Meteors

Most of us have (1) ... at the sky and seen what is commonly called a falling, or shooting, star. These (2) ... streaks occur when meteors, object generally (3) ... from the size of dust (4) ... to fist-size masses, enter the earths atmosphere at speeds up to 44 miles per second and ionized (or heated) to incandescence 50 to 75 miles above the earth. Few of these objects survive their encounter (5) ... our atmosphere. What we see here on earth, mostly at night, is a (6) ... of light that lasts about a half a second on the (7) ... . Generally speaking, the larger the material that enters the earths atmosphere, the brighter the meteor. Brighter meteors will occasionally leave a smoke trail behind in their path lasting a few seconds; trails produced by very bright meteors,(8) ... to as fireballs, may last minutes. Fireballs that appear to (9) ... or produce sound are called bolides, from the Greek word bolis meaning missile. The word meteor comes from the Greek word meteora or meteoros. This term was once use to describe any atmospheric occurrence, such as auroras, lightning, rainbows, and the (10) ... . Historically, the altitude (11) ... meteors appeared was a (12) ... controversy. Some felt that meteors were a local event, like lightning. Others felt that meteors occurred at the same general distances as the stars. 1. A 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. A 6. A 7. A 8. A 9. A 10. A 11. A 12. A looked out B looked through C looked up D monotonous B momentum C momentous D classifying B particles B to B slash B average B directed B break out B like B case B so C on which B into C ranging C participants C with D on smear move related break down at which fly D streak D ranking D particulars D looked up to momentary

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Taste
Taste is (1) ... simply the preserve of a tiny aristocracy, of the court culture of the European. Abbasid or Chinese past or the foodie cutting-edge of the present. In the social history of ordinary people, calorie intake, the threat of famine and the supply of urban centres are among the topics (2) ... have given us (3) ... idea of the fragility and difficulty of pre-industrial life. The relevance of the history of food in its (4) ... basic sense needs (5) ... justification. The exchange of products resulting (6) ... the discovery of the New World, the dependence of societies (7) ... one overwhelmingly important food source, or the impact of modern warfare on civilian diet (8) ... all clearly major topics. In the mid-twentieth century historians interest in the conditions of society, (9) ... particularly the history of ordinary people, inevitably involved questions of how peasants or workers lived in the past; how (10) ... or ill-nourished they were; how they coped with the unpredictability of harvests, food supply and prices. (11) ... contrast, accounts of the culinary tastes of the comfortable classes of society were (12) ... recently regarded as relevant only (13) ... a kind of anthropology of ceremony, such as the elaborate excess of the Burgundian court of the fifteenth century (14) ... musicians were placed in baked pies and edible tableaux depicted battles, sieges and allegories. Otherwise the history of cuisine has tended to be viewed (15) ... merely part of the history of fashion, hence of frivolity.

Taste
Taste is (1) ... simply the preserve of a tiny aristocracy, of the court culture of the European. Abbasid or Chinese past or the foodie cutting-edge of the present. In the social history of ordinary people, calorie intake, the threat of famine and the supply of urban centres are among the topics (2) ... have given us (3) ... idea of the fragility and difficulty of pre-industrial life. The relevance of the history of food in its (4) ... basic sense needs (5) ... justification. The exchange of products resulting (6) ... the discovery of the New World, the dependence of societies (7) ... one overwhelmingly important food source, or the impact of modern warfare on civilian diet (8) ... all clearly major topics. In the mid-twentieth century historians interest in the conditions of society, (9) ... particularly the history of ordinary people, inevitably involved questions of how peasants or workers lived in the past; how (10) ... or ill-nourished they were; how they coped with the unpredictability of harvests, food supply and prices. (11) ... contrast, accounts of the culinary tastes of the comfortable classes of society were (12) ... recently regarded as relevant only (13) ... a kind of anthropology of ceremony, such as the elaborate excess of the Burgundian court of the fifteenth century (14) ... musicians were placed in baked pies and edible tableaux depicted battles, sieges and allegories. Otherwise the history of cuisine has tended to be viewed (15) ... merely part of the history of fashion, hence of frivolity.

Taste
Taste is (1) ... simply the preserve of a tiny aristocracy, of the court culture of the European. Abbasid or Chinese past or the foodie cutting-edge of the present. In the social history of ordinary people, calorie intake, the threat of famine and the supply of urban centres are among the topics (2) ... have given us (3) ... idea of the fragility and difficulty of pre-industrial life. The relevance of the history of food in its (4) ... basic sense needs (5) ... justification. The exchange of products resulting (6) ... the discovery of the New World, the dependence of societies (7) ... one overwhelmingly important food source, or the impact of modern warfare on civilian diet (8) ... all clearly major topics. In the mid-twentieth century historians interest in the conditions of society, (9) ... particularly the history of ordinary people, inevitably involved questions of how peasants or workers lived in the past; how (10) ... or ill-nourished they were; how they coped with the unpredictability of harvests, food supply and prices. (11) ... contrast, accounts of the culinary tastes of the comfortable classes of society were (12) ... recently regarded as relevant only (13) ... a kind of anthropology of ceremony, such as the elaborate excess of the Burgundian court of the fifteenth century (14) ... musicians were placed in baked pies and edible tableaux depicted battles, sieges and allegories. Otherwise the history of cuisine has tended to be viewed (15) ... merely part of the history of fashion, hence of frivolity.

The Worlds of Christopher Columbus

In the world of the late twentieth century, events on one continent (1) ... influence developments on the others, for good or for ill. In the broad expanse of (2) ... time, however, these (3) ... connections developed quite recently, starting in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In one sense, the process began with Christopher Columbus's four voyages, the first (4) ... excursions to have far-reaching and long-lasting consequences. In another sense, however, Columbus's voyages were less a beginning than the (5) ... of a centuries-old human process of (6) ... and migration. When Columbus was born , Europe, Africa, and Asia were each part of the Old World of the Easter Hemisphere, but they were also separate worlds culturally, (7) ... and politically. Columbus's voyages shattered that (8) ... once and for all, in what is arguably the most fateful (9) ... between disparate human groups that history has ever known. Columbus's voyages, nonetheless, were part of a broader pattern. In just over thirty years, mariners from the Iberian peninsula tied the world together in (10) ... ways. Dozens of voyages figured in this rush to explore, but the most famous were Bartolomeu Dias's rounding of Africa's southern cape in 1488. ROUTINE HISTORY EXTEND ATLANTIC CONTINUE EXPLORE RELIGION ISOLATE COUNTER

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The Worlds of Christopher Columbus

In the world of the late twentieth century, events on one continent (1) ... influence developments on the others, for good or for ill. In the broad expanse of (2) ... time, however, these (3) ... connections developed quite recently, starting in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In one sense, the process began with Christopher Columbus's four voyages, the first (4) ... excursions to have far-reaching and long-lasting consequences. In another sense, however, Columbus's voyages were less a beginning than the (5) ... of a centuries-old human process of (6) ... and migration. When Columbus was born , Europe, Africa, and Asia were each part of the Old World of the Easter Hemisphere, but they were also separate worlds culturally, (7) ... and politically. Columbus's voyages shattered that (8) ... once and for all, in what is arguably the most fateful (9) ... between disparate human groups that history has ever known. Columbus's voyages, nonetheless, were part of a broader pattern. In just over thirty years, mariners from the Iberian peninsula tied the world together in (10) ... ways. Dozens of voyages figured in this rush to explore, but the most famous were Bartolomeu Dias's rounding of Africa's southern cape in 1488. ROUTINE HISTORY EXTEND ATLANTIC CONTINUE EXPLORE RELIGION ISOLATE COUNTER

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1)She must be joking saying she believes John. He's lying through his .................... . The terrorist was armed to the .................... when he was caught. In the ........................ of violent criticism, he went ahead with his plan. 2)The party had hoped to win mass support among the working .................... . The cat won first prize in its .................... in the cat show. Check out the unique facilities and services we offer in economy ................... . 3) I spent the afternoon reading under the .................... of an umbrella. The London Bus really puts our Public Transport System in the ................... . A good artist can produce a very realistic effect using only light and .................... . 4) Mark is working as a mountain .................... in the Swiss Alp. Don't forget to buy the TV .................... while in the town. He will .................... his affairs with discretion. 5) She's been on unemployment ..................... for six years now. He repeated his words of welcome for the .................... of those who had arrived late. We are organizing a ................... concert next month.

1) She had four daughters. The youngest of them was her favourite. APPLE She had four daughters the youngest her eye. 2) It was raining heavily, so I didn't go to school at all. FOR If it rain, I would have gone to school. 3) Everybody knows that the president died in a plane crash. KNOWLEDGE It is the president died in a plane crash. 4) The first pilot refused to endanger the safety of the passengers of the plane. PUT The first pilot refused to the safety of the passengers of the plane. 5) I wish I had studied more for the exam. LIKED I more for the exam. 6) She informed the police because she assumed he was guilty of rape. ASSUMPTION She informed the police he was guilty of rape. 7) Owing to bad weather conditions, she arrived late. DUE Her late bad weather conditions. 8) I haven't had such a bad cough for many years.HAD Not such a bad cough.