Over the last hundred years, (0) much of the art of using herbs in cooking and medicine has been lost, especially in industrialised societies. Until recently, (1) ………….. people in the crowded cities had the space to grow plants or vegetables, and so (2) ………….. in the country did knowledge of herbs linger on. (3) ………….. the advent of refrigeration, however, (4) ………….. meant that the strong smell of old meat no (5) ………….. had to be disguised, and the appearance of packaged food and easily available medicines, the growing of herbs declined rapidly. Nowadays there is (6) ………….. anyone who does not have a small patch of garden, or a (7) ………….. sill or balcony large (8) ………….. for a pot or two of herbs. These facts, coupled with the beginnings of a revolt (9) ………….. standardised foods and perhaps also a mistrust of the side (10) ………….. of some of today’s medicines, mean that herbs have taken (11) ………….. a new popularity. The culinary uses of herbs are endless and they can be used (12) ………….. good effect all year round, (13) ………….. dried form or cut fresh. (14) ………….. aids to beauty and for medicinal (15)………….., there is now a vast range available. 

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2.the zoo has a schedule of feedings and talks, an area where children can feed and............(friend) Shetland ponies and Tamworth pigs.

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1.it's particularly important that we reach out to everybody in our countries- those who feel...........(affect), those who feel left behind by globalization- and address their concerns in constructive ways.

       Would you rather win a silver or bronze medal?

Try to...........(0) yourself as an athlete in an Olympic event. We can............... (1) assume you’d want to win, and, if that wasn’t possible, you’d prefer to............ (2) up second rather than third. However, research............... (3) that the reality may be different. In one study, volunteers assessed athletes’ faces as they waited for their medals. In particular, they looked out for athletes with a ‘Duchenne smile’, which is thought to show happiness and is.............. (4) by a raising of the mouth and a crinkling round the eyes. Gold medal winners were rated as happiest, but those in second place seemed less happy than bronze medallists. Researchers also found that the.............. (5) by which a medal was won or lost appeared important: silver medallists who................ (6) lost out on gold were significantly less happy than those who only just beat the third-placed athlete. Do silver medallists............... (7) on how they might have won gold, whereas bronze medallists just feel lucky to win something? We can’t be sure, but researchers think comparative performance may greatly affect the.............. (8) of happiness. 

1. A/ soundly      B/ steadily     C/ safely     D/ strongly

2. A/ take    B/come         C/ make         D/ end

3. A/ exposes      B/ suggests          C/ notifies          D/ admits

4. A/ characterised     B/ featured       C/ constituted      D/ specified

5. A/ distance     B/ area         C/ size        D/ limit

6. A/ tightly          B/ finely          C/ closely           D/ narrowly

7. A/ wonder       B/ reflect          C/ consider           D/ evaluate

8 A/ impact        B/ conclusion           C/ feeling          D/ search