| Tim liked going to the zoo. One day his mother said: “We’re going to a different place today, Tim. It’s an animal shelter. I’m sure you _______ it.” | LIKE
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| The place was much __________________ than a zoo, but clean and well kept. There were volunteers in special uniforms. One of them showed Tim and his mum round the shelter. | SMALL
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| Lots of animals __________________ there. | KEEP |
| Cats and dogs made up most of the population, but there were also horses, monkeys, __________________ and other animals. | FOX
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| Each of the animals had its own story written on a sign next to its cage or enclosure. All the stories were sad – the animals had either been abandoned by _______ owners or saved by the animal police from cruel treatment. | THEY
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| “If people __________________ more responsible for their pets, we wouldn’t have so much work here,” the volunteer remarked. | BE |
| “But unfortunately some people ______ that animals are not toys.” | NOT UNDERSTAND |
| Tim’s mother thanked the volunteer and _______ a donation. Shelters always needed money to pay for the animals’ food and medical care. | MAKE
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| On the way home Tim told his mother that he __________________ to go to the shelter again, not only to watch but also to help the volunteers. | WANT
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| People are afraid of lots of __________________things. There are many different kinds of fears called phobias. | USUAL
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| They affect at least a quarter of the __________________. | POPULATE |
| The ____________treatment for people with strong phobias is some kind of therapy. In most cases it doesn’t work but doctors still believe that phobias can be cured. | TRADITION |
| _____ they have discovered a drug which can help people to overcome their phobias. | RECENT |
| It doesn’t work for everybody but when it does, it is very __________. | EFFECT |
| People who take the pill feel much better – most of their fears _________. | APPEAR |
| Tracey was very unhappy and scared. She was starting a new school. “I ________ to go to school today,” Tracey told her father. | NOT WANT |
| “I understand, Tracey,” he said. “Starting a new school can be very difficult. But you have to.” A month before _____ family had moved to a new town and everything was still new and strange for Tracey. | THEY
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| Dad smoothed Tracey’s hair down and ___________ her a little hug, | GIVE |
| “When your classes __________________ over, I’ll pick you up, ok?” | BE |
| When Tracey got to school and looked at the big building, she thought, “I wish I __________________ run away,” but she knew it was impossible. | CAN
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| She took a deep breath and walked up the steps to school. She went straight into her ___ grade classroom. | FIVE
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| “That must be Tracey,” “Hello, Tracey!”, “Welcome, Tracey!” the __________________ in the room welcomed her. | CHILD
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| Everyone seemed friendly and Tracey felt a little __________________. | GOOD |
| The father picked her up after school. “How was your day?” he asked. To his surprise Tracey answered that she __ her new school. “You are a brave girl,” her father said. “I’m proud of you.” | LIKE
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| Dr Michael Werner says that he has eaten nothing for four years. The German _________ explains that he gets all his energy from sunlight. | SCIENCE |
| He says he prefers only _____________water and different fruit juices. | DRINK |
| Dr Werner has written an ____________ book about his experiences. | EXCITE |
| In it he mentions that when he started the experiment he even put on weight. He says, “I can’t really give an _______of what’s happening to me; perhaps I just believe in my theory.” | EXPLAIN |
| Dr Werner’s colleagues say that only plants can produce energy from the sun, and they cannot explain how he is able to stay __________________. | HEALTH |
| “This case, __________________, needs a lot more research before we will be able to explain it,” they say. | PROBABLE |
| English, Welsh, Scottish…all these languages sound familiar. But I’m sure you ____of Cornish. | NOT HEAR |
| I wish I __________________ it, like my Granny does. | KNOW |
| Cornish is a Celtic language, used in Cornwall, a county in south-west England. ___________ ago, when the Anglo-Saxons invaded Britain, many Celts moved to the mountain areas. | CENTURY |
| Some Celts even ____________ the country completely and settled in France. | LEAVE |
| Speakers of Cornish stayed in the south-west. There the language ______ until the late 1700s. But the number of speakers got smaller and the language almost disappeared. | SPEAK
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| At the beginning of the ________ century, academics became interested in Cornish and started to study the ancient texts. From those old documents they managed to restore the language! | TWENTY |
| Nowadays, if you visit Cornwall, you will hear a lot of it. The language _______ as an option in many universities, and students themselves choose to learn it. | OFFER
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| Like I did. I think it’s the __________________ language I have ever learnt, but it’s interesting and it sounds very nice. | DIFFICULT |
| I believe the Cornish language __________________. | SURVIVE |
| Learning languages is becoming a popular hobby with children and adults. It’s not only interesting but very __________________, too. | USE |
| Foreign languages improve memory and develop __________________. | IMAGINE |
| People who are able to speak two or more languages __________________ are usually more successful than their monolingual colleagues. | FLUENT |
| They are better in making business and __________________ contacts. | PERSON |
| They are more __________________ and they are better at solving conflicts as they are able to accept new ideas and different points of view. | CREATE |
| Foreign languages make life more __________________ and colourful. | INTEREST |
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