1- Supply the correct form of the bracketed words to get a meaningful paragraph.
Not long after America gained its (independent) independence two eminent (science) scientists and political (philosophy) philosophers migrated here from England. One of them was
Joseph Priestley, the (discover) discoverer
of oxygen ; Thomas Cooper was the other. Around these two immigrants most of the (science)
scientific activities of the (youth) young republic were centered.
2- Choose suitable words from the list
below to complete the paragraph. There are more words than you need.
comfort - leading -
poison - who - that - where - instead - goals - overcrowded - constant - finally - second
City
planning is now concentrated on two goals :
first to tear down the old, unsanitary houses called "slums" where very poor people live in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions, and to build instead new, clean, light and airy houses where people can
live in comfort even if they do not make
much money. Second, to build superhighways leading into big cities, and inside big cities, so that
the millions of automobiles will not cause constant traffic
jams and also poison the air that people breathe.
3- Fill in each blank with a suitable word from the margin to
get a coherent passage.
| For a few years, there has been growing concern |
(In - Since - For) |
| about the dangers of smoking and the harm |
(about - of - in) |
| tobacco
can do to the people who do not smoke |
(do - make - have) |
| but
who are often in the presence of heavy |
(light - innocent - heavy) |
| smokers. |
|
| So
some governments have already put a ban on |
(never - soon - already) |
| smoking
in public places and others are seriously |
|
considering
taking such a measure,
thus stirring up the angry
debate between
those |
(lifting - taking - putting)
(yet - thus - but) |
| who
are favourable to the idea and those who |
|
| regard
it as a violation of people's individual |
(since - as - for) |
| liberty. |
|
| It
goes without saying that people's health is
what |
(with - by - without) |
| matters
most and since it has been proved that a |
(least - worst - most) |
| non
- smoker's lungs can be infected due to |
(because - due - thanks) |
| somebody
else's smoking, I think that up to a |
(at - up - in) |
| certain
point, those who smoke in the presence |
|
| of
others should be considered as criminals. |
|
