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PRACTICE EXERCISE 3
1. Fill in the blanks with the most suitable words:
Text1:
In Canada and United States, (1)………………….of the most popular days in the year is Halloween. Halloween is on October 31st. It’s a day (2)……………………….some people dress up in strange or unusual costumes. For example, they may dress up to look (3)……………..an animal, a person from a book or movie or a famous person from history. In some places, children go to school in (4)………………………Halloween costumes. After dark, many young children (5)…………………on their costumes and visit their neighbors. They knock on the (6)……………………..and shout “ Trick or treat!”. Then the neighbors (7)………………………give them some candy, and the children go on the (8)………………….. house. Adults also enjoy dressing up for Halloween. (9)…………………….are usually Halloween parties in the evening and usually there is a prize for the best or (10)…………………unusual costume.
Text2:
A story is a work of imagination. The people (1)…………………….write stories write them in order to give pleasure to (2)………………………who read stories. Story- readers are, generally (3)……………………..women of all ages and younger men. Readers love the start of a story, where there are new and sometimes strange people to be (4)…………………… for the first time. They enjoy the story itself, the gentleness and violence, the loves and the (5)……………………., with which a good writer interests his (6)……………………..They enjoy the end of the story, whether it is happy or (7)…………………..The reader’s chief purpose in all this is to (8)………………….from ordinary life for a short (9)…………………… Older men, as a rule, find their ordinary lives (10)…………………pleasant to run away from.
2. Choose the word which is pronounced different from the rest:
1. A. Christmas B. Church C. school D. character
2. A. laughs B. cars C. stops D. works
3. A. cook B. food C. pool D. too
4. A. watched B. reduced C. raised D. coughed
5. A. switch B. stomach C. catch D. match
6. A. three B. through C. without D. thank
3. Choose the word whose stress is different from the rest:
1. A. environment B. entertainment C. department D. development
2. A. entertain B. develop C. improve D. collect
3. A. graduation B. collection C. organization D. concentration
4. A. intelligent B. difficult C. interesting D. necessary
5. A. history B. historical C. historic D. historian

4. Reading these texts below then answering questions:
Text1:
One of the most urgent environmental problems in the world today is the shortage of clean water. Having clean drinking water is basic human right. But acid rain, industrial pollution and garbage have made many sources of water undrinkable. Lakes, reservoirs and even entire seas have become vast pools of poison. Lake Baikal in Russia is one of the largest lakes in the world. It contains a rich variety of animals and plants, including 1,300 rare species that do not exist anywhere else in the world. But they are being destroyed by the massive volumes of industrial effluent which pours into the lake every day. Even where law existed, the government did not have the power to enforce them. Most industries simply ignore the regulations. The Mediterranean Sea occupies 1% of the world’s water surface. But it is the dumping ground for 50% of all marine pollution. Almost 16 countries regularly throw industrial wastes a few miles off shore.
Water is free to everyone. A few years ago people thought that the supply of clean water in the world was limitless. Today, many water supplies have been ruined by pollution and sewage. Clean water is now scarce, and we are at last beginning to respect this precious source. We should do something now.
1. According to the writer, one environmental problem in the world today is ________ .
A. acid rain B. industrial pollution.
C. safe water shortage. D. population explosion .
2. Many sources of water are not drinkable because of _______ .
A. acid rain. B. industrial pollution.
C. garbage D. all A, B, C, are correct
3. What is serious problem of Lake Baikal in Russia?
A. It contains a