Writing a paragraph about your family routines.

What is the best title for the above reading text?

Fill in the blank with a suitable word in the box.

spend / from / exercise / fit / ride / for / tired / energy / in / calorie

We need calories or (1) ..... to do the things every day. For example, when we walk or (2) .... a bike to school, we spend a certain amount of (3) .... and even when we sleep, we also use them. But how many calories should we (4) .... a day to stay in shape? It’s difficult (5) .... us to calculate. If people want to keep (6) ...., they should remember that everyone should have between 1600 and 2500 calories a day.

We get calories (7) .... the food we eat. If we get too much food and don’t take part (8) .... any activities, we can get fat quickly. So besides studying, we should do some (9) ...., play sports or do the housework, such as cleaning the floor, cooking etc., if we don’t eat enough, we feel (10) .... and weak.

Use a phrasal verb from the list to replace the words underlined.

1.   She’s never had a good relationship with her sister.

2.   Maria is slowly recovering from her illness.

3.   I found this article while I was doing my project.

4.   Could you examine this report and correct any mistakes?

5.   He refused the job because it sounded boring.

6.   She continued talking about her trip although everyone found it tiring.

7.   I need some time to consider his proposal.

8.   My mother says she’s feeling happy and excited about meeting you.

9.   The city is going to destroy the old train station and build a new library.

10. Our neighbour took care of our cats while we were away.

Although the rise in the global temperature by 4 per cent predicted by many scientists may not sound like much, it is the difference between now and the last Ice Age, when huge glaciers covered Europe and most of Britain. Nobody knows (1) what would happen in a warmer world, but we (2) know some things. Heat a kettle and the (3) inside it expands. The (4) of the world has climbed more than half a degree this century, and the oceans have (5) by at least 10 cm.

But (6) as it takes several minutes for a kettle to begin warming, (7) it may have taken the ocean thirty years to swell. This (8) that the global warming we are now experiencing is a result only of the carbon dioxide we have dumped into the atmosphere (9) up to the 1960s. Since then, the (10) use of fossil fuels has increased rapidly.

Scientists (11) for the United nations and European governments have been warning that (12) the Dutch and the people of East Anglia will need to do will (13) to build more extensive sea defenses. Many of the world’s great cities are (14) risk, because they are (15) located / situated at sea level. Miami, (16) entirely built on a sandbank, could be (17) away. But the effect of rising sea levels will be much (18) for the developing countries. With a meter rise in sea levels, 200 million could become homeless.

There are other fears too, (19) to a recent United Nations report. The plight of the hungry in northern Africa could (20), as rainfall in the Sahara and beyond is reduced by 20 per cent.