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CLOZE TESTS (20)
C1. We’ve just come back exhausted after a two-week holiday in France. We were
really exhausted. On the last day, we drove non-stop from Marseille to Calais –we
should have (1)_____our journey in Lyon or Paris. As if that wasn’t enough, the sea was so
rough in the English Channel that the (2)_____ took three hours instead of one and a
half. Next year, we plan to book a cheap (3) _____holiday to Italy. It sounds marvellous
— the cost of the flight, the hotel and all our meals are (4)_____
in the price. While
we’re in Rome, we’ll be going on a guided (5)_____ to Coliseum. The last time I was
(6)_____ Italy, I was in a business (7)_____. I couldn’t see many of the famous tourist
(8)_____on that occasion, but my wife was really interested (9)_____ Italy. We have work
hard these years to save money for the next trips in the (10)_____ years.

C2. According (1)_____computer models that were used to estimate the running speeds
of dinosaurs, the Tyrannosaurus Rex would have been able to outrun a footballer. The
study shows that the dinosaur could reach a top (2)_____of 8 metres a second, which is
(3)_____faster than the average professional footballer. There has been a lot of
controversy (4)_____whether the Tyrannosaurus Rex was a predator or a scavenger;
some believe that its highly developed sense of smell indicates that it was a scavenger,
(5)_____others say that its keen eyesight shows that it was a hunter. The (6)_____group
will appreciate the recent study, as a hunter is more (7)_____to require such speed. The
University of Manchester study used a powerful supercomputer to calculate the running
speeds of five meat-eating dinosaurs and used data taken (8)_____ from dinosaur fossils,
(9)_____than referring to previous work on (10)_____animals.

C3. In 1993, Greg Mortenson took a (1)_____to Pakistan to climb K2, the second tallest
mountain in the world. On his way down the mountain, he got lost. Food and water
were (2)_____, but Mr. Mortenson found a small village. The people there saw that he
was (3)______and helped him. While in the village, Mr. Mortenson watched the children
write in the dirt for their school lessons. The village did not have money to build a school
or (4)______a teacher. Before he left, Mr. Mortenson (5)______to return to the village and

help them build a school. Mr. Mortenson returned to the US and wrote to many
(6)______people. That idea did not work very well, but (7)______enough people heard
about Mr. Mortenson's plan and helped him. That was the beginning of the Central Asia
Institute, an organization that has (8)______in building or helping to build more than 130
schools in small villages in Pakistan and Afghanistan. With the help of (9)______David
Relin, Mr. Mortenson wrote the famous book Three Cups of Tea. Some people have
criticized him, however, Mr. Mortenson was given an (10)_____in 2009 by the
government of Pakistan for his work in that country.


C4. Beijing is the capital city of the People’s Federal Republic of China. “Beijing” comes
from the Chinese words “northern” and “capital” and follows a(n) (1) _____East Asian
tradition of naming capital cities literally. Other similarly named cities (2)_____Nanjing in
Southern China which means “southern capital”, and Tokyo in Japan, which means
“eastern capital”. Beijing is the political and cultural (3) _____of China and is worldfamous for its many historical attractions. Four million people visit Beijing each year to
see (4)_____such as the magnificent Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square and The Great
Wall of China. It is also one of the world’s great modem metropolises and is (5)______of
21st century vitality. Towering skyscrapers, huge shopping malls, and modem
commercial areas are just as much a (6)_____of modern-day Beijing. In 2001, Beijing
celebrated the news that it had been selected to (7)______the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Hundreds of thousands of flag-waving Chinese poured into Beijing’s streets, singing and
cheering. Fireworks (8) _____up the sky as the city rejoiced. The morning after the (9)
______, the titles of all Beijing’s newspapers were printed in red — a special colour in
Chinese (10)______that is reserved for good and important news.

C5. Most people think that the capital of the (1)_____world is Hollywood, in the (2)_____.
However, the real movie capital is Mumbai, in (3)_____. Mumbai used to be known as
Bombay, and the movie industry there is often called “Bollywood.” Bollywood makes
twice as many movies each year as Hollywood — more than 1,000 movies a year. The
(4)_____ from Bollywood are very different from those made by Hollywood studios. For

one thing, Bollywood movies are much (5)_____than most Hollywood movies. Most
Bollywood movies are more than three hours long, and contain singing, dancing,
action, adventure, mystery, and romance (but usually no kissing). Because Bollywood
movies contain so many different features, this (6)_____of movie is sometimes called a
“masala” movie — “masala” is an Indian word for a mixture of spices. Another big (7)
_____between Bollywood and Hollywood movies is the way the movies are made. It
takes much longer to make a movie in Hollywood than in Bollywood. (8)_____, filming
may begin on a Bollywood movie before the script is even finished. The director and
writers can make (9)_____the story while the movie is being made. Sometimes they will
even write the script by hand instead (10)_____taking time to type it. Bollywood actors
are very popular and some are in such high demand that they may work on several
movies at the same time.

C6. There is an old English (1)_____, “Laughter is the best medicine”. One person who
certainly would have agreed with this is Norman Cousins. Norman Cousins the editor of
a magazine called Saturday Review for almost forty years. He also wrote and (2)
_____about world peace and anti-nuclear and anti-war issues, traveling (3)_____many
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different countries to share his ideas. In the 1960s, after returning to the United States
from a busy and tiring trip to Europe, Mr. Cousins got sick. He discovered he had a rare
disease known as <i>ankylosing spondylitis</i> that caused the joints between his bones
to (4)_____ stiff. In less than a week after he got (5)_____, he could not stand. Every move
that he (6)_____was painful. He was not able to sleep at night. The doctors told Mr.
Cousins that they did not (7)_____how to cure his problem and he might never get over
the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give (8)_____hope. Mr. Cousins thought that
the illness could be caused (9)_____unhappy thoughts. He did not want to
(10)_____medicine to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter
might cure his illness.

C7. Human memory, formerly believed to be rather inefficient, (1)_____really much more
sophisticated than that of a computer. Researchers approaching the problem from a
variety of (2)_____of view have all concluded that there is a great deal more stored in
our minds than has been generally supposed. Dr. Wilder Penfield, a Canadian
neurosurgeon, proved that by stimulating (3)_____brains electrically, he could elicit the
total recall of complex events in his subjects’ lives. Even dreams and other minor events
supposedly forgotten (4)_____many years suddenly emerged in detail. The memory
trace is the term for (5)_____forms the internal representation of the specific information
about the event stored in the memory. Assumed to have been made by structural
changes in (6)____brain, the memory trace is not subject to direct observation but is
rather a theoretical construct that is used to speculate about how information
presented at a particular time can cause performance at a later time. Most theories
include the (7)____of the memory trace as a variable in the degree of learning,
retention, and retrieval possible for a memory. One theory is that the fantastic capacity
for storage in the brain is the result (8)____an almost unlimited combination of
interconnections between brain cells, stimulated by patterns of (9)_____. Repeated
references to the same information support recall. Or, to say that another way,
improved performance is the result of (10)_____the chemical bonds in the memory.

C8. Psychologists generally (1)_____memory into (2)_____least two types, short-term and
long-term memory, which combine (3)_____form working memory. Short-term memory
contains what we are actively (4)_____on at any particular time, but items are not
retained longer (5)_____twenty or thirty seconds without verbal rehearsal. We use shortterm (6)_____when we look up a telephone number and repeat it to ourselves until we
can place the call. On the other (7) _____, long-term memory can store facts, concepts,
and experiences after we stop thinking (8)_____them. All conscious (9)_____of
information, as in problem solving for example, involves both short-term and long-term
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memory. As we repeat, rehearse, and recycle information, the memory trace is
strengthened, allowing that information to move (10)_____ short-term memory to longterm memory.

C9. I have (1)____ to my hometown of Wilson Creek after an absence of 10 years. So
many things have changed around here. When I left Wilson Creek, there (2)____ a small
pond on the right as you left town. They have filled in this pond and they have built a
large shopping mall (3) ____ . A new post office has also been built just across from my
old school. There is a baseball (4) ____ on the outskirts of Wilson Creek which has been
changed (5) ____. They have now added a new stand where probably a few thousand
people could sit. It looks really great. The biggest changes have taken place (6) ____ the
downtown area. They have pedestrianised the centre and you can't drive there
anymore. A European-style fountain has been (7) ____ and (8) ____ benches have also
been added along with a grassy area and a new street cafe. My street looks just the
same as it always has but a public library has been built in the next street along. There
(9) ____ to be a great park there but they have cut down all the trees which is a pity. The
library now has a large green area in front (10) ____ it but it's not the same as when the
park was there.

C10. Philology (1)_____the traditional study of language, especially of written languages
in their cultural settings. Because philology (2)_____with the relationship of languages, it is
usually comparative; because these relationships evolve (3)_____time, it is typically
historical. Languages (4)_____ to change in the direction of greater diversity; one
language tends to be superseded by several: a (5)_____“dead” language preserves
evidence of the earlier forms from which “living” languages developed. The
descendants of Latin have diverged to the point that, though Italian is related
(6)_____English, they are now foreign to each other as is their common “parent” to both.
Also cultures change the meaning and use of many words. In English, piano is a
keyboard (7)_____; in Italian piano not only names the instrument, it also means “soft” as
opposed to “loud”. The original name for the instrument was pianoforte (soft-loud),
because it was more (8) _____of varying sound volume than instruments like the

harpsichord that came before it. The special meaning of the Italian phrase results from
its (9)_____context and the distinctive feature of the instrument it names. But in English
and other languages, we abbreviate it to piano. The English word still (10)_____the same
instrument but the abbreviation discards “and loud" from the original Italian phrase and
hence becomes a name and not a description.

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C11. Edward Patrick Eagan was (1)_____April 26, 1897, in Denver, Colorado, and his
father died in a railroad accident when Eagan was only a year old. He and his four
brothers (2)_____raised by his mother, who earned a small income from teaching foreign
languages. Inspired (3)_____Frank Merriwell, the hero of a series of popular novels for
boys, Eagan pursued an education for himself as well as an interest (4)_____boxing. He
(5)_____the University of Denver for a year before serving in the U.S. Army as an artillery
lieutenant during World War I. After the war, he entered Yale University and, while
studying there, won the U.S. national amateur heavyweight boxing title. He graduated
from Yale in 1921, attended Harvard Law School, and received a Rhodes scholarship to
the University of Oxford (6)_____he received his A.M. in 1928. While studying at Oxford,
Eagan became (7)_____first American to win the British amateur boxing championship.
Eagan won his first Olympic gold medal as a light heavyweight boxer (8)_____the 1920
Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium. Eagan also fought at the 1924 Olympics in Paris as
a heavyweight but failed to get a medal. Though he had (9)_____ the sport just three
weeks before the competition, he managed to win a second gold medal as a member
of the four-man bobsled team at the 1932 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Thus he
became the only athlete to (10)____gold medals at both the Summer and Winter
Olympics.

C12. Vitamins, taken in tiny doses, (1)_____a major group of organic compounds that
regulate the mechanisms by which the body converts food (2)_____energy. They should

not be confused (3)_____minerals, which are inorganic in their makeup. Although in
general the naming of vitamins followed the alphabetical order of their (4)_____, the
nomenclature of individual substances may appear to be somewhat random and
disorganized. Among the vitamins (5)_____today, five are produced in the body.
Because the body produces (6)_____quantities of some but not sill vitamins, they must
be supplemented in the daily diet. (7)_____each vitamin has its specific designation
and cannot be replaced by another compound, a lack of one vitamin can interfere
with the processing of (8)_____. When a lack of even one vitamin in a diet is continual, a
vitamin deficiency may (9)_____. The best way for an individual to ensure a necessary
supply of vitamins is to maintain a balanced diet that includes a variety of foods and
provides adequate quantities of all the compounds. Some people take vitamin
supplements, predominantly in the (10) _____of tablets.

C13. What has caused these major changes? One reason (1)_____economic necessity
may be that the husband has (2)_____his job and the wife must support the family. Or
even if the husband is working, some families say they can’t survive on only
(3)_____paycheck. But probably a (4)_____important influence has been the “women’s
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liberation movement”. Women are being told in (5)_____magazines and TV programs
that “You can be successful on your own. Don’t be satisfied with (6)_____being a wife
and mother. Use your intelligence and talents to do something bigger. And you should
be paid (7)____much as a man.” (8)_____doubt this movement has accomplished much
good. But it has also contributed to a selfish “me first” attitude that is breaking up many
families. Sometimes women (9)_____are happy staying at home feel that working
women look (10)____them. There are no easy answers to these problems. But certainly
women’s influence will continue to grow in business, education and politics.

C14. Leisure is generally seen as an (1)______ which takes place outside (2)_____ hours.

The peak leisure time for most people is between 6.00 pm and 12.00 am, although in
recent years there has been an increase in people working (3) ____hours and shifts,
together with more "flexitime". Leisure is often thought of purely as a (4)____ activity, i.e.
playing sport. Although many people use their (5)
time in this way, there are plenty
of other leisure opportunities that are more (6) ____in nature, such as of one's lifewatching television or sunbathing on a beach. It is important to realise that leisure can
embrace a whole range of experiences and activities, although personal choice may
be limited due to factors such as age or provision of local (7)_____. The leisure emphasis
will normally change at different (8)_____ cycle. Different types of leisure (9)______tend
to be popular with varying age groups. It's probably true, however, that some members
of the older (10)______are more capable of pursuing active pastimes than they are
sometimes given credit for.

C15. Our journey to Greece began at six in the morning, when my family and I set off
from the house in our old car. We'd only gone a mile when we got a (1) ____tyre, and
after we'd fixed that we had to hurry to the airport. We (2)____to reach the check-in just
before it closed, then went through to the departure lounge. Soon we were (3)_____the
plane, and looking forward to our week on an island in the sun. I had a window seat,
but since I was directly above the (4)____I couldn't see much, so I asked the flight
(5)____if I could move to another seat. She found me one nearer the front of the plane,
and later on I had a wonderful (6) ______ of the snow-covered mountains as we crossed
over the Austrian Alps. The weather became sunnier as we approached Greece, and
our plane arrived right on (7)____ at Athens' very smart new airport. Half an hour after
we landed, we (8)____the train for the centre of Athens, where we (9)_____trains for the
port of Piraeus. It wasn't long before we were on the waterfront. After a short wait we
were on board our ferry and sailing out to sea. It was a lovely trip, and when finally we
reached our destination, the holiday was a (10)___come true.
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C16. Right now, I am (1)_____at a shelf full of relics, a collection of has-beens, old-timers,
antiques, fossils. Right now, I am looking at a shelf full of books. If you have some spare
cash (the going rate is about $89) and (2)_____looking to enhance your reading
experience, then I highly suggest you consider (3)_____an e-reader. E-readers are
replacing the books of old, and I welcome them with open (4)_____. If you haven't
heard of an e-reader and (5)_____ know what it is, then please permit the following
explanation. An e-reader is a device (6)_____allows you to read e-books. An e-book is a
book-length publication in digital (7)_____, consisting of text, images, or both, and
produced on, published through, and readable on computers or other electronic
devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional (8)_____book, e-books can also
be born digital. The Oxford Dictionary of English defines the e-book as "an electronic
version of a printed book," but e-books can and do exist without any printed equivalent.
So now you know what an e-reader is. But you still may be wondering why they put
printed books to shame. E-readers are superior to printed books because they
(9)_____space, are (10)____friendly, and provide helpful reading tips and tools that
printed books do not.

C17. Many of us are trying to think of new (1)____to help the environment. Groups which
are involved in protecting the environment think they may have found a long-term
(2)_____. Most of the current ways of getting people involved in helping the environment
mean that people have to (3)_____a large organisation and they can sometimes feel
the problem is too large or (4)_____to manage. A new (5) _____is that groups are set up
locally to deal with small issues that affect just the community they (6) _____in. It is hoped
this will make people more (7) _____
of the importance of helping. Also, this plan
means that each community works together by contributing (8)_____the environment
and this makes for a strong community. If every community does this then organisers are
(9) _____the effect will be national. The government may even offer some (10) _____help
for projects set up by these local groups. The idea came from someone who thought
that reducing the size of what we do would actually be more productive. Also, it should

mean that helping becomes a pleasure rather than a chore.

C18. E-readers are superior (1)_____printed books because they save space. The
average e-reader can store thousands of digital books, (2)_____a veritable library at
your fingertips. Moreover, being the size and weight of a thin hardback, the e-reader
(3)_____is relatively petite. It is easy to hold and can fit in a pocketbook or briefcase
easily. The average novel is about 300 pages (4)_____. Therefore, if a novel is printed
1000 times, it will use 300,000 pieces of paper. That's a lot of paper! If there are about
80,000 pieces of paper in a tree, this means it (5)_____almost 4 trees to make these 1000
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books. We know that the average bestseller sells about 20,000 copies per week. That
means that it takes over 300 trees each month to sustain this rate. And for the super
(6)_____, these figures increase dramatically. For example, the Harry Potter book series
has sold over 450 million copies. That's about 2 million trees! Upon viewing these (7)_____,
it is not hard to grasp the (8)_____impact of printed books on the environment. Since ereaders use no trees, (9)_____represent a impact significant amount of preservation in
terms (10)_____the environment and its resources.

C19. The latest blockbuster to hit our cinemas is an adventure film which was made
(1)______location in Spain. The (2)______is quite simple; a teenager discovers
(3)_____secret papers which show that the President is in danger. Then she disappears!
We interviewed the actress who (4)_____the part of the teenager in the film, Juliet
Roberts. It (5)______things did not always go well during the production. First, Juliet nearly
missed being in the film. Apparently, a copy of the (6)______, which the producer had
sent her to read, got lost in the post. Then, in the middle of filming, part of the
background (7)_______fell on a member of the camera (8)_______. Luckily, the man was
not seriously hurt but they had to (9)_____ another cameraman to take his place at short
notice. Something even worse happened a few days later when the director slipped
and broke his leg. It (10)_____him quite a long time to recover from the shock and he

had to direct the final scenes of the film from his wheelchair.

C20. Mona (1)_____ like to ask people for help. But it is hard (2)_____her to perform daily
activities on her own. She is almost 13, yet she is no larger than a 5-year-old. Mona has
trouble (3)_____her balance and can’t walk very far. When she uses a wheelchair, she
can’t push it (4)_____. Fortunately, Mona has a wonderful service dog (5)_____Sam. A
service dog is a dog that has been trained to assist someone who has a physical
problem. Sam (6)_____Mona lean on him when she walks. He also pulls her wheelchair
and turns lights on and off. When Mona drops something, Sam picks it up. He
(7)_____pulls her socks off at night. Sam also helps Mona with everyday tasks at school.
He carries her books from class to class in a special backpack. He puts Mona’s
completed assignments in her teachers’ homework trays. In the lunchroom he throws
away her trash. (8)_____making Mona less dependent on other people, Sam helps her
lead a fuller life. Mona’s classmates flock around Sam like geese. This has helped her
(9)_____friends. Sam also helps Mona be more active. With his aid, she raised over $500
in a walk-a-thon for her local society. Because of Sam, Mona doesn’t have to ask
people for help. Sam brings her closer to other kids. And he even helps her (10)_____to
her community.
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READING COMPREHENSION (20)

C1. All spiders spin webs. That's because webs help spiders. Webs help spiders do three
things. Webs help spiders hold eggs. Webs help spiders hide. And webs help spiders
catch food. Webs help spiders hold eggs. Many spiders like to lay their eggs in their
webs. The webs help keep the eggs together. Webs help spiders keep their eggs safe.
Webs help spiders hide. Most spiders are dark. They are brown, grey, or black. But spider
webs are light. They are white and cloudy. When spiders hide in their webs, they are
harder to see. Webs help spiders catch food. Spider webs are sticky. When a bug flies

into the web, it gets stuck. It moves around. It tries to get out. But it can't. It is trapped!
Spiders can tell that the bug is trapped. That's because spiders feel the web move. And
the spider is hungry. The spider goes to get the bug. As you can see, webs help spiders
hold eggs. Webs help spiders hide. And webs help spiders catch food. Without webs,
spiders would not be able to live like they do. Spiders need their webs to survive.

C2. Most human beings are awake during the day and sleep all night. Owls live the
opposite way. Owls are nocturnal. This means that they sleep all day and stay awake at
night. Because owls are nocturnal, this means they must eat at night. But finding food in
the dark is difficult. To help them, they have special eyes and ears. Owls have very large
eyes. These eyes absorb more light than normal. Since there is little light during the night,
it is helpful to be able to absorb more of it. This helps owls find food in the dark. Owls also
have very good hearing. Even when owls are in the trees, they can hear small animals
moving in the grass below. This helps owls catch their prey even when it is very dark. Like
owls, mice are also nocturnal animals. Mice have an excellent sense of smell. This helps
them find food in the dark. Being nocturnal helps mice to hide from the many different
animals that want to eat them. Most of the birds, snakes, and lizards that like to eat mice
sleep at night—except, of course, owls! Some animals are nocturnal. This means they
are active at night. The owl and the mouse are good examples of nocturnal animals
that use their senses to find food in the dark.

C3. When we are young, we learn that tigers and sharks are dangerous animals. We
might be scared of them because they are big and powerful. As we get older;
however, we learn that sometimes the most dangerous animals are also the smallest
animals. In fact, the animal that kills the most people every year is one that you have
probably killed yourself many times: the mosquito. While it may seem that all mosquitoes
are biters, this is not actually the case. Male mosquitoes eat plant nectar. On the other
hand, female mosquitoes feed on animal blood. They need this blood to live and
produce eggs. When a female mosquito bites a human being, it transmits a small
amount of saliva into the blood. This saliva may or may not contain a deadly disease.

The result of the bite can be as minor as an itchy bump or as serious as death. Because


a mosquito can bite many people in the course of its life, it can carry diseases from one
person to another very easily. Two of the most deadly diseases carried by mosquitoes
are malaria and yellow fever. Mosquitoes have many natural enemies like bats, birds,
dragonflies, and certain kinds of fish. Bringing more of these animals into places where
mosquitoes live might help to cut down the amount of mosquitoes in that area. This is a
natural solution, but it does not always work very well. Mosquitoes can also be killed with
poisons or sprays. Even though these sprays kill mosquitoes, they may also harm other
plants or animals.

C4. Rainforests circle the globe for twenty degrees of latitude on both sides of the
equator. In that relatively narrow band of the planet, more than half of all the species of
plants and animals in the world make their home. Several hundred different varieties of
trees may grow in a single acre, and just one of those trees may be the habitat for more
than ten thousand kinds of spiders, ants, and other insects. More species of amphibians,
birds, insects, mammals, and reptiles live in rainforests than anywhere else on earth.
Unfortunately, half of the world’s rainforests have already been destroyed, and at the
current rate, another 25 percent will be lost by the year 2030. Scientists estimate that as
many as fifty million acres are destroyed annually. In other words, every sixty seconds,
one hundred acres of rainforest is being cleared. By the time you finish reading this
passage, two hundred acres will have been destroyed! When this happens, constant
rains erode the former forest floor, the thin layer of soil no longer supports plant life, and
the ecology of the region is altered forever. Thousands of species of plants and animals
are condemned to extinction and since we aren’t able to predict the ramifications of
this loss to a delicate global ecology, we don’t know what we may be doing to the
future of the human species as well.

C5. Should women find their happiness inside or outside the home? In the United States

people used to believe the saying, “A woman’s place is in the home.” But now both
women and society are changing. More than fifty percent of American women
continue their work even after they are married. What has brought about these
changes? What is happening to the American family today? Up until the 1950’s a
typical American woman got married in her early 20’s. In those days she quit her job
and became a mother. “A woman’s place is in the home” was a popular saying. Most
women felt that taking care of their home and family was their full-time job. But times
have changed. Women are getting married later these days and more have chosen to
stay single. Others get married but decide not to have any children. Today more than
fifty percent of all married women work full-time. Many others run businesses in their
homes. What has caused these major changes? One reason is economic necessity. It
may be that the husband has lost his job and the wife must support the family. Or even if
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the husband is working, some families say they can’t survive on only one paycheck. But
probably a more important influence has been the “women’s liberation movement.”
Women are being told in many magazines and TV programs: “You can be successful on
your own. Don’t be satisfied with just being a wife and mother. Use your intelligence and
talents to do something bigger. And you should be paid as much as a man.”
No doubt this movement has accomplished much good. But it has also contributed to a
selfish “me first” attitude that is breaking up many families. Sometimes women who are
happy staying at home feel that working women look down on them. There are no easy
answers to these problems. But certainly women’s influence will continue to grow in
business, education and politics.

C6. When John Mills was going to fly in an aeroplane for the first time, he was frightened.
He did not like the idea of being thousands of feet up in the air. “I also didn’t like the
fact that I wouldn’t be in control,” says John. “I’m a terrible passenger in the car. When
somebody else is driving, I tell them what to do. It drives everybody crazy”. However,

John couldn’t avoid flying any longer. It was the only way he could visit his
grandchildren in Canada. To get ready for the flight John did lots of reading about
aeroplanes. When he booked his seat, he was told that he would be flying on a Boeing
777, which is better known as a jumbo jet. “I needed to know as much as possible
before getting on that plane. I suppose it was a way of making myself feel better. The
Boeing 777 is the largest passenger aircraft in the world at the moment. Even though I
had discovered all this very interesting information about the jumbo, when I saw it for
the first time, just before I was going to travel to Canada, I still couldn’t believe that
something so enormous was going to get up in the air and fly. I was even more
impressed when I saw how big it was inside with hundreds of people!”. The biggest
surprise of all for John was the flight itself. “The take-off itself was much smoother than I
expected although I was still quite scared until we were in the air. In the end, I managed
to relax, enjoy the food and watch one of the movies and the view from the window
was spectacular. I even managed to sleep for a while! Of course,” continues John, “the
best reward of all was when I arrived in Canada and saw my son and his family,
particularly my beautiful grandchildren. Suddenly, I felt so silly about all the years when I
couldn’t even think of getting on a plane. I had let my fear of flying stop me from seeing
the people I love most in the world. I can visit my son and his family as often as I like
now!”

C7. With the onset of the winter season, man’s natural enemies, the common cold and
the flu, arrive with full force. It seems that the fluctuations in temperature and weather
are guarantees that coughs and sneezes will spread infecting germs among family and
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friends. More than 100 different types of bacteria can cause a cold, and doctors
sometimes use antibiotics to treat bacterial colds. However, there are an equal number
of viruses that can cause influenza, and modern science offers no drug capable of
curing viral infections. In most cases, the best advice is the usual prescription: get plenty

of rest, drink lot fluids, and be prepared to suffer for three to ten days. Some home cures
help to relieve the symptoms of colds and flus. Mother’s chicken soup, rich in fats and
oils, helps to revitalize a tired body and to soothe a sore throat. Garlic, containing the
active ingredient allicin, has long been used to fight off the effects of bacteria and
viruses. Hot toddies consisting of small amounts of liquor mixed with honey, sugar, and
lemon juice can relieve soreness and draw out cold germs. Finally, recent evidence
suggests that large doses of vitamin C not only boost the immune system before a cold
arrives, but also relieve cold symptoms after they have set in.

C8. Today’s cars are smaller, safer, cleaner, and more economical than their
predecessors, but the car of the future will be far more pollution-free than those on the
road today. Several new types of automobile engines have already been developed
that run on alternative sources of power, such as electricity, compressed natural gas,
methanol, steam, hydrogen, and propane. Electricity, however, is the only zero-emission
option presently available. Although electric vehicles will not be truly practical until a
powerful, compact battery or other dependable source of current is available,
transportation experts foresee a new assortment of electric vehicles entering everyday
life: shorter-range commuter electric cars, three-wheeled neighborhood cars, electric
delivery vans, bikes, and trolleys. As automakers work to develop practical electric
vehicles, urban planners and utility engineers are focusing on infrastructure systems to
support and make the best use of the new cars. Public charging facilities will need to be
as common as today’s gas stations. Public parking spots on the street or in commercial
lots will need to be equipped with devices that allow drivers to charge their batteries
while they shop, dine, or attend a concert. To encourage the use of electric vehicles,
the most convenient parking in transportation centers might be reserved for electric
cars. Planners foresee electric shuttle buses, trains, buses, and neighborhood vehicles all
meeting at transit centers that would have facilities for charging and renting.
Commuters will be able to rent a variety of electric cars to suit their needs: light trucks;
one-person three-wheelers; small cars; or electric, gasoline hybrid cars for longer trips,
which will no doubt take place on automated freeways capable of handling five times

the number of vehicles that can be carried by a freeway today.

C9. Being able to forecast the weather isn’t just to do with informing people about
whether or not they can go to the beach or have a picnic. When there are going to be
severe weather conditions, the ability to prepare for them can be a matter of life or
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death. A hurricane needs certain weather conditions to start forming: warm tropical
oceans with moisture and heat above them. The centre of the hurricane is very calm
and it is called the “eye”, but the most violent activity takes place in the area
immediately around the eye which is called the “eyewall”. When hurricanes move onto
the land from the sea, the heavy rain, strong winds and huge waves can cause
unbelievable damage to buildings and trees, and cars can be picked up and thrown
like matchboxes. The greatest danger, however, is in the rise in the sea level as it hits the
land. This is called the ‘storm surge’ and can be catastrophic. To measure how powerful
an approaching hurricane is, meteorologists use something called the Saffir-Simpson
Hurricane Scale. This means that a hurricane coming towards the land is given a
number from 1 to 5 depending on how fast its winds are. The calmest hurricane is given
the number 1 on the scale. As technology has developed and we can now forecast the
weather, it has meant that the advance warnings given have greatly reduced the
number of deaths caused by hurricanes. However, the damage to property, which
cannot be avoided, still costs billions of dollars to repair.

C10. To be successful, a business traveler must be able to maintain contact with the
office, no matter what the time or place. Negotiations often involve decisions based on
the latest figures. New telecommunications products and services now on the market
make staying in touch easier than ever before. The most widespread device is the
cellular telephone, the price of which has dropped from several thousand dollars to a
few hundred, including installation. There are over two million mobile cellular phones in

use today, including both car phones and cordless transportable units. Car phones
have proven indispensable for road emergencies as well as routine business
transactions. Phone service is also available on airplanes and on the rails. Recently
introduced pocket-size organizers help business travelers with heavy schedules keep
track of clients. These are tiny computers that can store all kinds of information. They
can serve as phone and address directories, calendars, electronic memo pads, and
calculators, among other uses. Another invaluable telecommunications tool is smaller,
lighter fax machines that plug into any standard electrical outlet and phone line. The
devices allow instantaneous transmission of hard copy to any location having a
compatible fax machine. It is expected that faxing will soon become the primary means
of sending and receiving short documents requiring prompt action.

C11. During the nineteenth century, women in the United States organized and
participated in a large number of reform movements, including movements to
reorganize the prison system, improve education, ban the sale of alcohol, grant rights to
people who were denied them, and, most importantly, free slaves. Some women saw
similarities in the social status of women and slaves. Women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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and Lucy Stone were not only feminists who fought for the rights of women but also
fervent abolitionists who fought to do away with slavery. These brave people were
social leaders who supported the rights of both women and blacks. They were fighting
against a belief that voting should be tied to land ownership, and because land was
owned by men, and in some cases by their widows, only those who held the greatest
stake in government, that is the male landowners, were considered worthy of the vote.
Women did not conform to the requirements. A number of male abolitionists, including
William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips, also supported the rights of women to speak
and to participate equally with men in antislavery activities. Probably more than any
other movement, abolitionism offered women a previously denied entry into politics.

They became involved primarily in order to better their living conditions and improve the
conditions of others. However, they gained the respect of those they convinced and
also earned the right to be considered equal citizens. When the civil war between the
North and the South ended in 1865, the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the
Constitution adopted in 1868 and 1870 granted citizenship and suffrage to blacks but
not to women. Discouraged but resolved, feminists worked tirelessly to influence more
and more women to demand the right to vote. In 1869, the Wyoming Territory had
yielded to demands by feminists, but the states on the East Coast resisted more
stubbornly than before. A women’s suffrage bill had been presented to every Congress
since 1878, but it continually failed to pass until 1920, when the Nineteenth Amendment
granted women the right to vote.

C12. The first settlers who came to America were not rich. The ships, food, tools and
weapons necessary for voyage to America and new life there were financed by
companies in England. One person’s voyage to the New World cost about ten pounds.
Settlers also needed help until they harvested crops. The total cost was probably more
than ten thousand dollars, in today’s dollars, for each settler. Settlers had to find out how
to repay this debt. Almost all the settlers became farmers and raised food and made
material for their clothes. They also produced raw materials which they could send back
to England. In the South, in such colonies as Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina,
tobacco was found most profitable. In South Carolina and Georgia, rice was the most
popular crop. Slaves worked in the tobacco and rice fields on large plantations. There
were also some independent farms which raised them. On farms from New York to
Pennsylvania, settlers produced large quantities of grain, beer, beef and pork, and they
exported them to England and the West Indies. They also exported large quantities of
furs, which they received in trade from Indians. Settlers in New England had a hard time
at the beginning. Raising crops in the stony soil was difficult, so they had to find other
means to make a profit. They depended on lumber and other natural resources. They
had to use the sea to make a living. They did ship-building, fishing and trading.
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C13. Thomas Alva Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without
him, the world might still be a dark place. However, the electric light was not his only
invention. He also invented the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and over
1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new. Thomas A. Edison
was bom in Milan, Ohio, on February 11, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan,
when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His
mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly selfeducated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age with
electrical and mechanical things at home. When he was 12 years old, he got his first job.
He became a newsboy on a train that ran between Port Huron and Detroit. He set up a
laboratory in a baggage car of the train so that he could continue his experiments in his
spare time. Unfortunately, his first work experience did not end well. Thomas was fired
when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the baggage car. Thomas then worked for
five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time on the
job conducting experiments. He got his first patent in 1868 for a vote recorder run by
electricity. However, the vote recorder was not a success. In 1870, he sold another
invention, a stock-ticker, for $40,000. Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and
hard of hearing in the ether, but thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It
kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He left numerous
inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world.

C14. Have you ever heard someone use the phrase “once in a blue moon?” People use
this expression to describe something that they do not do very often. For example,
someone might say that he tries to avoid eating sweets because they are unhealthy,
but will eat chocolate “once in a blue moon.” Or someone who does not usually like to
go to the beach might say “I visit the shore once in a blue moon.” While many people
use this phrase, not everyone knows the meaning behind it. The first thing to know is that
the moon itself is never actually blue. This is just an expression. The phrase “blue moon”
actually has to do with the shape of the moon, not the color. As the moon travels

around the earth, it appears to change shape. We associate certain names with certain
shapes of the moon. For example, when we can see a small part of the moon, it is
called a crescent moon. A crescent is a shape that looks like the tip of a fingernail.
When we cannot see the moon at all, it is called a new moon. When we can see the
entire moon, it is called a full moon. Usually, there is only one full moon every month.
Sometimes, however, there will be two full moons in one month. When this happens, the
second full moon is called a “blue moon.” Over the next 20 years, there will only be 15
blue moons. As you can see, a blue moon is a very rare event. This fact has led people

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to use the expression “once in a blue moon” to describe other very rare events in their
lives.

C15. Many people like to eat pizza, but not everyone knows how to make it. Making the
perfect pizza can be complicated, but there are lots of ways for you to make a more
basic version at home. When you make pizza, you must begin with the crust. The crust
can be hard to make. If you want to make the crust yourself, you will have to make
dough using flour, water, and yeast. You will have to knead the dough with your hands.
If you do not have enough time to do this, you can use a prepared crust that you buy
from the store. After you have chosen your crust, you must then add the sauce. Making
your own sauce from scratch can take a long time. You have to buy tomatoes, peel
them, and then cook them with spices. If this sounds like too much work, you can also
purchase jarred sauce from the store. Many jarred sauces taste almost as good as the
kind you make at home. Now that you have your crust and your sauce, you need to
add the cheese. Cheese comes from milk, which comes from cows. Do you have a cow
in your backyard? Do you know how to milk the cow? Do you know how to turn that
milk into cheese? If not, you might want to buy cheese from the grocery store instead of
making it yourself. When you have the crust, sauce, and cheese ready, you can add

other toppings. Some people like to put meat on their pizza, while other people like to
add vegetables. Some people even like to add pineapple! The best part of making a
pizza at home is that you can customize it by adding your own favorite ingredients.

C16. When you imagine the desert, you probably think of a very hot place covered with
sand. Although this is a good description for many deserts, Earth’s largest desert is
actually a very cold place covered with ice: Antarctica. In order for an area to be
considered a desert, it must receive very little rainfall. More specifically, it must receive
an average of less than ten inches of precipitation—which can be rain, sleet, hail, or
snow—on the ground every year. Antarctica, the coldest place on earth, has an
average temperature that usually falls below the freezing point. And because cold air
holds less moisture than warm air, the air in Antarctica does not hold much moisture at
all. This is evident in the low precipitation statistics recorded for Antarctica. For example,
the central part of Antarctica receives an average of less than 2 inches of snow every
year. The coastline of Antarctica receives a little bit more—between seven and eight
inches a year. Because Antarctica gets so little precipitation every year, it is considered
a desert.When precipitation falls in hot deserts, it quickly evaporates back into the
atmosphere. The air over Antarctica is too cold to hold water vapor, so there is very little
evaporation. Due to this low rate of evaporation, most of the snow that falls to the
ground remains there permanently, eventually building up into thick ice sheets. Any
snow that does not freeze into ice sheets becomes caught up in the strong winds that
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constantly blow over Antarctica. These snow-filled winds can make it look as if it is
snowing. Even though snowfall is very rare there, blizzards are actually very common on
Antarctica.

C17. A recent survey of crime statistics shows that we are all more likely to be burgled
now than 20 years ago and the police advise everyone to take a few simple

precautions to protect their homes. The first fact is that burglars and other intruders
prefer easy opportunities, like a house which is very obviously empty. This is much less of
a challenge than an occupied house, and one which is well-protected. A burglar will
wonder if it is worth the bother. There are some general tips on how to avoid your home
becoming another crime statistic. Avoid leaving signs that your house is empty. When
you have to go out, leave at least one light on as well as a radio or television, and do
not leave any curtains wide open. The sight of your latest music centre or computer is
enough to tempt any burglar. Never leave a spare key in a convenient hiding place.
The first place a burglar will look is under the doormat or in a flower pot and even
somewhere more ‘imaginative’ could soon be uncovered by the intruder. But if your
house is in a quiet, desolate area be aware that this will be a burglar’s dream, so deter
any potential criminal from approaching your house by fitting security lights to the
outside of your house. But what could happen if, in spite of the aforementioned
precautions, a burglar or intruder has decided to target your home. Windows, no matter
how small, are usually the first point of entry for many intruders. For extra security, fit
window locks to the inside of the window.

C18. Today, Mike and his mom are going to the library. Mike wants to find a book to
read. His mom wants to use a computer there. When they get to the library, Mike finds a
book about detectives. He also finds a book with chapters about a friendly ghost.
Finally, he finds a book about a man who lives in the woods without food or water. He
puts the books on the front desk and waits for his mom.
Mike's mom sits at one of the computers in the library. She checks her email and looks at
pictures of flowers on the internet. Then she reads a news article on a website. Mike's
mom leaves the computer and walks over to Mike, holding up something out for him.
Mike looks at her quizzically. It takes him a moment to recognize what she is holding. “I
got that movie for us to watch tonight," says Mike's mom. “Are you ready to leave?”.
"Sure," Mike says, now holding the movie out in front of him. He reads the cover while
walking back to the library entrance. He puts his books and the movie on the front desk
to check out. A librarian stands behind the counter holding an electronic scanner. "How

long can we keep them?" Mike asks her. "Three weeks," says the librarian. "Cool," says
Mike. Suddenly, Mike is surprised. His mother is checking out something else that is too
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big to put on the desk. It’s a picture of the ocean. "What is that for?" Mike asks. "To put
on our wall at home," says Mike's mom. "You can do that?" Mike asks. Mike's mom smiles
at the librarian. "Yes," she says, "but we have to return it in three months".

C19. Although Edgar Allan Poe is recognized as the originator of the mystery story genre
and as a master of the short story, literary critics and the general public have debated
the extent of both his genius and his madness since his death in 1849. Poe rose from
destitute beginnings as an orphan to a childhood of relative comfort when a wealthy
businessman took him in. As a young man, however, he descended through poverty
and mental illness to an early death at the age of forty. In his short career, he produced
dozens of poems, stories, and critical essays that reflect his brilliant creative intellect. At
twenty, Poe moved to Baltimore to live with his impoverished aunt and her daughter,
where he eventually married his fourteen-year-old cousin, Virginia. Poe was obviously
devoted to his young wife, and idealized images of her appear in many of his female
characters. It is difficult to suppose, however, that they had a close relationship, since
she was many years younger than he was and chronically ill with tuberculosis. Although
Poe wrote for various newspapers and magazines during this time, making great strides
in literary criticism and developing his short-story style, he achieved no monetary
success. His sensitive personality and a hereditary tendency to neurosis contributed to a
tragic mental decline; however, this only seems to have reinforced the brilliant imagery
and fascinating morbidity that he achieved in his tales. Many critics speculate that Poe
also suffered from alcoholism and opium addiction. The fantastical quality of his work
earned him a devoted posthumous following in France, but he was generally
disparaged by his American contemporaries.

C20. I’ve always been a bit of an entertainer and played the funny man. I was a parttime comedian for years, so I learned how to stand in front of audiences. It made me
sure of myself. I like being liked and I love making everyone smile. I’ve lived in London all
my life and have just moved to a larger house with my wife Clare and our two children,
Jimmy and Madeleine. We spend a lot of time just singing and dancing around the
house. I grew up with music because my dad is the pianist, Chester Harriott - who’s still
playing, by the way. My working day is divided between television and writing cook
books, though TV takes most of my time. I spend about five days a fortnight working on
the cooking programmes I appear in. I eat all sorts of things at home but I only buy
quality food. When I’m cooking, I experiment with whatever is in the fridge - it’s good
practice for my TV series. I’m a football fan and enjoy going to matches, but I’m a
home-loving person really. I don’t like going to the pub but we do go out to eat about
twice a month. There’s nothing better than a night at home playing with the children. I
rarely go to bed before midnight. Late evening is when fresh thoughts on cooking
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usually come to me, so I often write or plan my programmes then. When I eventually get
to bed, I have no trouble sleeping!

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MULTIPLE CHOICES (200)

1. He’s so____that he always expects other people to do the work.
2. If you want to swim in Hawaii in winter, you ____ go to the beach! There are some
swimming pools.
3. Fiona is very angry_____her boss’s decision to sack several members of!
4. You are under no obligation to help as assistance is purely_____.
5. I’m afraid you may ______ the truth somewhat unacceptable.

6. Can you help me___ the window?
7. How many cakes does she _____?
8. She’s very_____. She can be relied on to do her job properly.
9. You_____whisper. Nobody can hear us.
10. You shouldn’t touch the _____ in an art gallery.
11. You don’t have to come ____me if you don’t want to.
12. In my opinion, it’s only common______to wear a seat belt in a car.
13. How do you_____about the pollution problem in this country?
14. Mary and Jack ____at the desk.
15. I’m sorry that I screamed. Something _____ me.
16. Your dinner is at 7pm so you shouldn’t ___ late.
17. His building is ___ to my house.
18. My family’s picture is hanging ___ the wall.
19. Our boss is speaking. We must ___ to him.
20. Nobody died in the accident last week, but 20 people were______.
21. My mother is a nurse. Jane’s father is a nurse, too. They are ___ nurses.
22. “Diana, what is the weather like today?” Jane asked. Diana replied “It’s ___
today”.
23. Let’s __ to school.
24. Scientists_____a carefully controlled experiment on the mystery virus.


25. Tomorrow is my boss’ birthday. I ___ him a gift.
26. People are____to wear reflectors on their clothing when walking along a road in
the dark.
27. You’ve been talking about asking her out for weeks, what are you waiting____?
28. A lot of passengers who ___ in the car accident are still suffering from shock.
29. The doctor showed the patient ___ to do some exercises.
30. Where have you been yesterday? I couldn't _____ you.
31. Jack and Jean ____ to know why they should do it for her while she could do it by

herself.
32. Soldiers have been sent in to try to restore_____in the area.
33. Because I am very busy at the moment, I can only arrange a ___ time to answer
your letters.
34. They were wearing heavy overcoats to ___ themselves against the cold.
35. I’m not surprised he became an author. Even as a child he had a_____.
36. ____ the traffic was bad, I arrived on time.
37. His employee doesn’t want to explain the reason ___ his decision.
38. The tabloid newspapers, which are engaged in a_____war, are all trying to print
the most sensational stories to improve sales.
39. Why you are always jealous ____ other friends?
40. Scientists have invented a new method of pollutants from industrial wastes.
41. We lack ___ staff in our office at the moment. There are not enough people to do
the work that has to be done.
42. Nowadays, it ______cost a fortune to own a powerful computer.
43. ___ a doctor, I must advise you to give up drinking too much wine everyday.
44. I’m becoming increasingly _____. Last week I locked myself out of the house
twice.
45. She’s not very____. She’s never quite sure what she wants to do.
46. My car is very_____; it’s never broken down.

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47. Helen’s parents were very pleased when they read her school____.
48. Who_____was coming to see me this morning?
49. The castles are ___ to be over a thousand years old.
50. Do you believe ______ghosts?
51. ___ the food so that it won’t be over-cooked
52. The only means of_____to the station is through a dark subway.

53. May I borrow your pen, Jane? I seem to have______mine at home.
54. It is up to the police to ___ these robberies.
55. Some people like to have the windows open all the time; ___ don’t.
56. The roots of the old tree spread out ____ thirty meters in all directions and
damaged nearby buildings.
57. Last year, the music bad FTPG made a_____of several million crowns.
58. If you like skiing, there’s a ski ____under an hour’s driving from Madrid.
59. If you are “over the moon” about something, how do you feel?
60. The content of the book was ___ it was completely incomprehensible.
61. ____of what he said was very sensible.
62. Everyone is hoping and praying that_____peace will eventually come to the area.
63. Does this jacket ____ my trousers?
64. Continued high-blood pressure is dangerous ____ it can increase the risk of heart
disease and stroke.
65. They like to keep their old houses rather than building the new ones ____ it is very
hard and expensive to maintain them.
66. Before you begin the exam paper, always read the______carefully.
67. Unless you take a map with you, you ____ your way.
68. Even though I didn’t want my son to leave home, since he was twenty-one there
was nothing I could do to_____it.
69. Which of the following describes a country’s armed force that operates at sea.

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70. Mary lost one running shoe, but won the race despite this_____.
71. She noticed

______away from the house.

72. _____ they tried hard, the learners could not complete the project in time as they
were lacking in skills and knowledge.
73. She feels like giving up her job _____ the consequences she will face.
74. _____ you fail, you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you tried.
75. You’d better pack those glasses extremely carefully if you want them to
arrive_____.
76. She’s so prim and proper, you really have to watch _____ you say or shell walk out
of the room.
77. He hasn’t written to us _____ he left.
78. This book is divided into give parts and each of these _____ three sections.
79. You’ve all ____the point. The film itself is not racist - it simply tries to make us
question our own often racist attitudes.
80. The building of the new bridge will _____ as planned.
81. Some of these clothes are yours, and the rest of ____ belong to Zack.
82. Mexico changed from a country with a wheat ____ to one that was a wheat
exporter.
83. The old woman lived alone, with ______ to look after her.
84. He wasn’t very______tonight. In fact he hardly said anything.
85. She ____ her father, everyone says how alike they are!
86. When you arrive at the airport, the first thing you should do is go to____.
87. As _____ cuts it as well as he does, I always have my hair cut at Johnson's.
88. They decided to buy the house because its location would allow them to get to
work very _____.
89. I'm going to meet my friends, _____ Hoan Kiem lake tonight.
90. Paris is the _____ crowded city in the world.
91. I can’t eat this piece of meat; it’s too______.

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92. I am looking for a _____ job.
93. It all happened so quickly, one minute I was making chips and the next the whole
kitchen was _____fire.
94. I'm busy. Please visit me _____ time.
95. From my point of view, in this situation, you ‘d better say less and do _____.
96. He just turned away when I asked him. ______he meant.
97. He is a man of _____ words.
98. We have imported ____ computers this year than last year.
99. You should always make sure your luggage has _____ on it when you travel.
100. Last Christmas, the boss gave all his _____ a bonus.
101. Are you sure we are going in the right _____?
102. My new car is more _____ than the one I had before.
103. I ____ doubt whether he will actually carry out his threats.
104. She was very_____and told me quite simply that she didn’t like me.
105. We can win only if we remain united, and so we must support them the moment
they ____ on strike.
106. We
____at about seven o’clock this morning and we eventually arrived at
half past four.
107. We have to complete the film this month. No matter how cold it ____, all the
summer scences will have to be shot tomorrow.
108. Everybody ____ here except for Jill two hours ago.
109. During an exam, you _____ copy from the other students.
110. I have a secret to tell you, but I'll speak to you about it _____.
111. The room is ten metres ____ width.
112. The Boston police went on ____in 1919.
113. Louise was very patient ____me when I was ill and crabby.
114. My lover and my closest friend have just ______ engaged.

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115. Sachin felt drowsy ____ he had fever.
116. It may be raining, but I’m thoroughly enjoying_____.
117. Lizzie should ask Bryan to help her with her studies. He did the ____ course last
year.
118. If you act according to the instructions, __________ you should face no problems.
119. You _____ always knock on the door before entering. This is a private office.
120. Is there anything

_____you’d like me to do?

121. Elenar usually _____ clothes that don’t appeal to my taste.
122. When we saw the professor off at the station this afternoon, he _____ forward to
coming back on the first occasion.
123. Since she is not a very abitious person by nature, the competition at work _____
her much.
124. I’m sorry about all the_____things I said to you.
125. George has been in the publishing business since he ______ college.
126. That model on the TV is too skinny. She should eat _____, I think!
127. Deforestation ______ an alarming decrease in the amount of farming land.
128. The author ______ that it is necessary for every adolescent to establish his own
place in society.
129. He is ____by many people for the money he has helped raise for charity.
130. Drive fast ________ we will miss the train.
131. I will go home ________ he has not come.
132. I____hope there won’t be a repetition of these unfortunate events.
133. You always take things ___ granted.
134. I have known her _____ last year.
135. He returned to his home town ___ he spent the rest of his life.

136. If we behave badly in class, our teacher____stay late and do extra work.
137. After working in the hot sun, I wanted to drink ___.

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