SYNONYMS

For environmental safety, we need to find ways to reduce emission of fumes and smoke of factories.

• leak

• release

• poison

• pollutant

Nylon is a man-made fibre, the use of which has helped more people to have cheaper and more colourful clothes to wear.

• natural

• plastic

• synthetic

• artificial

The advances of commercial airplanes resulted in a shrinking world.

• decreasing

• reduced

• smaller

• compressing

Journalists can make mistakes, so don't believe everything you read in the press.

• publications

• news bulletins

• reference books

• newspapers and magazines

Face-to-face socializing is not as preferred as virtual socializing among the youth.

• Direct

• Facial

• Available

• Instant

The situation got out of hand when the festival organisers couldn't foresee that the mob would get angry because they were stopped from taking the offerings.

• hard to complete

• difficult to control

• impossible to find

• unlikely to happen

A number of practices at local festivals have come under strong scrutiny in recent years.

• approval

• attention

• disapproval

• examination

Local people believe that the festival is an opportunity to teach younger generations about patriotism and bravery.

• heroism

• justice

• loyalty

• truth

The government's plans to cut taxes really stimulated the economy.

• discouraged

• started

• weakened

• improved

The authorities made fun of the way the farmers used animal behavior to predict the weather.

• mocked

• teased

• joked

• faked