INSERT IN EACH GAP ONE WORD ONLY!!!

EX1

Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879. ___1___ he was in school, he disliked
the formal ___2___ of education and started to study ___3___ his own the classics of
theoretical physics. ___4___ 1905, Einstein published four important papers on
relativity that received widespread ___5___ in the world. In 1919, he published his
general theory ___6___ relativity. Many people were skeptical ___7___ his theory,
until it ___8___ confirmed during the total solar eclipse in May that year. In 1921, he
was ___9___ the Nobel Prize in physics.
In private life, Einstein was a quiet man who liked to ___10___ long walks, sail and
___11___ the violin. He was also deeply concerned with the social consequences
___12___ science. He urged nations to ___13___ in peace and refused an offer to
___14___ Israel's president. Just before World War II broke ___15___, Einstein
cautioned President Franklin Roosevelt ___16___ the likelihood of the invention of
___17___ atomic bomb, and the revolutionary effects it would ___18___ on the
world.

Einstein died in 1955. Today, he is still ___19___ as a humanitarian as ___20___ as a

scientist.

EX2:

Ever since Sigmund Freud, it has been generally believed that ___1___ childhood, our
parents, and ___2___ our mother, are the ___3___ important people in our ___4___.
They are the dispensers ___5___ punishments and goodies. A ___6___ of the head
means we could stay ___7___ an hour or two beyond our ___8___ bedtime, or to go
on a trip ___9___ our friends.
Few other adults ever ___10___ such important part in a child's life as ___11___
parents. You ___12___ not have liked Mrs Lim, your form teacher, but she was
___13___ the ultimate authority during your childhood ___14___. Teachers may
point ___15___ our mistakes in class, but they do not ___16___ the continuous
authority ___17___ us that our parents do. What is ___18___ important is that the
authority of the teacher ___19___ when school is over ___20___ the day.

EX3:
It was mid-afternoon ___1___ they reached Naaskard. The rocky slopes of the
mountain ___2___ coloured brown, red, orange, yellow and white caused ___3___
the geothermal activity beneath. Below the eastern flank of the mountain lay ___4___
area of sulphur pits and pools of bubbling mud. Jets of super-heated steam erupted
___5___ events in the ground. "Phew!" Ganying wrinkled her nose at the
overpowering ___6___, "It's ___7___ rotten eggs!"
"Hydrogen sulphide gas, actually. Mind ___8___ camera!" Alan warned, seizing her
arm and drawing her ___9___ as she ventured too ___10___ to the hissing steam.
"That vapour ___11___ hydrochloric acid, among ___12___ things." Ganying
clutched her camera tightly.

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They crouched ___13___ beside one of the largest mud pools. It was two metres
across, with a metre-high rim formed ___14___ the splattering mud. The liquid mud
slurped noisily as large bubbles of gas burst.

Ganying quickly took ___15___ her camera. Ganying got two marvellous shots.
___16___ was of a metre-wide bubble rising into a dome. The other was ___17___ a
circle of droplets hanging in mid-air. She walked ___18___ towards a cream-coloured
cone ___19___ which steam was billowing like a mini-volcano. The smell was
terrible, and the mouth of the cone was stained yellow ___20___ the powdered
sulphur.
EX4:
Michelangelo Buonarotti was born near Arezzo, Italy, ___1___ March 6, 1475.
Michelangelo saw art ___2___ a sacred calling ___3___ which the beauty of humans
___4___ be enhanced. He was educated in Florence ___5___ the tutelage of a painter
and a sculptor. It is therefore understandable ___6___ he grew to be fascinated
___7___ art.

Michelangelo was commissioned to paint the famous Sistine Chapel walls and
frescoes. This, he performed ___8___ the best of his capabilities. He created a
beautiful biblical presentation ___9___ the birth of humanity. This ___10___ of the
six days of creation and the making of Adam and Eve.

Michelangelo was ___11___ a sculptor. He captured the beauty of the human form
___12___ his sculptures, 'David and the Slaves', 'Moses' and 'Madonna and Child'.
The splendour of his art can still be viewed in Rome ___13___.

Towards the last years of his ___14___, Michelangelo worked even harder, ___15___
seemingly tireless energy. He developed a distinctive style of his ___16___ and
devoted more effort to pictures and architecture. However, he became very depressed
___17___ his last days approached and ___18___ was evident in his last few pieces of
___19___, 'Judgment Day' and 'Conversion of St. Paul'. They portrayed physical
aggression, implying ___20___ unnecessity of suffering in this world.

EX5:
The Indian tribes living along the Amazon River are some of the native tribes that
'civilized' men disapprove ___1___ and are determined to change or destroy. These
Indian tribes include ___2___ their customs the killing of twins and of children
___3___ mother has died during childbirth. They also attack and kill their ___4___
with poisoned arrows. They are ___5___ of the stone age who go about naked and
paint their bodies for special ___6___ or for war. Some of them ___7___ themselves
look fierce and frightening ___8___ fitting large circles of wood into ___9___ lower
lips. The Indian tribes, ___10___, are unaware of the danger which may befall them.

On the coast of Brazil, the cities ___11___ overcrowded. Men holding titles
___12___ the jungle land are eagerly waiting to ___13___ their plot of land. Only the
Indians ___14___ in their way. These title holders excuse ___15___ by saying that to
preserve a way of life ___16___ unsuited to the modern world, it is ___17___ to put
the Indians in a sort of human zoo. Thus, developers have entered the jungle bringing
along ___18___ them diseases, drinks, money and ___19___ influences that will
tempt the simple jungle people ___20___ destroy their way of life.

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Answers
EX1:

1. When   2. system   3. on   4. In   5. attention   6. of   7. about   8. was   9. awarded  

10. take   11. play   12. of   13. live   14. become   15. out   16. about   17. the   18.
have   19. remembered   20. well

Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879. When he was in school, he disliked the
formal system of education and started to study on his own the classics of theoretical
physics. In 1905, Einstein published four important papers on relativity that received
widespread attention in the world. In 1919, he published his general
theory of relativity. Many people were skeptical about his theory, until
it was confirmed during the total solar eclipse in May that year. In 1921, he
was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics.

In private life, Einstein was a quiet man who liked to take long walks, sail
and play the violin. He was also deeply concerned with the social
consequences of science. He urged nations to live in peace and refused an offer
to become Israel's president. Just before World War II broke out, Einstein cautioned
President Franklin Roosevelt about the likelihood of the invention of the atomic
bomb, and the revolutionary effects it would have on the world.

Einstein died in 1955. Today, he is still remembered as a humanitarian as well as a

scientist.

EX 2:
1. during   2. especially   3. most   4. lives   5. of   6. nod   7. up   8.
usual/regular/normal   9. with   10. play   11. do   12. may   13. not   14. years   15. out
16. have   17. over   18. more   19. ends   20. for

Ever since Sigmund Freud, it has been generally believed that during childhood, our
parents, and especially our mother, are the most important people in our lives. They
are the dispensers of punishments and goodies. A nod of the head means we could
stay up an hour or two beyond our usual/regular/normal bedtime, or to go on a
trip with our friends.

Few other adults ever play such important part in a child's life as do parents.

You may not have liked Mrs Lim, your form teacher, but she was not the ultimate
authority during your childhood years. Teachers may point out our mistakes in class,
but they do not have the continuous authority over us that our parents do. What
is more important is that the authority of the teacher ends when school is over for the
day.

EX3:
1. when   2. were   3. by   4. an   5. from   6. smell/stench   7. like   8. your   9. away  
10. close   11. contains   12. other   13. down   14. by   15. out   16. One   17. of   18.
on   19. from   20. by

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It was mid-afternoon when they reached Naaskard. The rocky slopes of the
mountain were coloured brown, red, orange, yellow and white caused by the
geothermal activity beneath. Below the eastern flank of the mountain lay an area of
sulphur pits and pools of bubbling mud. Jets of super-heated steam
erupted from events in the ground. "Phew!" Ganying wrinkled her nose at the
overpowering smell/stench, "It's like rotten eggs!"

"Hydrogen sulphide gas, actually. Mind your camera!" Alan warned, seizing her arm
and drawing her away as she ventured too close to the hissing steam. "That
vapour contains hydrochloric acid, among among things." Ganying clutched her
camera tightly.

They crouched down beside one of the largest mud pools. It was two metres across,
with a metre-high rim formed by the splattering mud. The liquid mud slurped noisily
as large bubbles of gas burst.

Ganying quickly took out her camera. Ganying got two marvellous shots. One was of

a metre-wide bubble rising into a dome. The other was of a circle of droplets hanging
in mid-air. She walked on
towards a cream-coloured cone from which steam was billowing like a mini-volcano.
The smell was terrible, and the mouth of the cone was stained yellow by the
powdered sulphur.

EX4:
1. on   2. as   3. through   4. could   5. under   6. that   7. by   8. to   9. of   10. consists  
11. also   12. in   13. today   14. life   15. with   16. own   17. as   18. this   19. work  
20. the

Michelangelo Buonarotti was born near Arezzo, Italy, on March 6, 1475.

Michelangelo saw art as a sacred calling through which the beauty of
humans could be enhanced. He was educated in Florence under the tutelage of a
painter and a sculptor. It is therefore understandable that he grew to be
fascinated by art.

Michelangelo was commissioned to paint the famous Sistine Chapel walls and
frescoes. This, he performed to the best of his capabilities. He created a beautiful
biblical presentation of the birth of humanity. This consists of the six days of creation
and the making of Adam and Eve.

Michelangelo was also a sculptor. He captured the beauty of the human form in his

sculptures, 'David and the Slaves', 'Moses' and 'Madonna and Child'. The splendour of
his art can still be viewed in Rome today.

Towards the last years of his life, Michelangelo worked even harder, with seemingly

tireless energy. He developed a distinctive style of his own and devoted more effort to
pictures and architecture. However, he became very depressed as his last days
approached and this was evident in his last few pieces of work, 'Judgment Day' and
'Conversion of St. Paul'. They portrayed physical aggression,
implying the unnecessity of suffering in this world.

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EX5:
1. of   2. among   3. whose   4. enemies   5. men   6. occasions   7. make   8. by   9.
their   10. however   11. are   12. to   13. claim   14. stand/are   15. themselves   16.
so   17. necessary   18. with   19. other   20. and

The Indian tribes living along the Amazon River are some of the native tribes that
'civilized' men disapprove of and are determined to change or destroy. These Indian
tribes include among their customs the killing of twins and of children whose mother
has died during childbirth. They also attack and kill their enemies with poisoned
arrows. They are men of the stone age who go about naked and paint their bodies for
special occasions or for war. Some of them make themselves look fierce and
frightening by fitting large circles of wood into their lower lips. The Indian
tribes, however, are unaware of the danger which may befall them.

On the coast of Brazil, the cities are overcrowded. Men holding titles to the jungle

land are eagerly waiting to claim their plot of land. Only the Indians stand/are in
their way. These title holders excuse themselves by saying that to preserve a way of
life so unsuited to the modern world, it is necessary to put the Indians in a sort of
human zoo. Thus, developers have entered the jungle bringing along with them
diseases, drinks, money and other influences that will tempt the simple jungle
people and destroy their way of life.