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Unit-5, Lesson-4 (C)
Read the following text and fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text.
Fish population is in serious danger from global warming. Climate change is increasing the water temperature in rivers, lakes and seas. This means there is less food and oxygen available for fish. It also means the fish may not grow fully and may have fewer offspring. Some fishes will become extinct if temperatures rise even by one or two degrees Celsius.
Climate change increases the pressure on fish populations. Fishes are one of the world most valuable biological assets. Forty percent of people in the world eat fish as their main source of protein. If we fail to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we will increase the pressure on fish. As a result, people who depend on fish will suffer from hunger and poverty.
Fill in each gap with a suitable word and answer the questions no-3.
It is learnt from the passage (a) --- global warming is posing a great (b) --- to fish population. Fish population is not (c) --- from the danger of climate change. It is (d) --- that some species of fishes will be extinct due (e)---temperature rise in near future.
Read the following text carefully and answer the questions no. 4 and 5.
John Milton was one of the most famous poets in English literature. He was born on December 9, 1608 in London. At the age of 17, he went to Cambridge University for study and after seven years of study he took MA degree from that university. The next six years he spent at Horton in unprofessional study. In 1638 he started his foreign tour. In 1641 he married Mary Powell, a young girl of seventeen. But his wife died in 1652 leaving him with three daughters. So, he married a second time in 1656 but two years after his second wife also died. Of all his works 'Paradise Lost' is said to be his greatest. He finished composing this epic in 1663. But it was published four years later. By this time, he had lost his eyesight. At the age of 66, he died on November 8, 1674.
4. Complete the following table with information from the passage.
5. Write a summary of the above passage in your own words.
6. Match the parts of sentences given in columns ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ to write five complete sentences.
Answers: 3. (a) that, (b) threat/risk, (c) free/safe, (d) anticipated/ assumed/believed, (e) to.
4. (i) 1608, (ii) Cambridge University, (iii) Mary Powell, (iv) Paradise lost, (v) 1674.
5. John Milton was an English poet. He had much literary creativity. He was a man of letters in the true sense of the term. Of all his literary works, 'Paradise Lost' is considered the greatest. He finished writing this epic in 1663. But it was published in 1667. By this time he had lost his eyesight. This great poet breathed his last on November 8, 1674.
6. (a) Now digital Bangladesh is not merely an ambitious idea rather it is now a reality.
(b) Already it has made our life easier and more comfortable.
(c) Now, we perform many activities through the Internet, computer and mobile phone.
(d) At present trade and commerce are held using the internet even staying home.
(e) The process of digitization has paved the way to build up smart Bangladesh.
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