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1. It is…………….(1) then, that a great many people and a great many people
are involved in the……………….(2) of English. Millions of men and women in
four………….….(3) have English as their first……………….(4) and millions in
every part of the………..…..…(5) use it as their second as foreign language.
2. To protect……………....(1) many countries have passed………..…(2)
restricting hunting and fishing. Wild-life preserves, areas where animals
are………….……(3) within their natural environments are becoming
more…………....(4) in regions where animals’ life…………...…..(5) threatened.
3. Now I had two……….……..(1) theories and I told………….(2) to Nat
Gubbins and he said they were both wrong…………………(3) said that Mr.
Forester was correct in one detail: the……………….(4) really dated back to
horse back riding. It came being……………….…….(5) men on horseback and
a practice of running each other though with swords.
4. Vehicles also account for air………..……..(1) in the cities. Automobile
exhaust and some industrial processes………………..(2) carbon monoxide, an
odorless gas which can not be seen or……………………………(3) nitric oxide
is another tail-pipe emission………………….……..(4) is highly poisonous and
may sometimes change into even more………………….....(5) nitrogen dioxide.
5. While military………………(1) test lasers against satellites, surgeons use
them as miraculously……………..….(2) scalpels. The beams can…………..
…….(3) focused to spot one fiftieth the size………….………..(4) a human hair,
yet its intensity is enough to kill cancer or drill…….………..(5) the most
delicate bones.
6. Dreams of finding………………….(1) treasure almost came………..……..
(2) recently. A new machine called “revealer” has been buried in the ground.
The…………………….(3) was used in a cave near the sea shore where. It is
said-pirates used to………………(4) gold. Armed with the new machine,
a………………………..(5) party when into the cave hoping to find buries gold.
7. House guests…………..…………(1) bring gifts when they come to visit, and
they……………….(2) offer to help in some way. As a……………….(3), you
may want to ask your host or hostess if there’s anything you can do in the
kitchen. In many cases, the gesture is more……………………(4) than actually
helping. …………….. (5) may also want to take your friends out to dinner at
the end of your stay, but it’s not expected for you to do so.
8. Language is a……..………..…(1) of communication so each nation has
its…………….…(2) language. However some nations have the same
language. According to the speakers’ use of language. It is called the first,
second or…………….....(3) language. Among the languages used by most
people in the world………………….(4) English. This doesn’t mean that English
is spoken by greater number of speakers…………………….(5) any other
languages, for it is easily………………….……(6) by Chinese in this respect.
However it is…………………(7) most international of languages because it
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provides ready access to the world scholarship and world trade. That is
the……………………...(8) why millions of men and women try to master it.
9. Where, when and how languages began is still…………….…..(1) mystery.
Many people think that languages grew from human beings imitating animal
sounds and that………………………(2) learned to use these
sounds…………………..(3) communicate with……….………(4) other.
Probably the language of primitive people consisted…………………(5) as
system of sounds. However, we………………..(6) only trace the history of
languages to…………..…..(7) times when they…………………(8) first written
and by then they were well developed.
10. Work is a very…….…….……(1) part of life in the United States. Work is not
only important for economic benefits, the salary, but also for social and
psychological needs, the………………….(2) of doing something for the good
of the society. Americans spend most………..…..……(3) their lives working.
For most Americans, their work defines them. They are what they do. What
happens, then, when a person can no longer ………………………(4)
11. What is the best……………………(1) to prepare for a job in the year 2006?
This is the question many people are………….……(2) because they want to
be prepared for the work force……………..(3) the future. According to
experts who have ……………………(4) this issue carefully workers must be
prepared to change jobs six to eight times during the course…….…………(5)
careers. Workers will have to upgrade their skills constantly and retain for
new responsibility. Education in the form………….……(6) retraining will be
an on-going part of every………….…(7). All workers will……….…….(8)
engage in lifelong learning in the new work force.
12. Mary left school……..…………....(1) she was 18, and she was glad
to………….……...(2) out. She knew exactly what she wanted to do. She
wanted to start earning her living as…………………..(3) as possible in the
real world. She thought that…………………….……(4) of the teachers were
boring, and they didn’t seem to understand their students. They lived in a
different world. They could not………………..…....(5) that their students
didn’t want things they wanted.
13. In the decade of the 1970s, the United States organized several important
……………...(1) on the human environment to study a very serious problem.
We, humans are destroying the…………..……(2) around us. We are using
up all of our………….……..…(3) resources. WE must learn to conserve…….
………….…..(4) or life will be very bad for our children and our
grandchildren.
Scientists say there is enough water in the world for everyone. ………….
…....(5) some countries have a lot of water and some have only a little.
Some areas get all their rain during one season. The rest of the year
is………………....……(6)
There are huge forests in the Amazon area………….……..…(7) Brazil. In
other parts of the world there is only……………………………(8)
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14. Pollution caused…………….…..(1) chemicals is a very serious problem
because……………….….(2) causes the loss of the ozone layer. Without our
ozone,…………………….….(3) only we ourselves but all plants and animal
life are exposed to dangerous rays from the sun. Aerosol can emit
chemicals……………….(4) break down our ozone layer. Refrigeration and
air-conditioning system and cars also release dangerous emissions.
15. For a long time the English have the custom of driving and riding………….
…..…(1) the left- hand side of the road. However, they don’t exactly know
the reason……………….……….(2) they have the custom of left- hand traffic.
According……………..……(3) Mr. C. S Forester, the custom was grounded
and dated back to the period……………….(4). Many Londoners traveled to
and fro on horseback.
A horse is always mounted from the left side and the custom has come
into being since then. While another author said that the custom has the
origin before the………………………..(5) of Bonaparte and when the Pope
came to visit Paris. The Parisians had to travel on the………………….(6)
hand of the streets and left the………………….(7) hand side clear for the
movement of the papal carriage. Because of hating Napoleon, the English
reversed the French custom.
However, the most reasonable theory of Nat Gubbins is that the men on
horseback had a…………………..…(8) of running each other through with
swords in the right hand, so they had to ride on the left-hand side to slash
and thrust each other more easily.
16. Public transport in London…………..……(1) expensive. The pare
depends………………….(2) the length of the journey: you can’t buy books of
tickets………..…….…(3) advance. Children under sixteen pay half, and
those under five…………….…(4) free. You usually buy bus tickets from
a………………..(5) but on some buses, you……………….…..(6) the driver.
On the underground railway you buy your tickets ……………(7) a machine
or a ticket office, and give……………..…(8) up at the end of the journey.
17. If a man has a car, he can…………..…..(1) to his office and in his own car,
but he may then have difficulty in parking near his…………..(2) Taxis are
convenient, but rather…………..…(3), and at rush hours they are difficult to
get and may…………………..(4) longer than the tube: it is always when you
are………………….(5) the greatest hurry that the…….……………(6) is the
slowest, especially, of your way lies through the busiest parts………..….…
(7) the city, where………………………...(8) jams happen most often.
18. When you are………………..…(1) by American host or hostess, you can
bring………….………(2) when coming to visit them. You should offer to help
them in same ways by asking if there is anything you can do in
the……………….. (3) in many cases, the………….……..(4) is more
important than actually helping. Moreover, you should know about the
American……….…….…(5) so as not to make them uncomfortable without
meaning to or without even realizing it. People in the U. S make
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a……………….(6) of trying to make others feel comfortable and relaxed.
……………………..(7) the whole, they tend to be informal. Men shake hands
only when they are………………..….(8) When a woman and a man are
introduced, shaking hands is up to the woman.
19. Men usually shake hands when they are introduced to…………………..(1)
men. It is the woman’s choice……….……..(2) or not to shake hands
when…………….…..(3) to a man. If he offers her…………….(4), shake it.
Among professional women it is………………….(5) more and more common
to shake hands. Handshakes should be firm and brief. American………….
……(6) a firm handshake as a sign of directness and honesty.
20. Maria thinks that the weather………..…….(1) nice in summer, but…………..
….(2) in winter, and she……….……(3) like the food very much. On….
………...(4) other hand, she thinks the………….…(5) here are friendly and
she likes……………….…(6) way of life. She thinks that the……..……..……...
(7) are dull but some of the famous buildings are ……………………(8)
21. American women are used to…………….….(1) independent. They are
used to going out……………….(2) themselves, earning………………….(3)
own money, and often……….……..(4) alone. Sometimes they will ask men
for help, but usually they don’t want to…………..……(5) protected. Since the
women’s movement started, it’s not always clear whether women expect
men to open doors………..……...(6) help them take off their raincoats.
American…………..…….(7) may start conversations with men or even
ask……………………….….(8) to dance.
22. By the end of winter Nika had……………..……..(1) from her wound and
was………………....(2) to fly again. On the first warm spring day she and
Gray Wing grew restless. They are longing………………(3) the freedom of
their northern home.
One day familiar…………….….(4) came from the sky. A large wedge of
Canada geese was…………….…..(5) directly overhead. They were returning
from their winter home in the south.
Their cries urged Gray Wing and Nika to……………..…..(6) their flight to
freedom. The two geese hissed in their pen and beat their
splendid………………..(7) against the wire. But it was in………………..(8)
They couldn’t escape.
23. One of………….…….…(1) first thing that you will notice about Americans in
general is………………..…..(2). They are talkative a lot. They………………..
…(3) to talk. They will even talk to complete strangers at the drop of a hat.
They get a great deal of enjoyment out of……………..…(4)
You have been thrown in a society that feels uncomfortable when there
is little……………..…(5) no conversation when it is expected. For example in
your……….………….(6) it may be considered rude for everyone to talk
during a meal. In this country, however, it is considered rude. ………..………
(7) to talk! Americans think that…………………….…(8) can be fun!
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24. Trees are………………....(1) to man in three very important ways: they
provide him……………....(2) wood and other products, they give him shade
and they help to…………….(3) floods and draughts. Unfortunately, in many
parts of the world man hasn’t realized that the third of these services is the
most……………….. (4) in his eagerness to draw quick……………….(5) from
the trees, he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that with them
he has …………………….…..(6) the best friends he had.
25. Last week I went to an exhibition of paintings at the Tate Gallery in London.
I am not really…………………(1) great art lover but I had read a lot of good
reviews of……………...(2) exhibition and I was keen to see it………..…..(3). I
arrived, there were already some people waiting outside for the doors to
open. I joined the queue and in the end the……………….(4) opened and we
went inside to see the show.
26. Radar is an electric device…………..…..(1) can “see” great distances
despite fog, rain, snow, clouds and darkness. If……………………….…(2)
find and accurately locates missiles, aircrafts, ships, cities, rainstorms,
……………..……..(3) mountains. Radar uses radio waves instead of
light………………....(4) which the human eye uses in seeing.
27. According to humans’ using lasers, lasers may be useful or………………(1)
to themselves. The………….…...(2) can use lasers in surgery to treat many
diseases while many……………….(3) scientists test them to kill their
enemies.
When lasers………………….…(4) used as a dangerous weapon many
people will die of human intelligence.
28. Plants supply man………………….(1) food, clothing, and shelter- his most
important needs. Many of our most useful medicines are also
made…………….…(2) plants. In……………….(3), plants add beauty and
pleasure…………………..…..(4) our lives.
29. Our classes take place for three hours every morning from Monday to
Friday. The maximum class size is twelve and the average is ten. We use
modern methods of…………………...(1) and learning, and the school has a
language laboratory, a video camera and recorder. You will only be
successful in improving your English, however, if you work hard
and…………………(2) speaking English as much as you can. You will take a
short……………..….(3) in English as soon as you arrived. In this way, we
can put you in a………………..….(4) at the most suitable level.
30. Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But the pollution problem
is…………………....(1) complicated as it is serious. It is
complicated………………...(2) much pollution is caused by things that
benefit people. For example,………..……...(3) from automobiles causes a
large percentage of air pollution. But the automobile………….…….(4)
transportation for millions of people.
31. Food………………..…(1) an important part in the development of nations.
In countries……………..…..(2) food is deficient, people have to spend most
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