E12 U2

Slums are urban areas that are ____ populated with substandard housing and very poor living conditions. 

Due to dumping of sewage from factories in water bodies, water pollution often results ____ of epidemics.

Drastic measures to boost housing development should be ____ to prevent properly market ____ becoming a boom.

Although the UK is an urban society, more and more people are choosing to ____ to the countryside.

They hope to ____ a cure for the disease. 

Although it was more than an hour late, the superstar finally showed up and ____ the attention of the audience,

Overpopulation in urban areas tends to create unfavorable conditions, which may result in ____ of food in developing countries,

Don't worry. We're in good time; there's ____ to hurry.

Liz is telling Andrew about her first novel. 

    Liz. "Guess what? My first novel has just been published.” – Andrew. “____”

The foreign investors want to take full ____ of the available facilities that our country offers them.