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We have (26) ________ rooms at some of the finest hotels for periods of 7 and 14 nights.
reserved
registered
required
retained
The diversity of such a small country is amazing and, as it is set in the warm waters of Caribbean, it is (27) ________ to have one of the most pleasant climates in the world.
suggested
hoped
reputed
credited
Cuba, being so small, is not only an ideal country to tour, but it's also a place where visitors can relax and (28) ________ in exotic surroundings.
unwind
uncoil
unburden
unroll
Not only has nature (29) ________ Cuba with magnificent coast and some fine sandy beaches, but there are also extensive facilities near them.
enhanced
endowed
endured
enlightened
Rain is however (30) ________ in the north from December to July.
unusual
interminable
inevitable
unfortunate
All men should study, we have to study to (31) _____ our knowledge and develop our intelligence.
wide
widely
widen
broad
This intelligence and thought enable him to help his physical strength to act more quickly (32)_____ cleverly
and
but
yet
or
Therefore, intellectual workers have to study, this is a matter of course but (33)____
simple
easy
hard
manual
workers must also (34)_____ an education
learn
study
acquire
know
From ploughmen to laborers in these nations, no one is (35)____ to read a book or a paper fluently
able
unable
not
never
Intelligence is the speed ___(36)_____ which we can understand and react to new situations and it is usually tested by logic puzzles.
to
on
at
in
Although scientist are now preparing ___(37)_____ computer technology that will be able to “read” our brains, for the present tests are still the most popular ways of measuring intelligence.
ahead
upper
forward
advanced
The most common IT tests are ___(38)_____ by Mensa, an organization that was found in England in 1946.
steered
commanded
run
appointed
People taking the tests are judged in ___(39)_____ to an average score of 100, and those who score over 148 are entitled to join Mensa.
relation
regard
association
concern
But that’s the problem; the whole ___(40)_____ of the test is that they’re against the clock.
reason
question
matter
point
The elementary means of communicating with other people is (41) ____ messages by voice.
commuting
conveying
discharging
informing
They can be nasal, resonant or shrill produced in accordance with the individual physical (42) _____ of the throat
tendencies
credentials
assets
properties
One possible implementation of the art of voice recognition is voice profiling used by police analysts as a method of (43) ____ court evidence in trials.
substantiating
facilitating
pledging
withstanding
A recorded sample is usually (44) _____ into electric impulses and later transformed into a pictorial recording which is processed by a computer program.
reformed
exchanged
adjusted
converted
Thankfully, these efforts help the police detect individuals who threaten their victim by phone or inform about bomb planting or those who make offensive calls (3=45) _____ the peace of decent citizens.
distracting
dismantling
disturbing
dispersing
For people who feel that they are too busy to sit down with a book, a book club helps them schedule time to read, others have gained self-confidence by (46)____ in or leading a discussion.
sitting
talking
participating
taking
And most people enjoy the chance to (47)_____ new friends
do
form
gather
make
The best arrangement is a (48)____ of ages, sexes, and backgrounds for more reading variety and livelier discussions
mixture
lot
range
number
The book club could (49)_____ in one subject or type of book, like mysteries, science fiction, or biographies.
talk
focus
concentrate
specialize
Or the members could read books of all types, as long as the book is highly recommended by someone who thinks it would be (50)____ discussing
worth
useful
valuable
busy
You don’t show your secret personality when you are (51) _____ because you can control yourself.
awake
active
happy
honest
In a normal (52) _____, of course, people often change their positions.
room
bed
night
body
You don’t like to make people sad, so you never express your (53) _____ feeling.
real
lonely
cheerful
gentle
This means that you (54) _____having a good time.
regret
enjoy
mind
deny
You (55) _____to be on your own. You are easily hurt.
pretend
oppose
refuse
prefer
While Baird was, of course, extremely important in the history of television, it would be more accurate to see his role as part of a (56) _____ of events which finally led to television as we know it today.
connection
cycle
link
chain
This discovery directly led to G. R. Carey, an American inventor, (57) _____ up with the first real television system in 1875.
coming
making
going
doing
Once again, the picture was (58) _____ through wires, but it was much clearer than Carey's had been almost fifty years before.
pushed
sent
transported
transferred
The Second World War (59) _____the development of television.
abandoned
cancelled
delayed
waited
Within a few years, television had captured the (60) _____ of the whole world.
observation
awareness
notice
attention
As the wind blows over the land, it often (61) _______ small grains of sand.
holds up
cleans out
carries out
picks up
Land that is covered with trees, grass and other plants wears away very slowly, and so loses very (62) _______ of its soil.
large
little
few
much
The roots of plants help to (63) _______ the rocks and soil in place.
store
back
stay
hold
Even where the land is (64) _______ covered with plants, some erosion goes on.
thinly
strongly
thickly
scarcely
In the spring, the (65) _______ snow turns into a large quantity of water that then runs downhill in streams.
melted
building
melting
formed
(66)_______ the lawyers and agents who rub shoulders with the stars and make millions, personal assistants (PAs) are not paid well.
However
Unlike
Despite
Similarly
They typically earn about $56,000 a year which, (67)_______ their round-the-clock obligations, isn’t much by Hollywood standards. As for the job description, it’s also far from glamorous.
given
received
spend
being
One celebrity PA says, ‘I don’t (68)_______ myself a vain or superficial person, but it would be wrong to say that we all don't like being close to someone's that's powerful.’ But not everyone is qualified for the job.
describe
know
consider
think
Rita Tateel teaches would-be assistants to the stars and begins her lessons with some (69)_______ truths: 'You must be in good health at all times, because you are running a celebrity's life.
such
hard
heavy
advice
And you need to be flexible and able to (70)_______ in all kinds of hours.
take
adapt
get
put
. But there seems little doubt it is here to stay, and the truth is, of course, that plastic has brought enormous (71) __________ even environmental ones.
savings
pleasures
benefits
profits
Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal-non-renewable natural (72) __________
processes
resources
products
fuels
A high (33) __________of our annual consumption is in the form of packaging, and this constitutes about 7% by weight of our domestic refuse.
amount
proportion
portion
rate
Almost all of it could be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling (74) __________ is growing fast.
industry
manufacture
plant
factory
The plastics themselves are extremely energy-rich - they have a higher calorific value than coal and one (75) __________ of "recovery" strongly favoured by the plastic manufacturers is the conversion of waste plastic into a fuel.
medium
method
measure
mechanism
