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When I heard the telephone ring, I answered it immediately.

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Nobody seemed to be interested in the news. It was greeted with a lack of________.

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They expect that the government will lose the election.

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What is minimum entrance________for this course?

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What we know about certain diseases are still not sufficient to prevent them from spreading easily among the population.

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His eel soup is better than any other soups I have ever eaten.

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The president refuses to accept either of the four new proposals made by the contractors.

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Can you imagine what life would be like if there were no telephone? You could not call (51)________your friends on the phone and talk to them. If fire (52)________out in your house you could not call the fire department. If somebody was sick, you could not call a doctor.

In our daily life we need to (53)________with one another. We need do this mostly by speaking to other people and listening to (54)________they have to say to us, and when you are close (55)________them you can do this very easily. However, our voices will not travel very far even when we shout.

The man who (56)________this possible was Alexander Graham Bell, a Scotsman, born in Edinburgh in 1847. Bell, a teacher of visible speech who later moved to Canada, (57)________all his spare time experimenting. (58)________enthusiastic was he in his research for a means of sending speech (59)________electricity that he left much time for his day-to-day work and at one time was (60)________ penniless.

Question 53

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Although my parents are busy at work, they try to find time for their children.

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Can you imagine what life would be like if there were no telephone? You could not call (51)________your friends on the phone and talk to them. If fire (52)________out in your house you could not call the fire department. If somebody was sick, you could not call a doctor.

In our daily life we need to (53)________with one another. We need do this mostly by speaking to other people and listening to (54)________they have to say to us, and when you are close (55)________them you can do this very easily. However, our voices will not travel very far even when we shout.

The man who (56)________this possible was Alexander Graham Bell, a Scotsman, born in Edinburgh in 1847. Bell, a teacher of visible speech who later moved to Canada, (57)________all his spare time experimenting. (58)________enthusiastic was he in his research for a means of sending speech (59)________electricity that he left much time for his day-to-day work and at one time was (60)________ penniless.

Question 57

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Did you paint it yourself or did you________it painted?

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In America, when a woman and a man are introduced, shaking hands is up to a woman.

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My uncle, who is an accomplished guitarist, taught me how to play.

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By the time you come back here next year, this new plaza building________.

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Surfing, an extreme sport that originated in Hawaii,________more popular recently.

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In Britain, greetings cards are sold in chain stores and supermarkets, in newsagents’ shops, corner shops and, increasingly, in shops that specialize in the sale of cards and paper for wrapping presents in.

The most common cards are birthday and Christmas cards. Many Christmas cards are sold in aid of charity and special ‘charity card shops’ are often set up in temporary premises in the weeks before Christmas. A wide variety of birthday cards is available to cater for different ages and tastes. Some, especially ones for young children or for people celebrating a particular birthday, have the person’s age on the front. Many have comic, often risqué, messages printed on them, and cartoon-style illustrations. Others are more sober, with reproductions of famous paintings or attractive original designs. The usual greeting on a birthday card is ‘Happy Birthday’, ‘Many Happy Returns’ or ‘Best Wishes for a Happy Birthday’.

Some people also send special cards for Easter and New Year. Easter cards either portray images of spring, such as chicks, eggs, lambs, spring flowers, etc, or have a religious theme.

Cards are produced for every ‘milestone’ in a person’s life. There are special cards for an engagement, a marriage, a new home, a birth, success in an examination, retirement, a death in the family, etc. Some are ‘good luck’ or ‘congratulations’ cards. Others, for example ‘get well’ cards for people who are ill, express sympathy.

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