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GREENPEACE
Greenpeace is an independent organization that campaigns to protect the
environment. It has approximately 4.5 million members worldwide in 158 countries,
300.000 of these in the United Kingdom. (1) ______ in North America in 1971, it has
since opened offices round the world. As (2) ______ as its campaigning (3) ______, it
also has a charitable trust which (4) ______ scientific research and (5) ______
educational projects on environmental issues. Greenpeace (6) ______ in non-violent
direct action. Activists (7) _______ public attention to serious threats to the
environment. (8) ______ issues on which the organization is campaigning include the
atmosphere (globe warming), the (9) ______ of the rainforests and toxic (10)
______ being emitted from factories.
1. A. Built B. Produced C. Invented D. Formed
2. A. long B. well C. good D. far
3. A. work B. job C. occupation D. position
4. A. pays B. funds C. rewards D. earns
5. A. undertakes B. engages C. commits D. enters
6. A. accepts B. believes C. holds D. depends
7. A. get B. pay C. draw D. take
8. A. Current B. Recent C. Immediate D. Next
9. A. ruin B. extinction C. destruction D. downfall
10. A. leftovers B. litter C. rubbish D. waste
Answer Key
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D B A B A B C A C D
Can you imagine working on a writing project for seventeen years? J.K. Rowling
first (1) ______ up with the idea of Harry Potter in 1990 but it was not until 2007 that she
finally completed the last book in the series. In 1990, of course, she had no idea how
much Harry would take (2) ______ her life, or that she would end (3) ______ as a
mutimillionaire. But (4) ______ then, the books have been translated into over 60
languages and also been made into films, each of which has been a (5) ______ with

cinema audiences. It is not just J.K. Rowling's life which has been transformed. The same
can be said of Daniel Radcliffe, the teenage actor who (6) ______ Harry Potter. Although
he made his acting (7) ______ in 1999, it was in the role of Harry Potter that he found his
route to (8) ______. The final film is expected to come out in 2010. By then Daniel will
(9) ______ been acting in this role for ten years. And after seventeen years, has Rowling
now (10)______ out of ideas? It seems not. She is currently writing two new books, one
for adults and one for children, and is also planning to compile an encyclopaedia of the
Harry Potter world.
1. A. came B. went C. took D. brought
2. A. out B. up C. over D. off
3. A. in B. up C. down D. out
4. A. after B. until C. for D. since
5. A. blow B. knock C. hit D. smash
6. A. plays B. performs C. shows D. makes
7. A. debate B. debut C. debris D. debit
8. A. stardom B. stardust C. starburst D. starlight
9. A. has B. be C. have D. was
10. A. taken B. come C. gone D. run
Answer Key
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A C B D C A B A C D