Open Cloze For questions 1-15, read the text below and type the word which best fits in each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example below: Ois Stress Stress (0) .. often called a 21st century illness but it has always been with us if perhaps (1)... different names. These days we regard stress (2) ... a necessary evil of modem living. Yet stress is not negative and without (3) ... we would not enjoy some of the highpoints in life (4)... as the anticipation before a date or the tension leading (5) .. to an important match. All these situations produce stress but (6) .. you can control it and not the other way (7)... you will feel stimulated, not worn (8) ... Unlike these situations, which are generally positive and easier to deal with, sitting in a train (9)... is late, (10) ... stuck in a traffic jam, working to a tight deadline are (11) ... harder to manage and control. Stress is now recognised as a ‘medical problem and as a signficant factor (12)... causing coronary heart disease, high blood pressure and a high cholesterol count. Patients are often unwilling to admit to stress problems (13)... they feel they are a form of social failure and it is important that symptoms (14)... identified in order to avoid unnecessary suffering. So what should we be looking out for as danger signals? Common signs of stress are increased tiredness, irritability and (15)... inability to cope with certain situations. Thai Food No other national cuisine has enjoyed quite the degree of popularity that Thai food (1)... Ten years ago it was a rarity in Europe and the United States and (2)... that it was virtually unknown, Now Thai cooking has (3). O) avail: one of the West’s favourite exotic styles of cooking. As well as the growing tle in the of Thai restaurants throughout the world, there has been an increase little (5) ity of ingredients on supermarket shelves. (6)........ Wester cooks its becoming quite practical to try authentic versions of Thai dishes at home. One of the things that makes Thai cooking (7) wv... @ challenge is the sheer variety of types of dish. Thai food lies between Chinese and Indian cuisine, with influences (8) Burma, Cambodia and Malaysia, each of (9) .. different stages of (10) give (12)... one example, are originally from Central and South America but were incorporated quickly (13) . the national diet. Taken all (14) Thai cooking a strongly regional set of cuisines. as had an effect on Thailand at . afield. Chillies, to history. Some of the ingredients come from (11)... these influences from abroad have (15)...Pre-History That fragment of pottery, that little piece of bone or the remains of an early human tool are (1) ... often the only evidence we have of our early history. However, (2) ... a consequence of the work of archaeologists and others in this field, we have (3) ... the years built (4)... an extremely good understanding of early human development. This is the case (5)... the fact that there is no written evidence of the period we term startling to note is that this period, which predates the invention of writing, accounts Pre-History. (6) (7)... 99% of human existence. It was (8) ... this time that discoveries that shaped the human race were made, early settlements created that (9) .. to become our major cities and (10) ... general was the time when the very foundations of human civilisation were laid. The evidence of our pre-history can be found everywhere, from remnants of human existence buried deep in the ground (11) .. ancient pathways and burial grounds. The first and easiest place to start your exploration of prehistory is of (12) .. your local museum, particularly (13)... you are interested in discovering more about the area where you live. You may (14)... have a local archaeological group that would be prepared to let you work (15) .. a volunteer.