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T e Hist t eT i t

At the beginning of the twentieth century the T-Shirt quickly became an American
favourite. Now a century later the T-Shirt 39 __________ as popular as ever.

The American T-Shirt began 4 __________ WWI when American armed forces noticed
European soldiers wearing a lightweight cotton undershirt on the hot European summer
days. Compared to the wool uniforms that the American soldiers wore these undershirts
were cooler and more comfortable and they quickly caught on with the Americans. Due
to their simple 4 __________ these shirts became known in the USA as T-Shirts .

In the s people began to tie dye and screenprint the basic cotton T-Shirt making it an
even bigger commercial 42 __________. Advances in printing and dying allowed more
variety and the Tank Top uscle Shirt Scoop Neck V-Neck and many other variations
of the T-Shirt 43 __________ into fashion.

39 remains goes continues D leaves

4 at оn during D for
4 colour design fashion D print
42 success profit income D progress
43 went came moved D entered

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From the rich complexity of the Bach fugues to the catchy songs of the Beatles music
and mathematics overlap in all kinds of interesting 44 __________.

Would you believe that research has shown that certain 45 __________ of music end up
being more popular and mainstream 4 __________ their mathematical structure?

The link between the physical practice of music and strong mathematical 47 __________
are demonstrated in various studies. They show that kids who play a musical instrument
can 48 __________ more complex arithmetical operations than those who do not play an
instrument.

44 means items ways D methods

45 notes pieces details D tones
4 except for along with due to D apart from
47 abilities opportunities properties D features
48 count enumerate achieve D perform

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D ite ans e s n t e se a ate ans e s eet

T is a t ne ase D es as an s ess a ine

0RNDVH is the world’s rst smartphone case that also 49 __________ users a warm shot
of espresso whenever they want. It’s aimed at people who are always on the go whose
lifestyle prevents 5 __________ from stopping by a co ee shop for a dose of ca eine.
6PDUW. the Italian company that came up with the concept for 0RNDVH claims that they
were looking for a way to make co ee available 5 __________. Pairing an Espresso
achine with a smartphone just 52 __________ sense. We thought how to make it
always available? Why not 53 __________ it to a gadget that is already a piece of our
lifetime? The smartphone is the answer 6PDUW. stated in a press release.

49 serve is served serves D are serving

5 themselves their them D theirs
5 nowhere anywhere somewhere D elsewhere
52 had made make made D making
53 join to join joined D joins

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London has the most informed cab drivers in the world – and they’ve got the diplomas
to prove it. To become a certi ed taxi operator in London a driver must rst pass the
Knowledge an extraordinarily di cult exam that 54 __________ detailed recall of
streets and locations within a 55 __________ radius of London’s Charing Cross
railway station. Plus they have to be uent in English. ost drivers take three years
5 __________ the Knowledge and many practice 57 __________ tracing the routes
on a bicycle. Drivers must know their directions backwards and forwards which is a
58 __________ task in the maze of London’s one-way streets and blocked-o pedestrian
zones.

54 involved involves involving D to involve

55 six-mile six-mile’s six-miles’ D six-miles
5 have mastered be mastering to master D master
57 over for with D by
58 complicating complicated complicate D complication

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