Passage 1: FENG SHUI
Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese art of bringing balance to one’s immediate (1) ________ (ROUND). It aims to harness energy flow within the home to make it a nice, healthy place in which to live. Although in the West it has only recently gained (2) ________ (ACCEPT) in China, it is deemed (3) __________ (DISPENSE) to have recourse to a Feng Shui (4) ____________ (PRACTICE) before moving house or (5) ____________ (ESTABLISH) a business. On a mundane level, it is the art of furniture placement, but it being (6) _____________ (HAUL) thoroughly, (7) ____________ (MEAN) philosophical and religious roots are found (8) ____________ (PIN) this (9) ____________ (VENERATE) art form. The Taoist philosophy out of which it grew sees the world as made up of potent but invisible energy called ‘chi’. Feng Shui aspires to divert this hidden flow to create a (10) _____________ (HARMONY) environment. Although this is a(n) (11) ____________ (FAMILIAR/ CUSTOM) concept to the Western world, the (12) ___________ (SURGE / SWING / TURN) of Feng Shui continues (13) _____________ (ABATE). Feng Shui offers some (14) ______________ (ESSENTIAL) rules with which to augment the potential of one’s environment. (15) ____________ (MOVE) of (16) ___________ (ARRAY) is said to promote feelings of (17) ____________ (LUCID) and calmness. The utilization of plants (18) ____________ (ACT) the detrimental effect of machinery, computers and so on. Finally, because chi energy enters through the front door, it is (19) _____________ (VISION / SIGHT) to keep one’s door in perfect condition to take away any (20) __________ (IMPEDE) to the passage of entering chi energy.
Passage 2: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only ONE word in each gap. Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example: 0. when
THE BLOOD MOON
A lunar eclipse occurs (0) _____________the Earth’s shadow falls directly onto the moon. (1) _____________ happens as a result is that the moon stops being a silvery white colour and turns coppery red instead; the sort of colour usually only seen in the sky at dawn or sunset. An astronaut on the moon, looking towards Earth (2) ____________ a lunar eclipse, would see a black disc, surrounded (3) _____________a bright red ring. It’s the light from this red ring which is reflected back to the dark Earth from the moon’s surface. In ancient times, long (4) ______________ any of this was understood, the lunar eclipse was known (5) _____________a blood moon and was thought to be an omen of disaster.
Total eclipses can only occur when there is a full moon, and then only if it is lined (6) ____________ with the Earth in a particular way. (7) ______________easily obscured by cloud cover, blood moons are fairly common, and it is relatively easy to calculate where and when you might be (8) _____________ to see one.
For example, in 1504 Christopher Columbus was stranded in Jamaica and (9) ____________ dire need of provisions, but the local inhabitants were reluctant to help. Columbus knew that a lunar eclipse would occur on 29 February, however. So, the day before, he warned local leaders that the moon would disappear (10) ____________ they helped him. They remained skeptical. But when the moon slowly started to change colour, they became so frightened that they started to bring food.
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