Honoring the dead has been a practice of many ___ (1). civil
The ancient Druids, Greeks, and Romans ___ (2) decoration
the graves of their loved ones with flowers.
In the United States, the ___ (3) have been death
honored on Memorial Day since the time of the Civil
War. In 1967 a ___ (4) of President Johnson proclaim
and a ___ (5) congressional resolution officially join
recognized Waterloo as ‘the birthplace of Memorial
Day’. And the Memorial Day is ___ (6) on observation
the last Monday of May. Each year the President of
the US issues a special Memorial Day ___ (7) which proclaim
includes a call for ___ (8) to observe the city
occasion as a day of prayer for ___ (9). peaceful
Memorial Day observances are by no means ___ (10) limit
to the big ___ (11) cemeteries. In towns and cities,
across the land, veterans’ groups, civic ___ (12), nation
family groups, and individuals decorate graves organize
with flowers or with small American flags. In many
communities there are parades. Parade ___ (13) include participate
veterans and armed forces and a lot of other
people. Memorial Day has also ___ (14) marked tradition
the ___ (15) of summer. begin
Test 10. Fill in the spaces in the following text using a suitable form of the words given at the end of the lines. This ___ (1) was built in the 1920s and became showcase for ___ (2). neighbour, architecture
Each architect had one plot on which to ___ (3) one house. In spite of this, builder
the area has a ___ (4) unified style. Look, for example, at these wonderful
houses on our left. At that time very few people lived in their owner
___ (5) apartments; those flats had no ___ (6) water, bathrooms and other run , convenient
___ (7). And here was a ___ (8) building project which attempted mass
both to show the ___ (9) styles in which apartments could be difference
built, and to improve ___ (10) conditions. live
Test 11. Fill in the spaces in the following text using a suitable form of the words given at the end of the lines. Life used to be ___ (1) for teenag ers. They used to have money to funny
spend, and ___ (2) time to spend it in. They used to wear ___ (3) freedom
clothes, and meet in coffee bars and discos. Some of them still teenager
do. But for many young people, life is harder now. Jobs are ___ (4) to find. difficulty
There’s not so much money around. Teachers say that students work ___ (5) hard
than they used to. They are ___ (6) interested in politics, little
and more interested in ___ (7) exams. They know that good exams pass
may get them ___ (8) jobs. Most young people worry more about good
money than their parents did twenty years ago. They try to spend little
___ (9) and save ___ (10). They want to be able to get many
homes of their own one day. Three quarters of ___ (11) young Britain
people do more or less what their parents did. They did their ___ (12) good
at school, find some kind of work in the end, and get married in
their early ___ (13). They get on well with their parents and twenty
enjoy their ___ (14). They eat fish and chips, watch football on live
TV, go the pub and like ___ (15). After all, if they didn’t, they read
wouldn’t be British, would they?
Test 12. Fill in the spaces in the following text using a suitable form of the words given at the end of the lines. As your children move towards ___ (1) it is ___ (2) to make depend
sure that they understand what decent values are. To importance
prevent children from becoming ___ (3) and ___ (4) you should spoil
not indulge them too much. To make sure that they grow up greed
well– ___ (5) they should be taught to be ___ (6) from an manner
early age. Children should be scolded for bad ___ (7), politeness
which will be an effective way of helping ___ (8) to distinguish behave
right from wrong. You need to reward your ___ (9) when they they
do things well to give them a sense of ___ (10) but you must child
be careful not to overdo it or they may become ___ (11). proud
You should try to make your children ___ (12) and respectful conceit
of other peoples beliefs by exposing them to ___ (13) tolerate
races and cultures. Parents should try to place great difference
___ (14) on setting a good example to their children, important
because children’s behaviour is often an ___ (15) of that imitate
of their parents.
Test 13. Fill in the spaces in the following text using a suitable form of the words given at the end of the lines. The ___ (1) of children starts as soon as they are born. Boys are educate
allowed to make more ___ (2), to play with guns and cause more noisy
trouble. Such education prepares boys for ___ (3) in the world powerful
but for little else. But all boys are ___ (4). Some boys are differen
good at ___ (5) and poetry whereas others are good at football cook
or maths. Boys aren’t just ___ (6) and rebels, ‘machos’ and conform
‘wimps’. If we can ___ (7) them that all these types are okay, assurance
it may help to reduce the ___ (8) of those boys who are the least macho. bully
Test 14. Fill in the spaces in the following text using a suitable form of the words given at the end of the lines. The ___ (1) of fingerprints reached Britain in 1901 and systematize
proved ___ (2). In 1930, Scotland Yard set up its first use
___ (3) system to enable officers to compare fingerprints found on classify
the scene of the crime with those of ___ (4) known to the crime
police. Fingerprint technology has advanced ___ (5) since then. great
Different types of powder are used to ___ (6) the impression of the strength
fingerprint before it is taken. Another ___ (7) revolutionary
has been in the way that fingerprints are identified. Today, the
first ___ (8) is done by the computer, which then produces searching
a ___ (9) of possible matches. The final ___ (10) however is select
done by police experts. identify
Test 15. Fill in the spaces in the following text using a suitable form of the words given at the end of the lines. In the past, any mother would be ___ (1) if her children were pride
round and slightly fat. Those days are gone. ___ (2) have now research
reached the ___ (3) that too much fat and sugar in children’s conclude
diets are a major factor in the ___ (4) of heart diseases and develop
other ___ (5) when they are older. However, growing children need ill
to eat a wide range of foods, and their general health could be
___ (6) by cutting out particular ones. Psychologists say that the danger
___ (7) is not to change eating habits too fast, but to do it ___ (8), solve
so that children do not lose muscle in addition to fat. Parents should care
present food a little ___ (9), spread butter thinly and avoid difference
putting sugar on the table. Children should also be ___ (10) to courage
take part in sports: this way they will be using the calories
that they have eaten.
Test 16. Fill in the spaces in the following sentences using a suitable form of the words given at the end of the lines. 1. What can we do to reduce the ___ of the atmosphere? pollute
2. The change in the climate has produced ___ floods. disaster
3. Many rare species are threatened with ___. extinct
4. Many of the gases produced by factories are ___ to our health. harm
5. Exhaust fumes have ___ effects on the environment. damage
6. Many countries must try and control the growth of the ___. populate
7. Protecting the environment is essential to our ___. survive
8. The protection of the environment is everyone’s ___. responsible
9. While some countries get richer, the ___ in others get worse. poor
10. Millions of people in the world are threatened with ___. starve