Vocab check

Planning a party or starting a new job can be just as stressful as being called to the principal's office.

• teacher

• headmaster

• assistant

• staff

A deadline, a poor test performance, or bothersome noises all may be thought of as stressors.

• annoying

• surprising

• continuous

• pleasant

Depending on how people appraise, or judge, circumstances, they may or may not consider them stressful.

• feel about

• judge

• adapt to

• care about

The circumstances that cause stress vary from one person to another.

• differ

• move

• start

• like

Circumstances that bring a threat or challenge to a person's sense of well-being produce stress.

(a)  

This gives policymakers an excuse for delaying action.

• put off

• continue

• postpone

• take place

They also predict great droughts and hurricanes, as a result of climate change.

• lũ lụt - hạn hán

• động đất - sóng thần

• hạn hán - bão

• Sạt lở - lốc xoáy

Humanity's contribution to the greenhouse effect comes from many basic activities.

(a)  

The use of CFCs has been banned in the USA.

• allow

• prohibit

• forbid

• permit

Doctors are finding a way to eliminate the sickness.

• get rid of

• enhance

• obtain

• get