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Why is it that many teenagers have the energy to play computer games until late at night but can’t find the energy to get out of bed (1) __________ for school? According to a new report, today’s generation of children are in danger of getting so (2) __________ sleep that they are putting their mental and physical health at (3) __________. Adults can easily survive on seven to eight hours’ sleep a night, (4) __________ teenagers require nine or ten hours. According to medical experts, one in five youngsters (5) __________ anything between two and five hours’ sleep a night less than their parents did at their age.
(By Tim Falla and Paul Davies, Solutions Advanced. OUP)
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  I began my teaching career nearly ten years ago. I spent six years (1). . . . . . . . . . . in a remote village where the villagers were very poor and the living standard was low. Sometimes I was very disappointed (2)………… bad living condition and low pay. I was really homesick. However, at that time with my youth (3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , I tried my best to devote (4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to the noblest career, that was "teaching". I loved my poor little students. They were living in poverty but they could not suffer from empty mind.
  I am proud (5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . myself to be a teacher, a hard working "boatman" taking my students to the "destination" of knowledge.
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  All early television was broadcast in black and white. Color television was possible, but it was too (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . and of very poor quality until the middle of the 1950s. Color television broadcasts began in the United States in 1954. in Japan in 1960, and in Europe in 1967.
  The first (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . on the moon was broadcast live on television in 1969, and now television programs are (3). . . . . . . . . . . . all over the world immediately through the use of satellites that transmit the signals from the earth, through space, and back to the earth. More people now (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . their news and information throu^gh television than through newspapers and radio. The development of television is one of the most rapid and exciting (5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of our century.
  Question 1.
  
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  Family, a group of persons united by the ties of marriage, blood, or adoption, constituting a single household and (1)_________ with each other in their respective social positions, usually those of spouses, parents, children, and siblings. The family group should be distinguished from a (2)_________, which may include boarders and roomers sharing a common residence. It should also be differentiated from a kindred (which also concerns blood lines), because a kindred may be divided (3)_________ several households. Frequently the family is not differentiated from the marriage pair, but the essence of the family group is the parent-child relationship, which may be absent from many marriage pairs.
  At its most basic, then, a family consists of an adult and his or her offspring. Most commonly, it consists of two married adults, usually a man and a woman (almost always from different lineages and not related by blood) along with their offspring, usually living in a private and separate dwelling. This type of unit, more specifically known as a (4)_________ family, is believed to be the oldest of the various types of families in existence. Sometimes the family includes not only the parents and their unmarried children living at home but also children that have married, their spouses, and their offspring, and possibly elderly dependents (5)_________; such an arrangement is called an extended family.
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  The World Tourism Organization says that space will soon be a popular place to go on holiday – possibly by 2030. One Japanese company is (1)____ready. They are planning a space holiday centre. It will look like a bicycle wheel and have a hotel for 100 people and a theme park. It will travel round the Earth at a height of 300 km. The company hopes the ( 2) will be ready in 2027. The company chairman says that flying to the centre will probably be quicker than flying from Hong Kong to Singapore. When they are on board of the centre, the tourists will take short trips to the Moon or go for walks in space. An American hotel group is also thinking of building a hotel ( 3) will be called the Lunar Hotel. This will be on the moon. Most of the hotel will be under the ground (4)___ it won’t become too hot or too cold. ( 5) rooms will look just like they do on Earth. The guests will eat normal food for lunch. The cooks will just push a button to mix dried food with water to become an instant meal. Question 4.
  
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  David Evans is a farmer. He does farming on his own land in Wales. The farm has (1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . his family for generations. The soil is poor. David raises sheep on his land. He does not employ (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fulltime workers. His sons help him when they are not (3). . . . . . . . . . . school. His wife adds to the family income by (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . eggs which her hens produce. In summer she often takes paying guests into the farmhouse. The guests from the city enjoy their quiet holiday in the clean country air and Mrs. Evans enjoys having some extra money to spend on clothes for her children and herself. However, it is a lonely life for the Evans family when the guests have gone. The question is that if his children want to (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the farm when Mr. Evans gives up working. Country life is quiet and dull to them. It is quite likely that they will leave the farm for the city some day.
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  According to the recent survey, most Chinese in Hong Kong preferred to work for Americans. They said that during the past ten years or so American businesses (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . well and were very friendly. Almost all of them who had worked for Americans said they were happy in their work.
  They were then asked (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . they liked working for American bosses. Most replied that they were usually fair, kind, friendly and generous. When asked whether they liked working for British bosses, however, the Chinese (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . that the British bosses were too strict and proud.
  The survey was conducted among 200 Chinese managers and advanced business students in Hong Kong. Most of the people (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . said that the working conditions were also much better in American companies.
  When managers were asked where they often conducted business, they replied that they went to tea houses. A few people said that (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . business with Americans over lunch at expensive hotel restaurants.
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  The table tennis match was very enjoyable before someone lit a cigarette and ruined the evening. After (1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . smoking, they let the cigarette fall on the wooden floor. Unfortunately, they dropped it without putting it out but (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . paid any attention to it. Even the^. woman who was next to the man with the cigarette did not notice. Soon, however, there was (3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . smoke. Suddenly flames shot up into the air. Someone immediately ran out of the room (4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the fire brigade. Two or three men got some buckets of water to put out the fire, but it was useless. Everyone in the large hut was very frightened. The next moment people rushed towards the main doors. Before the fire brigade arrived, the whole building was on fire. On (5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the burning building, one of the firemen^. succeeded in rescuing an old woman.
  Question 2.
  
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  On the most simple level, movies are a secession of moving images. These successive mages are captured on film. Directors film a wide (1)…………. of shots long, medium, and close up - to create a visual composition. The visual images, along with plot, characterization, and sound, produce the desired narrative: The shots are joined together in any number of combinations in a (2) . . . . . . . . called editing.
  Making a film is a massive, complex, and expensive task that (3) . . . . . . . art and business. Making a movie (4)………. the talents of hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of artists, producers, and business people. It can take months, even years, for a film to be (5) . . . . . . . . . into a movie theater.
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  Why is it that many teenagers have the energy to play computer games until late at night but can’t find the energy to get out of bed (1) __________ for school? According to a new report, today’s generation of children are in danger of getting so (2) __________ sleep that they are putting their mental and physical health at (3) __________. Adults can easily survive on seven to eight hours’ sleep a night, (4) __________ teenagers require nine or ten hours. According to medical experts, one in five youngsters (5) __________ anything between two and five hours’ sleep a night less than their parents did at their age.
  (By Tim Falla and Paul Davies, Solutions Advanced. OUP)
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  American folk music (1) . . . . . . . . . with ordinary rural population was isolated and music was not (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . spread by radio, records, or music videos. It was (3) . . . . . . . . . by oral tradition and is noted for its energy, humor, and emotional (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The major source of early American folk songs was music from the British Isles, but songs from Africa (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . songs of the American Indians have significant part in its heritage. Later settler from other countries also contributed songs.
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  Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live away from home while you attend school? Would you like to have the (1)_______ of living and studying with students from different countries around the world. Cranbrook Kingswood School is one of the few schools that can offer you this kind of remarkable opportunity!
  Cranbrook’s green, wooded campus is a beautiful and safe living and learning (2)………. A fresh water lake and (3)_______ sculptures by the famous artist Carl Milles waken the imagination. The many buildings of Cranbrook were designed by world-renowned architect Aliel Sarineen and are both beautiful and (4)_______. In fact, all the furniture, woodwork, window glass and tapestries at the school were specially designed for the school and made by hand. Each room and building was created to please and (5)_______
  The students of Cranbrook Kingswood are very (6)_______. Their studies are (7)_______ and prepared them for some of the best universities around the world. But it’s not all hard work at Cranbrook! Students (8)_______ in a rich program of athletics, music and art courses. Clubs and other activities keeps the students happy and busy during the year. If you are (9)_______ boarding school, consider Cranbrook. Call now to arrange a visit and we’ll be happy to show you (10)_____ the school.
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  Does the climate of a country affect the behaviour of the people who live in it and help to (1)_____ its culture? Have you ever heard of people from hot countries being described (2) _____ “warm and friendly” while those from places with low temperature and gray climate are sometimes called “cold and distant”?
  The people who live in colder climates tend (3) _____ spend much more time at home (4) _____ TV or wondering what colour to paint the living-room. As a result of being “shut in” at home for (5)_____ of their lives, perhaps they also develop personalities to match. Maybe they tend to be (6)_____ expressive [mobile] in their everyday lives.
  In (7) _____, we see that people who live in warm and sunny countries spend much more time outdoors. In squares all (8) _____ southern Europe, for example, we can see hundreds of people (9)_____ the day drinking coffee in cafes and chatting. It certainly seems as if climate affects behaviors, (10) _____ you have to be careful not to generalize [take a broad view] too much.
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  Any change in one part of an ecosystem can cause changes in other parts. Droughts, storms and fires can change ecosystems. Some changes ___1___ ecosystems. If there is too ___2___ rainfall, plants will not have enough water to live. If a kind of plant dies off, the animals that ___3___ it may also die or move away. Some changes are good for ecosystems. Some pine forests need ___4___ for the pine trees to reproduce. The seeds are sealed inside pinecones. Heat from a forest fire melts the seal and lets the seeds___5___. Polluting the air, soil, and water can harm ecosystems. Building ___6___ on rivers for electric power and irrigation can harm ecosystems ___7___ the rivers. Bulldozing wetlands and cutting down ___8___ destroy ecosystems. Ecologists are working with companies and governments to find better ways of ___9___ fish, cutting down trees, and building dams. They are looking for ways to get food, lumber, and other products for people ___10___ causing harm to ecosystems.
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  In films, individual characters often had their own tune, which could also (1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . what sort person they were. Music added something extra to what was happening on the flat screen. It could create atmosphere and (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the involvement of the audience one moment encouraging them to relax, the next developing a (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of tension. And all this was done without any words being spoken.
  Audiences at that time would have been (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . with the musical language connected with the traditions of popular theatre, and many of these were transferred to the new medium of the cinema. Today, (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the films produced may be technically very different from before, much of musical history still remains.
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  Children (1). . . . . . . . . . . . appear intelligent and have normal sight and hearing may nevertheless have learning disabilities such as dyslexia, difficulty in reading: dysgraphia, difficulty in writing; dyscalculia, difficulty with numbers; and auditory-memory problem that (2)……… the child from remembering what has just been said. Considered an "invisible" handicap such learning disabilities can be detected by alert parents before the children go to school. (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . the child at about thirty months is not developing normal language skills, something is amiss. A child who cannot do puzzles or put pegs in holes lacks perceptual-motor skills. Kindergarteners should recognize the ABC. First-graders may commonly reverse their letters, writing a d or a h. but if they are still doing this at the start of second grade, they (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . for learning disabilities. Proper and early (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . is essential.
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  Schools in the United States have not always had a large number of libraries. As (1)______ as 1958 about half of the public schools in the United States had no libraries at all. The (2)______ of public school libraries increased dramatically when the federal government passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, (3)______ provided funds for school districts to improve their education programs and facilities, including their libraries. (4)______, many educators claim that since the legislation was passed federal spending has not increased sufficiently to meet the rising (5)______ of new library technologies such as computer databases and Internet access.
  Because the federal government provides only limited funds to schools, individual school districts (6)______ on funds from local property taxes to meet the vast majority of public school expenses. Therefore, the libraries of public schools tend to reflect the (7)______ capabilities of the communities in which they are located. Districts in wealthy suburbs often have fully staffed libraries (8)______ abundant resources, spacious facilities, and curricular and instructional support. In (9)______, school districts in many poor areas house their libraries in ordinary classrooms or in small rooms. The libraries in such areas are generally staffed by volunteers, who organize and (10)______ books that are often out-of-date, irrelevant, or damaged.
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  In the 1960s, the Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the (1) …. . world. Since then, there have been a great many groups that have (2) …… enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult now to imagine (3) ………. sensational the Beatles were at the time. They were four boys from the north of England and none of them had any (4) ……. . in music. The Beatles changed pop music. They were the first pop group to achieve great (5) ………… from songs they had written themselves. After that it became common for groups and singers to write their own songs.
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  The last two decades have seen enormous changes in the way people's (1) . . . . . . . are affected, by IT. Twenty years ago, few people had access to a computer whilst today (2). . . . . . . . people use them at work, home or school and use of e-mail and the Internet is an every day event.
  These developments have brought many (3). . . . . . . . to our lives. Email makes communication much easier and more immediate. This has numerous benefits for business, commerce, and education. The World Wide Web means that information on every conceivable subject is now (4). . . . . . . . . . to us. Clearly, for many people this has made life much easier and more convenient.
  However, not all the effects of the new technology have been beneficial. Many people feel that the (5). . . . . . . . use of e-mail is destroying traditional forms of communication such as letter writing, telephone and face-to-face conversation. With ever increasing use of information technology these negative elements are likely to increase in the future.
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  The man who made and lost a fortune manufactoring kitchen furniture is back in business again. 37-year-old Timothy Lindlaw is now designing (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for offices - from the director’s suit to the secretarial office.
  Lindlaw had always had a lot of good ideas. After he (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a highly successful computer business for two years, he started his second business in a small garage, selling and installing kitchen furniture. He had made his first million pounds by the time he was thirty. Then he went on to earn over five million in three years.
  But, after (3). . . . . . . . . . with the managers of his company, he suddenly dismissed them. Within six months the business had gone bankrupt. And so had Lindlaw. I had made five million pounds before things began to go wrong, he said. 'I was just unlucky to lose it later. All companies go through good times - and through bad times. ‘Now (4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . several lessons which I'll never forget. '
  He said that he (5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to call his new company 'Office-fit' and was already very successful.
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  Nearly 200 of the 1500 native plant species in Hawaii are at risk of going extinct in the near future because they have been reduced to such low numbers. Approximately 90 percent of Hawaii's plants are found nowhere else in the world but they are (1) _____ by alien invasive species such as feral goats, pigs, rodents and non- native plants.
  The Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Group is striving to (2) _____ the extinction of the 182 rare Hawaiian plants with fewer than 50 individuals remaining in the wild. Since 1990, (3) ____ a result of their 'Plant Extinction Prevention Program', sixteen species have been brought into cultivation and three species have been reintroduced. Invasive weeds have been removed in key areas and fencing put up in order to (4)____ plants in the wild.
  In the future the Hawaii Rare Plant Restoration Program aims (5) _____ collecting genetic material from the remaining plants in the wild for storage as a safety net for the future. They also aim to manage wild populations and where possible reintroduce species into reserves.
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  Hi everyone.
  I've been in Paris for over a week now and I'm having a great holiday. In the first few days I did quite a lot of (1)…………. - the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame and all the usual tourist attractions. Most places are absolutely packed with tourists, so yesterday I decided to have a look round the shops.
  Today I've been to a couple of interesting art (2) . . . . . . . . . . . I got lost on my way back to the hotel, but it didn't matter because I discovered a really fascinating (3) . . . . . . . . . . with lots of little stalls, selling just about everything from apples to antiques.
  I ate in the hotel the first ni^ght but usually I (4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for dinner - the restaurants are great and I can get a set meal for less than 25 euros. I’m afraid I've (5) . . . . . . . . . . a lot of money, but it's a great place. You'll be able to see for yourself when I get back - I've taken lots of photos. .
  I hope you're all well. I'll write again next week.
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  All early television was broadcast in black and white. Color television was possible, but it was too (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . and of very poor quality until the middle of the 1950s. Color television broadcasts began in the United States in 1954. in Japan in 1960, and in Europe in 1967.
  The first (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . on the moon was broadcast live on television in 1969, and now television programs are (3). . . . . . . . . . . . all over the world immediately through the use of satellites that transmit the signals from the earth, through space, and back to the earth. More people now (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . their news and information throu^gh television than through newspapers and radio. The development of television is one of the most rapid and exciting (5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of our century.
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  Nowadays people are more aware that wildlife all over the world is in (1) _______. Many species of animals are threatened, and could easily become (2) _______ if we do not make an effort to protect them. In some cases, animals are hunted for their fur or for other valuable parts of their bodies. Some birds, such as parrots, are caught (3) _______ and sold as pets. For many animals and birds the problem is that their habitat - the place where they live - is disappearing. More land is used for farms, for houses or industry, and there are fewer open spaces than there once were. Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them to grow better crops, but these chemicals pollute the environment and (4) _______ wildlife. The most successful animals on earth - human beings - will soon be the only ones (5) _______, unless we can solve this problem.
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  One of the most famous statues in the world (1). . . . . . . . . . . . . on an island in New York Harbor. This statue is, of course, the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is a woman (2). . . . . . . . . . . the torch of liberty, and its (3). . . . . . . . . . . . . name is the 'Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World'. The statue was a (4). . . . . . . . . . . . . to American people from the French (5). . . . . . . . . . the friendship between the two nations.
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  One of the most famous statues in the world (1). . . . . . . . . . . . . on an island in New York Harbor. This statue is, of course, the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is a woman (2). . . . . . . . . . . the torch of liberty, and its (3). . . . . . . . . . . . . name is the 'Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World'. The statue was a (4). . . . . . . . . . . . . to American people from the French (5). . . . . . . . . . the friendship between the two nations.
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