

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Which of the following statement is true about desertification?

It has a history as long as that of civilization.

It was just as serious in the past as it is today.

It is a fairy recent problem.

Ancient societies managed the problem well.

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Đáp án A

It has a history as long as that of civilization.

Thông tin nằm ở đoạn 1: “Since the first great urban-agricultural centers in Mesopotamia nearly 6,000 years ago, human activity has had a destructive impact on soil quality, leading to gradual desertification in virtually every area of the world.”