V. Read the text and use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. (0) is  an example. (15 points)

V. Read the text and use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. (0) is  an example. (15 points)

Read the text. Use the given word in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same time.

Exercise 27                       GENIUS

We all know stories about people with (0)    ......................   EXCEPTION

memories who have the (1)..................................................              ABLE

to remember hundreds of numbers after hearing them only

once. Now experts are saying that such  feats can be taught.

For example, most people can (2)............about nine             REPETITION

numbers if they are read out one a second. In one

experiment, ten hours' training (3)................only                      PRODUCT

a small (4)........................., but the results after practising         IMPROVE

for a thousand hours were (5)....................: some                           AMAZE

people remembered 80 or even 100 numbers. Similarly,

 most adults can (6)...............only about 5 out                            IDENTITY

of a set of 21 colours that are only(7).................................            SLIGHT

different. But after 80 training hours one person

could recognise 18 of them. Studies of 76 major

(8)..................show that it took at least ten years of                   COMPOSE

(9).................training before any of them wrote a                            MUSIC

major work. Psychologists are therefore raising
the (10).............that genius is the product of  teaching.              POSSIBLE

Exercise 28                   HEALTHY EATING

In the past, any mother would be (0)...................if                            PRIDE

her children were round and slightly fat. Those

days are gone. (1).....................have now reached the              RESEARCH

(2)................that too much fat and sugar in her children's      CONCLUDE

diets are a major factor in the (3)....................of heart                DEVELOP

diseases and other(4).........................when they are older.                     ILL

However, (5)......................children need to eat  a wide                   GROW

range of foods, and their general health could                             

be(6)....................by cutting out particular ones. Psychologists   DANGER

say that the (7)......................is not to change                                   SOLVE

eating habits too fast, but to do it (8)......................, so                      CARE        

that children do not lose muscle in addition to                                 

fat. Parents should present food a little (9)...................        DIFFERENCE

, spread butter thinly and avoid putting sugar

on the table. Children should also be(10).............                     COURAGE

to take part in sports: this way they will be using

the calories that they have eaten.

Exercise 29        COLLECTING EGGCUPS

People collect a large (0)..........................of objects:                         VARY

stamps, postcards, dolls. Some people collect

objects which are connected with (1).................                          HISTORY

events or with (2)..................people. But one of                                FAME

the strangest(3).............is that of eggcups.                                 COLLECT

Kenvin Murphy of Bradford in Yorkshire has

10.000 of them. Not (4)..................., his favorite                       SUPPRISE

eggcup is one in the shape of a (5)...................  Yorkshire man          TYPE

. Kenvin's hobby began seven years ago                         

,  after he (6)..................an elephant eggcup to                                  LOAN

a granddaughter who took such a (7)............................                       LIKE

to it she insisted on keeping it. Kenvin saw a few

eggcups he liked at a (8)......................at a local shop,                        SELL

and started collecting them.

Others like Kenvin's eggcup too. " I have just

bought a ( 9)................for one of my favorites,                           REPLACE

which (10)................disappeared last week, " he said               MYSTERY

II. Read the text and use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. (0) is  an example. (10 pts)

III. Read the text below. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

       Example: (0) impossible

   These days it is(o)………….......................to open a newspaper without                 POSSIBLE

reading about the damage we are doing to the environment.

The earth is being(1)………….....................and the future looks bad.                         THREAT

What can each of us do?

   We cannot clean up our(2)…………......................rivers and seas overnight.         POLLUTION

Nor can we stop the(3)……………...................of plants and animals. But                  APPEAR

we can stop adding to the problem while(4)……………….................        ..........           SCIENCE

search for answers, and laws are passed in nature’s(5)……………...............                       DEFEND

   It may not be easy to change your lifestyle(6)…………….................., but               COMPLETE

some steps are easy to take: cut down the amount of(7)…………..................           DRIVE

you do or use as little plastic as possible. It is also easy to save energy,

which also reduces(8)…………….................bills. We must all make                           HOUSE

a personal (9)……………................... to work for the future of our planet if             DECIDE

we want to (10)…………....................a better world for our grand- children.           SURE

Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the line to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

THE FIRST COFFEE SHOPS

There is some (61) ....................................... (HISTORY) evidence to suggest that coffee was cultivated in Africa in the tenth century, but drinking coffee didn’t become fashionable in Europe until the mid-seventeenth century, with many visitors to London claiming that going to a coffee shop was one of the great (62) ....................................... (PLEASE) of life. People paid an (63) ....................................... (ADMIT) charge of one penny to enter a coffee shop, to enjoy the supposedly (64) ....................................... (BENEFIT) effects of the drink. Doctors at the time believed it could cure several diseases, and many drinkers reported that coffee made them more (65) ............................ (ENERGY) and improved their mood.
(66) ....................................... (INCREASE) a visit to a coffee shop had a serious purpose too, as people started to meet there to discuss politics and new ideas. Good behavior was essential and if you were (67) ............... (POLITE) you could be thrown out of a shop. However, coffee shops in Europe declined in popularity in the late eighteenth century due to the greater (68) ................................. (CONSUME) of tea, a drink that was easier to make than coffee.

Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the line to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

THE FIRST COFFEE SHOPS

There is some (61) ....................................... (HISTORY) evidence to suggest that coffee was cultivated in Africa in the tenth century, but drinking coffee didn’t become fashionable in Europe until the mid-seventeenth century, with many visitors to London claiming that going to a coffee shop was one of the great (62) ....................................... (PLEASE) of life. People paid an (63) ....................................... (ADMIT) charge of one penny to enter a coffee shop, to enjoy the supposedly (64) ....................................... (BENEFIT) effects of the drink. Doctors at the time believed it could cure several diseases, and many drinkers reported that coffee made them more (65) ............................ (ENERGY) and improved their mood.
(66) ....................................... (INCREASE) a visit to a coffee shop had a serious purpose too, as people started to meet there to discuss politics and new ideas. Good behavior was essential and if you were (67) ............... (POLITE) you could be thrown out of a shop. However, coffee shops in Europe declined in popularity in the late eighteenth century due to the greater (68) ................................. (CONSUME) of tea, a drink that was easier to make than coffee.

V. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).Example: 0. successful

COMPUTER SKILLS IN THE OFFICE

To be (0) .............. (success) in the business market, it is vital for a company to keep up with all the latest technological (41) ................. (develop).

Nowadays it is (42) .............. (wide) accepted that running a company without computers, in particular, is virtually (43) .............. (possible) This is why businesses are so keen to hire the best people available for their technology departments.

Apart from the needs of the technology department, it is important that almost all employees have some degree of (44) ............... (familiar) with personal or desktop computers, even if this involves no more than the (45) .............. (complete) of a basic computer course. Like all new things, however, most people will only become (46) ..............(comfort) with using computers after practical experience.

Thanks to computers, today's businesses are run and managed with far less (47) .............. (difficult) than companies could hope to achieve in the past. For example, computers enable the (48) .................. (organise) of huge amounts of information and greatly speed up the (49) .............. (prepare) of documents and reports.

In short, although the average businessperson has no need to be a technology expert, they are unlikely to get very far without at least a basic (50) .............. (know) of computers. 

VI. Choose the correct option for each numbered blank to finish the passage.

Did you ever have someone's name on the tip of your tongue and yet you were unable to recall it? When this happens again, do not (51) _______ to recall it. Do something (52) _____ for a couple of minutes, and the name may come into your head. The name is there since you have met (53) ______ person and learned his name. It only has to be dug out. The initial effort to recall (54) ______ the mind for operation, but it is the subconscious activities that go to work to dig up a (55) ______ memory. Forcing yourself to recall (56) ______ never helps because it doesn't (57) _______ your memory; it only tightens it. Students find the preparatory method helpful (58) __________ examinations. They read over the questions {59) ______ trying to answer any of them. Then they answer first the ones (60) ______ which they are mostconfident. Meanwhile, deeper mental activities in the subconscious mind are taking (61) ________ ; work is being done on the (62) ______ difficult question. By the time the easier questions are answered, answers (63) _____ the more difficult ones will usually begin to (64) ______ into consciousness. It is often (65) ______ a question of waiting for recall to comz to the memory.

51. A. try B. want c. hesitate D. wait

52. A. simple B. apart c. else D. similar

53. A. some B. certain c. a D. this

54. A. leads B. begins c. helps D. prepares

55. A. light B. fresh c. dim D. dark

56. A. merely B. almost c. barely D. hardly

57. A. loosen B. weaken c. decrease D. reduce

58. A. into B. in c. about D. by

59. a . after B. besides c. before D. against

60. A. Of B. with c. for D. in

61. A. place B. shape c. charge D. action

62. A. too B. less c. not D. more

63. A. to B. of c. about D. for

64. A. appear B. grow c. extend D. come

65. A. nearly B. likely c. just D. even

V. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).Example: 0. effective

FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

Body language is a very (0) ............. (effect) form of communication. Some(46) ..................... (face) expressions, in particular, can be understood all around the world. If we find something (47) .............. (disgust) for example, we wrinkle up our noses. Anyone watching immediately knows họw we feel.

All people smile, and a smile is likely to get a positive (48) .............. (react) It can, however, be obvious when you don't mean it. When you (49) .............. (genuine) smile, muscles around your eyes automatically contract, but these muscles are difficult to control consciously. An authentic smile fades quickly, too, while an artificial smile will (50) .............. (usual) last longer.

The expressions we make when we are angry, sad and scared are also common to most cultures. Despite all the (51) ............. (differ) languages spoken in the world, we can still communicate using this (52) ............. (universe) language of facial expressions.

However, you sometimes need to be (53) ............. (care) Certain gesturescan vary, even within a single country. For example, (54) ............. (south) Italians gesturing 'yes' tilt their heads forwards, never back, whereas people in the north nod by tilting the head backwards and forwards. This can be very (55) ............. ! (confuse)

VI. Choose the correct option for each numbered blank to finish the passage.A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply - all these were important (56) ________ in helping England to become the center for the industrial Revolution.

But they were not enough. Something (57) ______ was needed to start theindustrial process. That “something special” was men (58) ______ individual who could invent machines, find new (59) _____ of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society. The men who created the machines of the Industrial Revolution (60) ______ from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were more inventors than scientists. A man who is a (61) ______ scientist is primarily interested in doing his research (62) ______. He is not necessarily working so that his findings canbe used.

An inventor or one interested in applied science is (63) ______ trying to makesomething that has a concrete (64) ______. He may try to solve a problem by using the theories (65) ______ science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a (66) ______ result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of (67) ______ other objectives.

Most of the people who (68) _____ the machines of the Industrial Revolutionwere inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had (69) ______ or no training in science might not have made their inventions if a ground-work had not been laid by scientists years (70) _______.

56. A. cases B. reasons c. factors D. situations

57. A. else B. near c. extra D. similar

58. A. generating B. effective c. motivating D. creative

59. A. origins B. sources c. bases D. discoveries

60. A. came B. arrived c. stemmed D. appeared

61. Ạ. genuine B. practical c. pure D. clever

62. A. happily B. occasionally c. reluctantly D. accurately

63. A. seldom B. sometimes c. usually D. never

64. A. plan 6. use c. idea D. means

65. A. of B. with c. to D. as

66. A. single B. sole c. specialized D. specific

67. A. few B. those c. many D. all