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People living in Croston have experienced a (0).. CONSIDER number of difficulties this week (1). the local FOLLOW bus company's introduction of several new routes. There have been reports of (2). losing their way and DRIVE having to ask passengers for(3).when they DIRECT have had to go to parts of the town which were not (4).served by buses. Not surprisingly, people have PREVIOUS complained about the (5)..of buses to arrive on FAIL time. Peter Gray, the (6)of the company admits MANAGE that the situation has been totally (7).this week SATISFACTORY and has(8).to passengers for the inconvenience APOLOGY caused. He believes that the company was probably being too (9).in introducing so many new services AMBITION on the same day. However, he is (10).. that all CONFIDENCE the difficulties will have been sorted out by next week. BOOKS Nearly all the (0) discoveries that have been made through the ages DISCOVER can be found in books. The (1) of the book is one of humankind's INVENT greatest (2) , the importance of which cannot be overestimated. ACHIEVE Books are very adaptable, providing us with both (3) and information. ENTERTAIN The (4) of books began in Ancient Egypt, though not in a form that
is (5) to us today. The books read by the Romans, however, have RECOGNISE

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some (6) to the ones we read now. Until the middle of the 15th SIMILAR century, in Europe, all books were (7) by hand. They were often WRITE
beautifully illustrated and always rare and (8) With printing came EXPENSE the (9) of cheap, large-scale publication and distribution of books, POSSIBLE

making (10) ..... more widespread and accessible. AIRPORTS

With the (0) growth in air travel, airports have become symbols of GROW

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international importance, and are (1) designed by well-known architects. Airports have (2). facilities nowadays. There are (3)departure lounges, where passengers wait before boarding their (4). , restaurants, shopping areas and banks. Good road and rail (5) with nearby towns and cities are also essential. However, it is becoming (6) .difficult to find land on w hich to build airports, as aircraft, despite (7) .. in engine design, are (8). and need a considerable amount of space in which to land and take off. (9) residential areas need to be avoided, so, (10) ., suitable land might be an inconvenient distance away from the city.

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RUNNING ROUND THE WORLD John Shaw will (0) shortly be setting off on a 50,000 km run, which will make him the first person to perform the (1).. act
of running all the way round the world if he succeeds.

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His timetable includes the (2) Russian winter and the burning African summer. And he has no back-up team for (3) He will be running alone, carrying all his (4).. on his back. 'My biggest fear is not the physical challenge, but (5) 'Mr. Shaw said. 'I'm as sociable as anyone and I'm very (6) that
I will form many (7) on the way.'

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FRIEND

On a trial 2,000 km run under the blazing (8) of the African sun, he came across wild baboons and (9).. snakes, but he proved that a target of 60 kilometers a day was (10) .. 'I have made up my
mind to do it and I will. Running is my life,' he said.

HOT POISON REASON

Before the (0) invention of instruments to measure weather conditions, INVENT people relied on their own (1) of the wind and sky as well as the OBSERVE (2) .. of birds and animals in connection with different types of BEHAVE weather. Many rhymes that have an (3)with the weather have ASSOCIATE become popular over the centuries. In the short term, (4) a like SAY
'red sky in the morning, sailor's warning', often proves to be (5)accurate. SURPRISE

However, it is very (6) that next year's summer can be predicted

from this year's winter. Such predictions can't be considered (7 USE in precise weather forecasting. (8) of this can be found in past records. Nowadays, all aspects of the weather such as hours of (64) and rainfall are observed on a (65) basis by meteorological

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stations with specialised equipment. Let me make a (0) suggestion to help you deal with difficult situations. SUGGEST If, for example, you are taking part in a sports (1). COMPETE meeting someone important, or giving a (2) in front of a PERFORM h i ( l e audience, you will probably be quite (3) , and worry NERVE it I. if y o u will not be as (4).. as you would like to be. SUCCEED w h a t you need to do is to prepare yourself (5) . by ru n n i n g through the whole (6) over and over again in y o u r mind, (7) going through every detail.
THOROUGH ACTIVE CARE

Forr example, a famous pianist, (8).for seven years for PRISON ( 9 ) . reasons, could still play magnificently on his release. POLITICS when asked how he managed to play so well, his (10).was that he had practised every day in his mind.
Emma Harte, in Barbara Taylor Bradford's novel, was a poor (0) lonely girl who became the (1)............ owner of an international chain of stores. Like the woman she writes about, Ms Bradford is beautiful and (2) ...............She left school at sixteen and became a (3)................... After twenty-three years of this work, she made the (4)...................... to start writing novels. She is now one of the most (5)...........paid novelists in the world. Was Emma

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Harte's story based on Ms Bradford's own (6).............. successful life? 'I'm afraid not,' she said with (7) ............'My life has been quite different from Emma Harte's. She was (8)............... to be born into a poor family. I came from a middle-class home and I'm (9)............. married to a rich American film producer. The only thing I share with my heroine is her (10)...... to work hard

INCREDIBLE AMUSE LUCK HAPPY ABLE

Emma Harte, in Barbara Taylor Bradford's novel, was a poor (0) lonely girl who became the (1)............ owner of an international chain of stores. Like the woman she writes about, Ms Bradford is beautiful and (2) ...............She left school at sixteen and became a (3)................... After twenty-three years of this work, she made the (4)...................... to start writing novels. She is now one of the most (5)...........paid novelists in the world. Was Emma Harte's story based on Ms Bradford's own (6).............. successful life? 'I'm afraid not,' she said with (7) ............'My life has been quite different from Emma Harte's. She was (8)............... to be born into a poor family. I came from a middle-class home and I'm (9)............. married to a rich American film producer. The only thing I share with my heroine is her (10)...... to work hard

LONE WEALTH AMBITION JOURNAL DECIDE HIGH INCREDIBLE AMUSE LUCK HAPPY ABLE

SPOILS THE OPERA FOR ME! As far as I am (0) concerned nothing spoils a visit to the opera moreCONCERN than the (1)........noise made by some members of the audience to DISGUST express their (2)..............of a production. There was a time when APPROVE applause, and shouts of 'bravo', were (3)..............to be sufficient.
More (4)..........,however, the practice, which I first met in the United RECENT

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States, of screaming 'Yo!' or something similar, has spread to (5)...... audiences. It's a stupid sound, quite (6).............for the expression of your appreciation of fine (7)........ like the Spaniard, Placido Domingo. I'm not too keen, either, on musicians clapping (8) ...................at the end of a (9)............. . They are hardly likely to be fair in their (10).............at that moment. However, I don't imagine either of these fashions is likely to disappear in the near future.

The London Underground map is (0)extremely well designed. EXTREME Simple, easy to understand and (1)......., it performs its primary task of ATTRACT guiding both inhabitants and (2).......round the underground system in London TOUR very well. The man behind this great (3).......was called Henry Beck, ACHIEVE an (4).......of the London Underground Drawing Office, who designed the EMPLOY map in 1931. The design of the map showed great (5)....... because it ORIGINAL represented a complex network of (6)....... clearly. This design was COMMUNICATE later used by most of the world's underground systems. The map used before 1931 was messy and (7).......So Beck decided to sketch out a better one using a diagram rather than a (8)....... map. This new map was an enormous (9).......with the public when, in 1933, it made its first (10).......on underground platforms and at station entrances. CLEAR TRADITION SUCCEED APPEAR 3

As far as I am (0) concerned nothing spoils a visit to the opera more CONCERN than the (1.......) noise made by some members of the audience to DISGUST
express their (2)....... of a production. There was a time when More (4)....... , however, the, practice, which I first met in the United APPROVE

applause, and shouts of 'bravo', were (3.........) to be sufficient.

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States, of screaming 'Yo!' or something similar, has spread to (5) audiences. It's a stupid sound, quite (6) ........ for the expression of your appreciation of fine (7)....... like the Spaniard, Placido Domingo. I'm not too keen, either, on musicians clapping (8.......) at the end of a (9)....... They are hardly likely to be fair in their (10)....... at that moment. However, I don't imagine either of these fashions is likely to disappear in the near future.

A revolution is under way. The technology of computer science is having a dramatic (0) effect on our lives, and the most immediate consequence of this technology is its impact on (1.EMPLOY). Robots and computer-controlled machines have already joined the work force in highly (2.INDUSTRY) countries, such as the USA, West Germany, and Japan. They have taken over routine jobs on the car (3.ASSEMBLE) line, and in Volkswagen, for instance, three robots can replace ten men(4.WORK) on a two-shift system. One giant American company has shown that it is now possible to replace half its 37.000 assembly workers with machines. Robots carry out (5.TEDIUM) tasks with a high degree of (6.RELY) for an hourly "wage'' of about $5 (the average cost of maintaining them). The average human worker on a car assembly line, in contrast, earns about $18 an hour. There is obviously a lot to be said for releasing people from work that is often noisy, dirty, and even dangerous, and many workers can be retrained for more(7.PLEASE) and interesting work. Nevertheless,(8.COMPETE) is forcing
employers to cut back the labour force. As one (9. MANAGE) director put it, 'Are you going to reduce your work force by 25% by putting in robots, or by 100% by going out of business?' As a result of (10.AUTOMATE), workers are being -sacked, and m any wi ll be perm a nently unemployed.

The phenomenon of language change probably attracts more public notice and more (1. DISAPPROVE) than any other linguistic issue. There is a widely held belief that change must mean deterioration and decay. Older people observe the casual speech of the young and conclude that standards have fallen appreciably. It is (2. UNDERSTAND) that many people dislike change, but it is (3.WISE) to condemn all linguistic (4.MODIFY). It is often felt that contemporary language illustrates the problem at its worst, but this belief is shared by every generation. There are indeed cases where linguistic change can lead to problems of unintelligibility and (5. AMBIGUOUS), and if change is too rapid there can be major communication problems. But as a rule, the parts of language which are (6.GO) change at any given time are relatively small in ( 7 . C O M P A R E ) t o t h e v a s t , u n c h a n g i n g a r e a s of language. It is because change is so infrequent that it is so distinctive and (8. NOTICE). Some degree of caution and concern is therefore always desirable for the (9.MAINTAIN) of precision and (10. EFFECT) communication, but there are no grounds for the extremely pessimistic attitudes so often encountered.

At first light, there is nothing (0) unusual about the town of Cameron Park In California but, as the day begins and the town comes to (1. LIVE), you can't help (2.NOTICE) that, among the cars, there are light aero-planes moving along the roads towards the airport. 4

When the town was (3.ORIGIN) built, a small airport was included for the [4.CONVINIENT] of people flying in to look at the properties which were for [5.SELL] but it soon became clear to the developers that this was an attraction in itself. The streets were (6.WIDE)so that plane could use them , the mailboxes near the road were made (7.SHORT)to avoid passing wings, and all the electricity cables were buried (8.GROUND). Now, there is every (9.LIKELY) that the residents will have a private plane in their garage and use it with the same (10.FREE) other people enjoy with their cars. AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH TOWN The site of the town of Winchester was a (0)..... place for a (1)....., at the point where a river cut through the chalk of the (2)..... hillsides. A simple camp at St Catherine's Hill was the (3).....known use of the site. This was followed by an Iron Age hill -fort, but this was left (4)..... by 100 BC. It was the Romans who INHABIT finally established the town and (5)..... it with a defensive wall for the protection of their people and trade. NATURE
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With the (6)..... of its first cathedral in the seventh century, the BUILD town became an important (7)..... centre. Later, King Alfred, who RELIGION had (8).....pushed back the invading Danes, moved his palace SUCCESS to Winchester. The town then experienced rapid (9)..... , and DEVELOP its (10)..... role in English history was underlined in 1066 when the CENTRE conquering Normans, like Alfred, made Winchester their capital.

Thanks to the ubiquitous use of vanilla as a flavouring in ice creams and cakes the world over, its taste is more (1.R E C O G N I S E ) t o t h e m a j o r i t y o f p e o p l e t h a n t h e appearance of the plant. The plant itself is actually a native of the tropical forests of Central America and is the only variety of orchid to be grown on a commercial scale. Its delicate white flowers open in the early morning and, after pollination by insects or humming birds, a narrow bean-like pod forms and (2. RIPE) taking a period of five to seven months to reach (3. M A T U R E ) . I t i s t h i s p o d w h i c h i s h a r v e s t e d t o provide the food crop we know as vanilla. Despite its American origins, for decades it was only c u l t i v a t e d ( 4 . E X T E N D ) o n t h e I n d i a n O c e a n island of Madagascar, where it was introduced at the end of the nineteenth century. It soon became clear that the vanilla gr ow n t he re w as of a qu al it y (5 . K N O W ) i n o th er areas, and the island quickly became one of the world's major (6. SUPPLY) . In recent years, however, new (7. COMPETE) have entered the vanilla market and, (8. CONSEQUENCE), Madagascar's importance has started to slip. Of course, the (9. EMERGE) of new producers means a smaller market share, whilst the development of artificial substitutes is (10. THREAT) to undermine demand for the real thing. 1. The accusation left him quite......with rage. (speech) 2. Our.......in the team has been seriously undermined by their recent defeats. (confident) 3. This knife needs......before any use. (sharp) 4. There was a great......between the two essays. (similar) 5. The thing I hate about Rick is his......(reliable) 5

6. Astronauts travelling into space used to suffer from............. (weigh) 7. Thousands of people are living in............. after the earthquake. (miserable) 8. The boy's nose was................after the fight. (blood) 9. You can find out what a book is about by looking at the table of...........(contain) 10.The man complained that the on the cheque was false. (sign)

There is considerable public concern in Shaston (0).....................

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the discovery on Tuesday evening of a metal (1)............... filled CONTAIN with (2)................. liquid. The object was found by a local POISON (3)................ walking his dog in a field behind a newly-built RESIDE chemical factory. As yet. the factory has been (4).............. to ABLE t provide any (5).......as o how the object came to be in the EXPLAIN field. A spokesperson stated that a full (6)............was taking INVESTIGATE place and that (7) ,............. procedures were being reviewed, SECURE People living in the (8).......are angry, as a year ago, they had NEIGHBOUR withdrawn their objections to the (9)............to build the factory DECIDE here after the company stated that no(10)...........chemicals DANGER would be produced on this site.