Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with the appropriate word.
Elephants are entirely vegetarian. They may
___(1)___ up to 300kg a day, which is hundred
___(2)___ as much as a human being would consume.
___(3)___ diet is varied since they are both browsers and grazers. When there are too many elephants in a
___(4)___, they eat so much food that
___(5)___ there are no more leaves on the trees and bushes. They even resort to eating the bark of
___(6)___ trees; and this kills the trees completely. Then there
___(7)___ only the grass to eat, so the elephants eat that leaving the soil
___(8)___. Strong winds and heavy rains quickly wash
___(9)___ the good soil. The resulting
___(10)___ impoverishes the soil so that no more plants will grow.
