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Thomas Cook, the father of modern mass tourism, immediately saw the potential of a convenient '_____' holiday product in which everything was included in one cost.

It is important that you _____ there when he gets off the plane. 

We should participate in the movement _____ the natural environment.

The next day, the band began its fourth tour of Britain within nine months, this one _____ for six weeks.

The police spokesman said he was _____ to believe that the arrested man was the serial killer they had been looking for.

Mike would rather his classmate _____ games while he's studying. It's very distracting.

I _____ a five-day trip to London to have a good rest, but I couldn't find time.

That style of dress _______ have been designed by Titian, because it wasn’t worn till after his death.

_____ is that a chicken stands up to lay its eggs.

Which person in our team _____ with the title "Employee of the Year"?

The heavy object soared above the water for a second and then sank without _____.

Ensure that all food products, including salads, are not kept in the open air for too long, _____ they go sour or develop bacteria.

Of course not, and not even then _____ the things that Bill Gates did in shaping the tech industry.

_____, she attempted to analyze the ancient language.

Sarah's expectation that her ex-boyfriend would come back was nothing more than _____.

The project manager, with years of experience, was constantly _____ to the evolving needs of the team.

The hospital follows strict protocols for the _____ of medical waste and contaminated materials.

Before they go to the university, most senior high school graduates have _____ idea of what college life is like.

After months of bitter arguing, the couple had to accept that they were _____.

Mr. Simkins is the big _____ in the company as he has just been promoted to the position of Managing Director.

The judger's ruling _____ a wave of protest campaigns across the country.

When wood, natural gas, oil, or any other fuel burns, _____ with oxygen in the air to produce heat.

Marine construction technology like this is very complex, somewhat _____ to trying to build a bridge underwater.

Would you be _____?

You think I can't get an A in this class, but I'll make you _____ when we get our report cards!

Find the correct words to fill the brackets in the paragraph. Each of them contains ONE word only.

Imagine you are walking to school listening to music on your MP3. All of a 31.1, it stops working and you realise that the batteries have run out. Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could simply 31.2 the batteries wherever you are? This might be possible in a few years' time as scientists are now 31.3 on a bag that makes electricity. They say that 31.4 someone needs to do is carry their bag on their back and start walking. The 31.5 of the body makes electricity in a special part of their bag. This new 31.6 sounds like a brilliant idea, doesn't it? Scientists developed the "electic backpack" in order to help soldiers, who carry around with them torches, radios and other equipment. All things 31.7 on batteries and at the moment, the soldiers won't need to carry 31.8 the power this equipment needs. With the "electric backpack", the soldiers won't need to carry 31.9 batteries around with them. Rescue workers and mountain climbers will also find the bag useful, as will students who don't want their MP3 players to run out by 31.10 on their way to school.

Find the correct words to fill the brackets in the paragraph. Each of them contains ONE word only.

The future at your fingertips

There is a scene in the film Minority Report in (0) which Tom Cruise stands in front of a vast Perspex-like screen housed in the police department's Pre-Crime Unit. He gazes 32.1 earnest at the transparent surface, waving his hands across the tablet to swirl great chunks of text and moving images across the screen to form a storyboard of yet-to-be committed crimes. With a simple twist of his finger or a flick of his wrist, pictures expand and enlarge, words scroll, and whole trains of thought 32.2 to tangible fruition 32.3 there on the board. The year is 2054.

Yet it seems the era of true touch-screen technology is much closer than that. Indeed, when Apple boss Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone in San Francisco earlier this year, he declared: “We're reinventing the cell phone.” 32.4 of the main reasons for Jobs' bold claim was the iPhone's futuristic user interface – “multi-touch”. As demonstrated on stage by Jobs 32.5, multi-touch was created to make the most of the iPhone‟s large screen. 32.6 most existing smartphones, the iPhone has only one conventional button – all the rest of the controls appear on the screen, adapting and morphing around your fingertips as you use the device, rather like the giant tablet in Minority Report.

The demonstration iPhone handset certainly looked like re-invention, but multi-touch, while new for Apple, is 32.7 no means a new technology. The concept has been 32.8 for years, waiting for the hardware side of the equation to get small enough, smart enough and cheap enough to make it a reality. While it remains 32.9 of a novelty now, there's a good chance that the coming years will bring many more computers and consumer gadgets that depend wholly or 32.10 on multi-touch concepts.

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

Why is it that parents are so often egocentric when it comes to matters concerning their children? Although their 33.1incentivesdesiresintentionsconcerns are undoubtedly altruistic, they assume that the choices they make for their offspring are the right ones. Take the theme of colour, for example. Who decides what colour of trousers to buy for young Jimmy? Who chooses the colours for his bedroom or bedclothes? 33.2UnerringlyUnwittinglyUnenthusiasticallyUnwillingly parents condition their child's perception of colour from a very early age. Choosing a pair of pink trousers for their six-year-old son runs counter to most parents' idea of how to dress a boy, and they would be 33.3likelyloathineptincapable to decorate their daughter's bedroom in brown. In a similar way, a small child seen drawing a red tree may be quietly told that trees should be green. Yet the underlying criticism 33.4inlaidimpliedimbuedinferred in that can be detrimental to the child's 33.5sensefeelingthoughtinstinct of the world around them.

Psychologists believe that allowing children to choose their own colours increases their self-confidence and their ability to express themselves. They use colour as a(n) 33.6methodmeansaidtool of helping children to identify their feelings and discuss them. For instance, studies have shown that after listening to a sad story, children tend to draw in dark brown, black or grey, whereas one with a happy ending will 33.7envisageleadinvokeevoke a response in yellow or orange. So, a mother should be delighted to see her four-year-old drawing an orange tree or a yellow house, and perhaps be concerned if the child only uses grey. 33.8EntitlingLettingEntrustingGiving children free rein to choose colours for themselves may help parents to understand them better.

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

Adult Colouring Books

Colouring books are thought to promote concentration and patience, and allow the artist to safely release any 34.1frustrationjealousyignoranceinadequacy and anxiety. The question seldom asked, though, is: why is such a beneficial activity 34.2terriblyimmenselycompletelydeeply popular only among young children?

According to several bestseller lists, it no longer is. Although colouring books for adults may 34.3arisearouseraiserise a few eyebrows, more and more people are seeking them 34.4onoutupby as a way to relax and de-stress. The principle is that colouring creates the same sense of fulfilment that is achieved by any process of deep thought; when the brain is preoccupied with a specific activity, negative feelings, such as anxiety and other generally 34.5distressedpessimisticconflictingthreatening thoughts, are forced out.

Colouring books have an advantage over other art activities because they remove the ‘paradox of choice’, or the feeling of being 34.6overwhelmedexcessiveaffectedweighed when faced with unlimited options. An empty page can create stress; after all, it 34.7resolvesdependsreliesdrains on the artist to first decide what to create and then create it to an acceptable standard. The outlines provided in colouring books, on the other hand, make the activity accessible to everyone, regardless of 34.8integralincompatibleinherentintangible artistic ability.

Complete the passage by changing the form of the word in capitals.

One phenomenon that tarnish or even destroy the (DYNAMIC) 35.1 of a friendship between two people is the (ENTER) 35.2 into a pecuniary relationship; that is, one friend lending money to the other. While it may be (ADMIRE) 35.3 for one friend to be concerned about the financial welfare of the other, a detailed schedule for (REMUNERATE) 35.4 should be made before any money changes hands. Beforehand, it is wise for the two friends to undertake a (LENGTH) 35.5 detailed discourse on the subject, discussing the dates and amounts to be (PAY) 35.6 and any (PENALIZE) 35.7 that occur if this schedule is not met. Many friends believe their relationships to be exempt from the stress of lending and borrowing; however, many money matters are generally a very (TOUCH) 35.8 subject. (STAND) 35.9 debt between friends can become a/an (DUE) 35.10 burden and strain on the friendship. It is best, therefore, to avoid lending or borrowing if at all possible.

Read an extract from a magazine article. Six paragraphs have been removed from the extract. Choose the paragraphs that fit each gap. There is one extra paragraph which you don't need to use.

A. The secret of Spider-Man's success was, in part, a depth of characterization that readers had never before seen in such a protagonist. There isn't bam-crash-boom in every panel of a Spider-Man comic strip. Rather, the reader becomes privy to the hero's inner thoughts about his troubled life.

B. What’s more, the name was a disaster. Didn’t Stan realize that people hate spiders? But Stan couldn’t get Spider-Man out of his head. That’s when he remembered that final issue of Amazing he was doing. He thought that no one would much care about what went into the last issue.

C. As the man responsible for creating not only this troubled character but also The Silver Surfer and many more, Stan Lee managed to transform the much-maligned comic art form into a multi-million-dollar industry and turn Marvel Comics into a household name.

D. Another innovation which this creative genius brought to comic books was one which enhanced the reader’s grasp of the superhero’s subjective viewpoint – the thought bubble.

E. Marvel comics had just one co-book title that didn’t feature superheroes. Stan was producing the title, called Amazing Fantasy, which featured all sorts of brief, far-out comic strips. Stan loved it but sales were disappointing, so it was decided that he would do one last issue and then let it rest in peace.

F. The new hero would also be a teenager, with all the problems, hang-ups, and angst that go with adolescence. He’d be a loser in the romance department. Except for his superpower, he’d be the quintessential hard-luck kid.

H. As the man responsible for creating not only this troubled character but also The Silver Surfer and many more, Stan Lee managed to transform the much-maligned comic art form into a multi-million-dollar industry and turn Marvel Comics into a household name.

K. Stan then passed the assignment to Steve Dinko, whose toned-down, the highly-stylized way of drawing wounds, he thought, be perfect for Spider-Man. And he was right. Steve did a brilliant job of bringing the character to life. So they finished the comic strip and put it in that last edition, even featuring their new hero on the cover.

Spider-Man, the brainchild of writer Stan Lee, has been one of the world's most popular comic book characters since first climbed his way up a wall in 1962. Superman may be able to fly, and Batman may have neat gadgets, but Spider-Man has always been the superhero with style. Whether he's swinging from a high-rise office block or just trying to win his girl's heart, there's always been something irresistible about him, a quality which other comic book strongmen have never matched. 36.1

Indeed, it's a point made in a new book about the Marvel Comic Company and the characters it produced. He was neurotic, compulsive, and profoundly skeptical about the idea of becoming a costumed savior. His contemporaries, the Fantastic Four, argued with each other, and both The Hulk and Thor had problems with their alter ego, but Spider-Man alone struggled with himself. 36.2

Born in New York in 1922, he joined the company when he was seventeen, working his way up through the firm until he was writing many of the titles. It wasn't until the early 1960s, however, that he gained the freedom to create many of the characters who would make his name. Stan recalls that idea gives birth to one of the world's greatest superheroes. 36.3

For months, Stan had been toying with the notion of a new superhero, one who would be more realistic than most, despite his colorful super-power. He has confessed that he'd dreamt up the idea from watching a fly on the wall while he'd been typing. He took the idea to his boss, the publisher Martin Goodman, telling him that he wanted a feature hero whose main power was that he could stick to walls and ceilings. 36.4

Stan waited for the enthusiastic reaction, for a hearty pat on the back and robust: "Go for it!" But it didn't come. On the contrary, he was told that he was describing a comedy character, not a hero. Heroes are too busy fighting evil to slow down the stories with personal stuff. 36.5

To get it out of his system, Stan gave famed Marvel artist Jack Kirby his Spider-Man plot and asked him to illustrate it. But when Stan saw that Jack was drawing the main character as a powerful-looking, handsome, self-confident hero, he took him off the project. Jack didn't mind after all, Spider-Man wasn't exactly the company's top character. 36.6 Then they just forgot about it. But, sometime later, when sales figures came in, they showed that Spider-Man had been a smash success, perhaps the best seller of the decade! Stan laughs when he recalls Martin Goodman's priceless reaction: "Stan, remember that Spider-Man idea that I like so much? Why don't we turn it into a series?" Spider-Man went on to be one of the most successful characters in comic book history.

There are SIX mistakes in the following paragraph except for the example. Identify and correct them. 

Complete the sentences below.

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.

In advanced cases of scurvy suffers may experience 38.1 along with numerous other symptoms.

Fruit adds were mistakenly heralded as having 38.2 in incidents of scurvy prior to the identification of vitamins.

Lind’s subjects for the first clinical trial were seamen who were at the time of 38.3 the condition in question.

All groups in Lind’s experiment were given a 38.4 along with specific rations which were varied for each control group.

The first clinical trial was conducted for only 5 days because _____.

The impact of findings from the trial were not used to full potential because _____.

One of the greatest hindrances to clinical testing today is ______.

Clinical testing for HIV and cancer drugs differs from usual procedures because _____.

Read the passage and answer the questions.

The Dover Bronze Age Boat

A beautifully preserved boat, made around 3,000 years ago and discovered by chance in a muddy hole, has had a profound impact on archaeological research.

It was 1992. In England, workmen were building a new road through the heart of Dover, to connect the ancient port and the Channel Tunnel, which, when it opened just two years later, was to be the first land link between Britain and Europe for over 10,000 years. A small team from the Canterbury Archaeological Trust(CAT) worked alongside the workmen, recording new discoveries bought to light by the machines. At the base of the deep shaft six meters below the modern streets a wooden structure was revealed. Cleaning away the waterlogged site overlying the timbers, archaeologists realized its true nature. They had found a prehistoric boat, reserved by the type of sediment in which it was buried. It was then named by Dover Bronze Age Boat.

About nine meters of the boat’s length was recovered; one end lay beyond the excavation and had to be left. What survived consisted essentially of four intricately carved oak planks: two on the bottom, joined along a central seam by a complicated system of wedges and stitched to the others. The seams had been made watertight by pads of moss, fixed by wedges and yew stitches.

The timbers that closed the recovered end of the boat had been removed in antiquity when it was abandoned, but much about its original shape could be deduced. There was also evidence for missing upper side planks. The boat was not a wreck, but had been deliberately discarded, dismantled and broken. Perhaps it had been “ritually killed” at the end of its life, like other Bronze Age objects.

With hindsight, it was significant that the boat was found and studied by mainstream archaeologists who naturally focused on its cultural context. At the time, ancient boats were often considered only from a narrower technological perspective, but news about the Dover boat reached to broad audience. In 2002, on the tenth anniversary of the discovery, the Dover Bronze Age Boat Trust hosted a conference, where this meeting of different traditions became apparent. Alongside technical papers about the boat, other speakers explored its social and economic contexts, and the religious perceptions of boats in Bronze Age societies. Many speakers came from overseas, and debate about cultural connections was renewed.

Within seven years of excavation, the Dover boat had been conserved and displayed, but it was apparent that there were issues that could not be resolved simply by studying the old wood. Experimental archaeology seemed to be the solution: a boat reconstruction, half-scale or full-sized, would permit assessment of the different hypotheses regarding its build and the missing end. The possibility of returning to Dover to search for a boat’s unexcavated northern end was explored, but practical and financial difficulties were insurmountable and there was no guarantee that the timbers had survived the previous decade in the changed environment.

Detailed proposals to reconstruct the boat were drawn up in 2004. Archaeological evidence was beginning to suggest a Bronze Age community straddling the Channel, brought together by the sea, rather than separated by it. In a region today divided by languages and borders, archaeologists had a duty to inform the general public about their common cultural heritage.

The boat project began in England but it was conceived from the start as a European collaboration. Reconstruction was only part of a scheme that would include a major exhibition and an extensive educational and outreach programme. Discussions began early in 2005 with archaeological bodies, universities and heritage organizations either side of the Channel. There was much enthusiasm and support, and an official launch of the project was held at an international seminar in France in 2007.

Financial support was confirmed in 2008 and the project then named BOAT 1550BC, got under way in June 2011. A small team began to make the boat at the start of 2012 on the Roman Lawn outside Dover Museum. A full-scale reconstruction of a midsection had been made in 1996, primarily to see how Bronze Age replica tools performed. In 2012, however, the hull shape was at the centre of the work, so modern power tools were used to carve the oak planks, before turning to prehistoric tools for finishing. It was decided to make the replica half-scale for reasons of cost and time, any synthetic materials were used for the stitching, owing to doubts about the scaling and tight timetable.

Meanwhile, the exhibition was being prepared ready for opening in July 2012 at the Castle Museum in Boulognesurmer. Entitled “Beyond the Horizon: Societies of the Channel & North Sea 3,500 years ago”, it brought together for the first time a remarkable collection of Bronze Age objects, including many new discoveries for commercial archaeology and some of the great treasure of the past. The reconstructed boat, as a symbol of the maritime connections that bound together the communities either side of the Channel, was the centerpiece.

Complete the flowchart below.

Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the text for each answer.

1992 - the boat was discovered during the construction of a 43.1.

2002 - an international 43.2 was held to gather information.

2004 - 43.3 for the reconstruction were produced.

2007 - the 43.4 of BOAT 1550BC took place.

2012 - the Bronze-Age 43.5 featured the boat and the other objects.

Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the text for each answer.

1. How far under the ground was the boat found? - 44.1

2. What natural material had been secured to the boat to prevent water entering? - 44.2

3. What aspect of the boat was the focus of the 2012 reconstruction? - 44.3

Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do NOT change the word given in brackets in any way.

Addicts of computer games struggle to distinguish the virtual world from the real world. (DRAW)

=> Those obsessed ...........

Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do NOT change the word given in brackets in any way.

Martine cannot go any higher in his career. (PINNACLE)

=> Martine ............

Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do NOT change the word given in brackets in any way.

They remain close friends despite having had many arguments. (FALL)

=> Frequently as ..........

Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do NOT change the word given in brackets in any way.

Every student will try very hard to get good marks to express their gratitude towards teachers. (LENGTHS)

=> Every student ..........

Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do NOT change the word given in brackets in any way.

A great many people will congratulate her if she wins. (SHOWERED)

=> She will ..........

Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do NOT change the word given in brackets in any way.

Looking at Joan's holiday snaps made Rita want to travel abroad. (WHETTED)

=> Joan's holiday snaps travel.

Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do NOT change the word given in brackets in any way.

If you need her to, she can prepare a delicious meal in about half an hour. (RUSTLE)

=> Should the a delicious meal in about half an hour.

Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do NOT change the word given in brackets in any way.

There are so many different styles of ethnic cuisine to choose from these days. (SPOILT)

=> These days, we to ethnic cuisine.

Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do NOT change the word given in brackets in any way.

It's unlikely that this government will win the next general election. (ODDS)

=> the next general election.

Complete the second sentence, using the word given so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do NOT change the word given in brackets in any way.

She was unable to understand anything about what the teacher was explaining in class. (HEAD)

=> She could what the teacher was explaining in class.