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Which of the following can be considered the most suitable title for the passage?

Paper 1 · Comprehension
Passage
Ecosystems provide people with a variety of goods and services, such as food, clean water, clean air, flood control, soil stabilization, pollination, climate regulation, spiritual fulfilment, and aesthetic enjoyment, to name just a few. Most of these benefits are either irreplaceable or the technology necessary to replace them is prohibitively expensive. For example, potable freshwater can be extracted by desalinating sea water, but only at great cost. The rapidly expanding human population has greatly modified the earth's ecosystem to meet its increased requirements of some goods and services, particularly food, freshwater, timber, fibre, and fuel. These modifications have contributed substantially to human well being and economic development. The benefits have not been equally distributed. Some people have actually been harmed by these changes. Moreover, short-term increases in some ecosystems' goods and services have come at the cost of long-term degradation of others. For example, efforts to increase the production of food and fibre have decreased the ability of some ecosystems to provide clean water, regulate flooding, and support biodiversity.
Which of the following can be considered the most suitable title for the passage?
AModification of our ecosystem ✓ Correct
BOur natural resources
CThe harmful effect of the increase in human population
DHuman interference in our ecosystem
Correct answer: (A) Modification of our ecosystem — The most suitable title is modification of our ecosystem, so that is the answer.
Explanation
The most suitable title is modification of our ecosystem, so that is the answer.
The passage is almost wholly about how humans have modified the earth's ecosystem.
It weighs both the positive and the negative sides of that modification.
So a title naming the modification of our ecosystem best fits its content.
Our natural resources is too broad and misses the focus on modification.
The other titles stress only harm or interference, so modification of our ecosystem is the fitting title.

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