A 2019 IELTS lesson 🙂 A reading exercise for matching headings practice about the “Death of the High Street”. This is an easy lesson to help you develop confidence. There are two exercises in this lesson.
- Exercise 1 = Matching Headings
- Exercise 2 = Synonyms (Vocabulary practice)
Death of the High Street: Reading for IELTS
Exercise 1: Matching Headings
Questions 1-5. Match the heading with the relevant paragraph below. Write a letter for each answer.
- Â Changing Tastes
- Â Rising Overheads
- Squeezed Incomes
- Too Much Debt
- E-commerce
A) A big factor has been a fall in discretionary spending, spurred by rising shop prices and weak wage growth. A near 15% fall in the pound since the Brexit vote has pushed inflation over 3% – way above the Bank of England’s 2% target. This has made imported goods more expensive, with those costs passed on to consumers. Couple that with the fact that wages have been rising at a slower pace than inflation – and shoppers have less disposable income to spend in stores and restaurants.
B) Online giants such as Amazon have had a huge impact on the high street as more consumers see online shopping as cheaper and easier than going to the shops. And while overall retail sales growth is weak, online sales continue to shoot up. If shops fail to do either “value, convenience, or experience” well, they will struggle, Mr Martin says.
C) Toy store “Toys R Us” fell short in all three areas, according to Simon Thomas of Moorfields Advisory, the toy chain’s administrators. He says it was “unlikely” the retailer can be saved because its business model “isn’t what consumers really want now”. “We’ve got very large stores which are fairly impersonal. People are looking now to have a better shopping experience, and we were unable to deliver that.”
D) Inflation is not the only cost pressure retailers face. The National Minimum Wage and new National Living Wage for over-25s go up each year, pushing up payroll costs. “Business rates are deterring investment in local communities, causing shop closures and job losses in hard-pressed communities and preventing retailers from delivering what their customers want in an efficient and cost-effective way.”
E) As a consequence of over expansion, many retailers are shouldering “high debt burdens”, says KPMG’s Mr Martin. Just before its collapse, Toys R Us UK faced a looming VAT debt payment deadline of £15m. It would have been unable to pay it without a cash injection from an outside investor.
Source: Passage from BBC News Photo sourced online.
Exercise 2: Synonyms Practice
Questions 6-12. Find the following synonyms in the passage above. The answers will come in order in the passage. No more than two words for each answer. This question type does not come in the test. I have created it to give you essential practice with synonyms.
- 6. triggered
- 7. combine
- 8. expendable
- 9. soar
- 10. discouraging
- 11. imminent
- 12. boost
Answers
Click below for Answers:
AnswersPlease remember that in the real IELTS test, if you are asked to write a letter, you must write the letter and not the word. Always following instructions very carefully.
- A = 3
- B = 5
- C = 1
- D = 2
- E = 4
- triggered = spurred
- combine = couple that
- expendable = disposable
- soar = shoot up
- discouraging = deterring
- imminent = looming
- boost = injection
.
Hope you find the lesson useful 🙂
All the best
Liz
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Observation: (in section 2)
– The answers come in chronological order and apparently distributed in d 5 passages
Question: (section 1)
– Please, I used to think that the “headings” most times can easily be gotten from the first sentence in a paragraph, however, that wasn’t the case here, please can you explain more on better and faster methods, since reading is all about being fast.
Thank you!
Whoever told you that you only need to read the first lines of a paragraph to choose a heading has lied to you. That is 100% false. You need to understand the whole aim of the paragraph which might not reveal itself until the last sentence. You need full understanding for matching headings. The above reading was not difficult for matching headings. Have you done real IELTS tests? Did you buy the Cambridge IELTS test books to practice from? I suggest you do that very soon.
1.C
2.D
3.A
4.E
5.B
6.SPURRED
7.COUPLE
8.CHEAPER
9.PUSHING UP
10.PREVENTING
11.CONSEQUENCE
12.LOOMING
Thanks for your endless and encouraging tips and efforts.
I got my required bands.
L. 8.0
R. 7.5
W. 7.0
S. 7.5
………..
OVERALL. 7.5
Very well done 🙂 Great score 🙂
Awesome lesson n challengeable for my students.,.. I love it☺
I’m really pleased you found it useful 🙂
1.C
2.E
3.D
4.A
5.B
spurred
couple with
disposable
shoot up
detering
looming in
huge impact
1 C
2 A
3 D
4 B
5 E
1.C
2.D
3.A
4. E
5. B
6. SPURRED, 7. COUPLE 8. DISPOSAL, 9. IMPERSONAL 10. DETERRING 11. EFFICIENT
12. SHOOT UP
1.C
2.D
3.A
4.E
5.B
6.spurred
7.couple
8.disposable
9.shoot up
10.detering
11.Looming
12.cash injection
1-C
2-D
3-A
4-E
5-B
Triggered-spurred
Combine-couple
Expendable- disposable
Soar-shoot up
Discouraging-deterring
Imminent-looming
Boost-injection
3
5
1
2
4
Spurred
Couple
Disposable
Shoot up/more expensive
Deterring
Looming
Injection/shoot up
1. C
2.A
3.D
4 E
5 B
6 spurred
7 couple
8 disposable
9 shoo up
10 deterring
11 looming VAT
12 cash injection
A-2,B-5,C-1,D-3,E-4
6- spurrred, 7- couple that , 8- disposable. 9-shoot up , 10-detering 11-looming 12-cash
injection
1 C
2 A
3 D
4 E
5 B
6 Spurred
7 Couple
8 Disposable
9 Rise/ shoot up
10 Deterring
11 Deadline
12 Injection /Push up
A=3
B=5
C=1
D=2
E=4
SPURRED
COUPLE
DISPOSIBLE
SHOOT UP
DETERING
LOOMING
INJECTION
1_A
2_D
3c
4_E
5B
6_spurred
7_couple
8_dispensable
9_shoot up
10_deterring
11_looming
12cash injection
1 c
2 a
3 d
4 e
5 b
Queendalyn says
1 C
2 A
3 D
4 E
5 B
6 spurred by
7 couple
8
9 shoot up
10 deterring
11
12 injection
A _ 3
B _5
C_1
D_ 2
E_ 4
6. SPURRED
7. COUPLE
8. DISPOSABLE
9. SHOOT UP
10. DETERRING
11. LOOMING
12. INJECTION
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. E
5. B
1.C
2A
3D
4E
5B
6 spurred
7coupled
A- squeezed incomes
B- e-commerce
C-changing tastes
D- Rising Overheads
E- Too much debt
6-spurred
7-couple
8-disposable
9- shoot up
10-deterring
11-looming
12-injection
1.C
2.D
3.A
4.E
5.B
6.spurred
7.
8.huge impact
9.fairly impersonal
10.deterring
11.
12.injection
1=C
2=A
3=D
4=E
5=B
6=SPURRED
7=COUPLE
8=DISPOSABLE
9=SHOOT UP
10=DETERRING
11=LOOMING
12=INJECTION
Nazret says;
1=C
2=D
3=A
4=E
5=B
6 SPURRED
7 COUPLE
8 EXPENDABLE
9 RISING
10 DETERRING
11 LOOMING
12 SHOOTUP
1C
2D
3A
4E
5B
Triggered=Cause
Combine=mix together
Expandable=Adjustment
Soar=Significant increase
Discouraged=not interested
Imminent =
Boost=Enhance
B 5
A 3
C 1
D 2
E 4
6 spurred
7 couple
8 discretionary spending
9 rising
10 Detering
11 soon
12 shoot up
1C
2D
3A
4E
5B
Triggered – Spurred
Combine – Couple
Expendable – Less disposable
Soar – Shoot up
Discouraging – Deterring
Imminent – Causing
Boost – Injection
A. 3
B. 5
C. 1
D. 2
E. 4
___
6. Spurred, 7. Couple that. 8. Disposable. 9. Shoot up 10. Looming. 11. injection
1) C
2) D
3) A
4) E
5) B
6) triggered = spurred
7) combine = couple
8) expendable = disposible
9) soar = shoot up
10) discouring = deterring
11) imminent = just before
12) boost = loom
1-3.
2-5
3-1
4-2
5-4
6 initiate something
7mixed together
8disposable
9mount upward
10 disheartened
11immediate
12lift
hey can you explain how you did this?
I mean aren’t we supossed to be taking synonyms from the above passage but,i can’t find the words like you answered???
Could you help?
You are right. Check the passage for the synonym
1.C
2 D
3.A
4.E
5.B
6.Spurred
7.couple
8.disposable
9.shoot up
10.deterring
11.looming
12.injection
A.2 B. 5 C. 1 D.3 E. 4
6.Triggered =Spurred
7.Combine =Couple
8.Expendable=Expensive
9.Soar=Rising
10.Discouraging=Deterring
11.Iminent=Looming
12.Boost= Shoot up
A.2 B.5 C.1 D.3.E.4
6 .Spurred
7.Couple
8.Expensive
9.Rising
10.Deterring
11.Looming
12.Shoot up
3,5,1,2,4
Set off, put together/assemble, short life, go up, deterred, will occur, increase.
A 2
B 5
C 1
D 3
E 4
6 Discretionary
7 Couple
8 impersonal
9 shoot up
10 unlikely
11 looming
12 pushing
I
1-C
2-D
3-A
4-E
5-B
II
SPURRED, COUPLE, DISPOSABLE, SOOT UP, PUSH UP, LOOMING, AND INJECTION
1.B
2.E
3.A
4.C
5.D
6.SPURRED
7.COUPLE
8.LESS DISPOSABLE
9.SHOOT UP
10.DETERRING
11.JUST BEFORE
12.CASH INJECTION
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. E
5. B
6. Spurred
7. Couple that
8. Disposable
9. Shoot up
10. Deterring
11. Looming
12. Injection
a. 4
B.5
c.1
d2
e 4.
6. SPURRED
7. COUPLE
8. DISPOSABLE
9. SHOOT
10. DETERRING
11. LOOMING
12. INJECTION
C A D E B
PUSHED
COUPLE
DISPOSABLE
ULIKELY
DETERRING
PREVENTING
INJECTION
1-3
2-5
3-1
4-2
5-4
1.c
2.a
3.d
4.e
5.b
6.Spurred
7.couple
8.disposable
9.shoot up
10.deterring
11.looming
12.pushing up
1=C
2=A
3=D
4=E
5=B
6= Spurred
7= Couple
8= Expensive
9= Inflation/Pushing Up
10= Deterring
11= Closures
12= Efficient
C
A
D
E
B
spurred
couple
disposable
shoot up
deterring
closure
looming
A -2
B -5
C -1
D -3
E -4
6. SPURRED
7. COUPLE
8. DISPOSABLE
9. DETERRING
10. JUST BEFORE
11. INJECTION
, 1: C
2: D
3: A
4: E
5: B
6: cause
7: merge
8: replaceable
9: rise rapidly
10:depressing
11 at hand
12: improve
2
5
1
3
4
6. SPURRED
7.COUPLE
8. DISPOSABLE
9. SHOOT UP
10. DETERRING
11. JUST BEFORE
12. INJECTION
A 3
B 5
C 1
D 2
E 4
6 spurred
7 couple
8 disposable
9. Pushing up
10 Deterring
11 Looming
12 shoot up
My answers
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. E
5. B
1-c
2-d
3-a
4-e
5-b
6- spurred
7- couple
8-disposable
9-shoot up
10-fell short
11- looking now
12-pushing up
1.C
2.A
3.D
4.E
5.B
6.spurred
7.couple
8.larged
9.go up
10.pushing up
11.hard pressed
12.injection
1.C
2.A
3.D
4.E
5.B
6.spurred
7.couple.
8.disposable income
9.shoot up
10.fell short.
11.unlikely
12.injection.
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. E
5. B
6. SPURRED
7. COUPLE
8. DISPOSABLE
9. SHOOT
10. DETERRING
11. LOOMING
12. INJECTION
1C
2D
3A
4E
5B
6 spurred
7 couple
8 disposable
9 shoot up
10 detering
11 looming
12 injection
C
D
A
E
B
SPURRED
COUPLE
DISPOSABLE
SHOOT- UP
DETERRING
LOOMING
INJECTION
Abikem
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. E
5. B
6. spurred
7. Couple that
8. disposable
9. shoot up
10. deterring
11. efficient
12. cash injection
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. E
5.B
6. spurred
7.
8.
9. pushing up
10. deterring
11. looming
12. injection
1.C
2.D
3.A
4.E
5.B
6.spurred
7.couple
8.weak
9.shoot up
10.unlikely
11.closure
12.efficient
1.C
2.A
3.D
4.E
5.B
6.spurred
7.couple that
8.disposable
9.shoot-up
10.deterring
11.looming
12.injection
1 C
2 D
3 A
4 E
5B
6 Spurred
7 couple
8 unlikely
9 pushing up
10 Deterring
11 hard-pressed
12 Injection
Triggered: spurred
Combine: couple
Expendable: pass on
Soar: shoot up
Boost: injection
1.C
2.A
3.D
4.E
5.B
A3, B5, C1, D2, E4
Spurred, disposable, —, weak, deterring, efficient, shouldering
A. 3
B. 5
C. 1
D. 2
E. 4
Activate
Combination
Arise
Demoralise
Approaching
Accelerate
Expendable-
1 C
2 A
3 D
4 E
5 B
6 SPURRED
7 COUPLE
8 LESS DISPOSABLE
9 SHOOT UP
10 DETERRING
11
12 LOOMING
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. E
5. B
6. Spurred
7. Couple
8. Disposable
9. Shoot up
10. Deterring
11. Looming
12. Injection
Sharmila says:
1:c
2:a
3:d
4:5:b
A-2
B-5
C-1
D-3
E-4
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. E
5. B
6. Spurred
7. Couple
8. Disposable
9. Shoot up
10. Deterring
11. Looming
12. Pushing up
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. E
5. B
6. Spurred
7. Couple with
8. Disposable
9. Shoot up
10. Dettering
11. Looming
12. Injection
Exercise 1
1-c
2-d
3-a
4-e
5-b
Exercise 2
6- spurred
7-couple
8-disposable
9-shoot up
10-discouraging
11-a looming
12- boost.
1 C.
2.D.
3.A.
4 E.
5 B.
1. SPURRED.
2. COUPLE
3. GROWTH.
4. WEAK.
5. DETERRING
6. LOOMING.
7. INJECTION.
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. E
5. B
6. Spurred
7. Couple
8. Disposable
9. Shoot up
10. Deterring
11. Just before
12. Boost
1-5:
2-5-1-3-4
6- Spurred
7-Couple with
8- Disposable
9- Shoot up
10- Deterring
11- Shouldering
12-Looming
1. 3
2. 5
3. 1
4. 2
5. 4
6. Spurred
7. Couple
8. Disposable
9. Shoot up
10. Deterring
11. Just before
12. Boost
A-3
B-5
C-1
D-2
E-4
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. E
5. B
Same
1. C
2.A
3.D
4. E
5. B
6. Spurred
7. Couple that
8. Shoot up
9. Pushing up
10. Dettering
11. Consequences
12. Cash injection
1.C
2.A
3.D
4.E
5.B
6. Spurred
7. Couple
8. Disposable
9. Shoot up
10.deterring
11. Hard -pressed
12. Expansion
Answers to your above practice test
1) c
2) a
3) d
4) e
5) b
6) Discretionary
7) Spurred
8) Disposable
9) Shoot up
10) Deterring
11) Looming
12) Cash injection
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. E
5. B
6 Spurred
7 Couple that
8 Disposable
9 Pushing Up
10 Deterring
11 Looming
12 Cash Injection
1-C
2-D
3-A
4-E
5-B
6-pushed
7-couple
8-large
9-impersonal
10-deterring
11-faced
12-looming
Answers to your above practice test
1) c
2) a
3) d
4) e
5) b
6) Discretionary
7) Spurred
8) Disposable
9) Shoot up
10) Deterring
11) Looming
12) Cash Injection
Matching Headings Answers
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. E
5. B
I want answer.
As written on the page above, the answers are posted tomorrow.
a)3
b)5
C)1
d)2
e)4
1. C
2. A
3. E
4. D
5. B
6. spurred
7. couple
8. disposable
9. shoot up
10. unlikely
11. just before
12. cash injection
A-2
B-5
C-1
D-3
E-4
6- Spuured.
7. Combine.
8. Disposable.
9. shoot up.
10. Deterring.
11. hard-pressed.
12. Are shouldering.
Great task here
1.C
2.D
3.A
4.E
5.B
1: C
2: A
3: D
4: E
5: B
6: spurred
7: couple that
8: disposable
9: shoot up
10: deterring
11:
12: boost
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. E
6. caused
7. mix
8. not useful
9. elevate
10. sad
11.
12. increase
Exercise 1:
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. E
5. B
Exercise 2:
6.Spurred
7. Couple
8. shoot up
Feeling very difficult to solve exercise 2
1- C
2- A
3- D
4- E
5- B
6-Spurred
7- Couple
8- Less disposable
9- Shoot up
10- Deterring /Preventing
11- Want now
12- Shoot up
1D
2C
3A
4E
5B
6 Rising
7 Couple
8 Inflation
9 More expensive
10 Deterring
11Consequence
12 Shouldering
A-2,B-1,C-5,D-3,E-4
Exercise 1
1.C
2.D
3.A
4.E
5.B
Excercise 2
6)spurred
7)couple
8)disposable
9)shoot up
10)deterring
11)deadline
12)cash injection
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. E
5. D
6. SPURRED
7. COUPLE
8. EXPENDABLE
9. SHOOT UP
10. DETERRING
11. LOOMING
12. INJECTION
Exercise 1
Answrs: 1. C 2. A 3. D 4. E 5. B
Exercise 2
Answrs 6. spurred 7. Couple that 8. Disposable 9. Shoot up 10. Deterring 11. Looming 12. injection.
Hope am right anyways
1- C
2 – D
3 – A
4 – E
5 – B
6 – SPURRED
7 – COUPLE WITH
8 – DISPOSABLE
9 – HUGE
10 – WEAK
11 – EASIER
12 – SHOOT UP
1-C
2-A
3-D
4-E
5-B
6-Activated/Caused
7-Put together
8-Spent
9-Rising rapidly
10-Happening soon
11-Enhance
1c
2a
3b
4e
5d
Hello, Liz
1 – C
2 – D
3 – A
4 – E
5 – B
6 – triggered – spurred
7 – combine – couple
8 – expendable – spend
9 – soar – growth
10 – discouraging – deterring
11 – imminent – looming
12 – boost – expansion
Hi Liz,
Please find the answers for Matching headings
1) C
2) A
3) D
4) E
5) B
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. E
5. B
6. Spurred
7. Couple
8. Weak
9. Shoot up
10. Discouraging
11. Looming
12. Boost
Matching headings
1 c
2 A
3 E
4 D
5 B
Synonym
Triggered, pushed
Combine, spurred by
Expendable, expensive
Soar, shoot up
Discouraging, deterring
Imminent, looming
Boost, huge
A-3
B-5
C-1
D-2
E-4
1-a
2-b
3- c
4-d
5-e
6- spurred
7- way above
8- disposable
9- shoot
10- deterring
11- looming
12- boost
1)C
2)D
3)A
4)E
5)B
1. C
2.D
3.A
4E
5B
6.spurred
7couple
8disposable
9.short up
10.deterring
11 efficient
12.cash injection
A 2
B 5
C 1
D 3
E 4
Spurred
Couple that
To spend
Shoot up
Deterring
Looming
Cash injection
NICE SHARING AS ALWAYS!. The Following are my answers
1. C
2. E
3. A
4. D
5. B
6. Triggered- Spurred
7. Combine- Couple
8. Expendable- Disposable
9. Soar- Huge
10. Discouraging- Deterring
11. Imminent- Hard-Pressed
12. Boost- Expansion.
THANK YOU!
1.C
2.A
3.D
4.E
5.B
6.pushed inflation
7.couple
8.disposable
9.shootup
10.preventing
11.go up
12.high
1,C. 2,A 3,D . 4E. 5,B. 6,HAS PUSHED 7,COUPLE 8,DISPOSABLE 9,WEAK 10, DETERRING 11,EFFICIENT 12, INJECTION
1.1
B.5
C. 3
D.2
E.4
6.Spurred
7.Coupled
8.huge
9.shoot up
10.deterring
11.looming
12.injection
Blah blah blah
1c
2a
3d
4e
5b
6spurred by
7cuople that
8dispossable income
9shoot up
10 deterrring
11looming
12cash injection
A 2
B 5
C 1
D 3
E 4
1-B
2-A
3-D
4-E
5-C
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. E
5. B
6. Spurred
7. Couple
8. Spend
9. Shoot up
10. Deterring
11. Looming
12. Injection
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. E
5. B
6. Spurred
7. Couple with
8. Disposable
9. Shoot up
10. Fell short
11. Unlikely
12. Pushing up
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. E
5. B
6. Spurred
7. Couple with
8. Disposable
9. Shoot up
10. Fell short
11. Unlikely
12. Pushing up
Hello Liz, You are a wonderful person.
1-C
2-E
3-A
4-D
5-B
Thanks 🙂
1.C
2.D
3.A
4.E
5.B
6. spurred by
7. couple that
8.disposable
9.shoot up
10.deterring
11.looming
12.boost
1 – C
2 – D
3 – A
4 – E
5 – B
6 – Spurred
7 – Couple
8 – Shoot up
9 – Struggle
10- Impersonal
11-
12 – Pushing up
Hi Liz,
I am new with your work. Thank you very much first all. I would like to learn if there is a chance to print out this text.
thanks
pinar
You can go to the BCC news link that is below the passage and print the full article from them.
Let me give it a try.
1- C
2- D
3- A
4- E
5-B
6 Spurred
7 Couple that
8 Disposable
9 Pushing up
10 Deterring
11 Looming
12 Cash injection
Answer:
1. Squeezed Incomes
2. E-commerce
3. Changing Tastes
4. Rising Overhead
5. Too Much Debt
6. squrred by
7. passed on
8. disposable
9. shoot up
10. struggle
11. looming
12. pushing up
A- 3
B- 5
C-1
D-2
E-4
C
A
D
E
B
A:3
B:5
C: 1
D:2
E:4
1. Changing Taste C
2. Rising Overheads D
3. Squeezed Incomes A
4. Too much Debt E
5. E-Commerce B
6. Triggered =Spurred
7. Combine = Couple
8. Expendable = Disposable
9. Soar = Shoot up
10. Discouraging = Deterring
11. Imminent = Looming
12. Boost = Injection
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. E
5. B
6. SPURRED
7. COUPLE
8. HUGE
9. SHOOT UP
10. DETERRING
11. SHOULDERING
12. INJECTION
A – 2
B – 5
C – 1
D- 3
E – 4
6. SPURRED
7. COUPLE
8. HUGE
9. SHOOT UP
10. DETERRING
11. SHOULDERING
12. INJECTION
Exercuse 1
1. E
2. D
3. A
4. E
5. C
Exercise 2
6. Spurred by
7. Couple
8. Disposable
9. Shoot up
10. Deterring
11. Looming
12. Injection
1C 2B 3D 4E 5A 6 SPURRED 7COUPLE 8 DISPOSABLE 9SHOOT UP 10DETERRING 11A LOOMING 12CASH INJECTION
A – 3
B – 5
C – 1
D – 2
E – 4
1C
2D
3A
4E
5B
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. E
5. B
6. SPURRED
7. COUPLE THAT
8. DISPOSABLE
9. SHOOT UP
10. DETERRING
11. LOOMING
12. INJECTION
Soar-rising
Shouldering-discouraging
Boost-pushing up
A-3
B-5
C-1
D-2
E-4
6-Spurred by
7-couple that
8-shoot up
9-
10-deterring
11-
12-cash injection
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. E
5. B
6. Spurred
7. Couple
8. Expansion
9. Rising
10. Deterring
11. Looming
12. Boost
1. C 2. A 3. D 4.E 5.B
A- Rising Overheads
B- E- Commerce
C- Changing Tastes
D- Squeezed Incomes
E- Too Much Debt
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. E
5. B
6. Spurred
7. Couple
8. Disposable
9. Deterring
10. Shoot up
11. Looming
12. Push up
Exercise 1 Matching headings
A. 2
B. 5
C.1
D.3
E. 4
Reading
A-3
B-5
C-1
D-2
E-4
A -2
B -5
C – 1
D – 3
E – 4