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Exercise 1
One thing about London which every visitor from abroad admires is the large (1) of parks They are lungs of London which are like green islands of peace and quiet in the middle of a noisy sea They play
an important part in helping to (2) the city’s character
The best known parks are, of course, the central ones : St James’s Park, Hyde Park, Regent’s Park, and Kensington Gardens which have many (3) _ Hyde Park has the Serpentine, a little lake, whick is a good place (4) swimming or rowing, and Speaker’s Conner (5) _ one may get up ans say anything one pleases In Regent’s Park there are the zoo and the Open – Air Theatre
Kensington Gardens has the Round Pond which is used by “ dry land sailors” of all ages to (6) every kind of modern yacht St James’s Park boasts a truly elegant lake (7) which live a great variety of wild ducks and, apart from these individual attractions, (8) _ park has a greater or lesser expanse of well – kept grass Here, in fine weather, can be seen hundreds of lucky people who have escaped for a while (9) _ the noise and bustle of the town, some sitting on chairs, some lying full length (10) the ground, some strolling aimlessly around
Exercise 2
English is much different from the language which (1) once brought across the North Sea by the Anglo – Saxons
Although the Anglo –Saxons would be able to recognize many individual words, it’s the way (2) which those words are put together to (3) sentences that would be hardly recognizable (4) _ them
Many people say it’s the flexibility of function of individual words, the assimilation of borrowings (5) _ the spontaneous creation of new words (6) have made English an effective medium of international communication
Exercise 3
In the world today, there are 5000 to 6000 living languages, of which English is (1) far the most widely used As a mother tongue, it ranks second only to Chinese, which is little used (2) _ China Approximately 350 million people speak English as their first language It is the English language (3) _ is used as the language of aviation, international sport and pop music 75% of the world’s mail is in English, 60% of the world radio (4) broadcasr in English and more than half of the world’s periodicals are printed in English
It is the English language that is used as an (5) language in 44 countries, ans as the language of business, commerce and technology (6) many others English is now an effective medium of international communication However, it is (7) written English, which is not systematically phonetic, that causes difficulties (8) foreigners
A number of world varieties of English exist : British, American, Caribbean, West African, East African, Indian, South – East Asian, Australian (9) others, having distinctive aspects of pronunciation and useage, (10) which they are recognized
Exercise 4
It has been said that the British and Americans are “ two people seperated (1) _ a common language” However, the (2) _ between British and American English are comparatively small Although some British irate people occasionally complain (3) the latest American TV series (4) which they are unable to understand a word, it is clear that few people have serious problems In fact, it is television, films, and pop music (5) have helped to bring them closer (6) _ , and those minor difficulties which might occur (7) _ comprehension are probably much fewer than 40 or 50 years ago Normally four or five American programmes are found in an evening on British television, and 6
or 7 of the American 20 best records are (8) British artists
Exercise 5
What will man (1) _ like in the future – in 5000 or even 50,000 years from now ? We can only (2) _ a guess , of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from (3) he is today For man
is slowly changing all the time
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Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal Even so , we still (5) use of only about 20% of the brain’s capacity As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more and eventually we shall need larger ones ! This is likely to bring (6) _ a physical change, too
The head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger
Nowadays our eyes are (7) constant use In fact we use them so much that very often they become weaker and and we have to wear glasses But over a very long period of time it is (8) that man’s eyes will grow stronger
On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs These, (9) a result, are likely
to grow weaker At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life
But what about hair ? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time, because it does not serve a useful (10) any longer In the future, then both sexes are likely to be bald
Exercise 6
Language is not necessarily the private property of (1) _ who use it, just as French is not the private property of French people, (2) _ English of English people English is spoken as a first language in the United States, in Australia, in New Zealand, in most of Canada, in certain nations of Africa, and in other areas of the world It is unreasonable to regard any language (3) _ the possession of a particular nation , and with no language is it more unreasonable than with English This is not to say that English is used by a greater (4) of speakers than any other languages, for it is easily outnumbered
in this respect by Chinese But it is the most international of languages A Dane and a Dutch person meeting in Rome will almost automatically find (5) _ speaking to each other in English The pilots of a Russian plane approaching Cairo will use English to (6) for landing instructions Malaysian lecturers use English when addressing their Malaysian students in Kuala Lumper (7) people in Africa , Asia, and South America, English is an important foreign language to master, not merely because it is the language of Britain or the United States, but because it provides ready (8) to world scholarship and world trade It is understood more widely than any other languages
It is true, then, that a great many people – and a great many people – are (9) _ in the use of English Millions of men and women in four continents have English as their first language, and millions in every part of the world use it as their second or foreign language This gives us some idea of the importance of English, and it shows both the United States and Britain that the language is not possession of these two nations alone It is also the property of the Canadian and the Indian, the Australian and the Nigerian It (10) _ to those who use it
Exercise 7
With important exceptions, then, the transition from school to work is on the whole fairly smooth for (1)
boys and girls or, at least, the attractions are greater than the difficulties There is , indeed, a
determination to overcome problems, and a tendency to play them down The keenness to go to work in
order to “ help Mum out with the money at home” : the feeling that, at the school – living age, the time is past when “ having a teacher standing over you all the time watching you” can be tolerated : and above all the desire to (2) aside the status of school – child in favour of that of Worker – all these factors help
children to (3) get over the obstacles, uncertainties and even disappointments that they encounter
when they start work
But it cannot be inferred from the apparent ease of the transition that all is well (4) _ the contrary, we have seen that most children are ill –prepared for employment in so far as they know a little
about what to expect when they start work Even children who are supposedly (5) _ on a particular occupation often know little about it, and take no steps to find out In the Sheffield study, although a number of boys and girls have given a great deal of thought (6) _ their future work, only just over one – third had a reasonable sound knowledge, defined generously, of the tasks which would be involved in the jobs of their choice This is to be expected, of course, in view of the unsatisfactory nature of the guidance given at home and in the school “ I don’t know what I’ll do”, boys say, “ I have no idea”, “ I’ll
just go along and see what (7) _” But whilst some are sanguine, other, as the time to start gets nearer,
begin to worry, and build up all sorts of fearsome prospects in their minds – a chill strikes them as they wonder (8) _ they will be able to do the work What will happen if they cannot do it straight away ?
Trang 3Will they be sacked on the spot ? And how do they set about starting , even where do they go, who do they report to? I’ve got myself really worked up about it – I got (9) _ worried that I nearly didn’t go along at all, but my mother made me I know I was silly now – for the Supevisor was ever so friendly But (
10 ) the time I felt horrible