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Find a word that can go with all three sentences:

1. The office staff couldn’t get the new printer to ………………… properly Unfortunately, Tim’s idea for a new office layout didn’t ………………… out in the end. Clare had to ………………… towards a solution to the problem over several months.

2. This bag comes from the company’s mid-priced ………………… of accessories. The mountain ………………… in Tibet is one of the most familiar images in the natural world. There is a wide ………………… of food available in restaurants in London.

3. Under the new law, cigarettes can only be advertised at the ………………… of sale. Please, hurry up and get to the ………………… I’m leaving in five minutes! It’s often hard to grasp the ………………… Ben’s trying to make - he never thinks before he speaks.

4. I was at a ………………… to know what to say when she told me the bad news. The company made a huge ………………… of over $10 million last year. After the accident, Graham suffered from a temporary ………………… of memory. BT-Updatepower-Ex37-38(21-24)-Jan.2022

5. The boss set an upper ………………… for the amount of overtime anyone could do in a week. We have no extra money - our finances are stretched to the ………………… There’s no ………………… to what you can achieve if you really try

Why is it that parents are so often egocentric when it comes to matters concerning their children? Although their (desires, intentions, incentives, concerns) 1 ______ are undoubtedly altruistic, they assume that the choices they make for their offspring are the right ones. Take the (question, type, theme, view) 2 ______ of color, for example. Who decides what colour trousers to buy for young Jimmy? Who chooses the colors for his bedroom or bedclothes? (Unerringly, Unwillingly, Unenthusiastically, Unwittingly) 3 ______ parents condition their child’s (conception, perception, consideration, observation) 4 ______ of colour from a very early age. Choosing a pair of pink trousers for their six-year-old son (plays, runs, goes, comes) 5 ______ counter to most parents’ idea of how to dress a boy, and they would be (likely, incapable, loath, inept) 6 ______ to decorate their daughter’s bedroom in brown. In a similar way, a small child seen drawing a red tree may be quietly told that trees should be green. Yet the underlying criticism (inferred, implied, inlaid, imbued) 7 ______ in that can be detrimental to the child’s (thought, sense, feeling, instinct) 8 ______ of the world around them. Psychologists believe that allowing children to choose their own colours increases their self-confidence and their ability to express themselves. They use colour as a(n) (means, tool, method, aid) 9 ______ of helping children to identify their feelings and discuss them. For instance, (findings, reports, studies, research) 10 ______ have shown that after listening to a sad story, children tend to draw in dark brown, black or grey, whereas one with a happy ending will (lead, evoke, invoke, envisage) 11 ______ a response in yellow or orange. So, a mother should be delighted to see her fouryear-old drawing an orange tree or a yellow house, and perhaps be concerned if the child only uses grey. (Giving, Letting, Entrusting, Entitling) 12 ______ children free rein to choose colours for themselves may help parents to understand them better

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1. Bill doesn’t like his new boss. They never …………………

2. My Chemistry practical exam was a disaster! I was ………………… and spilled the liquid all over the floor!

3. Nick’s little brother is a real ………………… He wouldn’t let us listen to music, and kept interrupting us all the time!

4. I think the teacher’s remark about punishing the whole class was …………………! She didn’t mean it, did she?

5. When I told William I was going to marry his sister, he didn’t …………………

6. James will make a great businessman one day but at the moment he’s completely …………………

      Why is it that parents are so often egocentric when it comes to matters concerning their children? Although their ______(1) are undoubtedly altruistic, they assume that the choices they make for their offspring are the right ones. Take the _______(2) of colour, for example. Who decides what colour trousers to buy for young Jimmy? Who chooses the colours for his bedroom or bedclothes? _________(3), parents condition their child's _________(4) of colour from a very early age. Choosing a pair of pink trousers for their six-year-old son ________(5) counter to most parents' idea of how to dress a boy, and they would be loath to decorate their daughter's bedroom in brown. In a similar way, a small child seen drawing a red tree may be quietly told that trees should be green. Yet the underlying criticism ___________(6) in that can be detrimental to the child's ___________(7) of the world around them.

      Psychologists believe that allowing children to choose their own colours increases their self-confidence and their ability to express themselves. They use colour as a _________(8) of helping children to identify their feelings and discuss them. For instance, _____________(9) have shown that after listening to a sad story, children tend to draw in dark brown, black or grey, whereas one with a happy ending will evoke a response in yellow or orange. So, a mother should be delighted to see her four-year-old drawing an orange tree or a yellow house, and perhaps be concerned if the child only uses grey.   _________(10) children free rein to choose colours for themselves may help parents to understand them better.