Unit 9

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Unit 9
9.1 Choose a word from the box to complete each sentence.
1. The results of the investigation SHINE a light on the pressure of the global economy on farmers in developing countries.
2. Until recently, scientists have REMAINED in the dark as to the causes of the disease, but a recent breakthrough promises to SHED new light on the problem.
3. Our whole notion of time and space has changed in the LIGHT of recent developments in physics.
4. These communities have lived for decades in the SHADOW of poverty and social deprivation.
5. The collapse of the bridge HIGHLIGHTS the need for a more rigorous analysis of the effects of constant traffic movements.
6. The team carried out a series of experiments in an attempt to ILLUMINATE the mysterious processes at work in the organism.
7. The article helps to ELUCIDATE for the ordinary reader some of the more difficult references in Shakespeare’s plays.
8. The professor found some GLARING errors in one student’s calculations.