五、语法填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词，或填入括号内所给单词的正确形式。
Madagascar is 1. island country in Africa. Many people like to come and visit it. They think it is beautiful because of its green forests and many 2. (difference) animals. 3. , each coin(硬币) has two sides. Madagascar also faces many 4. (problem). Years ago, people in southern Madagascar cut down almost all of the trees to clear land for 5. (farm). In fact, these trees are very 6. (use). They can help stop strong winds. Now, without these trees, people cannot even put seeds(种子) in the ground, 7. winds will blow the seeds away. Another problem is that there is no rain falling here for many years. Because of climate(气候) change, it is more difficult 8. (plant) crops(农作物).
Now more than a million people here are in great need of help. Scientists say that the situation will be even 9. (bad) in the future. There will be famine(饥荒). Millions of people will have nothing to eat.
Madagascar can be the 10. (one) country where famine happens because of climate change.

1. an
2. different
3. However
4. problems
5. farming
6. useful
7. because
8. to plant
9. worse
10. first