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1.
Reports of unusual animal behaviour prior (0) TO the occurrence of
earthquakes have been recorded in literature dating as (1) _________ back
as 1784. However, to (2) _________, there has been very little in-depth
scientific research into the phenomenon. However, (3) _________ that a
geophysical tool has not been designed which gives advance warning of an
impending earthquake, observations of animal behaviour might (4)
_________ out to be a useful tool. Animals and birds could act as geosensors.
It is well known that the Earth’s electromagnetic field is used by birds and fish
as an aid to navigation and migration. Sharks (5) _________ use of low or
high frequency electro-receptors to detect objects and to communicate.
Perhaps it is time to (6) _________ this sensitivity to good use? Animals may
have the means to understand the signal that says ‘leave this place’ or ‘fly-
away now’ or (7) _________ is necessary to survive the coming catastrophe.
It comes (8) _________ no surprise, therefore, that animals have the
potential to act as accurate geosensors, to detect earthquakes before they
occur.
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2.
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON Henri Cartier-Bresson helped establish
photojournalism (0) AS an art form. He believed that photography
(1)_________ capture the meaning of outward appearance and so his camera
accompanied him (2)_________ he went in the world. In his twenties, he
travelled in Africa, recording his experiences with a 35-millimetre Leica. Its
portability and the ease with (3)_________ one could record instantaneous
impressions were hugely advantageous. This type of camera was particularly
relevant to Cartier-Bresson. It lent (4)_________ not only to spontaneity but
to anonymity as well. To such an extent (5)_________ Cartier-Bresson wish
to remain a silent, and even unseen, witness, that he covered the bright
chromium parts of his camera with black tape to render it less visible. Cartier-
Bresson travelled unceasingly, but there was (6)_________ compulsive or
hurried about his travels or his photography. One story tells of how Cartier-
Bresson was present during the student riots in Paris in 1968. Undeterred
(7)_________ the explosive nature of the riots, he continued to take
photographs at the (8)_________ of about four per hour.
3.
The fate of any pop band is a question that (0) NO longer is of interest to its
fans alone. (1)________ only have economists recognised pop music’s
importance (2)________ a business, pointing (3)________ that it contributes
more (4)________ export earnings than the steel industry, but strange as it
(5)________ seem, people in some countries spend more on pop than they
do on fruit and vegetables. (6)________ such serious money washing around,
the question of (7)________ will be the next big thing is (8)________ too
important to be left to random factors such as chance and talent.
(9)________ the great names of rock in the 60s and 70s formed bands
spontaneously (10)________ they were discovered and then marketed, their

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successors are increasingly (11)________ to be brought (12)________ by

marketing men. Many groups, often sold as four young men or women in
(13)________ of their own destiny, were in (14)________ dreamed up and
promoted by middle-aged men. Designing a band is much the same as
designing (15)________ other product: take a basic, successful model and
adapt it. The challenge, when everything has been tried already, is to
persuade consumers that what you are doing is in some way innovative
4.
Today the notion of ‘suitable clothing’ is dying (0) OUT . It (1)_______ now
appear that, to all (2)_______ and purposes, anything goes. At one
(3)_______ , it was possible to (4)_______ at a glance the difference
(5)_______ someone dressed for work and someone en route to a nightclub.
And, needless to (6)_______ , the same clothes would never have been worn
to both. However, in the last thirty years, we have undergone a sea change in
(7)_______ ideas of what a dress code consists of. Even well (8)_______ the
1960s, male air travellers were expected to wear a suit; these days it would
(9)_______ as no surprise to find them in shorts and trainers. In fact,
(10)_______ has been the revolution in our own dress codes that we may
find (11)_______ dressing down to go to work and dressing up to go
(12)_______ in the evening. That (13)_______ said, there are occasions, a
wedding or a funeral, for example, (14)_______ only certain clothes will
(15)_______ .
5.
Richard and his American wife Cindy are extremely affectionate towards (0)
EACH other and talk constantly – using sign language. Cindy has been deaf
(1)_______ birth, but Richard lost his hearing only recently. He had had
problems as a child, although doctors failed to find (2)_______ amiss.
However, on finishing university, his hearing difficulties became acute. He
was so depressed he (3)_______ ate and his weight dropped to 44 kilos.
(4)_______ been surrounded by sound his whole life, he found living in this
new silent world completely devastating. Richard learnt sign language so
(5)_______ to be able to communicate again and his audiologist suggested
finding new friends online. (6)_______ hours of getting this advice, Richard
was in contact with other deaf people. For the (7)_______ part, he chatted to
Americans, finding them particularly upbeat. No (8)_______ had he got
chatting to Cindy than he was bowled over. Their signed wedding took place
on a Mississippi riverboat only a few months later.
6.
Mr Twenty-First Century strikes a pose on (0) THE pages of a 1939 issue of
British Vogue magazine. He wears a jump-suit, belt and waistcoat festooned
(1)__________ hardware. His hat is ‘an antenna snatching radio out of the
ether’, Vogue tells (2)_________ . (3)_________ quite today’s mobile-phone
man, (4)_________ close. However, as we reach his socks, the best Vogue’s
futurologist can (5)_________ up with is ‘disposable’. Throwaway insults are
(6)_________ new for socks. And that’s not (7)_________ they have to put
up with. Over a day, the average human foot (8)_________ off at least half a
cup of moisture – manna from heaven for those odour-causing micro-
organisms.Yet socks are (9)_________ the most ancient of human inventions

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– an Egyptian mummy’s knitted socks are arguably the oldest surviving

examples, (10)_________ hand-sewn versions may (11)_________ back to
the Bronze Age. They surely deserve a better future than consignment to the
bin. Not (12)_________ appreciates the sock’s versatility, though. Albert
Einstein famously eschewed socks altogether, apparently regarding them as
an unnecessary luxury. I too go sockless in the summer. (13)_________ the
frost begins to bite, I can’t help wondering, (14)_________ Einstein have
been wrong?

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