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A THREATENING PHONE CALL

A leading politician had been charged with corruption and 0……√……
I had been covering the trial which had finished more earlier 00…more…
that day. Despite of being very tired I went on working until 1………….
the midnight. I had promised to finish the story and have it on 2………….
the editor‟s desk by morning. I was almost certain no other 3.…………
journalist had to got hold of the story or not the whole 4.…………
story anyway. Jack had told me he would wait for my version 5………….
because of it would be an exclusive. I was worried that 6………….
if I have used real names, there might be trouble later 7………….
but in the end I decided that to include them. After all 8………….
the journalism is all about giving the public information 9.………….
and that includes the names of all those involved in the news. 10.…………
Just as it I was reading through the final draft the telephone 11………….
rang. I picked up the receiver expecting it is to be Jack. 12………….
A woman‟s voice has said „If you print this story, you know what to expect,‟ 13………….
and then the line went dead. I sat there wondering what I to do and then went 14………….
to bed, but not to sleep. 15………….

3. STUDYING LAW
When I first went to a university I studied law. Although a both my mother 0…..a…….
and older sister have science degrees no one else in the family had ever been 00…√…….
studied law before and my parents were very proud of me. The problem was 1………….
that I did not really know exactly what lawyers did do. 2………….
I had a very romantic ideas about going to court to defend people who had 3………….
been falsely accused of committing the crimes. I imagined myself like those 4………….
lawyers on TV, arguing with the judge and the prosecution lawyer and 5………….
convincing to the jury that my client was innocent. After only a couple of 6………….
weeks of very long and difficult lectures I am realised that a lot of what a 7………….
lawyer does is very practical and not at all romantic. Nevertheless, I have 8………….
began to understand that to studying law was interesting and worthwhile for 9………….
other reasons. For example, you learn a lot of about consumers‟ rights. With it 10………….
this kind of knowledge you can really help people. I am very glad about I 11………….
chose to study law. 12………….
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4. LETTER FROM GOA

Well, here I am in India, and finally I‟ve found time to sit down and write it a 0……√……
letter to you. I am staying in the port city of Goa, enjoying a few days of rest 00…it…….
up after a very hectic fortnight spent travelling across the country. The people 1………….
of Goa are proud of the fact and that they are not clock-watchers. They even 2………….
sell T-shirts to visitors printed with the words „Goa, a place where time moves 3………….
more slowly‟. It‟s a place to sit on the beach, take things away easy and 4………….
sample the delicious tocal food. In fact, the only real disadvantage of the such 5………….
relaxed atmosphere is how long it takes to get served in any of the restaurants. 6………….
It is quite common to have to wait a couple of hours for get a meal to turn up. 7………….
Even things that are quick to cook can take an age time. The other day I 8………….
decided ordered fried prawns, which I thought couldn‟t take long. But, of 9………….

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course, the chef had to gather the wood, build a fire in a hole in the sand, and 10………….
then let it die down a bit before that he could even begin to think about 11………….
cooking them the prawns. Seafood is the local speciality and so they were 12………….
certainly very worth waiting for. I can‟t remember the last time I enjoyed a 13………….
meal so too much. Anyway who‟s in a hurry? Not me! 14………….
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5. MY FIRST DAY AT WORK

Today is my first day at work and this is the first job 0…..√…….
I have for ever had. It feels like my first day at school. 00…for…..
I want to impress my boss, so that I ironed my suit last night. I‟m really got 1………….
nervous about speaking in front of seventy people. My mother makes up my 2………….
breakfast and says I look good, but I think she is only trying to be 3………….
encouraging. At the tube station, I have avoid the first train because it‟s 4………….
packed, and when the next train comes I decide I want to walk instead. By the 5………….
time I arrive at work I feel like hot and sweaty, and I walk in trying to look 6………….
much calm and confident. A woman who seems to be the secretary asks for 7………….
me if I am the new employee and shows me to my desk, which it is in a corner 8………….
of the room. The manager comes towards my desk and introduces to himself. 9………….
He is very friendly and tells me I will meet all my colleagues later. I am 10………….
suddenly feel much more relaxed and comfortable. 11………….
I know that when I get home, my mother will be want to hear everything 12………….
about this day, so I‟m writing it all down. 13………….
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6. LIVING WITH A HOUSE RABBIT

In your last letter you asked me to give you some advice on how to 0…..√……..
look after a rabbit. Rabbits can make them very good pets and can become a 00…them…
wonderful companions because they are intelligent, social 1………….
animals. I am glad that I can give you information to help you understand 2………….
rabbits so better. The House Rabbit Association recommends that you keep 3………….
your rabbit inside of the house rather than outdoors. Rabbits may run freely, 4………….
but it is best for most to be in a cage for the first few days, until they 5………….
have get used to both you and to the new surroundings. Very young rabbits 6………….
need to be in a cage for a more longer time than older rabbits. 7………….
It is natural for a rabbit chew on furniture and rugs. To prevent this 8………….
happening, you need to give it safe things for to chew, such as plastic or 9………….
rubber toys. Electrical cords are very dangerous and they must be hidden 10………….
from view so that the rabbit cannot reach to them. A further danger to 11………….
rabbits is other type animals. However; rabbits and cats can get along 12………….
fine. Even rabbits and dogs they get on, but the dogs have to be 13………….
trained to respond to commands before which they can be trusted in the 14………….
company of rabbits, and even then the supervision will be needed. 15………….

7. DON’T TELL LIES

My mother always told me that I should never tell lies. I know what she 0…..√…….
meant, and in a way I am agree with her. In other ways, however, I think she 00…am……
was in wrong. In order to be polite and to avoid so offending people, it's 1………….

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necessary to tell a little white lie sometimes. Let me give to you an example. I 2………….
always write to my Auntie Audrey and tell her what a lovely the day I had 3………….
with her on Sunday and how delicious the lunch was been. Neither of these 4………….
things is true, but it would be rude not to write and writing the truth would 5………….
hurt too much, so I have to lie her. In the same way, you have to say that a 6………….
newborn baby looks beautiful, even though we know they all much look the 7………….
same and are only actually beautiful in the same eyes of their parents. And of 8………….
course, when I've had done my hair cut, or when I‟m wearing a new outfit for 9………….
the first time, the last thing I want to hear is the truth. I want to be told which I 10………….
look wonderful. In these type situations, the truth would not do any of us any 11………….
good! 12………….
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8. MY JOB
My name is Louise Bartley and I am twenty-six years old. For the past of 0……√..….
three years I have been employed by a travel company. What had helped me 00…of…….
get the job was my experience of travel. When I was twenty, I dropped out of 1………….
university to go backpacking around Australia. This gave me such an idea of 2………….
the kind of problems travellers face and I decided then that I have wanted to 3………….
work as a travel agent. I joined to the company as a junior secretary and now I 4………….
am in charge of the organisation of package holidays. 5………….
I stay in the office most days and I don‟t travel unless that I have to. But my 6………….
work is so much interesting that I don‟t mind that at all. It is great to be 7………….
working with them a group of people who have travelled widely and are as 8………….
well enthusiastic as I am. This travel company is one of the best in the world 9………….
and we can book you a flight to almost anywhere in no any more than a few 10………….
minutes. We can do this because today the company has 833 staff through 11………….
world-wide and travel centres in most capital cities. We do our best to make 12………….
life more easier for customers. 13………….
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9. ARCHAEOLOGY COURSE
Let me tell you about a short course I attended to last week. As you know, I 0…..to…….
am very interested in archaeology but I hate taking up examinations, so this 00…√…….
was ideal for me because I could get a certificate of attendance without them 1………….
exams. All I had to do was write a couple of assignments on a subject which I 2………….
could choose it, and that was not difficult. 3………….
No any previous experience was necessary because the course was aimed at 4………….
the beginners, and this also suited me well. There were such an interesting 5………….
topics I am sure you would have been as fascinated by them as I was. Perhaps 6………….
the best was the one that taught me that in what ways Science has helped 7………….
archaeology in its research. 8………….
I learnt so much that I am considering for continuing with more serious 9………….
studies next year when I will finish school. I can possibly do part of a degree 10………….
course through evening classes and then complete of it by studying part-time 11………….
for six months. Do you have any plans for next year yet? 12………….
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