Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word from the box. There are more words than needed. You may change the form of the words if necessary:

result	dump	creature	odour	dispose	waterborne
avert	microphone	toxic	fume	avoid	determine

Every year millions of people all over the world die unnecessarily as a result of pollution. These unfortunate and (a) —-deaths are brought about by four specific factors. Firstly, air pollution from factories, burning trash, and vehicle (b) —- cause pneumonia, bronchitis and other respiratory diseases. Then, water pollution from industrial discharge, the indiscriminate (c) —— of toxic chemicals, and the (d) ——- of human waste into rivers and canals causes poisoning and (e) ——- diseases such as cholera and diarrhoea. The next factor is the noise pollution from vehicle horns and (f)——-- that might cause aggression and damage hearing. And finally, (g) ——- pollution from dumped or untreated human waste causes serious discomfort to our sense of smell, and attracts disease-bearing (h) ——- such as rats and flies. We should take (i) —-- action to control these problems and clean up the environment to (j) ——- these unnecessary diseases.

Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word from the box. There are more words than

needed. Make any grammatical change if necessary:

(a) ————-blind people cannot (b) ———, their sense of (c) ————becomes far more (d) —————than that of most sighted people. This ability was put to use by a brilliant man (e) ———Louis Braille. In the early 19th century, he invented a (f) ————-of writing which (g) ————his name. The Braille system reproduces the letters of the alphabet by a series (h) ————-in certain positions which are raised on the paper. The blind person runs the (i) ————of his fingers across the pages of the Braille book and can work out the letters and numbers (j) ————-there.

Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more words than needed. (Make any grammatical change if necessary) :—

To encourage female education, the government has taken some (a) —— steps such as giving stipends to girl students, (b) —— more female teachers, etc. (c) —— girls cannot receive the full benefit of education mainly because of the following reasons. (d) —— misinterpretation and social structures (e) —— girls from going to schools. Even in urban schools, girls are not (f) —— by many parents to live in hostels for their daughters' (g) ——. Early marriage and childbirth make women (h) —— to home with no (i) —— of going back to school. Any expenditure for sending girls to school is considered a (j) —— by many parents whereas it is regarded as an investment in case of boys.

Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word from the box. There are more words than

needed. Make any grammatical change if necessary.

Hakaluki Haor has both economic and non-economic (a) —. It (b) — a wide range of (c) — to the local people. People (d) — here can produce fish and rice, rear (e) —, buffalo and duck. They can also (f) — reeds (g) — grass in the haor. This haor (h) — also provides (i) — place for the (j) — birds.

Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more words than needed. Make any grammatical change if necessary.

The computer is a fairly (a) —— invention. It has now become an (b) —— part of modern life. It has greatly benefited us and brought (c) —— revolutionary changes in our life. Any (d) —— that helps people perform mathematical calculation may be (e) —— a computer. In this sense, the (f) —— is a simple computer. Today, however, the term computer (g) —— to a special kind of electronic machine that can perform mathematical calculations and process (h) —— masses of information at a (i) —— speed. in a few minutes, a computer can perform calculation that (j) —— mathematicians would need years to complete.