Choose the word which best fits each gap.

Many human activities over the last 200 years have been responsible (1) ________ polluting the air and damaging people’s health. Automobile engines and power plants burn combustible (2) ________ like gasoline and coal and allow toxic gases and smoke to escape into the air. Some pollutants destroy the ozone layer, which is the thin blanket of gases that (3) ________ Earth from the Sun’s dangerous ultraviolet rays. Other pollutants contribute to (4) ________ warming by adding to the planet’s natural greenhouse effect. Still others create acid rain, a phenomenon that has disastrous (5) ________ on lake and forest habitats. Air pollution is not limited to industrial areas. Depending on the direction of the wind and its force, air pollutants may (6) ________ spread to other countries very far from the source of the pollution. Big cities like Los Angeles and Mexico City are often covered by smog, a fog that occurs (7) ________ air pollution. In 1952, the City of London, England, was enveloped by smog so thick that people on the streets had to feel their way around by (8) ________ the walls of buildings!

Although the rise in the global temperature by 4 per cent predicted by many scientists may not sound like much, it is the difference between now and the last Ice Age, when huge glaciers covered Europe and most of Britain. Nobody knows (1) what would happen in a warmer world, but we (2) know some things. Heat a kettle and the (3) inside it expands. The (4) of the world has climbed more than half a degree this century, and the oceans have (5) by at least 10 cm.

But (6) as it takes several minutes for a kettle to begin warming, (7) it may have taken the ocean thirty years to swell. This (8) that the global warming we are now experiencing is a result only of the carbon dioxide we have dumped into the atmosphere (9) up to the 1960s. Since then, the (10) use of fossil fuels has increased rapidly.

Scientists (11) for the United nations and European governments have been warning that (12) the Dutch and the people of East Anglia will need to do will (13) to build more extensive sea defenses. Many of the world’s great cities are (14) risk, because they are (15) located / situated at sea level. Miami, (16) entirely built on a sandbank, could be (17) away. But the effect of rising sea levels will be much (18) for the developing countries. With a meter rise in sea levels, 200 million could become homeless.

There are other fears too, (19) to a recent United Nations report. The plight of the hungry in northern Africa could (20), as rainfall in the Sahara and beyond is reduced by 20 per cent.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions

She was amazing to find that no one died in the tragic accident yesterday

         A        B          C                             D

Use a phrasal verb from the list to replace the words underlined.

1.   She’s never had a good relationship with her sister.

2.   Maria is slowly recovering from her illness.

3.   I found this article while I was doing my project.

4.   Could you examine this report and correct any mistakes?

5.   He refused the job because it sounded boring.

6.   She continued talking about her trip although everyone found it tiring.

7.   I need some time to consider his proposal.

8.   My mother says she’s feeling happy and excited about meeting you.

9.   The city is going to destroy the old train station and build a new library.

10. Our neighbour took care of our cats while we were away.

Identify 10 errors in the following passage and correct them

The BBC World Service on radios claims a regular worldwide audience of some 25 million for their English language programmes. It is funded directly by the British Foreign Office, despite any Government attempt to control the content of programmes are vigorously fought off. It is broadcast around the world and nobody who has access to a radio with short wave need be without it. The archetype listener today is under 30, male, likely to be the second or even third language. Few women tune in, which is why there is no women’s programme including in its 24-hour services. The biggest and the most important of the news programme is Newshour, a 60-minute survey of world news which goes out at night at 10 p.m. British time. This slot cannot please everyone but be the optimum time to catch any listeners having breakfast in Hongkong or settling down during the night in West African. It can recommend to anyone who wants to understand the world, not just Britain. At any rate, which is its aim and certainly by comparison, most British domestic news programmes seem trivial and parochial.

John has not had his hair cut for over six months.

=> It is _______________________________________.

We didn’t find out about the meeting until he phoned us.

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