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Environmental Activists

Text 2

The Effects of Stress

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TEXT 1
A. Reading Comprehension

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 Adapted from “Ecofighters”
By Eric Schwartz OMNI

Vocabulary and Comprehension questions

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 B. Extensive reading exercise SCANNING FOR INFORMATION
Look at the page of advertisements from an accommodation and make a correct option
of true or false.

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GRASMERE HOTEL
Room: 4 single, 5 double
Shower/bath: in most rooms
Rates: bed & breakfast, single from $20 to
$25, double from $30 to $35
Parking: 9 spaces
COUNTRY WAYS
Rooms: 1 single, 5 double/twin
Shower/bath: in all rooms
Rates: bed & breakfast, single $29.95-37.35,
double $39.95-42.
Parking: 10 spaces
Closed: 1 week Christmas
REDWOOD LODGE
Rooms: 112 double/twin
Shower/bath: in all rooms
Rates: bed & breakfast, single $60-75,
double $75-85
Parking: 1000 spaces, coach parking
Redwood Lodge is a unique hotel and
leisure center. All bedrooms are
furnished with color TV/ radio,
tea/coffee-making facilities, trousers
presses and hairdryers.

ORCHARD HOUSE
WASHINGTON HOTEL
Rooms: 1 single, 3 double/twin
Rooms: 16 single, 21 double/twin
Rates: bed& breakfast, single $11.75,
Shower/bath: in most rooms
double $23.50
Rates: bed & breakfast, single from $21 to
Parking: 8 spaces
$32, double from $32 to $45
Parking: 20 spaces
Animals taken by prior arrangement
A warm welcome and high standard await
for business people and tourist alike. All
rooms have color TVs, radios, tea and
coffee, hairdryer and telephone. The
Washington Super Room offers reasonably
priced dinners from Monday to Thursday.
The Hotels pleasant and convenient location
makes it ideal for exploring.

1. Orchard House is the cheapest hotel ......

2. The Washington Hotel has a bath or shower in all rooms ......
3. Country Ways has more double than single rooms ......
4. All the rooms in Redwood Lodge have a bathroom ......
5. The Grasmere Hotel charges up to $40 to a night for a double room ......

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 6. You can take animals into the Washington Hotel. ......
7. Grasmere Hotel seems to have a lot of parking spaces. ......
8. You have to pay for breakfast if you stay in these hotels. ......
9. You have to pay $ 32.25 for a single room in Country Ways. ......
10. Washington Hotel has dinners offered all week days. ......

C. Grammar & Structure

 Choose the word or phrase that best completes the blank in each sentence.

1. " Where's Polly ? " - " She ............................. "

A. is in her room studying
B. in her room is studying
C. studies in her room
D. has in her room studied

2. The phone ................. constantly since Jack announced his candidacy for president this
morning.
A. has been ringing
B. had been ringing
C. had rung
D. rang

3. Today there are weather satellites that beam down information about the earth's
atmosphere. In the last two decades, space exploration .................. great contributions to
weather forecasting.
A. is making
B. has made
C. made
D. makes

4. Any student ............... scholastic record is above average can apply for the scholarship.
A. who has a
B. has a
C. who's a
D. whose

5. " Is April twenty-first the day .................... ? " - " No, the twenty-second. "
A. you'll arrive then
B. when you'll arrive
C. on that you'll arrive

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 D. when you'll arrive on

6. Dr. Sales is a person ......................

A. in whom I don't have much confidence
B. in that I don't have much confidence
C. whom I don't have much confidence in him
D. I don't have much confidence

7. John has three brothers, ................... are businessmen.

A. that all of them
B. who they all
C. all of whom
D. who all of them

8. If you ............ to my advice in the first place, you wouldn't be in this mess right now.
A. listen
B. will listen
C. had listened
D. listened

9. The world might be a better place if we ..............a hundred years ago what we know today
about the earth's environment.
A. knew
B. had known
C. would know
D. have known

10. Had I known the carpenter was going to take three days to show up, I ........ the materials
and done the work myself. It would be finished by now.
A. will get
B. would have gotten
C. might get
D. will have gotten

Text 2 The Effects of Stress

A. Pre-reading Exercise
Match the vocabulary word with the best synonym or definition.

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 B. R
e
a
ding Comprehension
Read the following passage and then answer the questions.

The Effects of Stress

There is a famous expression in English: "Stop the world, I want to
get off!" This expression refers to a feeling of panic, or stress, that makes
a person want to stop whatever they are doing, try to relax, and become
calm again. 'Stress' means pressure or tension. It is one of the most common causes of
health problems in modern life. Too much stress results in physical, emotional, and
mental health problems.
There are numerous physical effects of stress. Stress can affect the heart. It can
increase the pulse rate, make the heart miss beats, and can cause high blood pressure.
Stress can affect the respiratory system. It can lead to asthma. It can cause a person to
breathe too fast, resulting in a loss of important carbon dioxide. Stress can affect the
stomach. It can cause stomach aches and problems digesting food. These are only a few
examples of the wide range of illnesses and symptoms resulting from stress.
Emotions are also easily affected by stress. People suffering from stress often feel
anxious. They may have panic attacks. They may feel tired all the time. When people are
under stress, they often overreact to little problems. For example, a normally gentle
parent under a lot of stress at work may yell at a child for dropping a glass of juice.
Stress can make people angry, moody, or nervous.
Long-term stress can lead to a variety of serious mental illnesses. Depression, an
extreme feeling of sadness and hopelessness, can be the result of continued and
increasing stress. Alcoholism and other addictions often develop as a result of overuse

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of alcohol or drugs to try to relieve stress. Eating disorders, such as anorexia, are
sometimes caused by stress and are often made worse by stress. If stress is allowed to
continue, then one's mental health is put at risk.
It is obvious that stress is a serious problem. It attacks the body. It affects the
emotions. Untreated, it may eventually result in mental illness. Stress has a great
influence on the health and well-being of our bodies, our feelings, and our minds. So,
reduce stress: stop the world and rest for a while.
(Text from UV English Language Center)

Comprehension questions (True/False /No Information Quiz)

1. _______ Mental illness is not a common problem caused by stress.
2. ________ According to the essay, the stomach, the lungs and the heart have
physical problems caused by stress.
3. ________ People often overreact to little problems when they feel dissatisfied of
something.
4. ________ Feeling of sadness and hopelessness can result from long-term stress.
5. ________ Alcoholism is caused by stress because it is a chemical.
6. ________ bloating is not caused by long-term stress, but anorexia is.
7. ________ Stress can affect the respiratory system by causing stomach problems.
8. ________ Stress can affect the heart by decreasing the pulse rate.
9. ________ Symptoms of emotional stress include feeling joyous

C. Extensive Reading

 Read the passage below, then, choose in the box the most suitable word that fits
each numbered space in the passage.

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 Environmental pollution is a term that (1)____ to all the way by which man
pollutes his surroundings. Man dirties the air with gases and smoke, (2)____ the water
with chemicals and other substances, and damages the soil with (3)____ many fertilizers
and pesticides. Man also pollutes his surroundings (4)____ various other ways. (5)____
people ruin natural beauty by (6)____ junk and litter on the land and in the water. They
operate machines and motor vehicles that fill the air with (7)____ noise. Environmental
pollution is one of the most serious problems facing mankind today . Air , water , and
soil are necessary to the survival of all living things . Badly polluted air can cause illness,
and (8)____ death . Polluted water kills fish and other (9)____ life . Pollution of soil
reduces the amount of land that is (10)____ for growing food. Environmental pollution
also brings ugliness to man’s naturally beautiful world.

1. A. refers B. attends C. directs D. aims

2. A. pours B. poisons C. surrounds D. puts
3. A. extreme B. too C. such D. all
4. A. for B. with C. in D. through
5. A. Besides B. For example C. Therefore D. Because
6. A. scattering B. dismissing C. filling D. dispersing
7. A. embarrassing B. dismissing C. disturbing D. confusing
8. A. therefore B. consequently C. even D. including
9. A. water B. marine C. hydro D. coastal
10. A. able B. probable C. capable D. available

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