Complete the text. Use only ONE word for each gap.

Write your answers in the corresponding numbered

boxes provided.
Passage 1
THE BRITISH AND THE QUEUE
It is thought by many that queuing is especially British, but the first (1)_____ to it is in the Oxford
English Dictionary in 1837, where it was referred to as a French custom. The British, (2)_____, believe
they queue (3)_____ impatience, (4)_____ it is for tickets for Wimbledon or out of desperation to be
(5)_____ in the queue for the sales.
The British have been designated as good at queuing because during and after the end of the Second
World War, food was still short and deprivation and rationing the (6)_____. This meant it was essential to
stand in a line to wait their (7)_____ to be served, sometimes causing a disagreement and with the police
quite likely to be called to (8)_____ the crowds.
One researcher has described the British as willing to stand in a queue because it (9)_____ their self-
image of pragmatism and politeness, so anyone who tries to (10)_____ in should do it subtly or face the
wrath of the queue.
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Passage 2
ATTRIBUTE IT TO THE MOON
Current scientific evidence supports the theory that the moon (1)_____ into being as a result of a
massive collision between the newly-forming Earth and another object about 4.5 billion years ago. Ever
since (2)_____, the features that characterise our planet and its inhabitants have been shaped by the presence
of our (3)_____ natural satellite.
One (4)_____ feature is the abundance of life as the gravitational pull of the moon that causes (5)_____
is thought to have been crucial in evolutionary (6)_____. Additionally, the Earth's tilt caused by the collision
is stabilised by the moon. (7)_____ the tilt, climatic zones would not have developed favourably for the
(8)_____ of such a diversity of living things.
(9)_____ feature relates to technology as the tilt is arguably responsible for the speed of our
technological development. This is because by shifting essential molten metals towards the surface, the tilt
made them easier to (10)_____. Technology has also benefited from our expeditions to the moon through
a wide range of spin-offs such as enriched baby food, scratch-resistant lenses and revolutionary propulsion
systems.
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Passage 3
POLICE APPREHEND GANG OF JEWEL THIEVES
Five professional robbers, all of whom were (1)_____ sixty, were recently sentenced to ten years in
prison after being found guilty of a daring robbery.
The gang spent months planning their attack and (2)_____ the night in question, tunnelled through the
wall of the jewellery shop (3)_____ a high-powered carbon-tipped drill. Having emptied the shop’s vaults
of diamonds and gold (4)_____ millions of pounds, they got (5)_____ their vehicle, which was parked in
front of the shop, and (6)_____ undetected.
The men left no fingerprints (7)_____ the scene of the crime. However, they were caught because
police, searching through months’ worth of footage taken (8)_____ CCTV cameras in the streets around
the jewellery store, found images of a car which they matched to one of the robbers. They bugged the
suspect’s home and car and overheard him (9)_____ about the robbery. From then on, it was only a matter
of time (10)_____ police were able to catch the robbers red-handed as they tried to move the stolen goods.
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Passage 4
BEFORE THE INCA EMPIRE
From the beginning, life in the areas that would become the Inca Empire posed unique challenges to
the Indians who inhabited them. In valleys (1)_____ to the coastal desert, for example, the climate was so
dry that no more than an inch or two of rain (2)_____ in any single year. While some groups (3)_____
their living along the coast as fishermen, harvesting the rich protein bounty churned up by the colder
temperatures of the currents sweeping north from Antarctica, (4)_____ in the valleys tended garden plots
of squash and beans, and eventually corn, on small green patches (5)_____ possible by water from rivers
gushing from the heights. Settlements spread as people began moving inland, there to meet other
challenges (6)_____ by the extremes of weather and altitude. Towns grew up around ceremonial centres,
then turned into cities filled with all the creative bustle of civilised Stone Age life. As (7)_____ ago as
2500 BC (and perhaps before), early Peruvians, working in adobe brick, built temple pyramids in various
coastal areas of Peru that rival Egypt’s in their monumental scale. A spectacular example of these, carbon-
dated to 1800-1500 BC, stands 10 stories (8)_____ at a site called Pampa de las Llamas-Moxeke.
One site known for its ancient and mysterious set of megalithic monuments is near the shores of Lake
Titicaca in present-day Bolivia. Titicaca, at 12,500 feet above the Pacific, is the world’s highest (9)_____
of navigable water and one of the most remote. The surrounding treeless tableland is bleak (10)_____
imagining – a plateau of rock and hardy ichu grass, swept by bitter high-country winds and stretching to
a fringe of distant mountain ranges. The region is said to have four seasons per day: spring when the sun
rises, summer at noon, autumn in the evening and winter as the frigid mountain darkness settles in.
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Passage 5
Britain’s Roswell
According to conspiracy theorists, the (1)_____ behind the incident at Roswell, New Mexico, in which
an alien craft crash landed in the desert still remains (2)_____ in secrecy. This element of mystery that
surrounds the incident has (3)_____ to alternative historians continuing their (4)_____ into what actually
happened in the South Western United States over sixty years ago and (5)_____ it is part of a worldwide
UFO phenomenon.
Some three decades after the Roswell incident, eyewitnesses in the UK claimed to have observed an
unidentified (6)_____ hovering over a forest. As news of the accounts spread slowly through limited media
coverage of the (7)_____, the military personnel who had apparently seen the craft were told that what they
had actually seen was a beam of (8)_____ from a nearby lighthouse. Some of them (9)_____ unconvinced
by this explanation, but as they were unable to provide (10)_____ to the contrary, they could not challenge
it.
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Passage 6
Bayesian Mathematics
Originally derived as a formula to refine beliefs in the eighteenth century, Bayers’ rule has finally
achieved acceptance among mathematical communities worldwide. However, its (1)_____ from the time
of its derivation to the present day has been far from plain (2)_____, even after it (3)_____ modification by
the French mathematician, Laplace, in the late 1700s to (4)_____ it suitable for scientific applications. This
is because the theorem has been criticised by statisticians as (5)_____ subjective. Consequently, until fairly
(6)_____ those who have used it have done so controversially and have had their work questioned.
Nowadays, there is no such (7)_____ about Bayesian maths, which has been hailed by mathematicians
as bringing clarity to (8)_____ meaningless data, particularly in cases where information is scarce and there
is a high degree of uncertainty in the outcome. Indeed, its usefulness and flexibility have become so
(9)_____ recognised that its applications include sorting spam from (10)_____, decoding DNA and
updating data for robotic cars.
Your answers
underwent/ being
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6 recently 7 8 otherwise 9 10

Passage 7
Animal exploitation
Many people become vegetarians (1)_____ they believe it is unjust to kill animals. They argue that if we
consider ourselves to be highly intelligent and benevolent beings who see (2)_____ as an unlawful act, then
we should also defend the (3)_____ of animals to live, and to do so free from pain and suffering. However,
as the dominant species on earth, we have (4)_____ other creatures the rights that we expect to have for
(5)_____. Animal rights activists are (6)_____ in their condemnation of any form of (7)_____ exploitation.
They strive to expose some of the brutal practices employed in food production. They also make the valid
(8)_____ that human beings do not need meat in order to survive as there is a diverse (9)_____ of other
food sources on the planet. Their detractors, on the other hand, claim that medical (10)_____, for example,
would be held back without animal testing, and that in regard to food, it is only natural that we eat meat.

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vocal/
6 outspoken 7 8 9 10

Passage 8
The Digital Divide
We are becoming over-exposed to technological gadgets. Parents are coming under (11)_____ for
unashamedly (12)_____ tablets to babysit very young children or to keep them calm and settled. These little
ones are attracted by the easy-to-use interface and colourful, engaging (13)_____. They soon develop the
(14)_____ for a constant feed of entertainment and can’t be pacified (15)_____ it. In all likelihood, a crying
fit will ensue if you try taking the iPad away from them.
All you need to do is watch a group of grown-ups sitting around a table in a wi-fi-enabled restaurant
or cafe to see that they are as addicted as their own children. The chances are they are not talking to each
other, not in the real world at (16)_____. Technology has slowly (17)_____ its way into our lives and
formed walls (18)_____ individuals who can communicate with each other but (19)_____ choose not to. If
human communication is disrupted by this digital divide, what will (20)_____ of us? What kind of adults
will the tablet-wielding toddlers of today grow up to be?
Your answers
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Passage 9
Third Culture Kids
Living in other cultures may well (1)_____ a person's perspectives, and their children will, in all (2)_____,
embrace a blend of cultures. These children can be called Third Culture Kids (TCKs). A TCK is an (3)_____
who, after spending a significant part of their formative years in a culture other than that of their parents,
develops a (4)_____ to both the first culture from which the parents came, and the second culture, where
the family lives. The expression 'third culture' can be used to (5)_____ to the cultural mix that these children
experience. The (6)_____ are that these children, whose parents could be business executives, soldiers,
sailors or diplomats, will become 'culture-blended' people. As such, they don't tend to accept one single
culture and will often have an expanded world view and unique perspective. Try as they might, a TCK
cannot change (7)_____ into a monocultural person. Parents of TCKs are able to return 'home' to their
country of (8)_____, but the children, (9)_____ enriched by their third culture status, might not always feel
a (10)_____ of belonging in one particular country.

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Passage 10
Wheelchair Basketball
Wheelchair basketball was developed by injured soldiers who began to pick up the (11)_____ of their
lives upon (12)_____ from World War II. Refusing to throw in the (13)_____, these former players
continued to play the game they loved. Not only did they (14)_____ simple adaptations to their wheelchairs,
but also slight changes to the rules of the standing game. When they set out to modify the game to their
circumstances, they had no (15)_____ it would take off so spectacularly. Such was the demand for a sport
that the (16)_____ could take part in, that it soon spread across the USA and eventually the world.
So (17)_____ has it become that it now features prominently at the Paralympic Games and is the fastest
growing sport for athletes with a (18)_____. Provided they have a permanent physical disability in their
lower (19)_____, anyone can participate in local, national or international competitions. If you happen to
(20)_____ across a game, do watch it. You'll be amazed at what these athletes can do.

Your answers
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Passage 11
THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT
There has been a significant shift in entertainment trends over the last twenty years or so. Entertainment
(1)_____ to be public; now it is becoming more and more private. Formerly, people wanting to amuse
(2)_____ did so in groups; these days, people increasingly entertain themselves on their (3)_____.
Long, long ago, (4)_____ were storytellers. They used to travel around the country and their arrival
was awaited (5)_____ eager anticipation. In the more recent (6)_____, people used to have musical
evenings, they used to play games (7)_____ or simply sit around the fire and chat.
Nowadays, instead of playing board games in a (8)_____, children play video games alone or with one
other person. People of all (9)_____ spend their evenings alone watching television, videos and DVDs.
And large numbers of young (and not (10)_____ young) enthusiasts spend their free time surfing the net,
(11)_____, by its very nature, tends to be a solitary activity.
 (12)_____ of entertainment have always been changing, of (13)_____, but it could be said that these
recent changes – all products of technological development – mark a more fundamental shift. One could
further argue that this shift is symbolised by the earphones that are (14)_____ evidence everywhere. Can
this deliberate attempt to shut out the rest of the world really be (15)_____ entertainment?
Your answers
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Passage 12
ANCIENT TIME KEEPING
The Aztec and Mayan calendars were very similar. The Aztecs, (1)_____, had a more primitive number
system and consequently a (2)_____ exact way of calculating dates. A complicated system of two
concurrent calendars existed, one marking the days and the (3)_____ the years. The (4)_____ was arranged
on a 260-day cycle (5)_____ into 20 periods and then subdivided again. It was used as a religious calendar
and the priests could thereby decide on important activities like going to war or building projects. The
(6)_____ was based on the much more familiar 365-day solar count. It was also divided and subdivided but
into smaller periods than our own Julian calendar. Five days, which were not represented at (7)_____, were
set (8)_____ as a time for festivities. People (9)_____ dress up and sing and dance. Sacrifices were also
(10)_____ out, of which the (11)_____ were human but some could be performed on animals and fruit.
The Aztec system is (12)_____ complicated by the fact that in different towns the years (13)_____ in
different months. Consequently, much historical confusion has (14)_____ due to the fact that the same day
can be found twice in the same year, and (15)_____ 52 years the same name for the year recurs.
Your answers
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Passage 13
EVENING CLASSES
In the 1960s, going to an evening class was something that poor people might do for a night out; it was
a leisure thing, something to be enjoyed. You tried your (1)_____ at anything that (2)_____ your fancy,
not with a(n) (3)_____ to improving your career prospects but simply because you wanted to see (4)_____
it was like. The central theme guiding further education was strictly non-vocational; there was never a
particular goal at the (5)_____ of it – it was all done simply (6)_____ fun. A woman once wandered into
my poetry class by (7)_____ looking for the pottery class and stayed on to (8)_____ a pretty good poet.
She was even published at one point. Non-vocational courses meant freedom to experiment because no
qualifications or commitments were (9)_____. It also meant freedom for teachers for (10)_____ teaching
was more of a hobby than a career. The teachers often had (11)_____ more education than their students,
but they came with practical experience in their particular art or craft. It was a wonderful idea (12)_____ it
lasted.
That has all changed. The leisure-learning culture has been (13)_____ an almost fatal blow by the
need for cost cutting. In many institutes of further education, creative courses have been replaced by courses
(14)_____ practical skills: book-keeping, literacy, or English as a foreign language to (15)_____ but a few.
Your answers
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Passage 14
Some theories of laughter emphasize (1)_____ ability to reduce tension and emotion. You have probably
been in a tense (2)_____ situation when someone suddenly made (3)_____ the right joke to defuse the mood
and make (4)_____ laugh. Laughter seems to produce some beneficial biological responses, possibly stimulating
the (5)_____ system or starting the flow of endorphins, the pain-killing (6)_____ in the brain.
Other theories emphasize the cognitive components of humor. When you laugh at a problem, you are
putting it in a (7)_____ perspective – seeing its silly aspects – and gaining (8)_____ over it.
Having a (9)_____ of humor, however, is not the same as smiling all the time or “(10)_____ on a happy
face.” Many women, in particular, feel they have to smile, smile, smile, to put others at (11)_____, but often
this social smile masks (12)_____ of insecurity and unhappiness. For (13)_____ to be effective in coping with
stress, a person must (14)_____ use it in a stressful situation – seeing or inventing funny aspects of (15)_____
events and having the ability to laugh at them.
Your answers
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Passage 15
Like most companies in an (1)_____ globalized world, our firm does business with other firms abroad.
Company cultures (2)_____ worldwide, and it is important for delegates from our company to recognize how
company culture overseas might be different from our own. This document will give you a brief (3)_____ to
company culture in the countries we associate with.
South Korea
South Korea is one of the world’s most successful economies, having seen five (4)_____ decades of high
economic growth. When (5)_____ with adversity, South Koreans change direction quickly and (6)_____.
Despite the frantic economic growth, South Korean society is (7)_____ very conservative and conformist due
to the influence of Confucian (8)_____. Companies are hierarchical and regimented and ‘face’ is very much
valued. Consequently, change can sometimes be slow and painful. Managers are paternalistic, authoritative
figures who expect their (9)_____ to be carried out obediently and respectfully. In (10)_____, they give their
subordinates support and help, not only in (11)_____ issues but in home issues as well. Group harmony is
important, so South Koreans avoid confrontation and blame, (12)_____ among people of equal rank. Friendship
is, (13)_____, vital to business success. The Korean saying ‘make a friend first and a (14)_____ second’
(15)_____ this up exactly.
Your answers
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Passage 16
Robots ... past, present and future.
Over two thousand years ago, Aristotle considered the possibility of automated machines that worked
independently of humans. In ‘The Politics’, he (1)_____ his readers that if every tool could do the work
that befits it, (2)_____ when ordered to do so or on (3)_____ own, then chief workmen would not need
servants, (4)_____ would masters need slaves. Leonardo da Vinci sketched a robotic knight and the inner
mechanisms required (5)_____ work it.
As these examples show, the field of robotics has existed for hundreds (6)_____ not thousands of years.
(7)_____ its long history, it is only more recently that robotics has advanced (8)_____ the realm of science
fiction into real, moving robots. When sent into space (9)_____ exploration, robots become the eyes and
(10)_____ of scientists. In medicine, robotic arms perform the most delicate of surgeries (11)_____ they
are steadier than the human hand.
The most exciting development in robotics is artificial intelligence, or AI. With AI, computers could
(12)_____ trained to think in the way humans do. (13)_____ humans, computers could learn from
experience, handle large amounts of complex data and make decisions using human reasoning skills.
(14)_____ so much exciting potential, it (15)_____ to be seen how far AI can go.
Your answers
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Passage 17
THE LEGEND OF THE ROOT
Ginseng is one of the great mysteries of the east. Often referred to as the ‘elixir of life’, its widespread
use in oriental medicine has led (1)_____ many myths and legends building up around this remarkable
plant. Ginseng has featured (2)_____ an active ingredient in oriental medical literature for over 5,000 years.
Its beneficial effects were, at one time, (3)_____ widely recognized and praised that the root was said to
(4)_____ worth its weight in gold.
(5)_____the long history of ginseng, no one fully knows how it works. The active part of the plant is
the root. Its full name is Panax Ginseng – the word Panax, (6)_____ the word panacea, coming from the
Greek for 'all healing'. There is growing interest by western scientists (7)_____ the study of ginseng. It is
today believed that (8)_____ remarkable plant may (9)_____ beneficial effects in the treatment of many
diseases (10)_____ are difficult to treat with synthetic drugs.
Today, ginseng is (11)_____ longer a myth or a legend. Throughout the world (12)_____ is becoming
widely recognized that this ancient herb holds the answer to relieving the stresses and ailments of modern
living. It is widely used for the treatment of various ailments (13)_____ as arthritis, diabetes, insomnia,
hepatitis and anemia. However, the truth behind (14)_____ ginseng works still remains a mystery. Yet its
widespread effectiveness shows that the remarkable properties are (15)_____ than just a legend.
Your answers
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Passage 18
WEATHER IN ANTARCTICA
The most extreme weather conditions experienced in Antarctica are associated with blizzards. These are
simply strong winds with falling snow (1)_____, more commonly, snow that is picked up and pushed along the
ground by the wind. Blizzards may last for days at (2)_____ time, and in some cases it can be almost impossible
for people to see. It is not unusual (3)_____ objects only about a metre or (4)_____ away to become
unrecognisable. Scientists doing research in the area (5)_____ then confined to their tents or caravans. We think
of blizzards (6)_____ extremely cold, while in fact temperatures in the Antarctic are usually higher than normal
(7)_____ a blizzard. Major blizzards of several days in length occur more frequently in some locations than in
others. (8)_____ may be eight or ten such blizzards in any particular place (9)_____ an annual basis. They often
cause considerable damage, so that any scientific buildings or equipment constructed in this region must be
specially made to give as (10)_____ protection as possible.
If the weather is fine, visibility in Antarctica is usually excellent because of the clear air and the absence of
dust and smoke. (11)_____ this means is that people often greatly underestimate the distance of objects and
features of the landscape. Also, very large features (12)_____ as mountains may appear to be above the horizon,
or even upside (13)_____ . These ‘mirages’, (14)_____ are just tricks played by the eyes in certain conditions,
have led to explorers in the Antarctic making many errors (15)_____ judgement.
Your answers
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Passage 19
On 19 February 1993, Mark Fisher MP opened the debate in the House of Commons on the second reading of
his private member’s ‘Right to Know Bill’ commenting thus: ‘Sir Humphrey, permanent secretary (1)_____ the
Rt Hon. Jim Hacker, said in the (2)_____ first edition of Yes Minister: ‘Open government is a contradiction in
terms. You can have (3)_____. Or you can have government. You can't have (4)_____.’ Mr Fisher hoped that
his bill would seek to (5)_____ Sir Humphrey wrong. This debate about public access is quite wide-ranging,
covering ideas (6)_____ a freedom of information act (which is where Mr Fisher's private member's bill is
heading) and discussions about a written constitution, the rights of the press and the privacy of the individual.
(7)_____ we are doing in our Town Halls fits (8)_____ this broader picture. We are seeking to ensure the public's
legal access to (9)_____ is going on — and to protect the rights of the individual. This is not just a theoretical
issue. It (10)_____ quite difficult practical as well as theoretical implications. Most service departments hold
large quantities of detailed personal information in an electronic form. In giving the public (11)_____ to
information, we must prioritise the interests of the individual ((12)_____ resident, client or customer) against
the often broader and more long-term interest of the local historian. In many ways the life and work of our Town
Halls is much more accountable (13)_____ the public than (14)_____ of central government. With a general
shift in influence (15)_____ from the Town Hall and back to Whitehall, however, that may change.
Your answers
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Passage 20
THE BEST BOOKS
Are there one thousand books that all of us should read sometime in (0)_____ lives? Throughout this year,
we will be recommending a collection of books that, when taken (16)_____ a whole, will form a library of 1,000
titles that will inspire and satisfy (17)_____ kind of reader imaginable. Book lists appear from time to time,
often arousing controversy (18)_____ being too elitist or too populist. But our list is the result of consultations
with bookbuyers and booksellers, people (19)_____ know and love books.
Currently, there are well (20)_____ a million books in print. Add (21)_____ these yet another 100,000
books published each year and the choice for readers becomes bewildering, (22)_____ certain books, both
classics and contemporary works, stand out. While our list doesn’t identify classics (23)_____ the traditional
sense, many of the works included (24)_____ considered to be classic books. The list aims to make the reader
aware of (25)_____ is available that is stimulating, rewarding and inspiring. (26)_____ else does one learn about
a good read other (27)_____ by enthusiastic recommendation?
This month we are highlighting fifty books from the area of business and reference. These fifty titles
represent the perfect business and reference library for your needs, (28)_____ personal or professional. Our
selection will help you to expand and enhance (29)_____ understanding of today’s fast-changing world of
business. Look out for next month’s fifty choices, (30)_____ will take you a step nearer completion of your
1,000-book library.
Your answers 0 our
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26 27 28 29 30

For questions 1-10, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
THE RIGHT PITCH?
Many cinematic classics of (1)_____ cultural significance owe their existence to favours, connections,
or the director simply being in the right place at the (2)_____ time. This traditional system for movie
financing (3)_____ in privilege is not only unfair, it also has the serious (4)_____ of overlooking new and
unknown talent.
 Now, with the growth of crowdfunding, it’s becoming the (5)_____ to pursue funding via the Internet.
Through crowdfunding, directors and writers can pitch their (6)_____ straight to audiences who can then
choose a project and donate money (7)_____. Experts and media commentators have (8)_____
crowdfunding’s success to an audience’s natural ability to (9)_____ if an idea will be a hit or not. (10)_____,
there’s no guarantee that a crowdfunded film will become a blockbuster, but one thing is for sure: involving
audiences in the process can only be a good thing!
1. A. enduring B. lingering C. unabating D. unceasing
2. A. suitable B. right C. correct D. desirable
3. A. entrenched B. embedded C. rooted D. implanted
4. A. snag B. fault C. flaw D. blemish
5. A. standard B. benchmark C. exemplar D. norm
6. A. ideas B. assumptions C. illusions D. delusions
7. A. proportionately B. correspondingly C. accordingly D. respectively
8. A. attributed B. assigned C. accounted D. applied
9. A. reason B. sense C. notice D. read
10. A. Admittedly B. Conceivably C. Assuredly D. Inexorably

VR in the Classroom
We have seen it in films and some have even experienced it first (1)_____. Virtual reality is not just a
gimmick. It is (2)_____ the line between technology and daily life. VR has an experiential quality that
(3)_____ your attention and allows you to interact with the on-screen world, which is extremely attractive
to children. The question is, though, what role should VR (4)_____ in the classroom?
Besides overcoming the potential (5)_____ to incorporating VR into the classroom, it is necessary to
discern how VR can be (6)_____ useful as an education tool. It is an appealing teaching method as many
children (7)_____ better to seeing and experiencing things rather than having them explained verbally.
Through VR, students are (8)_____ by the subject and they can, for example, examine the inside of a single-
celled organism or discuss (9)_____ events with students around the world in VR social spaces. VR also
(10)_____ a world of opportunities in the areas of product design, electronics and engineering. It’s a virtual
goldmine!
1. A. opportunity B. look C. hand D. time
2. A. blurring B. distorting C. clouding D. muddling
3. A. squeezes B. clutches C. grabs D. conquers
4. A. pose B. present C. provide D. play
5. A. blocks B. blockades C. barriers D. barricades
6. A. genuinely B. honestly C. hopefully D. purely
7. A. answer B. respond C. recall D. retort
8. A. encircled B. encased C. bordered D. surrounded
9. A. current B. existing C. present D. modern
10. A. brings up B. opens up C. sets up D. puts up

IS THERE AN ATHLETIC GENE?

How is it that some athletes appear to be naturals? Can their incredible talent be (1)_____ back to their
DNA? The idea that athletic performance is (2)_____ encoded in our genetic material, just as intelligence
and disease, is being (3)_____ examined by genetic researchers. They are trying to (4)_____ specific
genetic material that is associated with (5)_____ athletic performance. For example, a gene called ACTN3
has been (6)_____ to speed. Researchers found that a certain (7)_____ of the gene was present in the DNA
of all world-record-holding runners as opposed to control groups that did not (8)_____ this specific gene
variation. If performance is indeed genetically determined then it could have massive (9)_____ for our
understanding of sport. Recruitment methods could also be revolutionised with the introduction of genetic
(10)_____ for athletic genes as part of the scouting process.
1. A. drawn B. traced C. outlined D. placed
2. A. implicitly B. internally C. inherently D. intimately
3. A. solemnly B. soberly C. sedately D. seriously
4. A. pinpoint B. circle C. indicate D. mark
5. A. enriched B. enhanced C. enlarged D. embellished
6. A. connected B. combined C. linked D. affiliated
7. A. range B. variability C. variety D. variant
8. A. convey B. carry C. express D. harbour
9. A. allegations B. insinuations C. implications D. associations
10. A. selection B. manipulation C. screening D. programming

Most Valuable Coach?

Most sports fans celebrate and praise their teams in the (1)_____ way, by adoring the star players or
the club's history and success. However, nowadays, the coaches of teams are getting (2)_____ bit as much
attention as the superstars under their watch.
One factor that (3)_____ a huge part in the success of a coach is the strength of their communication
skills. Successful coaches realise that they have to (4)_____ the trust of their players as well as their respect.
(5)_____ to popular belief, good leadership isn’t just about being tough. Smart coaches are under no
(6)_____ about their responsibilities. They understand that reading the feelings of your players is a delicate
skill that needs to be (7)_____ until it becomes second nature.
Successfully motivating athletes requires the ability to (8)_____ an influence on people in a positive
way and has little to (9)_____ with intimidation. Encouragement, a kind word or sometimes even saying
nothing at all can be the most effective way to (10)_____ a response from a person. Considering their need
to be a drill instructor and a psychologist at the same time, maybe it’s only fair that sports coaches are
getting more credit after all!
1. A. habitual B. conventional C. routine D. common
2. A. every B. each C. all D. any
3. A. affects B. plays C. contributes D. predisposes
4. A. achieve B. beat C. win D. capture
5. A. Contrary B. Against C. Opposed D. Adverse
6. A. impression B. deception C. misconception D. illusion
7. A. refined B. refreshed C. redeemed D. repurposed
8. A. utilise B. exert C. expel D. apply
9. A. go B. have C. do D. make
10. A. trigger B. propel C. sling D. activate

THE BEST OF THE BEST

We are obsessed with success. We seek to rank and list all manner of people and things according to
how good they are. (1)_____ is this more true than in sport, especially in international (2)_____ like the
Olympic Games. It is the nature of sport that athletes (3)_____ against each other in order to be recognised
as the best. But how should we define sporting success? What does it (4)_____ to be considered a (5)_____?
Certainly, (6)_____ a world record is one way. Another is by winning the most medals.
After (7)_____ most of his competitors at the 2012 London Olympics, champion swimmer Michael
Phelps now leads the (8)_____ of most Olympic medals won. But not all sports are equal. Swimmers,
gymnasts and (9)_____ can win many more medals because more are available in their sports, particularly
when compared to volleyball, basketball and handball where there is only one gold medal available
(10)_____ Olympiad.
Perhaps instead of counting medals, we could mark the all-time best Olympic moments; performances
that became a (11)_____ of inspiration for generations to come. Such as when, in 1968, American long
jumper Bob Beamon (12)_____ a record which (13)_____ athletes for the next 20 years. We (14)_____
such feats and (15)_____ at super-human effort. Bob Beamon only ever won one gold medal, but what a
performance it was!
1. A. Nothing B. None C. Nowhere D. Nobody
2. A. cases B. events C. incidents D. situations
3. A. compete B. attempt C. contest D. fight
4. A. have B. want C. seem D. take
5. A. myth B. protagonist C. conqueror D. legend
6. A. holding B. taking C. forming D. carrying
7. A. outplaying B. conquering C. winning D. beating
8. A. total B. tally C. number D. quantity
9. A. bolters B. dashers C. sprinters D. racers
10. A. per B. for C. all D. in
11. A. point B. source C. cause D. root
12. A. placed B. put C. made D. set
13. A. invited B. provoked C. challenged D. aspired
14. A. clap B. applaud C. approve D. recommend
15. A. revere B. surprise C. admire D. marvel

MT VESUVIUS
Mention Italy’s legendary volcano, Vesuvius, to most people and the image that will (1)_____ to their
minds is the famous eruption of 79 AD that (2)_____ the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. But,
according to some experts who consider the volcano the most dangerous in the world, Vesuvius may well
(3)_____ sometime in the near future with even more catastrophic results. The prospect, which could
(4)_____ disaster for the three million people who live in the (5)_____ vicinity of the volcano, has (6)_____
up vigorous debate among scientists and civil authorities on how to prepare for such an event.
A key issue is the likely (7)_____ of future eruptions. Many geologists believe Vesuvius is due a
massive eruption. Others argue that the eruptive nature of Vesuvius has changed over time, and that smaller
eruptions are now the (8)_____. Any disaster preparation planning depends (9)_____ on which scenario
civil authorities choose as their basis. Currently, authorities have a plan in (10)_____ that will allow the
600,000 people living at Vesuvius’s base to be (11)_____ seventy-two hours ahead of an (12)_____
eruption. But no plan exists for a worst-case (13)_____ event: a massive eruption which would (14)_____
the evacuation of all three million of Naples’ (15)_____.
1. A. soar B. spring C. make D. move
2. A. wiped out B. came to C. brought off D. did over
3. A. incite B. revive C. arouse D. awaken
4. A. create B. spell C. bring D. produce
5. A. exact B. open C. exposed D. immediate
6. A. stirred B. sparked C. provoked D. triggered
7. A. bulk B. mass C. amount D. scale
8. A. norm B. way C. standard D. feature
9. A. fully B. thoroughly C. entirely D. totally
10. A. route B. place C. position D. view
11. A. cleared B. emptied C. evacuated D. vacated
12. A. imperious B. prominent C. eminent D. impending
13. A. scenario B. view C. plight D. scene
14. A. exact B. insist C. demand D. stipulate
15. A. citizens B. residents C. tenants D. occupants

Sally Ride became the first American (1)_____ astronaut in June 1983. She was accepted into the space
program in 1978. For five years, Sally (2)____the difficult training course that prepared her to go into space on
the shuttle Challenger. It took time to complete the (3)_____ program, and the space mission also took
fearlessness, dedication and endurance. According to Sally, all the work was (4)_____the moment the space
shuttle took off. Sally, a mission specialist, was joined by four other astronauts (5)_____ mission commander
Robert Crippen, pilot Frederick Hauck, mission specialist John Fabian, and the spacecraft’s doctor Norman
Thagard. The mission (6)_____ 146 hours and did more than any earlier shuttle mission. It put two satellites
into space, ran several experiments, and used a robot arm to launch and (7)_____ a satellite. Sally played
important (8)_____ when she helped to release the two (9)_____ satellites and ran several experiments. It was
a successful and (10)_____ mission. The experiments went very well, the crew avoided space sickness, and
Sally Ride proved that women have an important place in America’s space program.
1. A. woman B. feminine C. womanly D. womanizing
2. A. came across B. ran over C. went through D. showed up
3. A fatiguing B. fiendish C. exhausting D. demanding
4. A. worthy B. worthwhile C. worth D. trustworthy
5. A. including B. consisting C. comprising D. containing
6. A. spanned B. completed C. finished D. lasted
7. A. retrieve B. recover C. reverse D. return
8. A. role B. character C. part D. factor
9. A. communicative B. communications C. communication D. communicated
10. A. historical B. historian C. historic D. history-made
Your answers
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

When people talk about the environment, they often focus on the planet's natural spaces However, 50% of
the world's population lives in cities and many (1)_____ want to live in more environmentally friendly places.
Most big cities are (2)_____ and there is a lot of air (3)_____ from vehicles.
In some cities, large groups of people in very poor neighborhoods share (4)_____ living conditions. In these
neighborhoods, there are few (5)_____ for young people to find work and escape poverty, and this creates
problems.
Apart from social problems, most cities are not (6)_____ and they have a negative impact on the
environment around them. The growth of cities destroys the (7) _____ of the local countryside and they use up
all of the resources.
Fortunately, however, governments are now looking for (8)_____ ways of developing cities. Some of them
have had a (9)_____ of success and have persuaded residents to leave their cars at home and cycle or take public
transport to work. But there is still a lot of work to do. Imagine the (10)_____ of a green city that doesn't damage
the environment and where humans and wildlife live together. Will we ever see it?
1. A. commuters B. dwellers C. socialists D. settlers
2. A. congested B. blocked C. stuck D. locked
3. A. waste B. dust C. contamination D. pollutant
4. A. fierce B. harsh C. isolated D. intriguing
5. A. ways B. chance C. occasion D. opportunities
6. A. renewable B. sustainable C. dependable D. appreciable
7. A. biodiversity B. desalination C. resident D. reclamation
8. A. skeptical B. infeasible C. specialized D. alternative
9. A. reason B. little C. number D. grain
10. A. premonition B. prediction C scenario D. future

Archimedes
Archimedes of Syracuse was an extraordinary mathematician and inventor. He is perhaps best known
for his phrase 'Eureka' (meaning, 'I have found it'). According to the story, King Hiero II of Syracuse
(1)_____ that the crown he had ordered from a goldsmith was not of (2)_____ gold. He asked Archimedes
to find a way to (3)_____ if the crown was made solely of the (4)_____ metal or not. The solution came to
him when he stepped into his bath and saw the water (5)_____. He concluded that by measuring the
(6)_____ of water that was (7)_____ when an object was put into it, it was possible to calculate the object's
weight.
A practical man, Archimedes' numerous inventions made life easier for the people of the time. These
included pulleys for lifting heavy items and the Archimedes screw which was a mechanical pump for
(8)_____ water from a lower to a higher (9)_____.
(10)_____ has it that to (11)_____ Syracuse from the Romans, he invented a(n) (12)_____ for
catapulting heavy rocks, and a system of mirrors that (13)_____ the sun's rays on the Roman ships and
ignited them.
Archimedes was killed by a Roman soldier who (14)_____ offence when, (15)_____ in his work, the
scientist asked him not to disturb the circles he was drawing in the sand.
1. A. challenged B. distrusted C. mistrusted D. suspected
2. A. natural B. pure C. total D. clean
3. A. determine B. devise C. manage D. figure
4. A. wealthy B. rare C. fancy D. precious
5. A. overcoming B. overreaching C. overflowing D. overdoing
6. A. volume B. space C. area D. size
7. A. replaced B. displaced C. released D. removed
8. A. expanding B. directing C. pouring D. raising
9. A. range B. layer C. level D. surface
10. A. Fable B. Legend C. Fairy tale D. Anecdote
11. A. protect B. help C. preserve D. care
12. A. tool B. equipment C. device D. appliance
13. A. gathered B. focused C. collected D. sent
14. A. got B. caused C. took D. gave
15. A. concentrated B. intent C. devoted D. absorbed

COLOUR THERAPY
How do you fancy lying in a room which is filled with orange light, or being (0)_____ to eat red foods?
Well, it can do you a lot of (1)_____, according to colour therapists.
Before you (2)_____ this as nonsense, consider such common (3)_____ as ‘seeing red’ or being ‘green
with envy’. Though people use them without (4)_____ them literally, they do actually have a factual base.
(5)_____ anger, for instance, can (6)_____ such a strong physical reaction that people may really see a red
colour in front of their eyes.
As far (7)_____ as the 18th Century, it was discovered that different coloured lights affected plant
growth, and since then psychologists have (8)_____ that humans respond to different colours in different
ways. Pink, for example, is such a soothing colour that cells painted pink (9)_____ calmed violent prisoners.
Other discoveries, such as that hospital patients may recover more quickly in green wards, have also
(10)_____ interest.
Colour therapy is the use of colour or coloured light for the (11)_____ of treating certain illnesses and
psychological conditions. Colour therapists believe that it can have very (12)_____ effects, such as helping
people to relax, (13)_____ energy, and curing certain infections. Should you decide to see one, you will be
advised as to the best colours for you. You might be bathed in bright light of a (14)_____ colour or covered
in coloured material.
While many people consider such treatments silly, (15)_____ in mind how much more cheerful
wearing clothes of certain colours can make people. Perhaps there really is something in colour therapy!

0 A suggested B. informed C. advised D. proposed

1. A. advantage B. gain C. benefit D. good
2. A. deny B. ignore C. dismiss D. refuse
3. A. expressions B. slogans C. proverbs D. statements
4. A. implying B. meaning C. indicating D. signifying
5. A. Extensive B. High C. Extreme D. Thorough
6. A. produce B. develop C. raise D. originate
7. A. behind B. before C. back D. beyond
8. A. recognised B. consented C. accorded D. expected
9. A. hastily B. briskly C. shortly D. instantly
10. A. pulled B. attracted C. taken D. engaged
11. A. object B. aim C. intention D. purpose
12. A. confident B. progressive C. gainful D. positive
13. A. increasing B. enlarging C. lifting D. multiplying
14. A. right B. due C. suitable D. valid
15. A. take B. hold C. carry D. bear

GIRLS AND TECHNOLOGY

If you want your daughter to succeed, buy her a toy construction set. That is the (0)_____ from Britain’s
(1)_____ female engineers and scientists. Marie-Noelle Barton, who heads an Engineering Council campaign
to encourage girls into science and engineering, maintains that some of Britain’s most successful women have
had their careers (2)_____ by the toys they played with as children. Even girls who end (3)_____ nowhere near
a microchip or microscope could benefit from a better (4)_____ of science and technology.
 ‘It’s a (5)_____ of giving them experience and confidence with technology so that when they are (6)_____
with a situation requiring some technical know-how they feel they can handle it and don’t just (7)_____ defeat
immediately,’ says Mrs Barton. ‘At the Engineering Council, we want more women to be engineers and
scientists, but we realise that lots of girls feel unsure of themselves when it comes (8)_____ technology and
therefore they might be (9)_____ out on jobs because they are reluctant even to apply for them.’ Use of
technology is (10)_____ and yet, compared to the number of men, there are still only a handful of women
lecturers in high positions within university engineering departments.
Research recently carried (11)_____ suggests that scientific and constructional toys should be (12)_____
to girls from an early age, otherwise the result is ‘socialisation’ into stereotypically female (13)_____, which
may explain why (14)_____ few girls study science and engineering at university in Britain. Only 14% of those
who have gone for engineering (15)_____ at university this year are women, although this figure has gone up
from 7% in 1984.

0. A instruction B information C. opinion D. advice

1. A. foremost B. uppermost C. predominant D. surpassing
2. A. styled B. shaped C. built D. modelled
3. A. in B. by C. on D. up
4. A. hold B. grasp C. insight D. realisation
5. A. matter B. situation C. state D. cause
6. A. approached B. encountered C. presented D. offered
7. A. admit B. allow C. receive D. permit
8. A. for B. to C. from D. with
9. A. losing B. leaving C. passing D. going
10. A. immense B. wide C. extensive D. broad
11. A. off B. through C. forward D. out
12. A. accessible B. feasible C. reachable D. obtainable
13. A. characters B. parts C. states D. roles
14. A. respectively B. relatively C. reasonably D. repeatedly
15. A. options B. alternatives C. selections D. preferences

DINOSAUR DISCOVERIES
In the late 1930s, a group of (0)_____ American scientists seeking dinosaur fossils made some
(1)_____ finds. Although one of their expeditions discovered no bones at all, it nonetheless (2)_____ to be
important in terms of the information about dinosaurs it provided. During that historic expedition, which
took place along the (3)_____ of the Paluxy river in Texas, something extraordinary was revealed: a
dinosaur track, clearly (4)_____ in the rock. These dinosaur footprints (5)_____ their preservation to the
salts and mud that covered them and then hardened into rock, before (6)_____ to light 100 million years
later. Tracks like these are (7)_____ to experts. There have been great gaps in scientists’ understanding of
dinosaur (8)_____, and so such footprints are useful since they provide direct (9)_____ of how dinosaurs
actually moved. Scientists have been able to use these footprints, and others like them, to (10)_____ how
quickly different species walked, and to conclude that many kinds of dinosaur must have travelled in
(11)_____.
(12)_____, the tracks of four-legged dinosaurs seem to (13)_____ that in spite of being reptiles, these
creatures must have moved in a very similar way to living mammals, such as elephants – a pattern of
movement (14)_____ from that of most contemporary reptiles, such as crocodiles. This leads to an
intriguing question. Might existing mammals have more to teach us about the (15)_____ reptiles that once
walked the earth?
0. A. primary B. dominant C. leading D. principal
1. A. noteworthy B. noticeable C. notifiable D. notional
2. A. turned B. arose C. proved D. occurred
3. A. verges B. borders C. coasts D. banks
4. A. blatant B. substantial C. distinguishable D. ostensible
5. A. owe B. derive C. result D. thank
6. A. coming B. bringing C. appearing D. surfacing
7. A. unique B. invaluable C. costly D. rare
8. A. action B. manners C. behaviour D. customs
9. A. basis B. support C. source D. evidence
10. A. make up B. determine C. weigh up D. reflect
11. A. sets B. herds C. masses D. bunches
12. A. Accordingly B. Characteristically C. Interestingly D. Alternatively
13. A. point B. specify C. express D. indicate
14. A. separate B. unconnected C. detached D. distinct
15. A. abolished B. departed C. extinct D. extinguished

Cabin Crew Open Day

Saturday 2nd December 10 am - 6 pm, London Gatwick Airport Hilton Hotel
You know what it’s like with passport photos. Ten years down the (1)_____, you’re stuck with
something unspeakably awful that (2)_____ no resemblance to reality.
Your job can feel a bit like that too. At easyJet we can guarantee that it won’t. Our Cabin Crew relish
a challenge, (3)_____ on innovation and certainly aren’t afraid of hard work. Come along to our Open Day
and you’ll be able to see a full presentation, meet some of our managers and crew and really get to (4)_____
with what we can offer. The only requirements are that you stand between 160 and 185 centimetres tall, are
over 20 years of age and have good maths and English. We also love maturity, (5)_____ your age, along
with plenty of good, old-fashioned common sense.
Oh, and don’t forget to bring your (6)_____ passport. We promise not to laugh at the photo!
1 A route B line C file D path
2 A shows B conveys C displays D bears
3 A thrive B flourish C prosper D forge
4 A terms B point C grips D mark
5 A irrespective B albeit C regardless D whatever
6 A valid B prevailing C legitimate D authentic

Books for babies

Parents who want to give their children a head (7)_____ at school should begin reading to them when
they are babies, advise experts. They have discovered that youngsters introduced to books at a (8)_____
age are far more successful at basic learning when they arrive in class. Seven-year-olds who had been given
books at nine months (9)_____ results 20 per cent higher than other children in English, science and maths
tests.
The (10)_____ were described as highly significant by the researchers. They discovered that children
were better able to concentrate and made progress more quickly if they had been (11)_____ to books when
very young. Parents are being urged to begin reading to their children at four months to (12)_____ them
into the learning habit. Professor Barrie Wade, who carried out the research, said, ‘Every baby should have
access to books.’
7 A advantage B start C lead D benefit
8 A tender B gentle C delicate D fragile
9 A completed B reached C passed D achieved
10 A findings B estimates C judgements D accounts
11 A initiated B revealed C exposed D disclosed
12 A put B get C set D bring

Teddy Bear Clinic

You may well ask yourself what a middle-aged journalist is doing taking a very old, soft, furry toy
bear, with the (13)_____ remnants of a mouth and only half an eye, to a woman’s house? Well, if you too
have a teddy with a bit missing, if its fur is moth-eaten or, (14)_____ the thought, if it has been chewed by
a pet dog, do not (15)_____, for Jacqueline Evans can help. Jacqueline runs the Teddy Bear Clinic from
her home in Bath, England. Having examined my teddy, she discovers that he has also suffered the
unwelcome (16)_____ of carpet beetles and lost some of his fur.
Unlike me, most of Jacqueline’s 150 clients worldwide send their bears to her by post, but by (17)_____
arrangement she will have a consultation with owners in her tiny workroom. There she explains what can
be done for the bear, or more rarely, (18)_____ the news that it is beyond repair. Mine, it seems, just requires
minor surgery.
13 A mere B rare C pure D spare
14 A vanish B end C perish D decline
15 A surrender B collapse C quit D despair
16 A attention B awareness C consideration D notice
17 A earlier B former C anterior D prior
18 A cuts B breaks C splits D cracks

For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to
form a word that fits in the space in the same line.
THE ‘SILENT TWINS’
June and Jennifer Gibbons were twin sisters known as the ‘Silent Twins’ due to their
slightly (1)_____ habit of speaking only to each other and to not anyone else. Born in NORMAL
Barbados, their family (2)_____ to Haverfordwest in Wales when they were infants, LOCATE
and their ethnic differences made (3)_____ with the local community quite difficult. INTEGRATE
The two girls were (4)_____ during their youth, a result of their being ostracised from SEPARATE
their community yet needing companionship. Making matters worse was the (5)_____ INTELLIGENT
language that the sisters used to speak to each other; it was a mixture of English and
their native language.
Although bullied at school, the two hardly had (6)_____ youths; they enjoyed writing SPENT
fiction and dreamt of being writers. Their first novels, however, failed to attract much
literary attention and, in a sad twist of events, they turned to a life of crime and
exhibited even more (7)_____ behaviour. The twin sisters eventually ended up in a ERRANT
mental health facility, and after much (8)_____ analysis and observation, staff FRUIT
concluded that their condition was seemingly (9)_____. It wasn't until one sister, CURE
Jennifer, passed away that June was able to live a normal life. What was certainly true
about the sisters is that throughout their troubled lives together, they loved and trusted
each other (10)_____. CONDITION
Your answers
1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

TRUSTING THE CHARITIES WE GIVE TO

People contribute to charities because they find some issues in society (1)_____. TOLERATE
They are appalled by the disparity of wealth that has resulted in (2)_____ fellow POVERTY
citizens and cannot abide the blatant (3)_____ for human life that governments are REGARD
sometimes guilty of. But what happens when a charity is accused of corruption,
favouritism or the (4)_____ of funds? Fortunately, there are watchdogs monitoring APPROPRIATE
charities whose behaviour is somewhat (5)_____. Endeavouring to warn the public REPUTE
about charities that operate (6)_____, one such watchdog in the US exposed four LAW
cancer charities, all of which were operated by one man. He stood accused of
spending (7)_____ on friends and family members, rather than cancer patients, and DONATE
submitting (8)_____ financial records to tax authorities for decades. What's FRAUD
encouraging, though, is that watchdogs and charity (9)_____ are tracking and EVALUATE
reporting on charities' activities so that the public does not become (10)_____ of TRUST
them.
Your answers
1 2 3 4 5
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THE GOOD SIDE OF TELEVISION

The basic (1)_____ that television is a bad influence on society might need a ASSUME
(2)_____. Studies show that audiences today are, in general, intolerant of any THINK
behaviour on television that might seem (3)_____ and thus unfair to a certain group STEREOTYPE
of people. If a television show were to ascribe (4)_____ or attitudes to a character MANNER
which portrayed them in a negative light based on their skin colour, origin or socio-
economic status, the (5)_____ of this would create a storm on social media. This, in SENSITIVE
fact, is a positive development, as it shows that television, while being funnelled into
our living rooms rather (6)_____, has done a lot to instil strong values in its viewers. INVADE
Furthermore, any actors who make racist comments gain (7)_____ almost instantly. NOTORIOUS
In thinking back to the shows that have been produced over the years, there are many
examples of producers making (8)_____ a cornerstone of programming. Naturally, DIVERSE
there are still features of television programming that warrant parental (9)_____ due DISCREET
to the impact they could have on young (10)_____. Overall though, it is fair to say VIEW
that some aspects of television can be a powerful and positive forces in our lives.
Your answers
1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

MISSING: WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS MYSTERY WRITER

When it comes to mystery writers, (1)_____ novelist Agatha Christie did more than CLAIM
just put stories to paper – she was once part of a mystery herself. In December 1926,
the writer (2)_____ went missing for 11 days, setting off a frantic search. Her NOTORIETY
disappearance made (3)_____ news headlines, including on the front page of the New NATION
York Times.
Foreign (4)_____ descended on Sunningdale, England, the location of her home and CORRESPOND
last sighting, to cover the dramatic event. Even fellow mystery writer, the (5)_____ ILLUSTRATE
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Homes, joined the search. Authorities
quickly found Agatha's car abandoned by the side of the road. After days of (6)_____ FRUIT
searches, she was eventually spotted at an elegant spa resort in Harrogate, living under
an assumed identity - that of her husband's mistress.
During the affair, (7)_____ theorists churned out their own explanations as to what CONSPIRE
had happened. Some believed she had been murdered by her (8)_____ husband and FAITH
others chalked it up as being a cleverly-crafted (9)_____ stunt to promote a new book. PUBLIC
But as Agatha's memory of events never recovered, we cannot know for sure what
transpired; thus, the story will likely retain its (10)_____ nature. FAME
Your answers
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6 7 8 9 10