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No educational medium better serves as a means of spatial communication than the atlas. Atlases deal with such invaluable information as population distribution and density. One of the best, Pennycooke’s World Atlas, has been widely accepted as a standard owing to the quality of its maps and photographs, which not only show various settlements but also portray them in a variety of scales. In fact, the very first map in the atlas is a cleverly designed population cartogram that projects the size of each country if geographical size were proportional to population. Following the proportional layout, a sequence of smaller maps shows the world’s population density, each country’s birth and death rates, population increase and decrease, industrialization, urbanization, gross national product in terms of per capita income, the quality of medical care, literacy, and language. To give readers a perspective on how their own country fits in with the global view, additional projections despite the world’s patterns in nutrition, calorie and protein consumption, health care, number of physicians per unit of population, and life expectancy by region. Population density maps on a subcontinental scale, as well as political maps, convey the diverse demographic phenomena of the world in a broad array of scales.

The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to ______.

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I don’t remember ____ of the decision to change the company policy on vacations. When was it decided?

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Alice and Charles did not decide to move to a bigger house until after the birth of their second child.

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_______ extremely bad weather in the mountains, we are no longer considering our skiing trip.

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“Would you like me to send this package for you?” – “___________”

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She came in quietly_________not to wake the baby.

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Many scientists _____ all their lives to working out answers to problems.

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Don’t let time go ________ without doing anything about the situation.

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Albert Einstein was such brilliant (A) a scientist that many of his colleagues (B) had to study (C) for several years (D) in order to form opinions about his theories.

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A lot of people _______ out of work if the factory closed down.

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In order to become a member of the country club, applicants have to meet the strict ____ set by the club president.

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Don’t tell Jane anything about the surprise party for Jack. She has got a big mouth.

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__________ in UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites in 2003, Phong Nha Ke Bang is noted for its cave and grotto systems.

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I would prefer you to deliver the sofa on Saturday.

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You should not send money to us by post under any circumstances.

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“I am in a bit of hurry, but I’ll ring you tomorrow”, he said.