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example at the treginning (ol A debut B start G arigin D birth {1spcr.}
people tl l*ii cme
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in France in the
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game.
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game
soon
spread to
leattr*r with $rsol or harr inside, and were hard enough to cause serious injury. The
England and (111- in s $rgway Even kings became t12)- players'
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prof:ably cn*es frem the time when the frand on a clcrckface was moved forward 15 minutes tc show that
one
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4A
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each space- Thare ls an example at ttre beginning [$ (1Onct"].
qras_not(1}Atber-tFinstein is {O} one of the iresl-kno*n sEientistsof the tlyentiethcenhrry"Yet $
partieularly good student A1 school in Munich, hc got reasorlable grades in nearly t{! - sgliects. and was
oufslanding in nrathematics anct physics, but he diiti*eO claing (3)-he was lofd. He didn't like exarns snd
(41,_
did tre !it<eattending classes. so he left schaol early, only a (5)* months after his farnity moved to
M i l a n ir r 1 8 9 4
(fi1_failing 6re entranc exa6, Einstein was eventually admitted to (7)- Swiss Federal Instiluteof
Teftrnerogy in Zurrch in 1BgS.{g}_ he did fair'lywell as a student in Zurich. after graduationhe was unable
{o g{ a iob ;n a unirrersity.mainlf(g}_ he was lhought to be extremely fazy. Instead,he worked in ( 1Oi*
seiondary school. where he taughl mathematics and physics, bolh of which he was good aL
Vl. Real ilre lsxt below and look carcfutly at each lirte" Some of the lines ere colrect. and sorne
havc a worct which shorrld not be thera. lf a tike is correct, put a tick t{} by ttrb nurFber. lf a lins
6as a vrorcl vrhich shauld not bc there, write the word in the spac. There is one exarnple at the
h e g i nnin g ( O !{1Opct.}
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yei.s ego He has clranged galf frsm a sport for {he few to
a sfsrt for everyona. and has prcvecl ttrat evry one of us can
he .srrr.r.*ssfirliir the tifr* Tiger"s fal.trer ir atl A[rcr-fultericbn who
sef ved in tlfe ffrtrty fttr a ngtrtber qrfscrtrtc ycar5. anE"lhis *lqrtltCl
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;r r*iy gerai gotr At 2.l, he was tlre ycurlgest'ever world
r:harrri:,i6n tlrie tfring t tike aboul which I iger is that he at'rvays
seen1s calm anel tra* a great deol sf n1treh confi4*nce He is
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A CUNOSTINTELOR
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Sesiunelunie2004

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l.Readtha fotlonlng txt Five sentenceshavs beed rernovedfrom the bxt Ctrodsefrom
:
sentencGt A-F tfie one whlch flls each g6p {f -5L There is one dra scrrtencoufilcfi you do not
necd to uee.(5 pctf
HOWFAST-FOODGIAI.ITSCHAIIIGEDTHEI,I'ORLO
Wten futurearchaeologists
slarl diggingtp the remainsof moderntettsm civilization,theywill be
astonishedat horlrmanyhamburgerand plzza boxesthey comeecross.Foroverthe fastS0years,the
passionfor wtuathas becornakno,vnas Tast food has croatedboth a social rerolutionard an nofmou$
amounlof *ealth.
The sloryst fastfoodbeganin the U$A in the 193tlsend 194Os,s rsullof the country'sloveEttairwilh
that othsrgreatinnoiationof the tu,entiothcentury,the automobile.(l) Realisingthal this ras bid fq
trade,restatnanlsbeganto employwailre'ssesknou,nss'czn hops'.(2) who prsfenedeatlngln thelr
vehides ln the car park to sittingrornd a table in ttre fiaditional manner,
EmthersRictrrd ard Mar.rricaMcDonatd
rEn ona of thesa sr.recessfrrl
'drive-h'rgstaurents ina iowrr near
Los Angelas.(3):
staffwarealwaystaavingfor higheraald jobs, and tlneteenegorswhowere thair main
customerswereconslantlytreaklngor stealingthe crockeryand ctrdery.So lhe McDonsldsdedOedto
look agatnat the basicidea of the tak*olrray restaursntto se if lhey co.rldfind a y'/ayroundthese
draurbacks,
I
(4) - s compleletynewmethodof pruvidinganstomdrswilh food Theygot rld of hro-tfirds sf the itemson
ths mflu, irrc{udinganylhingthat tnd to be eaten with e knife, fork or spoon.(5) and eactr r^nskilled
ernployeeperformingjusl one routinetraskaccrdirq to slrict rules and regulations.
;, i
i
A' Theirjobwss lo carryUaysqf food out to lhoeEcustorners
B- lndeed,in southmGalifomia,people dera becomingso a[sched to thelr cars thal they nrare
happyto ryerrdatlevenirqin them
i
C- In f 9/|8 thycflne up with the eolutim
I I
D- Mearufiila, Urekitchenbecarnelike a fadory uith rnachirps doirrgmostsf ttr6 cooking i
E- Thefastffi indlstry nowemployamilions qf ppplewerft$ilide.
I
F- Tle busiresswas not withoutits problerne,horyeyer
| |
ll. Read t$o lext bdow. Uco thc yrord given In aapildr et tho end of arch llne to fiorrn 4 word that
fitg in the spacein the sarneline. There ls en eremfla at tfrs beglrudrrg.(f0pctl
I :'
In theUKthereis nolegal(0)oHigntionto go to srhool
OBLIGE
but lhey haveto receivean efreclivefulllime (U_No,vadays
EDUCATE
som6parontsarc takingon lhe (2)
of teachlngtheir
RESPONSIBLE

childrenat honrc.Parents
donothavelo be (3)_____qualifisd
butit is (4) _
to haveaccsssto librariesard teafirrg
materiels.
Theyshoutd
classrmmlike
alsoprovidea (51
environrnent
in lhehomo,fhe rosullsare(6)_, yyhictl
people,$ome*rildrenwtrorvere(7) in e
surpr'isesmany

fargedass clrangeintomodelpupifs.By far lhe (8j . . oroblsrn

for parentteacfiersis tha (g)_attilude
of other adulte,wfro
say childrendon'tsocislise.Butmoslof thm BeBm(10)_al
\
ease Wth otherchlldren.,

ACADEMIC.
NEED
SUIT
IMPRESF
ATTENTIVE
BIG

SY1JIPATHY

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lll- Readthe followingcentences.Ghoosethe tansewhlchsuip the meenlngbes({Sctf

1 Vvhflehereadiryrsrgadinga book,.thephonerang
i ,
2 I wasdirtybecause
I hadbeenworklnglwar uvorlrlngin thegardenallday.
;
e I arnttudyingilhave
i
heenstudyingin lhissfioolforfqr years,
4, tf theyepondlepent
moretimeon the scfipt,ftlmsupuldbebetter.
5. JoesaidheltiougMthlnkshismusjcwouldbe remembered
for a fongtimo.
6 BythetlmethepresentaUon
began,theycompletedlhrdcomplstodthlrdledussiofl,
7 | hadcheckedlwas
clrechirrgthebagsbefqe we lefton holiday,
U. Wetrron'lgoto themoviesunlesstheyanlvehdll arrlvointhenoxt5 minutes.
9. Peterwengtrasgoneto Parislastyear.