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We had planned to go to the movies, but, because of the amount of work I had, I spent the evening to study.

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What is meant by the term economic resources? In general, these are all the natural, man-made, and human resources that go into the (1)___ of goods and services. Economic resources can be broken    down into (2)______general categories: property resource – land and capital, and human resources –    labor and entrepreneurial skills. What do economists mean (3)_____ land? Much more than the non-economist, land refers to all the natural resources (4)_____are usable in the production process: arable land, forests, mineral and oil   deposits, and (5)_________ on. What about capital? Capital goods are all the man-made aids to producing, storing, transporting, and distributing goods and (6)_____. Capital goods differ from consumer goods   in that (7)_____ satisfy wants directly, while the former do so indirectly by facilitating the production  of consumer  goods.  It  should  be noted that  capital  as  defined here does  not (8)_____ to  money. Money, as such, produces nothing. The term labor refers to the physical and mental talents of humans used to produce goods and services (with the exception of a certain set of human talents, entrepreneurial skills, which will be considered separately because of their special significance). Thus the services of a factory worker or an office  worker, a ballet (9)_______ or an astronaut all fall (10)______ the general heading of labor.

MANY KINDS OF MICROBES

There are thousands of different kinds of microbes. Microbes called (1) _______ are the smallest living things. Bacteria live almost everywhere: on land, in water, and even (2) _______ you.

Some microscopic life forms are like plants. Tiny diatoms are microbes that live in lakes and the ocean. Diatoms soak up (3) _______ and use its energy to make food, just like plants.

Some microscopic life forms are more (4) _______ animals. Protozoa such as the amoeba and paramecium are animal-like microorganisms. An amoeba can move (5) _______ changing the shape of its body. It sticks out a pseudo pod, or false foot. A paramecium is (6) _______ with tiny hairs. It waves its hairs rapidly to swim.

Viruses are (7) _______ kind of microbe. Viruses sometimes act like living things and other times act like nonliving things. Viruses sometimes live in the cells of plants and animals. (8) _______ a cell, a virus reproduces like a living thing. The virus uses the cell to make many copies of itself. Viruses are (9) _______ small to see with an ordinary microscope. You need a powerful electron microscope to see a virus. Outside of a plant or animal cell, a (10) _______ is like a nonliving thing.

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Why is it that many teenagers have the energy to play computer games until late at night but can’t find the energy to get out of bed (1) ________ for school? According to a new report, today’s generation of children are in danger of getting so (2)_______ sleep that they are putting their mental and physical health at (3)_______. Adults can easily survive on seven to eight hours’ sleep a  night, (4)_______teenagers require nine or ten hours. According to medical experts, one in five youngsters (5)________ anything between two and five hours’ sleep a night less than their parents did at their age.
This (6) _____ serious questions about whether lack of sleep is affecting children’s ability to concentrate at school. The connection between sleep deprivation and lapses in memory, impaired reaction time and poor concentration is well (7) _______. Research has shown that losing as little as half an hour’s sleep a night can have profound effects (8) ______how children perform the next day. A good night’s sleep is also crucial for teenagers because it is while they are asleep (9)______ they release a hormone that is essential for their ‘growth spurt’ (the period during teenage years when the body grows at a rapid rate). It’s true that they can, to some (10) ______, catch up on sleep  at weekends, but that won’t help them when they are dropping off to sleep in class on a Friday afternoon

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When you read something in a foreign language, you frequently come across words you do not (1)______ understand. Sometimes you (2)______ the meaning in a dictionary and sometimes you guess. The strategy you adopt depends very much upon the (3)______of accuracy you require and the time at your disposal.
If you are the sort of person who tends to turn to the dictionary frequently, it is (4)_______remembering that every dictionary has its limitations. Each definition is only an approximation and one builds up an accurate picture of the meaning of a word only after meeting it in a (5)__________of contexts. It is also important to recognize the special dangers of dictionaries that translate from English into your native language and vice versa. If you must use a dictionary, it is usually far safer to (6)________an English- English dictionary.
In most exams you are not permitted to use a dictionary.(7)______you are allowed to use one, it is very time- consuming to look up words, and time in exams is usually limited. You are, (8)______, forced to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words.
When you come across unknown words in an exam text, it is very easy to panic. However, if you develop efficient techniques for guessing the meaning, you will(9)__________a number of possible problems and help yourself to understand far more of the text than you at first likely. Two strategies which may help you guess the meaning of a word are: using contextual clues, both within the sentence and outside, and making uses (10)_____ clues derived from the formation of the word

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Hanging upside down from a tall building isn’t normally most kid’s idea of fun, especially if your hands and feet are tied together. But then, if you read about the life of Ehrich Weiss, you’ll discover he was not your (1)…………….kid. As an adult, he (2)………….his name to Harry Houdini and went on to become a world-famous escape artist. In fact, (3) …………..some people, he was the greatest escape artist of all time. Born in Hungary, in 1874, Harry Houdini was (4) ………………in the USA. Around the age of twelve, he developed a great (5) ………………in magic and started performing card tricks in small theatres and at fun fairs. Harry later developed amazing escape tricks, and these really drew the public’s (6)………… (7)……………how he was tied up- with chains, ropes or handcuffs- the great Harry Houdini would (8)……………manage to escape. Once people had become used to his tricks, he would develop even more dangerous ones, including escaping from water- filled tanks and cases. Harry Houdini was a clever showman and he always managed to get excellent (9) …………….for his shows. (10)…………….he arrived in a new town, he would invite the police to put handcuffs on him, which, of course, he then escaped from.

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Speech is one of the most important (1) ---------  of communicating .It consists of far more than just making  noises . To talk and also (2) --------- to by other people, we have to speak a language ,that is, we have to use combinations of (3) ------------ that  everyone agrees  to  stand for a  particular object  or idea.  Communication would  be impossible if everyone made up their own language.  Learning a language properly is  very (4) ------------  . The basic (5)--------- of English is not very large, and not only about 2,000 words are needed to speak it quite (6) -----------  .But the more idea you can (7)--------    the more precise you can be about  their exact  meaning. Words are the (8)-------- thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we(9)-------------  the words is also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions and (10)----------  whether we are  pleased or angry, for instance

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Revising for exams is not as easy as it looks. You will need to work out which routine suits you best, and then stick to it. Some people like studying at night when it’s quiet, whereas others find the early morning is a good time to get things done. You might enjoy ___ (1) ____ to music while you revise, but this can be ___ (2) ___. Can you really concentrate ___ (3) ____ two things at once? So think ___ (4) ____ you turn your radio on. Your ___ (5) ____ is also important while you are revising. This may be a more than usually ___ (6) ____ period of your life, when you should take extra care to eat properly. No missed meals, or junk food, or ___ (7) ____ cups of coffee! Get plenty of exercise as well. If you have got fed up with ___ (8) ____ you’re doing, or find it hard to concentrate, go for a walk to clear your head. ___ (9) ____ exercise will help to keep your body fit and your brain working ___ (10) ____. Finally, you also need to take time off. Go out occasionally, see your friends, make time to relax. Then you will return to your studies fresh and full of enthusiasm.

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Do you ever think about what schools will be like in the future? Many people think that students will study most regular classes such as maths, science and history online.

Students will probably learn these subjects anywhere using a computer. What will happen if students have problems with a subject? They might connect with a teacher through live video conferencing. Expert teachers from learning centres will give students help wherever they live.

Students will still take classes in a school, too. Schools will become places for learning social skills. Teachers will guide students in learning how to work together in getting along with each other. They will help students with group projects both in and out of the classroom.

Volunteer work and working at local businesses will teach students important life skills about the world they live in. This will help students become an important part of their communities.

Some experts say it will take five years for changes to begin in schools. Some say it will take longer. Most people agree, though, that computers will change education the way TVs and telephones changed life for people all over the world years before.

Students will learn important life skills through _______ .

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POLAR BEARS
Polar bears are in danger of dying out. (1) _________ some other endangered animals, it’s not hunters that are the problem, it’s climate change. Since 1979, the ice cap at the Arctic Circle where the polar bears live has (2) _________ in size by about 30 percent. The temperature in the Arctic has slowly been (3) _________ and this is (4) _________ the sea ice to melt, endangering the polar bears’ home. The polar bears’ main (5) _________ of food are the different types of seal found in the Arctic. They catch them by waiting next to the air holes the seals have (6) _________in the ice. (7) _________ the bears are very strong swimmers, they could never catch seals in the water. This means that the bears (8) _________ do rely on the ice to hunt.bPolar bears also need sea ice to travel. They can (9) _________ a huge territory and often swim from one part of the ice to another. They have been known to swim up to 100km, but when there is less ice, they may have to swim further and this can (10) _________ fatal to the bears. A number of bears have drowned in the last few years and scientists believe that it is because they were not able to reach more sea ice before they became too tired and couldn’t swim any further.

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Speech is one of the most important (1) ---------  of communicating .It consists of far more than just making  noises . To talk and also (2) --------- to by other people, we have to speak a language ,that is, we have to use combinations of (3) ------------ that  everyone agrees  to  stand for a  particular object  or idea.  Communication would  be impossible if everyone made up their own language.  Learning a language properly is  very (4) ------------  . The basic (5)--------- of English is not very large, and not only about 2,000 words are needed to speak it quite (6) -----------  .But the more idea you can (7)--------    the more precise you can be about  their exact  meaning. Words are the (8)-------- thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we(9)-------------  the words is also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions and (10)----------  whether we are  pleased or angry, for instance

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(1) ….. educational specialists believe that early schooling should provide children (2) ….. an awareness of their own abilities (3) ….. the self – confidence (4) ….. their abilities. One approach recognized by many experts (5) ….. promoting these qualities is the Montessori method, first practiced by Maria Montessori of Italy (6) ….. the early 1900s. Nancy McCormick Rambusch is credited with (7) ….. the method in the United States, where today (8) ….. over 400 Montessori schools. The method helps children (9) ….. for themselves by providing them with instructional materials and tasks that facilitate acts of discovery and manipulation. Through such exploration, children develop their sense of touch and learn (10) ….. do everyday tasks without adult assistance. Other  benefits include improvement in language skills, and acquaintance with elements of science, music, and art

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

Children (26)________  appear intelligent and have normal sight and hearing may nevertheless have a learning disability such as dyslexia, difficulty in reading; dysgraphia, difficulty in writing; dyscalculia, difficulty with numbers;  and auditory-memory problem that (27)________the child from remembering what has just been saying.  Considered an  “invisible” (28)___________, such learning disabilities can be detected by alert parents before the children go to school. (29)________  the child at about thirty months is not developing normal language skills,  something is amiss.  A child who cannot do puzzles or put pegs in holes lacks perceptual-motor skills.  Kindergarteners should  (30)________the ABCs.  First-graders may commonly reverse their letters, writing a d or a b, but if they are still doing this at the start of second grade, they should be tested for learning disabilities. Proper and early treatment is essential.

26______________

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In addition to the challenge to be excellent, American schools have been facing novel problems. They must (1) … with an influx of immigrant children, many of whom speak little or no English. They must respond to demands (2) ….the curriculum reflect the various cultures of all children. Schools must make sure that students develop (3) … skills for the job market, and they must consider the needs of nontraditional students, such as teenage mothers. Schools are (4)…. these problems in ways that reflect the diversity of the US educational system. They are hiring or training large numbers of teachers of English (5)… a second language and, in some countries, setting up bilingual schools. They are opening (6)… the traditional European-centered curriculum to embrace material from American, Asian, and other cultures. Schools are also teaching cognitive skills to the (7)… 40 percent of American students who do not go on to higher education. In the (8).. of a recent report by the Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills, “A strong back, the willingness to work, and a high  school diploma were once all that was necessary to (9)....a start in America. They are no longer. A well-developed mind, a continued willingness to learn and the ability to put knowledge to work are the new keys (10) .. the future of our young people, the success of our business, and the economic well-being of the nation”

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The amount of books in the Library of Congress is more than 58 million volumes.

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(1)___history, women have always aimed for a recognized place in (2)__Guided by their own (3)___of knowledge and expertise, women like Marie Curie in science, Mary Wollstonecraft in literary writing, Simone de Beauvois in philosophical existentialist debate, and Marie Stopes in medicine, to name a few, have brought about (4)___awareness of the role of women in any walks of life. These women have helped redefine and (5)___the nature of women’s place in society. Today the (6)___of global women's organizations and the impact of women's contributions (7)___society show that progress has been made and the progress in furthering the role of women in society has been some benefits to the (8)___woman. It is true to say that not all women have the same need. The need of the woman who stays at home and (9)___children will differ widely from the woman who works outside. Nonetheless, in the extensive field of equal opportunities, it would be good to know that access is given to both with equal measure according to the true value of respective abilities. It also would be good to know that the woman at home is recognized as a valued (10)____of society just as much as the one who deals with business outside the home.

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WHY I DISLIKE COMPUTERS
Almost everyone says that computers are wonderful and that they are (1)________ our lives for the better by making everything faster and more reliable, but I am not so sure that this is the (2)______.The other day I was standing in a large department store waiting to pay for a couple of films for my camera  (3)______the  assistant  announced  that  the  computer which controlled the till (4)_____ working. I did not think this was a big problem and I (5)_____ to find another counter, but of course, all the machines are part of the same system. So there we were: a shop full of customers, money  at  the  ready,  waiting to (6)______our  purchases,  but  it  was quite  clear  that  none of the assistants knew what to do. They were not allowed to take our money and give to customers a written(7)_______,because the sales wouldn‟t then have been recorded on the computer system. In the end, (8)_______many other people, I left my shopping on the counter and walked out .Don't you think so that's ridiculous? It (9)______ never have happened before computers, and that, for me, is the problem: we are beginning to depend on these machines so completely that we (10)_________cannot manage without them anymore.

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Why is it that many teenagers have the energy to play computer games until late at night but can’t find the energy to get out of bed (1) ________ for school? According to a new report, today’s generation of children are in danger of getting so (2)_______ sleep that they are putting their mental and physical health at (3)_______. Adults can easily survive on seven to eight hours’ sleep a  night, (4)_______teenagers require nine or ten hours. According to medical experts, one in five youngsters (5)________ anything between two and five hours’ sleep a night less than their parents did at their age.
This (6) _____ serious questions about whether lack of sleep is affecting children’s ability to concentrate at school. The connection between sleep deprivation and lapses in memory, impaired reaction time and poor concentration is well (7) _______. Research has shown that losing as little as half an hour’s sleep a night can have profound effects (8) ______how children perform the next day. A good night’s sleep is also crucial for teenagers because it is while they are asleep (9)______ they release a hormone that is essential for their ‘growth spurt’ (the period during teenage years when the body grows at a rapid rate). It’s true that they can, to some (10) ______, catch up on sleep  at weekends, but that won’t help them when they are dropping off to sleep in class on a Friday afternoon

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A NIGHTMARE OF NOISE
According to a recent TV program, noise pollution is becoming an increasingly serious problem. Background noise such as (1)_____, police sirens and aeroplanes is growing year by year, and complaints to the police are becoming more and more (2)_____. However, for people like Mary Norman, who lives close to London Heathrow airport, the situation is particularly bad. “It’s becoming very difficult to (3)_____ a normal family life,’ she told an interviewer, ‘because the planes start first thing in the morning. They make a terrible noise, as you can imagine, and it (4)_____ on all day long. Of course I have complained about it but nobody takes any notice. I’m fed (5)_____ with living here, but unfortunately I can’t afford to move.” Researchers believe that the problem is getting worse. They have found that people who are exposed to high levels of noise become (6)_____ aggressive. Take the case of Henry Wilson, who was (7)_____ mad by a neighbor who insisted on playing his music at full volume. One night, he finally lost his (8)_____. After being forced to listen to heavy metal songs for hours, he burst into his neighbor’s house, poured petrol all over the carpets and (9)_____ to set fire to the place. When he finally appeared in court, the judge was surprisingly understanding. He (10)_____ to send him to jail, saying that he had suffered enough.

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National parks are large areas of public land set aside for native plants, animals and the places in which they live. National parks protect places of natural beauty. National park is home to many endemic species. They also protect places important to Aboriginal people, and places that show how people lived in the past.

National parks are actually protected areas. IUCN definition of a protected area: “A clearly defined geographical space, recognized, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values”.

Conservation of biodiversity (the variety of our native species and the ecosystems they form) is the central purpose of protected areas. High levels of biodiversity keep ecosystems healthy and resilient, which means that they continue providing vital ecosystem services such as nutrient cycling, climate regulation, air and water purification and pollination.

Protecting biodiversity is vital to safeguard our economy; our cultural, spiritual and aesthetic values; and the intrinsic value of species and ecosystems. National parks provide a safe home for native plants and animals. They help keep the air and water clean. National parks give us places to enjoy.

Which one is NOT TRUE about a national park?

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Jean spent her first few years in Hooper and her family moved to Otsego early in her life. She was only ten when her father died unexpectedly, leaving her mother to raise and support their family alone. Her mother soon went to work outside the home to provide for the family, and Jean, being one of the oldest, had to help care for her younger siblings. Although she had much responsibility at home, Jean thoroughly enjoyed school and was an excellent student. She went on to graduate 10^th in her class at Otsego High School in 1953.

While still in high school, Jean met a young man named Charles "Chuck" Holly, at a dance in Alamo; and they were quite taken with each other. Over the next few years, their love for each other blossomed and they were married on February 24, 1953, while Jean was still in school. At the time, Chuck was serving his country in the military, and had come home on leave to marry his sweetheart. Unfortunately, shortly thereafter, he was sent overseas to serve in Korea for the next fifteen months.

Upon his discharge, the couple settled into married life together in the Plainwell, Otsego area. To help make ends meet, Jean went to work at the collection bureau in Kalamazoo for a while, before taking a job at the cheese company in Otsego. In 1964, Chuck and Jean were overjoyed with the birth of their son, Chuck, who brought great joy into their lives. Jean remembered how her mother was always gone so much working after her father died and she did not want that for her son, so she left her job to devote herself to the role of a mother.

Which is not referred to Jean?