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Tip:
 Guessing is an important strategy. If there are words that you don’t know, don’t 
stop and don’t panic. Keep moving forward. Look at the questions after the passage. If 
there are questions that relate to the words that you don’t understand, look at the 
nearby words and sentences and then guess the meaning of the unknown words. 
 
 

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Exercise 24: Read the paragraph about obesity and answer the questions below. 
Obesity results from an imbalance of the body’s food intake, physical activity 
and resting metabolism. A variety of both psychological and physiological factors 
play a role. Certain endocrine gland disorders, such as hypothyroidism or 
tumours of the adrenal gland, pancreas or pituitary gland, may cause obesity. 
Recent research has found that a reduction of the body’s resting metabolic rate 
also has a significant effect on the development of obesity. However, most 
obesity results from using food excessively as an inappropriate coping 
mechanism to deal with emotional stress. 
Questions: 
1. Obesity results from psychological factors only. True False Not Given 
2. This paragraph present … 
A the cause of obesity. 
B the impact of obesity. 
C the 
solution 
to 
obesity. 
D the different types of obesity. 
3. What do the following words mean? 
A obesity ……………………………………. 
B reduction 
……………………………….. 
C excessively 
…………………………….. 
 
 

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Exercise 25: Read the following paragraph about the ozone layer and answer the 
questions. 
The ozone layer is a layer of the upper atmosphere about 20 to 25 km above the 
earth’s surface. It is so named because the unstable form of oxygen called ozone 
is concentrated in this layer. The ozone layer strongly absorbs ultraviolet 
radiation from the sun. if this radiation reached the earth’s surface at 
unprotected levels, it would be deleterious to all forms of life. For example, it 
would raise the incidence of human skin cancers and cataracts, as well as 
reducing food production in general.