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COFFEE
Many people around the world like (0) ____ coffee. In Britain, for example, people drink
about 60 million cups of coffee (11) _______ day. In some countries, like Italy, people
like (12)_____ small cup of strong coffee, usually without milk. In other countries, like
the USA, people have coffee made (13) _____ a lot of milk and sugar.

Coffee first arrived (14)______ Britain in the 17th century. Many coffee houses (15)
_____ then. But Only rich men went to (16) ______ places to meet friends, talk and do
business. Women did not go to coffee houses (17) ________ they were much too
dangerous. Today coffee is (18)_______ than before and people drink it anywhere, at
home, at work and in cafes.
 My Love of Traveling by Sam Harris
I grew up in Australia and was introduced to traveling at an early age. We moved
around a lot because of my father’s work. My main hobby was radios - I repaired
old sets and listened to various programs from around the world. I had a map of
the world on my bedroom wall with pins on it and I wrote postcards to
foreign radio stations. I was an only child and I didn't have many friends; instead
I tried to contact the outside world. We didn't have a television, so what I
learned came from the radio and from encyclopedias. By the age of 13, I could
draw maps of countries from memory and name all the capital cities.

I didn't actually leave Australia until I was twenty-five, when I went on a long trip
through Asia. I arrived in Thailand thinking I was well prepared, but in fact, I
knew little about its rich culture. Then I went to India, where my taste for
adventure and different experiences grew. Every city there was different; there
were cows on the streets, old cars interesting food and people everywhere.

I went from country to country without realizing how dangerous some of them
were at the time. There was very little advice available. But now it's different -
you can learn so much from the internet and just about everywhere you go,
you'll find an internet cafe. It’s really changed the way people travel.

The things I now like most about a trip are eating and shopping. I also love
sitting on trains and talking to different people. I’m sure I'll never get bored with
traveling, even though I've explored most countries in the world
TOMATOES

Tomato is the world’s … (0)… popular fruit. And yes, scientifically … (26)… , it is a fruit
… (27)… a vegetable. More than 60 million tons of tomatoes are produced … (28)…
year, 16 million tons more than the banana, the … (29)… one in popularity.

Tomatoes were first … (30)… by the Aztecs and Incas. Explorers returning from Mexico
introduced the tomato … (31)… Europe in 1556. The French called … (32)… “The
apple of love”, the Germans, “The apple of paradise”.

Tomatoes are … (33)… in vitamins A and C, and are fat free. An average size tomato
has only 35 calories. In addition, new medical… (34)… suggests that eating tomatoes
might prevent cancer.

Tomatoes are … (35)… in many food products as pasta and pizza. According to a
survey from 1997, 68% of chefs use canned tomatoes because of their quality and
taste. It hasn’t changed much since.




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The ozone Layer is a ‘blanket’ ...(0)… the earth. It protects ...(1)… from the sun’s
ultraviolet (UV) rays. The problem is that there is a hole in the Ozone layer over
Antarctica. Humans made that hole ...(2)… people use some products ...(3)…
have terrible effects on the ozone. Scientists say that this year ...(4)… hole
broke all records: it is the ...(5)… in history. It is 27.4 million km2. Why is this
hole ...(6)… big? One reason is that the clouds over the South Pole carry chlorine
(CI) and that gas slowly eliminates the ozone. Now people are thinking more
about the ozone. They are ...(7)… other substances and in some years, ...(8)…
will remember what the ‘ozone hole’ was.
Queen Elizabeth
The first Elizabeth to be queen __1__ England lived in the time of William
Shakespeare, __2__ five hundred years ago.
Her father was Henry the __3__ , a king who was famous __4__ he had six wives.
(Not all __5__ the same time of course!) Elizabeth's mother was Anne Boleyn, a
beautiful and intelligent woman. __6__ she could not give the king a son, so Henry
took another wife.
For many years Elizabeth's life was in danger because __7__ the political and
religious problems of the time. However, she __8__ queen, and was queen of
England for over forty years.
Ghosts.
__1__ you believe in ghosts? Did you ever see one? Somebody once __2__
that ghosts are like true love - everyone talks about it, but __3__ ever sees it.

Many __4__ believe that if somebody dies in a way that is not natural, their
spirit remains at the __5__ where they died.

It is easy not to believe __6__ ghosts in the day. But at __7__ in the morning,
many people change their __8__ !
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In 1957, an engineering company started studying the possibility to join Britain and
France through a tunnel under the sea. It would have two trains for passengers as
well as a small service train. In 1973 the ideas went into action and the hard work
began. A short time later, they were stopped because there wasn’t enough money
to complete the project.
In 1984, several companies showed their ideas to re-start the project: two variations
of railway, a road and a big bridge over the English Channel. The chosen project
was the railway solution that was very similar to the one presented back in 1973.
This time with help from both the British and French, a private company began the
construction.
On January 20th 1986, the company TransMancheLink (TML) said that a long tunnel
would be constructed. They chose a route from Folkestone in England to Calais in
France. This wasn’t the shortest possible way and the company needed to work
harder than 13 years before.

It took seven years to complete the Eurotunnel and about 13,000 people worked on it.

The two ends of the smallest platform met on December 1st 1990 and lots of journalists
and photographers went to the opening ceremony. Later, in 1991 the two long trains
met. The hard work continued and three years later the project was completed.
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JAZZ
By Katie Atkins, aged 14

I play the trumpet in my school jazz band. Last month we held a jazz competition with bands from local high schools
– and our band won!

Each band had their own costumes, ranging from black school uniforms like my band wore, to brightly-coloured T-
shirts. We didn’t look much like adult professional bands, but all of us were used to performing in competitions, so
the quality of playing was amazing, especially considering everyone was so young. Players from each band even
created new tunes right there on stage. It was exciting to watch – but even better when my band played on stage!

We have a great jazz band at my school, but not everyone who wants to play in it gets accepted – only about half, in
fact. But anyone who’s keen to play goes to jazz practice before school, and we often spend time together after
school, listening to jazz and learning its language. There are also trips to jazz summer camps across the country –
I’ve been to a couple and learnt a lot.

Adults are often surprised that young people are getting interested in jazz. My music teacher thinks it’s because pop
music isn’t challenging enough for people like me who are serious about music. But I find it exciting because it’s
both new and old at the same time – you can create your own music, but you also feel you’re part of its history, as
you’re playing on stage in the same way as great jazz performers before you.

My school’s really lucky because we have great teachers, and parents who’ve supported us all the way. Without
them, we’d never get anywhere with our music!
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 The Airport man
Yesterday Ahmed (0) ___________ his home for the first time in eleven years. But his home is a very
unusual one – he has (1) _________ the last eleven years living in an international airport- Ahmed had
no family in his own country, so eleven years ago he set off to search (2) _________ his sister who
lived in Scotland. He hadn’t heard from her for (3) __________, but he had an old address. He never (4)
__________ Scotland, however, because while he was (5) __________ for a connecting flight, all his
documents (6) ___________ stolen and he had to ask for new ones. (7) __________ he had nowhere to go,
he stayed in the airport. After a (8) __________ weeks, he was still there. He became (9) _________ as “Sir
George” and all the airport staff liked him. Eleven years (10) __________ his documents arrived and he
was free to go. But he no longer wanted to!
 A BOOK I RECOMMEND
I found Escape from Time by Andy Treen very exciting and I really (0) .............. reading it. It's a story
(1) .............. a boy called Troy who goes on a journey to (2) .............. for his friend Zyra. It wasn't what
I had expected, although I am interested (3) .............. science fiction. I thought this story would be like
films I had seen, but I (4) .............. after a few pages that it was (5) .............. interesting than a film.
Troy goes to many places and times. He (6) .............. his knowledge with different
(7) .............. of people and learns new skills from them. Then he moves on. The last part of the book
(8) ..............the meeting between Troy and Zyra when they are both caught by some space criminals
from the future. But that's enough information from me (9) ..............I don't want to spoil it for you.
It's really quite (10) .............. , too, with some excellent jokes about time travel in it.
 Fashions go around and round
Fashions have always changed with time. No (0) .............. Roman girls worried about having the
latest hairstyle and boys in Ancient Egypt wanted to have sandals (1) ..............were cool and not the
sensible ones their mothers preferred
Looking (2) .............. over recent times, there seem to be two main differences in the (3) ..............
fashions have changed compared to earlier times. Firstly, (4) .............. more people have a choice of
clothes available to them. There are few places (5) .............. the world where the trainers, the caps or
the T-shirts of teenagers do not change from one year to the next. Secondly, styles are (6) ..............
within a much shorter time than they (7) ..............to be. For instance, in the 1960’s, (8) ..............had
the same low waists and narrow skirts as forty years before.
In the early year of the 21st century, the shops are (9) .............. of long skirts and colored scarves like
the ones in fashion only thirty years before. Soon, we will find that the really fashionable people
look no different from the (10) .............. of us, because it is only ten years since their clothes were in
fashion before!
 CHICHEN ITZA

Chichen Itza is the second (0) ________ visited of Mexico’s archaeological sites. This
place is visited by many people (11) _________ the popular tourist town of Cancun,
(12) __________make a day trip on tourist buses. In 2007, Chichen Itza’s El Castillo
was (13) __________ one of the Seven Wonders of the World (14) __________ an
international vote. The tourism officials in Mexico were happy about this (15)
__________ now think that the number of tourists visiting Chichen Itza (16)
__________ double by 2012.
(17) __________ monuments have closed to the public over the past few years. While
visitors can walk (18) __________ them, they can no longer climb or go inside.
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Many people are increasingly thirsty for what is considered the healthiest, and often
most expensive, water on the grocery shelf. However, instead of consuming four billion
gallons of bottled water a year, we need to start thinking about what all those bottles
are doing to the planet.

Water bottles, made from natural gas and petroleum, are bad for the environment
because their production wastes valuables resources. The Earth Policy Institute in the US
has calculated that it takes about 1.5 million barrels of oil to make the water bottles
Americans use each year. And unfortunately, only about 23 percent of bottles are used
again.

In fact, bottled water isn't necessary because most municipal water is so good that
nobody needs to imports a single bottle. Drinking eight glasses of bottled water a day
could cost up to $1,400 annually. The same amount of tap water would cost about 49
cents.

Another serious problem is that the more bottled people drink, the less political support
there will be for maintaining public water supplies. Access to cheap, clean water is basic
to a country's health.

Some local governments in the US have begun to fight back. Recently, San Francisco s
Mayor prohibited his city's departments and agencies from buying bottled water.
Likewise, a similar order has been given in Salt Lake City. The real change, though, will
come when millions of people realize that they can save money and the planet, if they
only stop drinking bottled water and turn on the tap.

People should be aware that the country has some of the best public water supplies in
the world.
Colombia's Guadua
Bamboo has (0)________ most perfect structure that exists in
nature. Guadua, a very tall strong (26) ________ of bamboo, has
been of (27) ________ use. People have used guadua to build their
homes as guadua is not expensive, it (28) ________ easily, and is
very solid.

Guadua has been planted (29) ________ Colombians in rural areas for building their
homes, but Guadua is (30) ________ beautiful that it is being sent to other countries. It
can be (31) ______ for Windows, roofs, stairs, or creative arts. In a local newspaper
article, a journalist writes, “ the fibers inside guadua are long and strong. (32)
________ , it deserves to be(33) ________ the plant of steel."

As part of Colombian culture, (34) ________ songs have been written about this plant,
one of(35) ________ says, “The guadua cries because it has a heart"