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Exercise 1
Chinese opera is (1) the centuries-old art form in China. It is a (2) tradition form
(3) in Chinese drama. (4) At the past, this form of entertainment had been very popular
(5) with the Chinese. (6) As, now the audience for operas is decreasing. However,
Chinese culture lovers are (7) work hard to preserve this art form. It will probably be
(8) forgot and (9) lose if the younger generation are not (10) thought the art. Budding
opera performers not only have to go through demanding training sessions but they also
start young.
Exercise 2
On cold, wet morning, my class was filled with excitement. Someone (1) have
discover that the next day was our teacher's birthday. Our teacher was the kindest
person that ever (2) exist. Thus it (3) is no surprise she was the favourite teacher
(4) to the pupils. Everyone (5) want to get her a present. I, very much wanted to
(6) shown any appreciation too. That afternoon, I (7) spends the whole afternoon
(8) shop for a present. After a long search, I finally made (9) on my mind. The next day I
(10) gived her a bouquet of beautiful roses and she exclaimed with pleasure.

Exercise 3
Every year (1) on September, the Magellanic penguins return to land (2) beyond the sea
to mate. This extraordinary happening (3) occur year after year. Each pair of mating
birds (4) return to the same spot every time. The adult penguins (5) left their home to
search for food (6) from sea. The chicks (7) needed plenty of food for survival. Many die
(8) from starvation. Some are (9) ate by foxes, seagulls (10) nor armadillos. Wildlife
biologists fear that these penguins could be in danger of extinction.

Exercise 4
A remote tribal village located on a snow-capped mountain has (1) being drawn droves
of people there. The news (2) has travel far and wide that a pair of bulls (3) taught to be
sacred animals of a folklore can perform miracles. The owner, a farmer has (4) until
than claimed the pair has cured many people of their sickness. (5) Because many
people were incredulous of the news. Yet, hundreds of people (6) has been flooding the
village ever since. The sick, the weak and the curious (7) comes. Everyone (8) want to
(9) experience the (10) magic cure.
Exercise 5
People who eat food that do not (1) contained meat are (2) call vegetarians.
(3) Wherever the world, many different people of all ages (4) chosen this kind of diet.
The reasons for refusing to eat meat (5) is many and they vary (6) between different
people. Some people do not eat meat (7) since they believe it is unhealthy, (8) as some
think it is cruel and wrong to kill animals. Meat is rich in protein. It is very essential for
(9) growing. Thus, vegetarians must always (10) ensured they get the protein their
bodies need. Food like nuts, milk and cheese are good for vegetarians.

Exercise 6
(1) At a long time, Mary searched cookbooks, web sites and culinary magazines for the
recipe to bake a special cake. Finally, she (2) founded the recipe (3) in the web site that
(4) gived a lot of information on baking. She had (5) entering a cake baking contest.
(6) Yet she knew that she would not (7) winned she had to (8) trial. She (9) shoped for
the ingredients at the supermarket. She spent the rest of the evening trying the recipes,
hoping to perfect her baking skills. Without her (10) mothers help, Mary would not have
dreamed about entering the contest.

Exercise 7

Last night, three trekkers (1) go missing while (2) descend the trail from the towering
mountain. Immediately, the next day, a search party (3) meet at the foot of the
mountain. It will (4) conducts a search for the missing persons. But, the
(5) unpredict weather will hamper the search. The mists (6) is thick. (7) Beside , the
wind is strong. Visibility (8) has be very bad. The missing persons were (9) fear dead.
The police have just informed the families. Everybody (10) are praying and hoping the
three trekkers would be safe.

Exercise 8
After a whole morning of (1) mowed the sprawling lawns, Yusuf
was (2) absolute exhausted. He (3) droped under a tree onto the freshly-mowed lawn
and dozed off. He (4) will have (5) has a good sleep (6) because for the fire ant mound.
Several of the insects (7) crawls over his feet and (8) stinged him on the toes. The bites
wee so painful that the tired Yusuf (9) is jumping frantically around the lawn. At the
same time, he was (10) slaping at the ants which had crawled to his ankles.

Exercise 9
The origins of fireworks are not (1) knew. It is possibly true that fireworks (2) origin in
China. (3) Although, they may have developed in India (4) even the Arab world. During
the 1300s, Europeans (5) come to know (6) of fireworks. It was (7) say the Europeans
who travelled to the East brought fireworks back to their homeland. The common colors
of fireworks (8) consisted of blue, gold, green, red, white and yellow. Different chemical
compounds (9) is add to produce the interesting effects. Fireworks (10) is use to mark
happy occasions.