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ELC IELTS - READING: Task Firstly, widespread allegations of corruption among officials involved with the project have raised fears of s Premier Zhu Rongji warned those involved that their responsibility was "heavier than a mountain" and con negligence will bring disaster to our future generations and cause irretrievable losses". In 2000, 53 enginee President Jiang Zemin to delay full filling of the reservoir and relocating the local population until scientists reservoir was viable given the various problems. But construction continued, as did scandals including bri nepotism and job selling.

D) Secondly, the project is thought to have cost more than any other single construction project in history, w billion. Supporters claimed that the plan is within its US$25 billion budget and that the project would pa generation. They further argued that demand would rise once a new national transmission grid is in place. But time demand has increased, competition from cheaper, superior alternatives will have won the ratepayers, un Three Gorges power, or unless the government subsidizes the power. Critics also worry that other projects in as China concentrates all its financial resources on the project. Experts believe that the project faces a short many foreign financiers and governments, with some notable exceptions, have considered the dam too risky to

E) Thirdly, the new reservoir will inundate many towns and cities, displacing between 1 and 2 million peop offered in compensation for ancestral lands is less fertile than those lost and may require use of unfamiliar farm poor construction have delayed new housing or resulted in sub-standard buildings. Journalist and engineer criticizing the Three Gorges project, calls it "the most environmentally and socially destructive project in the wor

F) Archaeologists and historians have estimated nearly 1,300 important sites will be submerged, destroying years old. In addition, tourism associated with the Three Gorges as a physical and cultural attraction may come

G) Finally, but perhaps most importantly, many leading scientists predict the Three Gorges Dam represents many levels. Little or no attempt has been made to remove toxic materials and other pollutants from inundated a huge potential health hazard. The relative lack of waste treatment plants in China also could mean run-off dam would go untreated directly into the reservoir. The dam may erode the fragile upper slopes of the gorge accumulate as well as industrial pollutants, leading to increased silting of its mouth and pollution of the delta extensive logging in the area and may erode much of the coastline. Wildlife experts believe that many life form of fish, waterfowl and that the endangered Chinese river dolphin, of which fewer than 100 individuals remain the dam's construction will destroy its present habitat. H) Despite the dissenting voices, construction continues and the consensus is that China's leaders have too the dam's completion to ever contemplate backing away from the project. 829 words

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