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   For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming back to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called “latchkey children”. They are children who look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad condition has become a subject of concern.

   Lynette Long was once the principal of an elementary school. She said, “we had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling them to put the keys inside shirts. There were so many keys; it never came to my mind what they meant.” Slowly, she learned that they were house keys.

   She and her husband began talking to the children who had keys. They learned of the effect working couples and single parents were having on their children. Fear was the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One in three latchkey children the Longs talked to reported beinu frightened. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety

   The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. They mav hide in a shower stall, under a bed or in a closet. The second is TV. They often turn the volume up It's hard to get statistics on latchkey children, the Longs have learned. Most parents are slow to admit that they leave their children alone.

One thing that the children in the passage share is that _____________ .

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Although at that time my knowledge of German was very poor, I _____________ most of what they said.

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This property is owned communally now, so everyone must take care of it.

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With unemployment at a record level, retraining programs would _____________ off in the long run.

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It was such strong coffee that he couldn’t drink it.

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“I’m sorry I didn't tell you about my trip earlier,” Lan said.

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Linda seems to have very little record for other people’s feelings.

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It’s time we bought some new furniture. Look at these chairs. They’re _____________ to pieces.

It is people who are of voting age who make up the _____________  of a country.

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It was a(n) _____________ conversation. We were both talking about different things without realising it.

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The economy has ground to a halt because of the civil war.

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He prefers _____________ water to tap water.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.

   The technique to (23) _____________ a kite was described very accurately by Marco Polo, the European explorer who went to China m ore than seven hundred years (24) _____________ . The men Polo saw flying a kite were (25) _____________ engaged in a game, or a pastime. They were a ship’s crew superstitious (26) _____________ all sailors are, and they believed the kite would show them whether or not their voyage would be prosperous. If the (27) _____________ went straight up, it was a good sign, and they would immediately

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We can win only if we remain united, and so we must support them the moment they _____________on strike.

Before her injury, my sister _____________ tennis professionally.

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We can go by _____________ road, because _____________ are normally free from heavy traffic at this time of day.