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READING COMPREHENTION

NUMBER 1 Most (1)________ the addicts are men. They come home (2)________ work, eat their meal quickly and then spend the evening (3)______ their computers. Some of them make programs, (4)________ most of them just play games. Some wives say the computer is killing their marriage. Their husbands play until three(5)______ four o'clock (6)______ the morning and all weekend. People call these lonely wives "computer widows". When television became popular (7)______ the 1950s, doctors said it caused "television neck", "TV eyes" and other new illnesses. Now it is the home computer. People say it causes headaches, backaches and makes their eyes tired. But worst (8)______ all, it is addictive. That means it is (9)______ drinking, smoking or taking drugs. Some people can't stop (10)________ it. Your answers:

NUMBER 2

The relationship (1) __________________ students and teachers is less formal in the USA(2) ________________ in many other countries. American students do not stand up when their teachers enter the room. Students are encouraged to ask questions during class, to stop in the teacher’s office for extra help, and to phone if they (3) ________________ absent. Most teachers allow students to enter class late or leave (4) ________________ if necessary. Despite the lack of formality, students are still expected to (5) ______________ polite to their teachers and fellow classmates.

When students want to ask questions, they usually raise a hand and wait to be called(6) _________________. When a test is being given, talking to a classmate is not only rude(7) ________________ also risky. Most American teachers consider that students (8) _______________ are talking to each other during a test are cheating.

NUMBER 3 In Britain, the issue of whether or (1) ____________ children should be made to wear school uniform has been hotly debated (2) ____________ many years. Newspapers frequently include reports of children being sent home (3) ____________ they were not wearing the right style of shoes (4) ____________ the wrong colour of pullover. In Brtain, There is no national uniform policy; it’s the responsibility of each head teacher to decide if their students should wear a uniform, and if so, to lay down exactly (5) ____________ that uniform should consist of.

In Japan, there is a strict uniform policy in all schools. Boys in secondary schools wear a dark jacket (6) ____________ buttons down the front and a high collar, and girls wear a blue and white uniform based (7) ____________ a nineteenth-century sailor suit. There is a correct length for girls’ skirts and teachers will sometimes use a tape measure to check (8) ____________. In Japan, as in many other countries, children find ways of bending the uniform rules.

In the USA, uniforms were introduced in some urban areas in the 1980s in an attempt to prevent students bullying each (9) ____________ simply because of the cothes

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they were wearing. Within a decade about 25 per cent of (10) ____________ primary school pupils and 12 per cent of secondary students were wearing uniforms.

NUMBER 4

Learning a language is, in some way, like (1) __________________ how to fly or play the piano. There (2) _________________ important differences, but there is a very important similarity. It is this: learning how to do such things needs lots (3) ___________ practice. It is never simply to “know” something. You must be able to “do” things with what (4) ___________ know. For example, it is not enough simply to read a book on (5) ______________ to fly an aero plane. A (6) ___________ can give you lots of information about how to fly, but if only read a book and then try to (7) _____________ without a great deal of practice first, you will crash and kill (8) ____________ . The same is true of (9) ______________ the piano. So you think it is enough simply to read about it? Can you play the piano without having lots of (10) _________________ …