Read the passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
Billions of people still breathe unhealthy air
According to the 2022 update of the World Health Organization's (WHO) air quality database, almost all global population polluted air. A record number of over 6000 cities in 117 countries are now monitoring air quality, but the people living in them are still taking in levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a common urban pollutant.
The findings have made the World Health Organization highlight the importance of limiting fossil fuel use and taking other steps to air pollution levels.
"It is unacceptable to still have 7 million preventable deaths and countless preventable lost years of good health air pollution. That's what we're saying when we look at the mountain of air pollution data, evidence, and solutions available. Yet too investments are still being sunk into a polluted environment rather than in clean, healthy air," said Dr. Maria Neira, WHO Director, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health.
(Adapted from www.who.int)
Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question below.
When it comes to health, we often have fitness and food goals like losing weight, exercising regularly, eating healthier, or making better food choices. Losing weight could take months. Exercising regularly could take years while eating healthier and making better food choices are hard to measure.
Before we achieve these goals, we may feel discouraged and give up. To feel motivated, we can break down these health goals into smaller and more realistic steps. Here are 4 good eating habits which will definitely help us to achieve our food goals. For those of us with diabetes, these healthy eating habits will also help us to control our blood sugar.
These 4 good eating habits take time to develop. Be patient. These changes, no matter how small, make a big difference to our health.
(Adapted from www.healthhub.sg)
Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
According to the passage, why should we eat slowly?
The word "motivated" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to _____.
The word "They" in the fourth eating habit refers to _____.
According to the passage, which of the following should be avoided?
Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
wanders
defends
swallows
contacts
February is _____ month of the year.
_____ people think that children learn language by imitation.
She _____ a scholarship last month.
She advised him _____ too much.
Many local people objected _____ the building of the new airport.
He held a party and the noise levels caused some _____ to his neighbors.
Stress has an effect on both your physical and _____ health.
Yoga can improve our powers of _____.
Having excellent crops means that farmers become _____ by selling what they have grown.
She told him not to worry because buying a dress at a discount price wouldn't _____ the bank.
She had to _____ the fact that she would never walk again after the accident.
The doctor wants him to _____ sweets and fatty foods so that he can lose weight.
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).
Stronger measures will have to be taken to bring down unemployment.
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
Computer-controlled robots are replacing manual workers in many industries.
Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
The Louvre, where is the world's biggest and busiest museum, was called the Napoleon Museum at the start of the 19th century.
Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.
They have found a solution.
Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.
She asked the boy, "Why are you crying?"
Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.
Manage your time well and you won't feel stressed out.
Fill in each blank with only ONE word.
Conversation 1:
Tourist: Excuse me, is there a near here?
Local: Yes, there is. Now go straight up Orange Street for two blocks and turn left onto Pine Street. The bank is on the right.
Tourist: you very much.
Conversation 2:
Tourist: Excuse me, can I get to the Penguin Restaurant?
Local: Oh, it's not far here. Go straight ahead for two blocks and turn left on King's Road, the restaurant is next the library.
Tourist: Thanks a lot.
In about 120 words, write a paragraph about positive effects and negative effects of tourism on our country.