CAT 2024Slot 3VARCQ 1 / 24
Q1CAT 2024 Slot 3 VARC
There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide where (option 1, 2, 3, or 4) the following sentence would best fit.
Sentence: Many have had to leave their homes behind, with more than (1)3 million people being displaced due to the drought.
Paragraph: Somalia has been dealing with an enormous humanitarian catastrophe, driven by the longest and most severe drought the country has experienced in at least 40 years. _____ (1) _____ Five consecutive rainy seasons have failed, causing more than 8 million people - almost half of the country's population – to experience acute food insecurity. _____ (2) _____ More than 43,000 people are believed to have lost their lives, with half of the lives lost likely being children under five. The damage the drought has caused is far-reaching. _____ (2) _____ Farmers have lost all their agricultural income, while pastoralists have lost more than 3 million livestock, impoverishing entire communities, and leaving them on the brink of famine. _____ (4) _____ Some, like the pastoralists, may never be able to go back as their livelihoods have been irreversibly wiped out.
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