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Men and women are different. It is a premise
universally accepted, (1) _________ the
subsequent argument concerning access to equal opportunities. However,
what is beginning to emerge is just how
wide the gap is between the sexes.
(2) _________ recently, it had been thought
that many of the hundreds of genes on the X and
Y chromosomes were inactive, a consequence of damage during the (3)
_________ of combination and
recombination which leads to the creation of a new human being. It was believed
that (4)_________ one of the two X
chromosomes in women was active and (5) _________ there were none on the Y chromosomes on men, (6)
_________ the result that both sexes would be comparable to (7) _________ one working X chromosome.
Now, it is known that both X chromosomes in
women (8) _________ to a women's genetic
inheritance, while startling new evidence shows that the Y chromosome is
(9) _________ from inactive. This means
that men and women differ (10) _________ as much as one to two percent of their genomes, an astounding figure when
considering that there is only a 1.5% difference between a man and a male chimpanzee, or a woman and a
female chimpanzee.
WHAT IS A DIAMOND?
It is perhaps difficult to believe that
diamond, like graphite and charcoal, is a (1) _________ of carbon. Diamond
crystallizes in cubic form, at enormous pressures and high temperatures
over the course of millions of years
(much diamond occurs as well- formed crystals, most commonly as octahedral or eight-sided crystal). The
process has been imitated under laboratory conditions and then applied industrially to create (2)
_________ diamonds. These have proven to be mainly of (3) _________ industrial,
plain quality or very small in size. The diamond's exceptional properties
arise from the crystal structure, in which
the bonding between the carbon (4) _________ is immensely strong and uniform.
First, a diamond possesses extraordinary
powers of light reflection. (5) _________ properly cut, it gathers light within itself,
reflecting it back in a shower of fire and brilliance. Second, it is the only gem mineral (6) _________ of a single,
unadulterated element, making it the purest of earth's gemstones. Thirdly, it is the hardest
transparent substance (7) _________ to man. Steel, for example,
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(8) _________ which most machine tools are
made, cannot cut diamond. The only material that can cut diamond is (9) _________ diamond!
Therefore, for that purpose, the industry uses, 'industrial grade', usually black, diamonds.
It is fitting that the purest and most
brilliant of all the world's stones should also be the most enduring one. These (10) _________ make
a diamond the perfect symbol of engagement and
love.
Put simply, an allergy is a disorder in which
the body over-reacts to harmless substances
which in (1) ______ circumstances should not produce any reaction at
all. An allergy can occur in (2) ______
any part of your body, and can be caused by just about anything. Mainly though,
allergies become evident on parts of the
body (3) ______ exposed to the outside world. Certain allergies occur only at certain times of the year, while
others are there all the time. Those that occur all the year (4) ______ are probably caused by
something you come into (5) ______ with every day of your life, some seemingly harmless (6) ______ such
as your deodorant or the pillow you lie on each night. Allergies can occur at any time during your
life, but usually do so before your fortieth birthday. Sometimes the symptoms are so (7) ______ you
do not even know you have an allergy, and it may take years for an allergy to become
noticeable. It all (8) ______ on the amount of the substance to which you are exposed and for how long.
Sometimes an allergy can disappear as suddenly as it arrived, without any (9) ______. Sometimes it
comes and goes for no apparent (10) ______, and with no regularity.
How often do you go along to a gig and see (1)
_________ new? Well, Quest's Friday night gig
at the City Hall certainly caught my (2) _________. Having heard one or
two tracks online, I was (3) _________ a group of about six musicians. Imagine
my surprise when just three young men walked
on stage.
It was clear that the band already have a
small but (4) _________ following. A group of fans in front of the small stage were singing (5)
_________ to at least half of the songs. And it was easy to see why. Quest have a clever combination of
catchy (6) _________, an irresistible beat, and very much their own sound. All three of the band
members play with great energy and expertise (7)
_________ their age.
The only downside was when it came to the
encores. They (8) _________ up repeating some
of their material and giving us cover (9) _________ of early rock
classics. A bit disappointing, but give
them time and I'm sure they'll be writing a lot more.
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I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more from
Quest. Check them out every Friday at the City Hall until the end of the month. It's well (10)
_________ it.
Cell phones have been (1) ______ in Japan
since the early 1990s, but it was not until 1999 that their use really took (2) ______. The age of
cell phones has emerged but with it come (3) ______. Cell phones are used on business trains, in
restaurants, and in all areas of life. They cause problems when they (4) ______ during meetings,
concerts, weddings or (5) ______ funerals. What’s more, people speak loudly in public and students
read and text messages during lessons. More seriously, when a cell phone is used near a person using
a pacemaker to regulate his heartbeat, its radio waves may (6) ______ with the functioning of
the machine. Now, something is being done to solve these problems. In many places, new
technology is being used to (7) ______ the cell phones. Airline passengers are requested to stop using cell
phones while on (8) ______. Concert halls ask their audience to switch their phones to (9) ______
mode. However, phone (10) ______ fear that if they do not answer their phones, they will lose
valuable business opportunities. That’s why many do not turn off their phones even when they are.
The Greek philosopher, Socrates, (1)
_____________to peace as 'the time when children bury their parents' and war as 'the time when
parents bury their children' . War, in other words, is a time when the natural state of things is thrown
(2) _____________chaos and (3) _____________of any good comes out of it.
The people who suffer in a war need not (4)
_____________be the losing party. There are
always two sides to an argument. Both warring parties will inevitably
sustain casualties, and it is the people
who pay for all the senseless damage. In a war, the soldiers (5)
_____________be enemies to each other,
but they are still somebody's father, brother, son or husband. Someone will (6)
____________ for them if they die.
Our generation is fortunate (7)
_____________we have not had the misfortune to go (8) _____________ a war. We
should prevent such tragic events from recurring in the future. We should do our utmost to preserve peace, first in our
(9) _____________lives, and then in others. Only then can we live in (10) _____________with one
another.
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KRAKATOA
Volcanic eruption has been a constant threat
to our natural environment for millions of years, but seldom in recent times (1) ___________ a
volcano erupted with the ferocity of Krakatoa.
Krakatoa, (2) ___________ is a volcanic island
group in Indonesia, erupted on 27th August
1883. Not only was the explosion (3) ___________ loud that it was heard
as far away (more than 3,000 km) as
Perth in Australia, (4) ___________ it is also recognized as (5) ___________
the loudest sound (6) ___________
recorded.
Ten thousand people in the region were killed,
many (7) ___________ in the enormous
tsunamis which the eruption produced – tsunamis which eventually reached
South Africa and the English
Channel.
The explosion also had a major effect on the
(8) ___________ world’s weather system. The
volcanic dust in the atmosphere reduced the (9) ___________ of sunlight
reaching the earth’s surface, reducing
global temperatures by more than one degree centigrade. Only after five
years had passed (10) ___________ global
temperatures begin to normal.
CAMPING HOLIDAYS
Although it has a reputation for being rather
basic in terms of home comforts, the modern
material used in the manufacture of tents means camping is at least a
lot less hard work. Nowadays tents are
(1) _________ lightweight that you hardly notice you're carrying them. They're
easy to (2) _________ up yet still a cheaper alternative to hotel
accommodation.
Talk to an expert first before spending a lot
of money (3) _________ a tent. Different tents
suit different needs and there's no point (4) _________ buying a
mountaineering tent (5) _________ you're
planning to camp in these conditions. Don't (6) _________ tempted to splash out
on all the latest equipment either. Most
of the fun of camping lies in the chance to get back to nature. There's no need to take anything more (7) ________
the basics.
Always try to plan your arrival at the site
long before (8) _________ gets dark. You will want to see (9) _________ you're doing when you
try to erect your tent. Don't forget to ask for permission if you're not camping on a registered site,
and remember to take a supply of food and drink with you in (10) _________ the local shops are
closed when you arrive. You can then enjoy your first meal under the stars and begin to appreciate the
joys of camping.
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ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
The largest land mammal alive today is the
elephant. Today, there are two kinds of elephants - the African elephant and the Indian
elephant. (1) ______, this has not always been the case. Until about 10,000 years ago, there was another
group, the mammoths, which unfortunately are now (2) ______. Mammoths, which
lived in the intense cold of northern Russia and North America, looked very similar to modern elephants. A
difference, of course, is that adult mammoths had a double layer of long hair (3) ______ their whole
bodies.
Some scientists point a (4) ______ at humans
as the factor responsible for the extinction of
the mammoths - supposedly (5) ______ mammoth bones have been found in
places where humans lived. However,
thanks to recent evidence, many researchers now believe changes in weather is
a (6) ______ accurate explanation for
the extinction of mammoths. The climate changed, and with it, the types of plants (7) ______ changed. This
in (8) ______ affected the mammoths, which now had trouble finding food. The changes in climate
probably took place quite suddenly, and in fact, whole mammoths have been found perfectly (9) ______
in the ice.
Because mammoths and modern elephants are
somewhat similar, some scientists think it
might be possible to bring (10) ______ the animals by mixing DNA taken
from frozen mammoths with that of an
elephant.
THE TROUBLE WITH SCHOOL
In the first few years at school all appears
to (1) _______ very well. There is much concern, (2) _______ the part of the teachers, with
high educational standards, and the children, even (3) _______ who are far from
being privileged in other ways, seem eager and happy. However, by the time the children (4) _______ adolescence,
the promise of the early years frequently remains unfulfilled. Many leave school (5) _______
having mastered those basic skills which society demands, let (6) _______ having developed the
ability to exercise any sort of creative intelligence.
There is no denying that, in spite of the
enlightened concern of our primary schools with
happiness, schooling (7) _______ or other turns into a distinctly
unhappy experience for many of our
children. Large numbers of them emerge from it well aware that they are
ill-equipped life in our society. So
then they either regard (8) _______ as stupid for failing or else, quite
understandably,
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they regard the activities at which they have
failed as stupid. In any event they want no (9) _______ of them. How can we justify a long (10)
_______ of compulsory education which ends like that?
Energy is one of the (1) _______ that many
people are interested in. It is not an unfamiliar word. It is heard, said, discussed day after day.
It is close to everyone’s (2) _______ life. You turn on the lamp and it is (3) _______ that gives you
light. You turn on a TV and it is energy that gives you pictures and sound. You ride a motorcycle and
it is energy that gives you (4) _______. You cook your meals and it is energy that gives you
heat to boil rice.
The
problem is that the (5) _______ for energy is rising and that the price of
energy is getting higher and higher. The
supply of energy on earth is limited. It cannot provide us all forever. The (6)
_______ of energy in the future is inevitable. Therefore, saving energy is a
must if we want to (7) _______ to live in a safe and sound world.
If we
save energy, the environment will be (8) _______ polluted and our health will
be better and we will live a more
meaningful life and more happily. Perhaps the best solution to the problem of energy is a (9) _______ of clean energy
coming from the sun: solar energy. This kind of energy is easily available, free, and inexhaustible.
Furthermore, it does not cause (10) _______.
A healthful lifestyle leads to a longer,
happier, healthier life. Staying healthy means eating a well-balanced diet, getting regular exercise,
and avoiding things that are bad for the (1) ______ and mind.
Nutrition plays a key role (2) ______
maintaining good health and preventing many diseases. In spite of all the information available
about diet, scientists still believe that good nutrition can (3) ______ simple.
There are several basic rules to follow. Keep fat intake low. Eat lots of foods
high in carbon hydrates, (4) ______ are
the starches in grains, legumes (beans and peas), vegetables and some fruits. (5)______ too much sugar. Limit
salt. Eat lots of fruits and vegetables, which are high in (6) ______.
A healthy lifestyle is an active lifestyle.
(7)______ of proper physical exercise can cause
tiredness, irritability, and poor general health. Physical fitness
requires both aerobic exercise, such as
running, bicycle riding, and swimming, (8) ______ muscle-strengthening
exercise, such as weight-lifting.
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Finally, good health is acquired by (9)______
no to bad habits such as smoking, drinking, and
overeating and by avoiding situations that are constantly stressful.
People can take their lives and
happiness into their own (10) ______. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is
the first step.
HOW CAN I COPE BETTER WITH STRESS?
Recent research found that having higher
levels of self-esteem, a more positive way of
explaining why things happen, and avoiding perfectionist thinking were
strongly (1) _________ to bouncing back
when things go wrong.
To begin with, according to Dr. Judith Johnson
self-esteem was shown to be (2) __________
in two thirds of the studies in mediating the link between failure and
distress. All we need to do is write a
list of our positive qualities and examples of when we have (3) _______them.
Secondly, how we explain things also (4)
______. If we can brush off a disappointment by (5) ____________ it to external
factors, then we have the equivalent of emotional armour.
Finally, if we have perfectionist tendencies,
lower them. Perfectionists hold rigid standards
that don’t bend in the stormy (6) _________of life. Johnson says we need
to set more realistic (7.
___________.
She also advises self-awareness and noticing when
we are stressed. If you feel stuck, do
something that (8) _________ you up. You need to plan these things into
a schedule – doing them will chip away
at your negative (9) ________, even if you do enjoy them a bit less than usual.
Other research shows that the (10)
__________ of friends or family also helps emotional resilience, as does being physically active.
FOOD FOR A FUTURE
Jon Wynne-Tyson was an original thinker whose
best-known book ‚Food for a Future‘ was
published in 1975, In this classic work, a case was (1) __________
forward for (2) __________ can only be
described as a more responsible and humane attitude towards the world’s food
resources. It had gradually become clear
to Wynne-Tyson that the economics and ecology of meat production did not make sense. What justification was
(3) __________, he argued, for using seven tones of cereal to produce one tone of meat?
Even today, the book's succinct style makes it
compulsively readable. (4) __________ his
approach is basically an emotional one, Wynne-Tyson goes to great
lengths to back (5) __________ every
statement with considerable supporting evidence and statistical data. Thus,
even those of us who are widely read (6)
__________ the subject of vegetarianism will gain fresh insights from this
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book. It is generally agreed that his most
skillful achievement is the slow revelation of his main thesis (7) __________ the arguments unfold.
The book concludes that a move away from an animal based diet to one which is
based on plant sources is inevitable in the long-term, in view of the fact that there is no sound nutritional, medical
or social justification for meat eating. (8) __________ of whether you agree with (9) __________ a
conclusion or not, the book certainly makes (10) __________ fascinating read.
If we measure the seasons, as in the past they
have been, by ordinary natural events such as
the departure of migrating birds or the appearance of the first flower,
(1)________________ spring now begins in
November and autumn ends in December. (2) ________________ may seem an unlikely situation to us, but in actual fact,
data shows that spring now occurs ten to thirty days earlier than it did, while recent research
bears (3) ________________ that autumn is arriving later.
Traditional data on phenology, the study of
the timing of natural events goes, (4) ________________ to 1736 in Britain,
taken (5) ________________ isolation, phonological data may not mean much, but the received wisdom from
ecology is about interconnectedness.
(6)________________, with higher temperatures in winter, some species
will breed earlier and then find that
their food source has been destroyed (7) ________________ winter finally
arrives. Competition for winter food
will probably increase too, as birds stop migrating south in winter, as has already happened in a (8)
________________ of cases
(9) ________________ it is often difficult to
be certain that seasonal trends are progressive
and not cyclical, those involved in analyzing the information see the
fingerprints of global warming (10)
________________ this blurring of the seasons’ edges.
KARAOKE FEVER
Karaoke is fast becoming the nation’s Number
One party pastime. Public humiliation has
(1)_________ been so fashionable. It’s 1 a.m. at an exclusive location
in the heart of London. A major pop
singer has taken the stage but rather than sing her latest hit, she treats the
crowd (2)_________ a Michael Jackson
song. What was (3) _________ the party habit of teenagers is now favoured
by London’s coolest crowd and everyone
is having a (4) _________. So why are so many of our young celebrities queueing up to make fools of (5)
_________ in clubs and bars across the country? Maybe it’s because (6) _________ out a naff pop
song to a public audience shows that even though you may be a celebrity, you don’t (7) _________
yourself too seriously. And if you are a big movie star,
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that’s a good message to get across. Nobody
gets away without being laughed (8) _________ on a karaoke evening, no matter how famous they
are. (9) _________ all, that’s the whole point of the exercise. But for the musical experts among
you, a word of warning: this isn’t about proving to the world that you know all the lyrics to a serious
song. It’s about expressing your inner performer. Don’t bother (10) _________ up at a karaoke
night if you aren’t prepared to sing; you’ve got to put in the effort and prove that you are one of
the ‘in-crowd’. Break a leg!
THE
WHIRL OF WORK
Miserable, over-worked and insecure, the
British work the longest hours in Europe and
express the (1) _________ job satisfaction. (2) _________ much richer,
they are becoming fed up to the back (3)
_________ with work every year. What is the (4) _________ of economic success
if it is matched by growing unhappiness?
Like dumb oxen we work harder than everyone else - a third of men work over 50 hours a week - but we're not
smarter. For over a century factory acts and ever shorter working hours marked the onward march
of industrial progress. Now social history has gone into (5) _________.
In an (6) _________ study Professor Cary
Cooper of the Manchester School of Management
revisits the same 5000 managers from CEOs down to juniors and he finds
them growing increasingly anxious about
their lives. This is (7) _________ surprising since half of them work most evenings and a third work most weekends.
Whatever the reality of falling unemployment, people feel their own job or status is in grave (8)
_________ because they suffer more turmoil at work than they did five years ago. Reconstructing,
downsizing and radical change at work (9) _________ a life of constant upheaval, and the current merger
epidemic (10) _________ off unpredictable job loss.
INDOOR AIR POLUTION
The citizens of four major European countries
think the (1) _________ of climate change such
as severe floods and storms are already affecting them, according to a
major new polling study. The research
dispels the idea that global warming is widely seen as a future problem, and
also shows strong support for action to
tackle global warming, (2) _________subsidies for clean energy and big financial penalties for nations that
refuse to be part of the international climate deal signed in Paris in 205 – (3) _________ US president
Donald Trump has threatened. There was also strong support for giving financial (4) _________ to
developing nations to cope with the impacts of climate change. Renewable energy was viewed very
positively in all nations, but fracking had little support,
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with just 20% of people seeing it positively
in the UK, 5% in Germany and 9% in France. Nuclear power was also unpopular: only 23% of those
in France, (5) _________ it supplies the vast majority of electricity, have a favourable opinion.
Overwhelming majorities of people in the UK,
Germany, France and Norway said climate
change was at (6) _________ partly caused by human activities, such as
burning fossil fuels. But only a third
thought the vast majority of scientists agreed with this, despite about 97% of
climate scientists doing so. “It is
encouraging to see that most people in this very large study recognise that climate change is happening, and that
support for the need to tackle it remains high (7)
_________ the people we surveyed,” said Prof
Nick Pidgeon at Cardiff University, who led the
international project. He said the firm backing of the public could be
important in the light of Trump’s
opposition to climate action: “(8) _________ the recently shifting
political mood in some countries,
climate policy is now entering a critical phase. It is therefore even
(9) _________ important that the public’s
clear support for the Paris agreement is carried (10) _________ by policymakers
Europe and worldwide.”
FROM ROYALIST TO REPUBLICAN
Erskine Childers was not what you would call
your (1) _________ Irish freedom fighter. A Briton by birth, and a proud (2)
_________ at that for most of the early years of his life, Childers was a
decorated soldier of the British Admiralty (3) _________ had demonstrated
unwavering commitment and loyalty to both king and country. And yet, somewhere
along the way, disillusionment (4) _________ in.
While it is difficult to pinpoint the precise
moment when doubt started to creep into Childers' mind (5) _________ to whether
his loyalty was misguided, what was essentially a complete philosophy shift - a
total realignment of ideals - did occur. Childers went from (6) _________
royalist to a staunch nationalist, obsessed with the cause of Irish freedom.
He befriended the (7) _________ of Eamon
DeVelera and Michael Collins, key figures in the Irish Republican camp, and
even went so far as to ship illegal armaments to the leaders of the ill-fated
Easter Rising of 1916, which was easily put (8) _________ by the British army.
Later, he would fight on the (9) _________ of the Irish rebels in the War of Independence, until an uneasy truce was agreed between Britain and Ireland. Eventually, a treaty was signed partitioning the country. For Childers, by now totally devoted to the cause of Irish freedom and the notion of a united Ireland, partition was (10) _________ bitter a pill to swallow.
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Fancy creating your very own Ronaldinho? Well,
before (1) _________, you may be able to do
just that. Simply sign (2) _________ for RoboCup.
RoboCup is the nickname for an international
scientific project called the Robot World Cup
Initiative. (3) _________ by the idea of using football as a means of
promoting science and technological
development, the project organizers have (4) _________ an ultimate goal of
building a robotic football team that
will be able to (5) _________ the human World Cup winners by the year 2050. Teams are becoming increasingly
competitive in their endeavours to create humanoid footballers, and the annual RoboCup World
Championships play (6) _________ to robotic designs at the cutting edge of artificial
intelligence technology. RoboCup Junior, an offshoot of the project designed for schools, has also witnessed some
innovative designs from budding young scientists around the globe.
The question is: Can RoboCup’s goal
realistically be (7) _________ by 2050? The organizers admit it’s a (8) _________ order, but argue
that it is nevertheless feasible. After all, there was only a matter of fifty years between the first
flight by aeroplane and the first moon landing. So it would be folly to dismiss out of (9) _________ the
possibility of a world class robot football team beating the human champions by 2050. For (10) _________,
though, my money remains firmly on the real
Ronandinho.
LAUGHING IS GOOD FOR YOU – SERIOUSLY
It is a sad fact that adults laugh far less
than children, sometimes (1) _________ as much as a couple of hundred times a day. Just take a
look at people’s faces on the way to work or in the office: you’ll be lucky to see a smile, let
(2) _________ hear a laugh. This is a shame -especially in (3) _________ of the fact that scientists
have proved that laughing is good for you. “When you laugh,” says psychologist David Cohen, “it
produces the feel-good hormones, endorphins. It
counters the effects of stress (4) _________ enhances the immune system
.”
There are many reasons why we might laugh less
in adult life: perhaps we are too work obsessed; or too embarrassed to (5)
_________ our emotions show. Some psychologists simply believe that children have more naive
responses, and as adults we naturally grow (6) _________ of spontaneous reactions.
Luckily, however, it is possible to relearn
the art of laughter. In India” laughter clinics have been growing (7) _________ popularity over
the last few years, (8) _________ to the efforts of Dr Madan Kataria, whose work has won him a
devoted following. Dr Kataria believes that his laughing
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techniques can help to strengthen the immune
system and lower stress levels, (9) _________ other things. He teaches his patients different
laughs or giggles to relax specific parts of the body. In 1998 when Dr Kataria organized a World
Laughter Day at Bombay racetrack, 10,000 people (10) _________ up.
MODERN LIVING
Over the last forty years, one of the major
changes in the way we live concerns (1)________
we eat.
As well as the fact that we have larger
incomes, foreign travel (2)________ encouraged us to experiment (3)________ our cooking. As a
result, ordinary people have developed a taste
(4)________ exotic flavours. Supermarkets, which previously filled their
shelves with only locally produced
goods, now stock Caribbean vegetables, spices from India and (5)________
Chinese beer! There is also a trend
towards eating (6)________ healthily nowadays, so low-fat, low-calorie foodstuffs have become part of our weekly
shopping basket. And vegetarianism is on (7)________ rise, too. Government surveys predict that
one in three of us will be a vegetarian by the end of the present decade.
Strange as it may seem, (8)________, the fact
that we now know more than ever before about
what we should eat has not actually made us (9)________ healthier. In
fact, the latest surveys show that all
of us are getting fatter and some, especially teenagers, are in danger of
becoming clinically obese. If this
happens, we only have (10)________ to blame.
Most people I know would never go to a martial
arts movie, even if you paid them, but I defy
anyone (1) ______ to enjoy 70 minutes in the dark with Jackie Chan. For
a start, Chan is simply interested in
evading the bullies who want to do him over - and if he bumps into someone as
he's running away, he's always
apologetic. His screen persona is never (2) ______ to bombast. Chan is a likeable, bumbling everyman who tries to
extricate himself from scrapes with his astounding athletic (3) ______ as he leaps up the side
of a building, you would swear he was on wires. With the kind of skills and agility normally (4)
______ to monkeys and flies, Chan seems capable of scuttering up any surface. And it is extremely rare for
him to (5) ______ on the offensive. The films of lesser action stars like Jean-Claude Van Damme
provide a diet of relentless violence, punctuated every now and (6) ______ by some semi-moronic
'witticism', but Chan's balletic altercations with his enemies are as a (7) ______ oriented around
the art of comic evasion. True, nobody could ever win
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a screen-writing Oscar for one of his films:
they're the sort of film where villains will frequently deliver lines like “I'm sorry we didn't get the tape,
four of our guys got blown up”. They (8) ______ to be a series of stunt sequences, all devised by
Chan himself, wrapped around the most tenuous of plots. He uses no stunt double or state of the art technology
or computer-generated tricks. He is simply
a person of great charm with an enormous flair (9) ______ physical
comedy. And what is so amazing is that
this seasoned campaigner should still be making (10) ______ films at the age of
fifty.
An (1) ______ of Chinese peasants is roaming
the country seeking work. An even bigger
army of around 130 million peasants, still at home, is (2) ______ work.
The figures, published by the Communist
news service, explain the masses of people gathering together outside the
Canton railway station each morning. It
may well (3) ______ that the numbers flocking to the coastal cities to take advantage of (4) ______ stringent
controls on movement and greater job opportunities could reach as high as 30 million soon. Notices are
being posted and orders (5) ______ telling people to go back to their towns and villages and (6)
______ city employers not to advertise jobs in the countryside! Until recently the cities
welcomed these migrant workers because they were cheap. However, recent proclamations of austerity,
banning building projects, mean less work is available. In (7) ______, figures reveal that in some
cities migrant workers (8) ______ for more than half of the recent criminal arrested! Ironically, the
household registration system, which made (9) ______ illegal for people to leave home without permission,
has been abandoned making it easier for peasants to move to the cities. The authorities appear to
be (10) ______ a loss as to what more they can do.
YOGA
There can be hardly anyone who has not heard
of yoga, and (1)__________ you are 16 or 60, you can reap the benefits of taking (2)__________
in a yoga class. Yoga is a system of (3)_________ the body and the mind. Its goal is to
(4)__________ it easier for people to remove all distractions preventing them living a life of the spirit
in union with their Maker. Reaching this state is (5)_________ greater a challenge that might be imagined.
The main emphasis of the physical training is
(6)__________ bringing the body under complete control in such areas as
the regulation of breathing and the
flexibility of the muscles, (7)__________ if which are instrumental in
controlling our overall movements. The
mental training, as (8)_________ as the modifications to the behavior of
the physical body, make undisturbed
concentration (9)___________. So perhaps it’s (10) ___________ we all headed for the nearest yoga class and
started training right now.
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The majority of lottery winners change their
lives (1) _______ little, and continue on their
settled way happy ever after. A couple of years ago, a Mr. David won a
million. He had been struggling to (2)
_______ a success of his dry cleaning shop for the past 12 months. He
accepted his cheque in a small ceremony
(3) _______ the premises at 2.30, and by three o’clock he had reopened for business. The reaction of Mr. Pasquale
Consalvo who won $30 million in the New
York state lottery was very (4) _______.He was unhappy not to be able to
fulfill his desire to go to work as (5)
_______ on the day he won. He also said that if the money made him (6) _______
he would give it back. In fact, the
chances of his life being made a misery by his new-found wealth are almost (7) _______ slim though not quite as
the sixty million-to-one odds he beat to take a jackpot (8) _______ had remained unclaimed through
six previous draws. Gambling small amounts (9) _______ the lottery is a
harmless if futile hobby. (10) _______, gambling can become an addition, increasingly so as the activity becomes
socially acceptable.
Many celebrated artists have found it hard to
makes ends meet early on in their careers.
(1)____________a few well-known exceptions, however, (poor Van Gogh
being perhaps the most famous one) most
went on to find recognition within their own lifetime. Picasso’s life story is
the kind of rags-to-riches tale which
gives hope to many (2) ____________ unknown artist. In 1904, he was sharing a draughty and primitive studio
complex (3)____________thirty other artists. But by his death, he was a multi-millionaire and
probably the most celebrated modern artist ever. Nevertheless, (4)____________ every success
story, there must be dozens of artists (perhaps some potential ‘greats’) who have endured a
lifetime (5) ____________ hardship in obscurity. Whether they were never recognized because their work was
out of sympathy with the prevailing fashion, or (6) ____________ they lacked
talent, is impossible to say. Most people see art (7) ____________ a vocation rather (8) ____________ a career.
There may indeed be some truth in the idea that artists need to (9) ____________ exceptionally
dedicated to succeed, and even relatively successful artists sometimes have (10) ____________ supplement
their income by working in other areas occasionally.
THE FUTURE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
There is a scene in the film Minority Report
in (0) __which__ Tome Cruise stands in front of a vast Perspex-like screen housed in the police
department’s Pre-Crime Unit. He gazes (1) ____
earnest at the transparent surface, waving his hands across the tablet
to swirl great chunks of text and moving
image across the screen to (2) ____ a storyboard of yet-to-be-committed crimes.
With a simple twist of his finger or a
flick of his wrist, pictures expand and enlarge, word scroll, and whole trains of thought come to tangible fruition
(3) ____ there on board. The year is 2054.
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Yet it seems the era of true touch-screen
technology is already here. Indeed, when Apple boss Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone in San
Francisco a few years ago, he grandly declared: “We are reinventing the cell phone.”
(4) ____ of the main reasons for Jobs’ bold
claim was the iPhone’s futuristic user interface- “multi-touch”. As
demonstrated on stage by Jobs (5) ____, multi-touch was created to make
the most of the iPhone’s large screen.
(6)____most existing smart phones, the iPhone has only one conventional button-all the rest of the
controls appear on the screen, adapting morphing around your fingertips as you use the device, almost
(7)____ the giant tablet in Minority Report.
The demonstration iPhone handset certainly
looked like re-invention, but multi-touch, while it was new for Apple, is (8) ____ no means a new
technology. The concept has been around for years, waiting for the hardware side of the equation
to get small enough, smart enough, cheap enough to make it a reality. While it still remains
something of a novelty now, there is a good chance that the (9) ____ years will bring many more computers
and consumer gadgets that depend wholly or
(10)____ on multi-touch concepts.
Overland transport in the United States was
still extremely primitive in 1790. Roads were few and short, usually extending from inland
communities to the nearest river town or seaport. (1) _______ all interstate
commerce was carried out by sailing ships that served the bays and harbors of the seaboard. Yet, in 1790 the nation was
on the threshold of a new era of road development. (2) _______ to finance road
construction, states (3) _______ for help to private companies, organized by merchants and land speculators who had a
personal interest in improved communications (4) _______ the interior. The
pioneer in this move was the state of Pennsylvania, which chartered a company in 1792 to construct a turnpike, a
road for the use of (5) _______ a toll, or payment, is collected, from Philadelphia to Lancaster.
The legislature (6) _______ the company the authority to erect tollgates at (7) _______ along the road
where payment would be collected, though it carefully regulated the rates. (The states had
unquestioned authority to regulate private business in this period.)
The company built a gravel road (8) _______
two years, and the success of the Lancaster Pike encouraged imitation. Northern states
generally relied on private companies to (9) _______ their toll roads, but Virginia constructed a network at
public expense. (10) _______ was the road building fever that by 1810 New York alone had some
1,500 miles of turnpikes extending from the Atlantic to Lake Erie.
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THE TOUGHEST RUNNERS
There are a few runners who have completed
every London Marathon since the first race in
1981. They are the toughest runners of all. These athletes, (1) ____________
honour of both their mental and physical
strength, have been given a permanent entry in the event for the rest of
their lives, provided that they do not
miss a year. Other people have run the race faster or under greater handicaps, (2) ____________ these are
athletes with a mission. For (3) ____________, the annual event is a way of life, not just a worthy
fund-raising exercise or a single challenge. Bill O’Connor is one of these runners. In his case, running is
a daily ritual which began in New Zealand (4) ___________, as a youngster, he
pounded along the wet sand on the edge of the Tasman Sea. Now aged fifty, and working as a mathematics
teacher at a school in London, he retains his fascination (5) ____________the London Marathon and the
activity of running. He says, “When the first London Marathon was held, I thought (6) ____________
myself that here was a challenge. I thought that if there was only going to be one race, I wanted
to have run in it.” But the London Marathon went (7)
____________ to become the most impressive
success story in British sport and Bill O’Connor has been a constant part of it. (8) ____________
he ever felt that he would fail to finish? “In 1985. It was a beautiful day and I started running much
(9) ____________ fast for the first mile and got worried. So I slowed down for the next mile. Yet (10)
____________I expected I would take at least four hours, I finished in two hours thirty-four minutes
and twenty-nine seconds”. It is his best time so far.
The knowledge and eloquence that people gain
through travelling is usually perceived (1) _________ the best fulfillment in
life. It is the inquisitive human nature that impels people to seek thrilling experiences and to set out on an
exploration trip. (2) _________ who travel frequently and to diverse places benefit from establishing
new relationships and (3) _________ a better knowledge about other cultures and lifestyles. However,
there is a grain of truth in the assumption that people are prone to cherishing clichés and unfounded
prejudices about other nations and their
characteristics. Sometimes, it is only the first-hand encounter (4)
_________ can help change the approach
towards the so-called 'inferior communities'. This direct (5) _________ with a
different civilization enables travelers
to drop their baseless assumptions and get acquainted with the real concept of life in all four (6) _________ of
the globe. Beyond question, travelling facilitates friendship and makes (7) _________ easier for many
individuals to acknowledge the true value of different traditions and customs. Yet, it does not
always (8) _________ enjoyment. It (9) _________ also involve coming close with the atrocities of real
existence as well as becoming aware of the challenges and hardships that other people have to struggle
with. Hence, a true voyage is the one with a good (10) _________ of experience
to reminisce about, very often combined with exposure to abhorrent sights and incredible ordeals. The learning to be
complete, thus, requires an ability to observe and analyze the surroundings, both their glamour and
brutality.
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THE EARLY YEARS OF MTV
The popular TV music channel MTV was launched
in 1981 in the US with the intention of
playing (1) ______ but music videos. It was a brilliant marketing
concept, as it came at little cost while
(2) ____ extremely attractive to record companies and advertisers.
The videos were guided by an air-host (3)
_______ as a VJ-the term is a conflation of ‘video’ and ‘disc jockey’. The VJs
are now a (4) ________ of the past, but (5) _________their heyday, they were MTV, attaining cult status. It was (6)
_________ presenters on the station that Russell Brand and Alex Zane got their career breaks.
MTV changed the way we experience music: we
(7) _______ records instead of just listening
to them. Record companies were quick to appreciate this, and acts such
as Madona and Boy George, (8) _________
appeal was as much about their good looks (9) _______their music, went global. Such (10) _________the music video’s
impact that film directors at the height of their careers were attracted to the medium.
A healthful lifestyle leads to a longer,
happier, healthier life. Staying healthy means eating a well-balanced diet, getting regular exercise,
and avoiding things that are bad for the (1) ______ and mind.
Nutrition plays a key role (2) ______ maintaining
good health and preventing many diseases.
In spite of all the information available about diet, scientists still
believe that good nutrition can (3) ______ simple. There are several basic
rules to follow. Keep fat intake low. Eat lots of foods high in carbon hydrates, (4) ______ are the starches
in grains, legumes (beans and peas), vegetables and some fruits. (5)______ too much sugar. Limit
salt. Eat lots of fruits and vegetables, which are high in (6) ______.
A healthy lifestyle is an active lifestyle.
(7)______ of proper physical exercise can cause
tiredness, irritability, and poor general health. Physical fitness
requires both aerobic exercise, such as
running, bicycle riding, and swimming, (8) ______ muscle-strengthening
exercise, such as weight-lifting.
Finally, good health is acquired by (9)______
no to bad habits such as smoking, drinking,
and overeating and by avoiding situations that are constantly stressful.
People can take their lives and
happiness into their own (10) ______. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is the
first step.
CAUSES OF CONFLICT BETWEEN ADOLESCENTS AND
THEIR PARENTS
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Some interesting discoveries have been made by
psychologists studying conflicts between
adolescents and their parents. One notable feature is that they seldom
argue about such major topics (1)
________sex, drugs, or politics. This is surprising, given that great
differences often exist between the
attitudes of parents and adolescents on such issues. Researchers suggest the explanation may be that such topics (2)
___________not usually relate to day-to-day family interaction and are (3) ________discussed as
they are not directly relevant (4) __________family life. Instead, parents and children tend to (5) ___________out
over everyday family matters such as
housework.
Despite the changed that have (6)
__________place over the past fifty years, adolescents appear to have the same kinds of arguments
with their parents as their parents had (7) ___________they themselves were
young. It seems to come down to the conflict between the adolescent’s desire for independence (8)
_________the parents’ authority. Teenagers spoke of their right to be free of restrictions, while
parents were equally sure of their right to exert control, backing this up (9) __________referring to the needs
of the family as a whole. Interestingly, both groups could see the other’s (10) _________of view even
though they disagreed with it.
In the age before the motor car, what was
travelling in London like? Photographs taken 100 years ago showing packed streets indicate
that it was much the same as it is now. Commuters who choose the car to get to work probably travel
at an average speed of 17 kph from their homes in the suburbs to offices in the centre. It is
virtually the same (66)___________ that they would have travelled at in a horse and carriage a
century ago.
As towns and cities grow, (67)___________ does
traffic, whether in the form of the horse and
carriage (68) ___________ the modern motor car. It would seem that,
wherever (69)___________ are people who
need to go somewhere, they would (70)___________ be carried than walk or pedal.
The photographs show that, in
(71)___________ of congestion and speed, traffic in London hasn’t changed over the past 100 years. London has
had traffic jams ever (72)___________ it became a huge city. It is only the vehicles that have
changed.
However, although London had traffic
congestion long (73)___________ the car came along, the age of the horse produced little
unpleasantness apart (74)___________ the congestion. Today, exhaust fumes create dangerous smogs that
cause (75)___________ problems for a great many
people. Such problems could be reduced if many of us avoided jams by
using bicycles or taking a brisk walk to
school or work.
Once, children had ambitions to be doctors,
explorers, sportsmen, artists or scientists. Now, taking their (1) ________ from TV, they just
want to be famous. Fame is no (2) ________ a reward
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for gallant service or great, perhaps even
selfless endeavour. It is an end in (3) ________ , and the sooner it can be achieved, the sooner the
lonely bedroom mirror can be replaced by the TV camera and flash gun, the (4) ________. Celebrity is
the profession (5) ________ the moment, a vainglorious vocation which, (6) ________ some
18th-century royal court, seeems to exist largely (7) ________ that the rest of us might watch and be amazed
(8) ________ its members live out their lives in public, like self-regarding members of some
glittering soap opera.
Today, almost (9) ________ can be famous.
Never has fame (10) ________. More democratic, more ordinary, more achievable.
The computer has brought nothing (1)
_______________problems to the world of the twentieth century. Chief among the problems has (2)
________________the dehumanization of society. People are no (3)_________________ human. Each of us
is a series of numbers, numbers to be fed into
computers. There are our credit card numbers, our bank account
(4)_________________ , our social
security numbers, our telephone and electricity numbers - the computer
number game is endless. What happens to these computerized numbers? They are
distributed to a network of government
agencies and business (5) __________________can use them to invade our privacy.
The Internal Revenue Service stores
millions of facts about every citizen. Credit agencies exchange (6)________________ on the spending and
saving practices of nearly every American adult. Mailing lists are (7)_____________________ available
by computers to dozens of organizations, public and private, who bombard us with unwanted mail.
Just let the computer which stores (8) ___________________ concerning our
accounts, let us say with a credit card
company, make an error and it is almost impossible to correct it. The result is
an avalanche of bills, threads, and loss
of credit standing. The computer has thrown thousands of people out of (9) _____________________. The
gamut of computer- generated unemployed runs
from highly skilled technicians to typists. These are some of the
reasons why I feel that the (10) __________________________ of the computer has
been detrimental to the quality of our life in the twentieth century.
Life on a small island may seem very inviting
(1) ____ the tourists who spend a few weeks
there in the summer, but the realities of living on what is virtually a
rock surrounded by water are quite
different from (2) ____ the casual visitor imagines. Although in summer the
island villages are full of people, life
and activities, when the tourist season is (3) ____ many of the shop owners
shut down their businesses and (4) ____
to the mainland to spend the winter in town. Needless to say, (5) ____ who remain on the island, either by
choice or necessity, face many hardships. One of the (6) ____ of these is isolation, with its many
attendant problems. When the weather is bad, (7) ____
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is often the case in winter, the island is
entirely cut off; this means not only that people cannot have goods (8) ____ but also that a medical
emergency can be fatal to someone confined to an island. At times telephone (9) ____ is cut
off, which means that no word from the outside world can get through. Isolation and loneliness are
basic reasons why so many people have left the
islands for a better and more (10) ____ life in the mainland cities, in
spite of the fact that this involves
leaving “home”.
The dog fence is Australia’s version of the
Great Wall of China (1) ________ longer, erected to keep (2) __________ hostile invaders, in this
(3) __________ hordes of yellow dogs. The empire it preserves is that of the woolgrowers,
sovereigns of the world’s second largest sheep flock, after China’s – some 123 million head-and keepers
of a wool export business worth four billion dollars to the national economy. It (4) ___________
to matter little that more and more people – conservationists, politiciams,
taxpayers and animal lovers – say that the construction of such a fence (5) __________ never be allowed today.
With some sections of it almost one hundred years old, built by bushmen travelling with camels,
the dog fence has become, as must conservationists ruefully admit, ‘an icon of frontier
ingenuity’.
To appreciate (6) __________ unusual outback
monument and to meet the people (7) __________ livelihoods depend on it, I
spent part of an Astralian autumn travelling the wire. For most of its prodigious length the fence winds like
a river (8) ___________ a landscape that, (9) _________ heavy rain has fallen, scarely has rivers. It
marks the traditional dividing line (10) ____________ cattle (outside) and sheep (inside). Inside is where
dingoes, legally classified as vermin, are shot, poisoned and trapped.
Most people like to think they are (1) ______
and simply wear whatever they like. Few people
will admit to being (2)_______ to fashion. However we are not just
talking of the expensive haute couture
of the Paris or Milan fashion houses, which not many people can (3)_______
anyway. We are talking of fashions and
(4) _______ in everyday clothes. We say that we wear jeans and sweaters because they are cheap and
practical, but it isn’t true that our jeans and sweaters tend to be the same as everyone else wears?
Doesn’t that mean that we like to be (5)_______? Of course the big chain-stores, to some extent,
(6)_______ what we wear, but they always offer a choice and people do, on the whole, like to
wear the latest (7)_______, which extends beyond clothes to make-up, personal (8)_______ (men
wear earrings too, nowadays) and hair styles. It is easy to declare that we do not lavishly (9)
_______ the dictates of fashion, but aren’t we all (10)_______ at heart?
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EARLY CALENDARS
Dennis the Small, a 6th (1) _____ expert on
canon law, has had an enduring, if unsung, (2) ___ on the affairs of the modern world. It was
(3) ___ to his calculations that the precise timing of the 2000th anniversary of Christ’s birth was
recently confirmed beyond (4) ___. Dionysus Exiguus, as he was then (5) ___, was charged in 525 by Pope
John I was setting dates in the Christian calendar. Though he was a good mathematician, the
accuracy of Dennis’ calculations was limited by the information (6) ___ at the time.
Establishing the exact (7) ___ of Christ’s
crucifixion – and therefore that of Easter – (8) ___ an especially difficult challenge. Theologians
had decreed that Easter should be marked on the Sunday after the first full (9) ___ after the vernal
equinox, but without accurate solar and (10)___ calendars how could the church fathers predict the
dates in the future?
Vietnamese education will (1) __________ that
of Singapore’s and share the top spots in the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – such a promising
prospect has always been students’
source of inspiration so that we will strive harder in our studies.
Our greatest aspiration is learning in a truly
wholesome environment where teachers and students teach and learn and are (2) __________ on the
basis of their real abilities. Leaders of the education sector would create auspicious conditions to
turn schools into homes where students really exercise their mastery.
There we would fully harness our independence,
creativity and self-control in our studies,
and become dynamic, enterprising youths who decide our own lives and are
bursting with energy and ambitions to
express ourselves and (3) __________ out a fruitful career.
As a 12th grader who has experienced numerous
(4) __________ conducted by the Ministry
of Education and Training, I’ve realized that the lack of a wholesome
educational environment is behind
inadequate renovations and a (5) __________ to our learning capacity and
inventiveness. Vietnam’s education sector lags (6) __________ its regional
counterparts due to its failure to
implement reforms in the teaching and learning of English at school.
In order to create and cherish a healthy,
nourishing educational environment and a liberal academic space which allows both teachers and
students to take their own initiative, investment should be made in infrastructure and
equipment, while (7) __________ should be redesigned.
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Changes to teaching and learning methodology
are necessary, and equity between teachers and
learners should also be promoted.
Such changes include the construction of
classrooms to trim the number of students in each class down to 20 so as to maximize interaction
between teachers and students. More laboratories, visual aids and restrooms should be added to better
(8) __________ to demands. Three-fourths of the
construction costs should be taken from the state coffers, while the (9)
__________ one-fourth is culled from
society.
If the government considers education a
national priority, it’s advisable that all efforts and resources be spent on the education sector, which is a
really wise choice. Regarding social campaigning, I believe that everyone is willing to make a
(10) __________ effort, as the cause is supposed to do everyone good. I also hope that the education
ministry, departments and school management
boards will be dedicated administrators who wisely and transparently
spend the funding without acting in
their self-interest.
SPEED LIMIT
A recent proposal to limit the speed cars can
reach is proving controversial. The idea, put
(1) _____ by the institute for Road Safety, involves (2) _____ vehicles
with a communications box containing a
digital map of the road network. When a car is in motion, the communications
box – which knows how fast the vehicle is (3) _____ permitted to travel on a particular
section of road – automatically regulates the car’s speed. It (4) _____ becomes
impossible for a vehicle fitted with
such a (5) _____ to exceed the speed limit.
There are plans to (6) _____ motorists to
drive into the centre of major cities, and a
communications box could be used to identify vehicles that enter this
zone. At present, each time a vehicle
does so, its number (7) _____ is photographed. Then the number is compared (8)
_____ a list of authorized vehicles, but
this system is costly and (9) _____ from foolproof
The system could be put in place quickly if
the government wished as part the technology
has already been developed for another purpose. Electronic vehicle
identification is (10) _____ with some
people, who regard it as an infringement of their rights. They would certainly
object to a plan to restrict the limit
of their cars, which may make the government hesitate to go through with
it.
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The handwriting of school children could spell
the difference between success and failure
in examinations according to research carried out by the Open
University.
In a study by Dennis Briggs of the Faculty of
Educational Studies, it was found that essays which were written (1) _____ different styles of
handwriting attracted different marks. ‘The findings suggest that there is a borderline zone
within examination marking where (2) _____ an essay is written may be almost as important as what
the essay is about,’ said Mr. Briggs. Five essays were double marked (3) _____ the second marker
unaware of the marks of the first marker. The essay scripts for the second marker had been copied
out in three writing styles. Two of the styles were ones which had been the subject of continual
criticism at school.
(4) _____ the markers were practising teachers
who (5) _____ told that the effectiveness of double marking was being checked. the results showed
that a 12-year old who can present an essay one
way will do better, perhaps much better, (6) _____ a friend who presents
the (7) _____ standard in terms of
content but who (8) _____ not or cannot make it look so attractive. The
conclusion is that
school children may not do as (9) _____ as
perhaps they could (10) _____ their handwriting is untidy.
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AT YSEALI TOWN
HALL
Student: “Hello, sir. I'm a student in Vietnam
National University. You are a very great leader, and we are young leaders. Do you have any
advice that how can we be great like you?”
President Obama:. “When I was at your age, I wasn't as well-organized and
sophisticated as all of you. When I was
young, I fooled (1) _________ a lot. I didn’t always take my studies very
seriously. I was more interested in
basketball and girls. I wasn't always that serious. You're already way (2)
_________ of me. Whenever I meet with young people, my most important advice is
to find something you care deeply about,
find something excites you and (3) _________ all energy into it. Everybody's (4) _________ is different.
Sometimes it's education, medicine, business. So no one’s path is to end being a leader. Some people
think you have to make great speeches, or be in politics but there're a lot of ways to (5) _________.
Some are behind the (6) _________. For example in the U.S., civil rights movement, when all heard
of Martin Luther King but also Moses, John Louis going to communities, getting people to (7)
_________. They were big leaders, even though they didn't make speeches. Don't worry so much what you
want to be. Worry more about what you are going
to do. If you're (8) _________ about your work. Over time, you will rise
and people will respect. But if you just
think I want to be a member of the National Assembly or rich then you will pay
less (9) _________ to your work. Most successful people do. Bill Gates didn't start
thinking I want to be rich. I like
computers and want to build software. I decided that I wanted to help poor
people to have opportunities. So I went
to work in poor communities in Chicago because I was interested in the
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work. I started to ask questions: how can I
help young people? How can I (10) _________? How can I build organizations?
That's my most important advice. Decide what
you care about deeply and put all into that. If you are interested in social media, make a
company and focus on that”.
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ANSWER KEY
Bài 1
1. whatever
2. Until
3. process
4. only
5. that
6. with
7. having
8. contribute
9. far
10. by
Bài 2
1.form
2. artificial
3. either
4. atoms
5. when
6. composed
7. known
8. of
9. another
10. qualities
Bài 3
1. normal
2. almost
3. directly/being
4. round
5. contact
6. object/thing
7. slight/mild
8. depends
9. treatment
10. Reason
Bài 4
1. something
2. attention
3. expecting
4. loyal
5. along
6. lyrics
7. despite
8. ended
9. versions
10. worth
Bài 5
1. popular/used
2. off
3. problems/trouble
4. ring
5. even
6. interfere
7. block
8. board
9. silent/vibration
10. users
Bài 6
1. referred
2. into
3. nothing
4. only
5. may
6. grieve
7. because
8. through
9. own
10.
harmony/peace
Bài 7
1. has
2. which
3. so
4. but
5. being
6. ever
7. drowning /
dying / perishing
8. whole/entire
9. amount
10. did
Bài 8
1. so
2. put
3. on
4. in
5. unless
6. be
7. than
8. it
9. what
10. case
Bài 9
1. However
2. extinct
3. over
4. finger
5. because
6. more
7. available
8. turn
9. preserved
10. back
Bài 10
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1. go
3. those
5. without
7. somehow
9. more
2. on
4. reach
6. alone
8. themselves
10. period
Bài 11
1.
problems/issues
2. daily
3. energy
4. movement
5. demand
6. shortage
7. continue
8. less
9. source
10. Pollution
Bài 12
1. body
2. in
3. be
4. which
5. avoid
6. vitamins
7. lack
8. and
9. saying
10. hands
Bài 13
1. linked
2. significant
3. shown
4. matters
5. attributing
6. weather
7. standards
8. cheers
9. mood/feeling/emotion
10. support
Bài 14
1. put
2. what
3. there
4.
although/though/while/whilst
5. up
6. on
7. as
8.
regardless/irrespective
9. such
10. a
Bài 15
1. then
2. this
3. out
4. back
5. in
6. consequently
7. when
8. number
9. although
10. in
Bài 16
1. Never/rarely
2. to
3. once
4. go
5. themselves
6. out
7. take
8. at
9. After
10.showing
Bài 17
1. least
2. However
3. teeth
4. point
5. reverse
6. annual
7. hardly
8. peril
9. mean
10. sparks
Bài 18
1. impacts/effect
2. including
3. as
4. aid/ support
5. where
6. least
7. among/amongst
8. with
9. more
10. through
Bài 19
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1. average
2.one
3. who
4.set
5.as
6. being
7.likes
8. down
9. side
10.too
Bài 20
1. long
2. up
3. Inspired
4. set
5. beat
6. host
7. achieved/
attained
8. tall
9. hand
10. now
Bài 21
1. by
2. alone
3. view
4. and
5. let
6. out
7. in
8. thanks/
owing/ due
9. among
10. turned/
showed
Bài 22
1. what
2. has
3. with
4. for
5. even
6. more
7. the
8. however/
though
9. any
10. ourselves
Bài 23
1. not
2. prone/ given
3. ability
4. limited
5. go
6. then
7. rule
8. tend
9. for
10. such
Bài 24
1. army
2. without
3. be
4. less
5. given
6. warning
7. addition
8. account
9. it
10. at
Bài 25
1. whether
2. part
3. training
4. make/render
5. far
6. on
7. both
8. well
9. possible
10. time
Bài 26
1. but
2. make
3. at
4. similar
5. usual
6. unhappy
7. as
8. that
9. on
10. However
Bài 27
1. With
2. an
3. with
4.for
5. of
6. because
7. as
8. than
9. be
10. to
Bài 28
1. in
2. form
3. right
4. One
5. himself
6. Unlike
7. like
8. by
9. coming
10. mainly/partly
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1. nearly
2. unable
3. turned
4. with
5. which
6. gave
7. points
8. within
9. build
10. such
Bài 30
1. in
2. but/only/yet
3. them
4. where/when
5. with/for
6. to
7. on
8. Had/Has
9. too
10. (al)though
Bài 31
1. as
2. Those
3. acquiring
4. that
5. contact
6. corners
7. it
8. mean
9. may
10. deal
Bài 32
1.nothing
2. being
3. known
4. thing
5. in
6.as
7.
watched/viewed
8. whose
9.as
10.was
Bài 33
1. body
2. in
3. be
4. which
5. avoid
6. vitamins
7. lack
8. and
9. saying
10. hands
Bài 34
1. as
2. do
3. not
4. to
5. fall
6. taken
7. when
8. and
9. by
10. point
Bài 35
1. speed
2. so
3. or
4. there
5. rather/sooner
6. terms
7. since
8. before
9. from
10. breathing
Bài 36
1. lead
2. longer
3. itself
4. better
5. of
6. like
7. so
8. as
9. anyone/anybody everyone/everybody
10.
been/seemed/a ppeared
Bài 37
1. but
2. been
3. longer
4. numbers
5. which
6. information
7. made
8. data
9. work
10. advent
Bài 38
1. to
2. what
3. over
4. return
5. those
6. worst
7. which
8. delivered
9.
communication
10. secure
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Bài 39
but
out
case
seems
would
this
whose
in/across/through
unless
between
Bài 40
1. individualists
2. slaves
3. afford
4. trends
5. trendy
6. dictate
7. fashion
8. ornaments
9. follow
10. conformists
Bài 41
1. century
2. influence/impact
3. thanks/due
4.
doubt/question
5. known
/called
6. available
7. date
8.
posed/proved/pre sented
9. moon
10. lunar
Bài 42
1. emulate/ rival
2. assessed
3. carve
4. reforms
5. hindrance
6. behind
7. curricula/
curriculums
8. cater
9. remaining
10. concerted/
joint
Bài 43
1. forward
2. fitting
3. legally
4. therefore
5. device
6. charge
7. plate
8. against
9. far
10. unpopular
Bài 44
1. in
2. how
3. with
4. all
5. were
6. than
7. same
8. does/will
9. well
10. if/when
Bài 45
1. around
2. ahead
3. put
4. path
5. lead
6. scenes
7. vote
8. passionate
9. attention
10. influence
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