2. adj nervous and confused, especially because you have been given a lot to do or are in a hurry. Flustered
3. adj very strange or unusual. Bizarre
5. Scientists have announced that the layer of ice covering the Arctic Ocean has shrunk to an all-time low record. What's more, they say the ice can disappear altogether in future summers. The area of ice recorded on August 26 covered just over four million square kilometers, which is 70000 square kilometers less than the previous low in 2007. Experts said that record was a one-off and would not be repeated. However, conditions have changed quickly. The USA's National Snow and Ice Data Center said: "The ice cover is now just so thin and weak in the springtime that large parts of it can't survive the melt season.
3. Scientists have revealed that organic and non-organic food contain pretty much the same amounts and kinds of vitamins and other nutrents. This might be surprising news for those of us who choose to buy organic food believing it to be healthier. Reserchers from America's Stanford University concluded that there might not be extra health benefits to buying organic foood, thus people might be better off saving their money and buying non-organic produce. Lead researcher Dr. Crystal Smith-Spangle said there was no difference in the vitamin content in fruit, vegetables, meat and dairy products in organically- and conventionally-produced food.
1. According to the text, aspirin originated
Not later than 1758.
2.The pronoun it in line 7 refers to
The willow bark.
3. The word properties in line 8 could best be replaced by
Characteristics.
Text 1 answers
1.Which of the following best states the topic of the text?
Walt Disney and his Legacy.
2.According to the text
Snow White was the first full-length cartoon film.
3.The word enduring in line 11 is closest in meaning to
Lasting.
1.Yesterday we had a houseful of children for my son's sixth birthday party. In the middle of the party the phone rang, so I had to leave the children alone for a minute. When I came back into the room , most of the children still were playing together nicely. Only Annie had taken Bobby's car and now didn't want to give it back to him. I quickly ran over because they might harm each other.
3.1)She is eating an apple.
He is waiting for a bus.
They are pleying football.
He is lieing on the floor.
They have breakfast.
She is sitting on the table.