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PRACTICE EXERCISE 1

Read the text and complete each blank with ONE suitable word from the list supplied. Then writeyour answers in the boxes provided at the bottom of the page. Each word can only be used ONCE.There are THREE words that you will not use. The first blank has been completed as an example.

Text messages

Can you remember where you were (0) when the first text message __________ (1) sent in the UK?

You can’t? I’m not surprised. Nor __________ (2) anyone else. But it’s an unpredictable world, and nothing

has been less predicted __________ (3) the rise of text messaging. It came from nowhere to become

__________ (4) fastest growing phenomenon __________ (5) recent times.

Over 2 million text messages are sent __________ (6) hour in the UK. The mobile phone industry

claims __________ (7) 95% of them arrive within 10 seconds in ‘normal circumstances’. Texting has opened

up an entirely new __________ (8) in communication that didn’t exist before – brief messages for

__________ (9) there is a huge demand but which don’t need the fuss of a written letter.

Texting has become a means __________ (10) parents to maintain contact with __________ (11)children, for grandparents to bond with grandchildren, for television to interact with the audience. It is a

marketing __________ (12) of huge potential for companies which, for the first time, can build up profiles of

individual users and target them __________ (13) special offers.

Texting has not been successful __________ (14) because it enables you to communicate with others

__________ (15) phone and without speaking, but because it is brief and no one expects __________ (16) of

the usual formalities. Its simplicity may ensure its long life.

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PRACTICE EXERCISE 2


I’M THE BOSSI’M THE BOSSI’M THE BOSSI’M THE BOSS

The idea of being your own (0) boss is very attractive. No more working for __________ (1)else; no more orders; no prospect of __________ (2) sacked or made redundant, and time off whenever you

like it. __________ (3) benefits are, broadly speaking, true. Working for __________ (4) means being in

charge of your own destiny. If you succeed, the sky’s the limit for your ambitions.

__________ (5), self-employment can be extremely hard work and comes without the

certainty of a regular income or benefits __________ (6) as sick leave and pension arrangements. Thehours are usually __________ (7) longer – especially with the mountain of paperwork to get through – and at

times it __________ (8) be a lonely, thankless task.

Taking leave, at __________ (9) in the early stages when you are unlikely to have any staff to cover,will be impossible __________ (10) losing money. There are __________ (11) the financial risks.

Thousands of young firms __________ (12) started out with such promise go bankrupt every year,

__________ (13) swallowed up their owners’ life savings and put __________ (14) into years of debt. So, if

you see __________ (15) as an automatic route to an easier life, perhaps you __________ (16) think again.

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PRACTICE EXERCISE 3


Simply Entertainment?

Many youngsters these (0) days easily devote more time to the box than they __________ (1) to

any other form of entertainment. Each year children read less and __________ (2) and watch television more

and more. In fact, a typical child sits through an __________ (3) of about four hours of TV viewing a day.

They spend more time on this form of entertainment __________ (4) they spend talking to parents, playing

with friends, attending school or reading books.

According to a recent __________ (5), sixty-two percent of television programmes contain scenes of

violence. It would be logical then to assume that watching a steady __________ (6) of violent images on

screen cannot be seen simply as entertainment. The bright colours, quick movements and sudden

__________ (7) will always capture a child’s attention and there are certainly very few children __________

(8) find television totally uninteresting.

If we listen to the experts, it seems that viewing __________ (9) amounts of TV violence does not

necessarily cause a child to act in a violent __________ (10), but can lead to the view that violence

__________ (11) acceptable in everyday life, as well __________ (12) possibly creating a fear of being

attacked on the streets.

With governments finally __________ (13) measures to improve the quality of children’s TV,

parents must now become aware that __________ (14) many hours of viewing can have serious effects

__________ (15) a child’s behaviour and attitude. Obviously, turning off the set __________ (16) be the best

solution in the end.

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PRACTICE EXERCISE 4


ARCHAEOLOGY: The bare bones?

If we want to find out (0) what happened in the past, we can read history books. Another

__________ (1) to learn about the past is archaeology: the study of the past through things people have left

__________ (2). The written word and archaeological remains are very different from __________ (3) other,

of course, but is one more reliable than the other? You might __________ (4) tempted to say that something

written down is more dependable __________ (5) a pile of old bones, say, or weapons from a prehistoric

period. But stop a minute and think: is this really the case?

On an archaeological dig, excavation __________ (6) uncovering artefacts and structures that have

been buried for a __________ (7) time. Things literally “come to light”. Modern scientific techniques enable

archaeologists __________ (8) get detailed information on what they have discovered, like __________ (9)

different foods have been cooked in a clay pot, for example, __________ (10) the sex, age and size of ahuman skeleton.

It is probably almost impossible to be completely objective __________ (11) writing history,

whatever period one is writing in. Reading history, therefore, and __________ (12) historical research, is

also a process of uncovering: the objective truth __________ (13) to be separated from subjective falsehood.

__________ (14) archaeological remains and historical documents need to be interpreted: neither can be

taken at face value. The __________ (15) is, the evidence from a clay pot or a pile of bones may be just

__________ (16) reliable as a written historical account.

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PRACTICE EXERCISE 5


RSPB. For Birds, For People, ForeverRSPB. For Birds, For People, ForeverRSPB. For Birds, For People, ForeverRSPB. For Birds, For People, Forever

Since it was founded in (0) 1889 in London, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

__________ (1) grown into Europe’s largest wildlife conservation charity, with more __________ (2) a

million members. It has offices across __________ (3) UK and its activities include a huge variety of issues.

Originally set __________ (4) to protect the Crested Grebe, whose members had __________ (5)

reduced due to demand for its feathers for hats in the __________ (6) 19th century, the RSPB has spent most

of __________ (7) 104-year history buying land for nature reserves. In __________ (8) way, it has prevented

the extinction of rare species, as __________ (9) as increasing public awareness of the dangers __________

(10) by bird life in Britain and Europe. The RSPB has __________ (11) managed to have very important

laws __________ (12) by Parliament to ensure the conservation of birds in Britain. The success of societies

__________ (13) as the RSPB proves that there __________ (14) indeed many people out there who__________ (15) care about the world around __________ (16).

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PRACTICE EXERCISE 6


Are we Over the Hill at 40?

Some say that (0) life begins at 40, __________ (1) scientists have discovered that __________ (2) does the

process of mental decline. Psychologists in Reading __________ (3) found that people start to slow

__________ (4) mentally in their mid-forties. They tested routine abilities such as time __________ (5) to

remember names and faces, speed of reaction to situations, and concentration on tasks of decision

__________ (6). The results clearly showed that in __________ (7) mid-forties people’s mental faculties

remain unchanged. __________ (8), it also showed that thinking speed starts to decline and might

__________ (9) a long time to recall someone’s name. They are also __________ (10) to bring things to the

front of their __________ (11) quickly.

Nevertheless, experts agree that older people can rely __________ (12) their greater experience to

compensate __________ (13) the slowdown in their mental functioning. In other words, they cannot processthe information as quickly __________ (14) they did in the past, but they know the shortcuts. After all,

experience and __________ (15) are qualities which do not decline with age. Is it better to come

__________ (16) with a quick decision or a wise one?

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KEY

Exercise 1

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Exercise 5

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