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In most parts of the United States, Friday night is the big supermarket night, probably (1)_________ Friday is pay day in many factories and busenesses. (2)_________ housewives (3) do their weekend shopping (4)_________ (5) Friday (6)_________ Saturday, although supermarkets in many sections are now open on Sunday as well. In (7)_________ all supermarkets there are shopping carts with a special space to set the baby. In the early days, before there were carts it was noticed that as (8)_________ as the woman shopper had her arms ftill of goods she stopped buying. Thus, carts were introduced. Later a space for the baby was provided in the (9)_________ because while the baby was sitting comfortably in the cart the mother didn’t have to hurry through the store and consequently (10)_________ more. Statistics show (11) _________ the average American housewife (12)________ to the supermarket twice a week. On the (13)________ she spends from on how to two hours there each week. Psychologists say that women don’t go to the (14)_________just to buy the food. Visiting the supermarket is the housewife’s chance to get (15)______ from home for a while. TEST 19 Delaware (1)_________ considered the first (2)__________ of the United States because it was the (3)_________ to accept 118
the constitution in December, 1787. It is a (4)__________small state, second only to Rhode Island. Another important fact about Delaware is that nylon, that light-weight, yet strong fiber of the twentieth century, was (5)__________there. In colonial days, Delaware was (6)__________ of the “bread basket” area, growing wheat, com, and other grains (7)_________ national consumption. (8)__________ 1638, a group of Swedish settlers set (9) a colony (10)__________the Delaware river and lived (11)_________ peacefully (12)__________ 1655 when (13)_________ Dutch, who disliked the Swedes, settled there. Later, it was taken (14)__________ by the English. (15)_________ finally became independent in 1776. TEST 20 Later, an officer telephoned (1)_________ additional details. He said the pair’s methods (2)_________ they might be the same men who had (3)__________a number of robberies is the area (4)___________ the past few months. He asked me to come the (5)___________________ and look through mug shots. So, last Monday I looked through album-sized books of (6)_________ mostly of young men-an (7)__________number of them actually children. (8)_________ those pages and studying their photographs is like flowing on a sad (9)_________ that, like Blake’s Thames, seems to “mark in every human face, marks of (10)__________
, marks of woe”. Together, these young men are kind of river-one that is out of (11)_________ , eating at the foundations of things we hold dear: our (12)__________ to move about; thefruits of labor; our own lives and those of people we (13)_____ , Some day, we will have to face this river and (14)_________ the depths of its discontent. TEST 21 The bride and groom had walked to the back of the church and stood at the door as their guests (1)_________ past. From colleagues and old schoolmates came (2)_________ good wishes (3)_________ in fnendly jokes. Some relatives, however, were notpleased. One sat in a car, crying, (4)_________ stood surrounded by sympathizers offering (5)__________ . Both these women - mothers of the bride and groom - would have insisted they wanted only the best (6)____________________________ their children but they (7)__ “the b as staying home to help support the family. The last person to approach the (8)__________ was a short, elderly woman who smiled as she (9)__________ them - not by name but as “wife” and “husband”. Then quickly, for such a short, portly, elderly person, she ( 1 0 )________ Soon they (11)_________ , in a borrowed car. With money loaned by the groom’s brother, they could (12)_________ a honeymoon at a state-park lodge. Sitting before a great oak fire, 120
they (13)__________ the events of the day, especially the strange message (14)__________by Aunt Esther Gubbins. TEST 22 Be honest and open about who you really are. People who lack genuine core values rely on (1)_________ factors - their looks or status - in order to feel good about (2)_________ . Inevitably they will do everything they can to (3)_________ this false mask, but they will do very little to (4)__________ their inner value and personal (5)_________ . So be yourself. Don’t (6)_________ in a personal cover-up of areas that are (7)__________in your life. “Tough times never last but tough people do,’ as Robert Schuller says. In other words, (8)__________ reality and be mature in your (9)_________ to life’s challengers. Self-respect and a clear (10)_________ are powerful components of integrity and are the basis for (11)_________ your relationships with others. (12)_________ means you do what you do because it’s right and not just (13)_________ or politically correct. A life of principle, of not yielding to the tempting (14)__________of an easy morality, will always win the day. It will take you (15)_________ into the twenty-first century without having to check your tracks in a rear-view mirror. My grandparents taught me that.
When I at last (1)_________ the town, I left (2)__________ tired to go in (3)_________ of a room at once so I went into the (4)_________ restaurant to where I had parked my car and sat down (5)_________ a table. A waitress was clearing (6) the (7) ____ of a meal which must have (8)_________ eaten by at (9)__________ forty people. She gave me a menu which I examined for a minute and I then (10)_________ from her fried chicken and salad and a glass of wine. The waitress (11)_________ the wine at once but I had to wait a long time (12)_________ the (13)__________ of the meal. When it came, there was so much on the plate (14)_________ it must have (15)__________ a whole bird. I (16)_________ a little first and it was (17)_________ delicious that I ate all of it. I was now neither hungry (18)_________ thirsty and as a (19)___ of fac no (20)_________ tired out. TEST 24 The second biggest Olympic (1)_________ is swimming although there was no swimming in the ancient Olympics. The first 50-(2)_________ pool was used in 1924 ard the first pool inside was used in 1948. now the pools are always veiy modem, and the race can be timed (3)_________ 0.00! seconds. The USA’s Mark Spitz is the most successful Olympic (4) of all time. In Munich in 1972, he 122
(5)_________ seven gold medals - a record number in one Games. Together with swimming is (6)_________ polo, which is hard, fast and exciting. And (7)_________ is diving, which is very beautiful to (8)_________ . One of the events is from 10 meters (9)_________ the pool, the same (10)_________ diving from top of a house. TEST 25 The 22"'* Southeast Asian Games were (1) ________ in Hanoi, Vietnam from 5 December - 13 December 2003. The games were opened by Vietnamese prime minister Phan Van Khai in the newly constructed My Dinh National (2)________ in Hanoi. The games (3 )________ was lit by Nguyen Thuy Hien of Wushu. It was the firtst time in SEAG history that the game venues were assigned into two (4)_________ namely Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city. (5) the Vietnamese Government and people’s efforts and international support, the 22"^* SEA Games had become a (6)______ that impressed people with the (7)______ of “solidarity, cooperation for peace and development”. The 22"^' SEA Games is not only a song of honesty and nobility (8)_______ competition and organizing competition but also a sign of a bright future for the development of regional (9)____ . The organizing committee presented 444 golds, 441 silvers and 555 bronzes to winners at the Games where 26 (10)_______ were broken.
Where are you going for your next holiday? (1)_________ people go on holiday fairly regularly, and maybe some of them have a good time. But holidays aren’t (2)_________ pleasant an experience (3)_________ the advertisers would like us to believe. In fact, a holiday is probably the (4)_________ stressfiil thing you’ll experience this year. Besides the bother of choosing and organizing it, there’s the worry about whether it will be worth it. (5)_________ more money you spend, (6)_________ more you’ll feel bound to pretend that you’re enjoying yourself Anyone who has been on a holiday flight will know that airports are getting more (7)_________ more crowed, and that long delays are common. Holidays may be a good thing, but you can be sure that staying at home is even (8)_________ for you. It’s certainly (9)__________ dangerous. You’ll be mud safer at home (10)_________ wandering around a strange place with a pocket full of moiey under the eyes of the local criminals. Accidents and disasters are much (11) likely to happen on holiday. If you want peace and quiet, you don’t need to go any (12)_________ than your own balcony or back garden. Have a nice time! TEST 27 (1) in 1992 by Prof Fred Hollow: im Australia, the Fred Hollows Foundation has helped almcst 1,000,000 people worldwidL; (2)_________ of cataract blindie:ss, a major 124
(3)_________ problem for the poor and the rural population. The organization has also cooperated (4)_________ local blindness prevention agencies in more than 29 countries such as Viet Nam, Thailand, China, and India to (5)_________ and prevent avoidable blindness with new technologies. Viet Nam became the Fred Hollows Foundation’s third intemational project (6)_________ Eritrea and Nepal. (7)_________ to official statistics, more than 60, 000 cataract blindness operations are (8)_________ each year in Viet Nam. Many local surgeons have been trained in order to (9)_________ the new techniques nationwide, and help reduce the number of people (10)_________ from cataract blindness. TEST 28 Computers are helpful in many ways. First, they are fast. They c£in work with information (1)_________ more quickly than a person. (2)_________ , computers can work with a lot of information, at (3)_________ same time. Third, they can keep information (4)_________ a long time. They do not forget things the common people do. Also, computers are (5 )_________ always correct. They are not perfect, (6 )_________ course, but they usually do not make mistakes. These days, it is important to know about computers. There are a number of (7)__________ to leam. Some companies have classes (8)_________ work. Also, most universities offer day and night courses in computer science. Another way to (9) is from a book, or from a fnend. After a 125
destructive powers (2)_________ late. Nobel preferred not to (3) remembered as the inventor of dynamite, so in awarding (5)___________ to people who had made worthwhile contributions (6)_________ mankind. Originally there were (7)__________awards: literature, physics, chemistry, medicine and peace. Economics was (8)_____ in 1968, just sixl;^- seven years after the first awards ceremony. Nobel’s original legacy of nine millions (9)_________ was invested, and the interest of this sum is used for the awards which vary (10)__________30,000 dollars to 125,000 dollars. Every year on December 10, the (11)_________ of Nobel’s death, the awards (gold medal, illuminated diploma and money) are presented to the (12)__________. Sometimes politics plays an important (13)__________ in the judges’s decisions. Americans have (14)_________ numerous science awards, but relatively few literature prizes. No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of World War II. Some people have vom two prizes, but this is rare; other have (15)____________ their priizes. TEST 32 In a modem dairy, the milking of cows is oairried out by (1 )_________ . Cows are usually milbd twice a (2)__________by a milking machine. The warn nniik from the cows is (3)__________in a large vat where it is cooled. The milk is then taken to another part of the dairy for woocessing. Fresh milk is converted to pasteurized milk and 128
(4 )__________ in the processing section of the dairy. A number of machines are used to process the milk. Three of the most (5 )_________ machines used to process milk are the separator, the pasteurizer and the homogenizer. The separator (6)_________ the cream fi-om the milk. Milk without cream is known as skimmed milk. Skimmed milk is drunk by people who want to (7)_________ the fat content in their diet. The pasteurizer serves to heat the milk to a certain (8) so as to (9)_any bacter contain. It is not safe to drink milk that has not been pasteurized. Cream and milk are blended in the homogenizer to produce full- cream milk. The milk is then cooled and (10)__________ . The bottles are stored in a cool place before they are delivered to shops and homes. TEST 33 My town, Santo Tomas is about 180 kilometers north of Manila. When I was a (1)_________ , we used to say how (2)__________ in minutes or hours to a place, but life is changing. If you (3)_________ along the main road going north you pass endless miles of rice (4)_________ before you enter Santo Tomas. The first thing you (5)__________of the town is the cemetery (6)_________ my ancestors are (7) . It’s on the left next to a church. The next place of (8)_________ as you go towards the town centre is Santo Tomas High School (9)_________ comes the junction at the Mola road, and on the left comer is Pinipig Transport where you 129
can (10)_________ a bus. The junction (11)__________the Bevely road is on the right (12)_________ , >LDT on the comer. If you go over the river bridge and (\?)_________ again you’re out to the open country. But this time you’re (14 )_________ up between two steep mourtains to the (15)_________________________ province. TEST 34 After school many British students go to uni/ersity. They (1 )_________ to several universities tkcugh UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admission Service) and receive (2 )_________of a place on condition that they achieve certain (3 )_________in their A levels. A first (4)_________ , which is usually an lo.iours degree, generally takes three years. Most courses end which (5)_________ called finals. Results are givei as classes (= grades): a first is the highest class, seconds are often split between upper second and lower second, and below that is a third. (6)_may add the letters BA (Bichelor of Arts) or BS (Bachelor of Science) after their name, sone graduates go on to study for a (7)_________ degree, often a master’s degree or a (8)_________ . Students in Britain formerly had their tuiton (9)______ paid by the state and recived a goverment (10»________ to help pay their living expenses. Now they receve only a loan towards their expenses, and have to (11)_______ $1000 a year towards tuitions. The new arrangements have caused a great 130
deal of concern both among students and among members of the public who believe that education should be (12)________ . TEST 35 In most parts of the world, environmental (1)_________ does not exist. The (2)_________ majority of nations concern (3)_________ with economic development, regardless of its (4)_________ on the global ecology. But in recent years, as environment, regardless of its (4)_________ on the global ecology. But in recent years, as envirorunental (5)_________ has increased, signs of change have sprung up in (6)_________ pockets around the world. The (7)_________ are few example of countries undertaking new environmental initiatives. Canada has taken some measures to protect the (8)i of some fish species while Costa Rica and Brazil tries to (9)_________ the ecological diversity of its (10)_________ rain forests. The nations of Eastern Europe made (11)_________ to improve the region’s power plants. Ghana is solving the problems of (12)__________ use of existing farmland. And Indonesia has succeeded (13)_________ increasing use of birth control to provide cntough food, (14)_________ and employment (15)_________ its people.
The U.S. is (1)_________ a telephone country. (2)________ everyone uses the telephone to conduct business, to chat with fnends, to make or (3)___________social appointment, to say “Thank you,” to shop and to obtain all kind of information. Telephones save the feet and endless amounts of time. This is due partly (4)_________ the fact (5)__________ telephone service is superb here, (6)_________ the postal service is (7)_________ efficient. Some new (8)__________ will come from culture (9) it is considered impolite to work too quickly. Unless a certain amount of time is allowed to elapse, it seems in their eyes as if the task (10)_________ considered were insignificant, not (11)__________ of proper respect. Assignments are, consequently, felt to be given (12)_________ weight by the passage of time. In the U.S., however, it is taken (13)__________a sign of skillfiilness or beingcompetent to solve a problem, or fulfill a job successfully, (14)_________ speed. Usually, the more important a task is, the (15)___________ capital, energy, and attention will be poured into it in order to “get it moving.’ TEST 37 This is where age and maturity (1)_________ . Most people, somewhere (2)_________ the ages of 30 and 50, finally arrive at the inevitable (3)_________ that they were meant to do 132
more than (4)_________ a corporation, a government agency, or whatever. Most of us finally have the (5)__________ that quality of life is not entirely (6)_________ by a balance sheet. Sure, everyone wants to be (7)_________ comfortable, but we also want to feel we have a ( 8 ) _________ on the world (9)__________the confines of our occupation; we want to be able to render service to our fellow man and to our God. If it is a fact that the (10)_________ of life does not dawn until middle age, is it then not the (11) _________ of educational institutions to (12) __________ the way for the revelation? Most people, in their (13)___________ , recent the Social Security deductions from their (1 4 )__________, yet a seemingly few short years later find (15)_________standing anxiously by the mailbox. TEST 38 One thing about London which ever>' visitor fi'om abroad admires is the large number of parks. These “lungs’ of London, as they have been called, are (1)_________ green islands of peace and quiet in the middle of the noisy sea. They (2 )_________ an important part in helping to form the city’s character. The best-known parks are, of course, the central (3)___________where one can get the impression of being deep in the country (4)_________ the central parks of London are necessarily the most popular. Every district of London has 133
(5) ____ parks, great or small. Here, in fine weather, can be seen hundreds of lucky people who have escaped for a while (6 )_________ the noise and bustle of the city; some sitting on chairs, some lying full length (7)_________ the ground, some strolling aimlessly around. Almost every kind of tree and plant (8)__________carefiilly tended in large green houses or in the open (9)__________ Even for a Londoner it is difficult to know and enjoy all London’s parks. The visitor to the (10)_________ may be confident that wherever he is, he is not far away from a park which waits to offer him the same pleasures and relaxations that it does to Londoners. ^ TEST 39 The state of California in the United States is famous for its traffic problems. We’ve all seen television picture of Los Angeles during evening rush hour. Too (1)_________ cars want to use the roads and motorways at the same time. Scientists, who have been trying to solve these problems (2) several years now, have suggested various solutions, such as two-storey motorways. Not surprisingly, people rejected this idea (3)_________ of the damage it would cause to the environment. Now the scientists have (4)_________ of another solution: they w'ant cars on motorways to be controlled by computers instead (5)_________ human beings. If their plan goes ahead, cars (6)_________ travel on special lanes at 100 kilometres an 134
hour, just one metre from each other. Because the cars are under the control of a computer, drivers will be able to take (7)_____ hands off the steering wheel and sit back to read the newspaper. They won’t even need to look ( 8)_________ they are going. The cars will travel along the motorways in groups of twenty and (9)_________ will be a gap of 100 metres between these groups. It might sound dangerous, (10)__________apparently, if there is a crash or if the computer fails, it will actually be safer the cars to be close together. TEST 40 There is really no such thing as “London is such a huge (1) “, and so many people live there that the life of the city is made (2)_________ of many different elements. There are small village communities, working (3)_________ communities, “trendy’ areas such as Chelsea and Fulham, quiet residential districts-all (4)__________ of ways of live are encompassed by the great metropolis. Let’s start (5)_________ life in the city. Just (6)_________ half a million people commute into the city of London each (7)__________to work in this great financial centre. This is famous “rush ( 8 )_______________.” On the 07.25 train from Warlinghani or Bromley, or perhaps (9 )_Brighton on the south coast is the familiar sight (10)___________________________ the “citygent” on his (11)__to work, regular as clockwork. Dressed in bowler hat, white-collar shirt
and dark, sometimes pinstriped suit, he silently (11)_________ the pink Financial Time, occasionally nodding (1!)_________ some regular fellow traveller. Some older members of bowler- hat brigade even (14)_________ on their speciai seats, on the train, perhaps occupied (15)_________ twenty fi^ years. TEST 41 Health is something we tend to ignore when we 'iave it. when our body is rather well, we are hardly even (1)_________of it. but illness can come, even (2)_________ we are yjung. In fact, childhood has been a very vulnerable ime. Many (3 )_________ attacked children in particular and people knew very little about how to prevent such illness or how to (4)_________ them once they struck. The result vas that many children died. About a century ago, however, sciintists found out about germs, and then everything (5)_________. The cause of many diseases was known, and cures were devebped. As this medical knowledge spread, the world became (6]_________ safer for children. The result is that whereas a hufldied years ago the average man lived for 35 years. Nowadays, in many (7)_________ of the world, people can expect to (8)_________ for years. And what do we except by the year 2005? Undoubtedly, (9)_________ science w.ll continue to advance. Some people will be able to (10)_______ _ medical problems that are unavoidable today.
British parents are always complaining that their children spend too much time gluing to the telly not enough time on other activities (1)_________ sports and reading. A survey recently carried out on people’s viewing habits (2)_________ not disapprove it. it shows that young people in Britain spend on average 23 hours a week in front of the television, (3)_________ works out at over three hours every day. (4)__________ is surprising, however, is the fact that the average adults watch (5)_________ more: an incredible 28 hours a week. We seem to have become a nation of addicts. Just about every household in the coimtry has a television and over half have two or more. (6)_________ to the survey, people nowadays don’t only watch television sitting in their living rooms, they watch it is the kitchen and in bed as (7)________ . The Education Minister said a (8)_________ weeks ago that Britain’s , apils should spend more time reading. Unfortunately, parents are not setting a good example: adults do (9)_________ reading than young. In fact, reading is at the bottom of their list of favourite pastimes. They would (10 )_________listen to the radio, go to the cinema or hire a video to watch on their television at home. TEST 43 Let us suppose that you are in the position of a parent. Would you allow your children to read any books they wanted to 137
without first checking itscontents? Woud you take (1)_________ to see any film without first readiig out whether it is suitable for them? If the (2)_________ to hese questions is ‘yes’, then you are either extremely permssive, or just irresponsible. If your answer is (3)_________ then you are exercising your right as a parent to protect /our children (4)_________ what you consider to be undesira»le influences. In other (5)_________ , by acting as a censor ycirself, you are admitting that there is a strong case for censorship Children need protection and it is the parents’responsibility to provide it. but what about adults? Aren’t they )ld enough to decide (6)_________ is good for them? The nswer is that many adults are, but (7)__________ make tb mistake of thinking that all adults are like yourself. Censorhip is for the good of society as a whole. Highly civilized peotle might find (8)_________ possible to live together withou laws of any kind: they would just reply on good sense to (')_________ their problem. But imagine what chaos there wuld be if we lived in a society (10)__________ laws! Lke the law, censorship contributes to the common good. TEST 44 From a close study of history you would nver gain the impression that human behaviour is dictated b) intelligence, (1)_________ less by responsible morality. An
aggressive instinct in (5)_________ , operate among us, would be at a complete (6)_ to explain history at (7) . The phenomena of history do (8)__________ have reasonable causes. It is a mere commonplace (9) say that they are caused by (10)_________ common parlance so aptly (11)_________ “human nature’. Unreasoning and unreasonable human nature (12)_________ two nations compete, even though (13)_________ economic necessity compels them to (14)_________ so. It induces two political parties with amazingly similar programmes (15)_________ salvation, to fight (16)_________ other bitterly. It impels an Alexander (17)__________ a Napoleon to sacrifice (18)_________ of lives (19)__________an attempt to impose unity (20)_________ the world he knows. TEST 45 Getting good results in your studies comes from developing good study habits. The best (1)_________ to study is a comfortable room good lighting. The best chair for studying would be ( 2 ) _______ which you would be comfortable ( 3 ) _________ , but not so comfortable that you may (4)_________ asleep in it after a while! Before you study, look for a (5)_________ environment with no distractions. If you (6)_________ your home too noisy for studying, try the library or community centre (7)________ . When you study, (8)_________ realistic targets for yourself to achieve. For example, do not (9)_________ to study five 139