Exercise 4. Exercise 5
Exercise 4
| One of the major (1)______________concerns in today’s world is the growing list of (2)______________plants, animals and birds. The (3)______________threat of all to widelife is, of course, man, who must take action now to prevent the (4)______________of these species. Whales, tigers and elephants all (5)______________greater protection as hunters threaten to drive them to extinction. (6)______________, more effective measures are suggested to stop (7)______________warming, which has led to the (8)______________of important natural habitats. Fish too, are increasingly at risk from high level of river and sea (9)______________, caused by oil spills and toxic effluent. Stricter government controls will help in the fight to save our wildlife and a greater public (10)______________of the issues should be involved.
| 1. ENVIRONMENT
2. DANGER
3. BIG
4. APPEAR
5. REQUIREMENT
6. SIMILAR
7. GLOBE
8. LOSE
9. POLLUTE
10. AWARE
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Exercise 5
| A study into children’s television viewing habits reveals that children whose parents have a high level of (1)______________tend to watch less television than children from less educated family (2)______________. The report also suggests that a high rate of TV watching among children in poorer (3)______________areas and in the provinces, compared to those living in large urban centre, is often due to (4)______________and a lack of other kinds of (5)______________in the area. Disco, cinema, theatre and sports (6)______________offer children in urban centre a wider range of pastimes, which leads to far (7)______________hours being spent in front of the box. (8)______________, comedies and adventure films are children’s (9)______________programmes, while twenty percent of children said they preferred (10)______________films and thrillers.
| 1. EDUCATE
2. BACK
3. SUBURB
4. POOR
5. ENTERTAIN
6. ACTIVE
7. FEW
8. COMMERCE
9. FAVOUR
10. VIOLENCE
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