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Dan is talking with Jack, his neighbour.
Dan: “ _______ ”
Jack: “I just want to stay in my air-conditioned room all day.”

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It is back-to-school time in much of the worlD. Calm, easy mornings are replaced with busy, hurried ones. Children wake up early and get ready for school. Many parents are also getting ready for work, helping their children and preparing food for lunches. But don't forget about breakfast! When things get wildly busy in the morning, some people (32)_____breakfast to save time. But that may be a big mistake for students. That is the finding of a 2015 study from Cardiff University in Wales. Researchers there looked at 5000 9-11 year-olds from more than 100 primary schools in the U.K. They looked at what the students ate (33) _____ breakfast and then their grades 6 to 18 months later. They found that the students who ate a healthy breakfast (34) _____twice as likely to perform above average in educational activities. The researchers also found that unhealthy breakfasts - such as potato chips or a donut did not appear helpful to educational performance. A good breakfast is not just helpful for school-aged children. We all may gain from eating something healthy first thing in the morning. A study from researchers at the University of Toronto in Canada found that a breakfast rich in protein and complex carbohydrates (35) _____ performance on short- and long-term memory. Carbohydrates and protein are especially important because (36_____a major effect on long-term memory.

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Although the conditions weren’t ideal for a walk, we decided to  ........  a go of it

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“Don’t tell anyone my new address.” “________.”

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentence: In the spring, there are___________ of flowers.

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Though the trees and the undergrowth had been ....... , branches and dense foliage stooped overhead

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He usually …………………… a taxi to the railway station.

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The kids are ____________ a blast running around the beach all day

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Internal communications are expected to improve once the new telephone system -------

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"Curiosity is one of permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect." _ Samuel Johnson

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They were trained in the most prestigious hospital, _______ ?

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Many measures have been taken to ____ people's awareness of conservation

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He used to rise……..dawn until he was old.

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Most people think of computers as very modern inventions, products of our new technological age. But actually the idea for a computer had been worked out over two centuries ago by a man (39) _____ Charles Babbage. Babbage was bom in 1791 and grew up to be a brilliant mathematician. He drew up plans for several calculating machines which he called "engines". But despite the fact that he (40)_____building some of these, he never finished any of them. Over the years, people have argued (41)_____his machines would ever work. Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished building(42)_____engine based on one of Babbage's designs. (43)_____has taken six years to complete and more than four thousand parts have been specially made. Whether it works or not, the machine will be on show at a special exhibition in the Science Museum to remind people of Babbage's work

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Insurance companies had to ________  ￡10 million in storm damage claims

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"Parents today want their kids spending time on things that can bring them success, but (1)_________, we've stopped doing one thing that's actually been a proven predictor of success-and that's household chores," says Richard Rende, a (2)_________ psychologist in Paradise Valley, Ariz, and co-author of forthcoming book “Raising Can-Do Kids." Decades of studies show the benefits of chores- academically, emotionally and even professionally. Giving children household chores at an early age (3)_______ to build a lasting sense of mastery, responsibility and self-reliance, according to research by Marty Rossmann, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. In 2002, Dr. Rossmann analyzed data from a longitudinal study (4)_______ followed 84 children across four periods in their lives-in preschool, around ages 10 and 15, and in their mid-20s. She found that young adults who began chores at ages 3 and 4 were more likely to have good relationships with family and friends, to achieve academic and early career success and to be self-sufficient, as (5)_______ with those who didn't have chores or who started them as teens. Chores also teach children how to be empathetic and responsive to others' needs, notes psychologist Richard Weissbourd of the Harvard Graduate School of Education

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People go to a __________ to look at the famous works of art

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To prevent noises coming from the nearby construction site, my father decided to install a _______ door

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She’ll take the flight for the early meeting, ______?

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Energy-saving bulbs should be used ____ electricity

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I don't know why you .......... on going to the gym every day—it just seems like a chore to me