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Active Skills For Reading - Book 2, Unit 5

Part II. Read each sentence and write the words that best complete it. The words may not be in the right order. As you write the words, focus on their spelling. Type a question mark in the blank and hit enter if you can't get the right answers after two attempts.

1. During the 1920s and 1930s, the of the film industry led to the of many farms around Hollywood.
        [growing        disappearance         growth]
2. Many people were to California's warm .
        [attracted        weather        wealthy]
3. Soon nightclubs, homes, and many businesses the farms.
        [glamorous        replaced        luxury]
4. The film continued to in the 1950s, and a large percentage of the population worked in the movie industry.

        [grow        industry        growing]

5. Although many movie have out of Hollywood, it's still a big attraction.
        [tourist        moved        stars]
6. A lot of commercial has up around the industry.
        [sprung        movie        development]

7. Many stars moved from Hollywood in the 1950s and in Beverly Hills, a very area.
;         [settled        upscale        away]
8. Many come to the Beverly Hills area to look at the mansions to former stars.
         [tourists        belonging        expensive]
9. At the Oscar , awards are given for the highest in all aspects of making.
        [achievement        ceremony        film]
10. as well as producers, script writers, and designers all receive for merit.
        [costume        awards        directors]
11. Many of Hollywood's biggest attend the Oscars. They in their gowns and expensive jewelry.
        [celebrities        glamorous        glitter]
12. In the year 2000, employees of a company dumped the Oscar statuettes they were supposed to deliver in a near the Koreatown of Los Angeles.
        [district        trucking        dumpster]
13. The citizen who 52 of the 55 Oscars them over to the police.
        [found        turned         responsible]
14. This man was to attend the ceremony. For his good deed, he received a 50,000 at the start of the Oscar ceremony.
        [reward        invited        award]
15. The two of the trucking company who had the Oscars across the country were .
        [employees        arrested        transported]