"When did you start practising yoga?" asked Tom.

Read the following passage and choose the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

 COVID-19 has forced us into social distancing, isolation and quarantine. These conditions are likely fostering (1) _____ anxiety and loneliness in our cities. However, COVID-19 is an opportunity to build a new kind of contact on (2) _____ we know and learn from this situation. It's possible to promote social and emotional well-being. Integrating public and online spaces is one of the approaches for building better communities. Our new online communication skills can help us develop a better physical-digital interface for bringing people together. Video conferencing is flexible and can enable long-distance connection and “work from home” hubs. (3) _____, social media platforms, such as Facebook, Meetup, WhatsApp or art-based apps like Somebody, are (4) ______ for organising physical meetings too. These can help with community volunteering, socialising, or simply sharing guerrilla-garden herbs for local cooking. A better physical-digital interface could help new jobs flourish in "interactive" creative industries that virtually connect (5) ______ isolated individuals. New art spaces could be established, putting connective digital infrastructure, such as audio-visual platforms, within physical spaces to help face-to-face and virtual audiences interact.

(Adapted from https://theconversation.com/reconnecting-after-coronavirus)

Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

Choose the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

 Mike's inviting Sue to go dancing.

- Mike: "Shall we go dancing tonight?"

Mike and Susan are talking about changes in the modern society.

- Mike: "Our living standards have been improved greatly."