These flowers only come…………at night 

Are you a fan of the popular logical puzzle that go by the name Sudoku? Even if you’re not, the chances are you know somebody who is. Once (i) _______ known outside Japan, this addictive brain teaser has become a common feature of newspaper puzzle pages all over the world. Sudoku’s great success owes much to its simplicity. The game (ii) _______ for neither mathematical ability nor general knowledge and there are just a few sentences of straightforward instructions to read before you can play. The only skill required is the ability to recognize the difference between nine different symbols, and these don’t even have to be numbers. Some clever marketing has helped the game. Western newspapers worked hard at promoting the game Without this, it is unlikely that it would have (iii) _______ off and become quite such a runaway success. The same also benefited from its Japanese name that made people in many parts of the world regard. It as a superior kind of puzzle compared to those you usually find in newspapers and magazines. But the popularity of Sudoku reached a peak in 2006, if the number of (iv) _______  on one leading website is anything to go by. Newspapers responded by (v) _______ up with new kinds of logical puzzles, all with simple rules and Japanese names. But for true Sudoku fans, only the real thing will do.

(iv)_____

Traditionally, spas were places which had a spring of mineral water, where people who were sick went to recover from an illness or (i) _____ a disease. Spas were developed by the (ii) _____ Romans, who built public bath houses over hot volcanic springs. Some Roman baths could accommodate up to 6,000 bathers, and had restaurants, sports centres, swimming pools, gardens and libraries. An extremely low entrance fee ensured the popularity of the baths. There was no fixed order in which the rooms were used. People might begin with a hard workout, before going to the Warm Room to relax, have a vigorous massage in olive oil and then (iii) _____ a good soak in a warm bath. Next, they could take a bath in the Hot Room, before cooling down the Cold Room. After that, they might (iv) _____ for a swim, read some poetry in the library, have a (v) _____ to eat, or talk about urgent matters of state in a private talk room

(i)_______

 Carol's father works as _____ electrician. 

lí’you’re interested in having the trip of a lifetime, but also doing something useful at the same time, then why not try joining a Grccnforcc expedition as a volunteer. Grccnforcc, which was (i) _____ in 1997, is an international researeh agency that gathers information about the wildlife and natural habitats in various parts of the world. There is a qualified biologist in (ii) _____ of each team of volunteers and these carry out surveys all year round in some of the world’s remotest and most beautiful places. Volunteers come from all walks of life. The minimum age is 18 years, but there is no upper age (iii)  _____. No previous experience is necessary as Greenforce provides full training in animal identification and survey methods. You’ll need to be somebody who enjoys the outdoor life, however, as working in remote locations can be challenging. You’ll also need to be (iv) _____ about wildlife and prepared to learn a lot about the place you visit. Each expedition lasts for ten weeks, and training begins in the UK with a residential weekend where you can get a taste of expedition life and meet up with some of your team mates, as (v) _____ as learning about first- aid and basic survival skills. Each volunteer contributes 2,550 towards the cost of the expedition, but past volunteers say it is worth every penny.

(iv)_______

You may not like the noise, but you will have to put  ........

Many of the things we do depend on receiving information from other people. Catching a train, making a phone call and going to the cinema all involve information that is stored, processed and communicated. In the past, this information had to be kept on paper (i) _______  , for example, books, newspapers and timetables. Now, more and more information is put on computers. Computers play a role in our everyday lives, sometimes without US even realizing it. (ii) _______  the use of computers in both shops and offices. Big shops have to deal with very large amount of information. They have to make sure that there are enough goods on the shelves for customers to buy, they need to be ablcto reorder before (iii) _______ run out. A lot of office work in the past involved information on paper. Once it had been dealt with by people, the paper was (iv) _______ for future reference. This way of working was never particularly easy or fast. A computer system is much more (v) _______ .

(v)_______

He filled in the necessary forms and.........for the job. 

Travelling abroad is getting easier and easier for young people nowadays. If you take the time to talk to travel (i) _____.and shop around, some really good deals can be found. Eurorail and interrail are two travel cards which allow people aged 20 or under, unlimited travel in Europe, mainly by train. It’s quite a good idea to plan your (ii) _____ before you set off. Most young travelers stay on campsites or in youth hostels, as they are quite cheap. Unbelievable bargains can be found by last-minute bookings for charter flights. Remember to (iii) _____.with your luggage two hours before take-off forinternational flights. But don’t take too much with you or you won’t be able to carry it to the bus or taxi that will take you to your hotel. It is advisable to carry traveler’s cheques rather than cash, and keep them in a money belt around your waist. Look after your passport and tickets carefully. If disaster (iv) ______ .and all your valuables are stolen, contact your nearest (v) _____   .There they’ll help you with all the paperwork and make sure you get home safely.

(v)_____

There’s extensive historical evidence that our ancestors may have witnessed a massive invasion of Unidentified Flying Objects encroaching on their territories. These extraterrestrials are (i) _______ to have come into touch with the ancient earthly populations and helped them erect numerous magnificent structures or even establish glamorous empires. However, the present – day fascination with UFO was only instigated by the first widely (ii) _______ American sighting in Idaho in 1947. Since that time, countless other close encounters have been reported both by highly credible witnesses such as top – class pilots and less credible ones such as ordinary civilians. Thousands of people around the world maintain having come (iii) _______ to the visitors from outer space or to have been abducted for a scientific study inside their flying saucers. Although most of theseaccounts have been dismissed as fantasy or hallucinations, there’s (iv) _______ criticism from the public and media for ignoring the subject for too long. To many people, rejecting even the most inexplicable sightings or UFO encounters as luminous artificial objects, natural phenomena like auroras or even as meteorological balloons and satellites seems to be an irresponsible approach. Most of us would prefer to believe that there extraterrestrial guests are arriving from some remote galaxies to establish a peaceful relationship and possibly give us a fair warning against the consequences of our wasteful lifestyles. Yet, there’s another theory (v) _______ that the visitors’ attitude towards mankind isn’t so conciliatoryas the terrestrial populations. Doubtless, flying saucers still continue to be observed in many places of the world, triggering the imagination of UFO – maniacs. But, a large percentage of such sightings will remain beyond explanation until more convincing evidence is supplied by the true experts.

(iii)______-

It used to be thought that people could not swallow well in space, so the food programmes for astronauts consisted of bite – sized pieces of food pushed out of tubes. But now it is known that you can cat in space in the same way as on Earth. The physical constraints lie in the body of the spaceship rather than the body of the astronaut. Limited storage and cooking facilities, with no space or power to (i) _______  for complex food preparation, mean that the (ii) _______  for space nutritionists has gone beyond providing astronauts with food that is palatable and good for them. The solution has emerged in the form of dehydrated foods. Simply add water to the freeze – dried granules. With space flights often lasting more than a week, astronauts cannot live on granules alone. They also take pre- cooked meals scaled in bags, which they (iii) _______  up in a small oven. There are tastier than granules but, according to Dr. Helen Lane, a researeh putritionist, it is difficult to  get astronauts to cat as much as they need. It is partly that they are so busy but also because there is no stimulation. So tickling their taste buds is an uphill struggle, especially since one of the effects of zero gravity is to (iv) _______  the sense of smell. Weightlessness is an important consideration in space food because of the danger that the food might fragment and float off in different (v) _______  . “We need foods that coalesce”, says Dr. Lane. “Yoghurts, puddings sauces all hold together in large droplets. Your spoon may float away, but the food will stay on it.”

(v)_______

Choose a, b, c or d that best completes each unfinished sentence:

We would be glad  ____ the chance to meet her.

She acted as though she  .......  him before.

“Could you show me how this machine works, please?” “  ....................   ”

I feel tired. Therefore, I ______ to school.

Stories about how people somehow know when they are being watched have been going around for years. However, lew (i) _______ have been made to investigate the phenomenon scientifically. Now, with the completion of the largest ever study of the so-called staring effect, there is impressive evidence that this is a recognizable and genuine sixth sense. The study involved hundreds of children. For the experiments, they sat with their eyes covered and with their backs to other children, who were told to either stare at them or look away. The results consistently showed that the children who could not see were able to (ii) _______ when they were being stared at. In a total of 18,000 trials (iii) _______ worldwide, the children correctly sensed when they were being watched almost 70% of the time. The experiment was repeated with the added precaution of putting the children who were being watched outside the room, separated from the starers by the windows. This was done just in case there was some (iv) _______ going on, with the children telling each other whether they were looking or not. This prevented the possibility of sounds being transmitted between the children. The results, though less impressive, were more or less the same. Dr. Sheldrake, the biologist who designed the study, believes that the results are (v) _______ enough to find out through further experiments precisely how the staring effect might actually come about.

(iii)_______

I would have been here sooner but the rain kept me ......

Are you a fan of the popular logical puzzle that go by the name Sudoku? Even if you’re not, the chances are you know somebody who is. Once (i) _______ known outside Japan, this addictive brain teaser has become a common feature of newspaper puzzle pages all over the world. Sudoku’s great success owes much to its simplicity. The game (ii) _______ for neither mathematical ability nor general knowledge and there are just a few sentences of straightforward instructions to read before you can play. The only skill required is the ability to recognize the difference between nine different symbols, and these don’t even have to be numbers. Some clever marketing has helped the game. Western newspapers worked hard at promoting the game Without this, it is unlikely that it would have (iii) _______ off and become quite such a runaway success. The same also benefited from its Japanese name that made people in many parts of the world regard. It as a superior kind of puzzle compared to those you usually find in newspapers and magazines. But the popularity of Sudoku reached a peak in 2006, if the number of (iv) _______  on one leading website is anything to go by. Newspapers responded by (v) _______ up with new kinds of logical puzzles, all with simple rules and Japanese names. But for true Sudoku fans, only the real thing will do.

(v)_____

Child workers, some as young as 10, have been found working in a textile factory in conditions described as close to slavery to produce clothes that appear destined for one of the major high street retailers. Speaking to a British newspaper, the children described long hours of (i) _______ work and threats and beatings. The company said it was unaware that clothing intended for its stores had been improperly (ii) _______  to a sweatshop that used child labour. It further announced the alleged breaches of the ethical code it imposed on manufacturers three years ago. The discovery of these children working in appalling conditions in the Shahpur Jat area of Delhi has renewed concerns about the (iii) _______ by some large retail chains of their garment production to India, recognized by the United Nations as one of the world’s hotspots for child labour. According to one estimate, over 20 per cent of India’s economy is (iv) _______ on children, which comes to a total of 50 million youngster under 14 working. Consumers in the West should not only be demanding answers from retailers about how theứ (v) _______ are produced but also be looking into their consciences at how they spend their money and whether cheap prices in the west are worth the suffering caused to so many children.

(v)_____

History is full of inventions that looked good at the time, but which nobody wanted to buy. New ideas may fail for one of several reasons. Firstly, there are those which do not (i) _____ work very well when put to the lest. Then, there are the ideas which are good in themselves, but which do not fulfill a real (ii) _____. In other words people can do without them, so do not buy them. A third group are those which prove to be too expensive to manufacture. But none of these reasons explains why, in the 1990s, no new technology was (iii) _____ in replacing (iv) _____ for the home. During this time, a number of alternative technologies were invented that could have replaced the CD, but none of them (v) _____ on. The new ideas worked, were not costly to make and would have provided consumers with higher quality recordings. Despite all this, few people bought them. And this can only be explained by the fact that people who had invested in CD players and discs of their favorite music did not think the improvement in quality on offer was great enough to make it worth the effort and expense ofchanging.

(v)_______

It is necessary that children  ......  of their old parents.