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    Chdose the most stable word for sachspace. 9 People and Relationships Ifcartoons are anything to go by, then the attitude of the British towards the family, and of British men towards the (1) x..mmw:SeX, has not changed much recently, despite (2 . to shame people into admitting their prejudices. The mother-in-law, frequently of horrific (3).. and usually either about to visit, or being somehow driven from the house, is till a favourite butt of this kind of (4).. Marriage itself has been reduced to the skinny male, dominated by a massive female who habitually lies in (6) . ith the rolling pin behind the door for the return of her drunken (6) . Children are rarely shown other than as screaming infants, or else as ill- favoured urchins who (7) _ all their time being objectionable or asking for money. The old are simply (8) . as comic characters.The problemis, how do such cartoons relate to the way people truly see each other? Does a joke _..some grain of truth, however much we may dislike to admit it? (10)... other words, is life really a series of mother-in-law jokes? Or do jokes havea life of their own, with a (11) .. of stereotypes we can the Englishman with his umbrella and bowler hat, or the always (9) recognise, (12) os Frenchman with his striped jumper and beret? According to this (13) of thinking, we laugh at the stereotype, although we know really that it does not represent real life. Personally, I feel that many of these cartoon prejudices have outlived their usefulness, if they ever had (14). They may give usa chance to laugh at situations we know we should not be laughing at, but it that they strengthen our prejudices. seems more (15) 199 ‘Advanced Language Practice 2 Choose the most suitable word underlined. 3 ‘Complete each sentence with one of the words given. Do not use aword more than once. 1)a)other _a)problematic _) opposite D) taboo 2)a)attempts 8) trying: cof D) ees 3)A)sight 8) view C)appearance —D) dress 4)a)person 8) type C) category D) humour 5) a) bed B) wait c) the way D) the end @)a)spouse —n)opposite _-—) colleague) groom 7) A) waste ) spend c)take D) pass 8)A)seen a) such enough D) notorious 9) A)suppose _8)achieve imply D)contain 10)a)With 8) As ©) From b)In 11) a)one B)set o)life D) base 12) a)as s)example ——C)/ike ) take 13)a)way BD inspite C)approach —_D) subject. 14) )this B)one c)any )been 15) )so s)interesting C)over ) likely 2) Let meintroduce you to my betrothed/engaged/fiancée. We're getting ‘married next month. ) Jimis just a/an acquaintance/colleague/figure I met on holiday. ) The playground was full of infants/juveniles/toddlers running about and falling over. 4) AsTam officially a/an alien/outsider/stranger Ihave to register withthe police. «) Local people are campaigning for better facilites for the aged/ancienv/

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