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Love it or hate it, television is a part of our lives. Parents use it as a babysitter for their children, teenagers watch it so they can (1)         it with their friends at school

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Love it or hate it, television is a part of our lives. Parents use it as a babysitter for their children, teenagers watch it so they can (1)   ​ (a)      it with their friends at school and many old people (2)   ​ (b)          it for company. We all watch it, but are we really just wasting our time?

TV is certainly an easy way of passing the time. All we have to do is to turn it on and watch. It's easier than reading a book or doing exercise. It can make us lazy and it can become addictive. (3)​ (c)   , many programmes don't do anything to improve our lives. There are many arguments to support the idea that we (4)​ (d)   too much time watching TV. However, in our busy lives we need time to relax and   forget our problems. TV is the perfect way of doing this. Moreover, not all programmes on TV are rubbish. There are plenty of programmes that teach us things and make us (5)​ (e)   . If we choose  the right programmes, TV can be a very good use of our time.

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CITIES GOING GREEN

As more and more people concentrate in cities, planners are looking for ways to transform cities into better living spaces, (34)​ ​ (a)   can be done by improving existing infrastructure while also creating more public (35​ ) ​​ ​ (b)   that are both beautiful and green. This can be hard to accomplish, especially in cities with a haphazard fashion. Some cities have been created with the idea of a green city as the goal.

One such city, Masdar City in the United Arab Emirates, aims to become a model for (36) ​ (c)   cities to follow. It is being known as a truly green city that relies strictly on renewable sources such as solar energy to provide all of its energy needs. (37)​​ (d)   ​ , it will be a zero waste city in which everything that is used can be recycled. Whether it will truly (38) ​ (e)   its goal remains to be seen, but it will also act as an experiment for environmentally friendly areas to be tested.

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Emmeline Pankhurst (1858 - 1928) was born into a very wealthy family. Her parents were both politically active. As she grew older, Emmeline noticed that women were treated (1)​ ​ (a)   _____ to men. Since then, she decided to devote her life to changing that. She is remembered (2)​ (b)   ______ one of many women who fought hard to help women gain the right to vote. In her twenties, Emmeline joined a group of suffragists, who wanted to achieve equal voting rights for women by peaceful means. (3)​ (c)   ______, she used violent methods to get their message heard. Their tactics for attracting attention included smashing shop windows, damaging public (4)​ (d)   ______, and organizing marches. This got many women in trouble with the police.

In 1914, the First World War began. Emmeline encouraged women to take up roles in factories in support of the men who were fighting. When the war ended in 1918, the Representation of the People Act was introduced, giving women over the age of 30 who owned property the right to vote. Although Emmeline lived to see some women (5)​ ​ (e)   ______ the right to vote, she died on 14 June 1928, just a few weeks before a law was passed giving all women over 21 years of age the right to vote.

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Water is of vital importance to all living things. Without it, all living things will surely die. We also use a great (34)​ (a)   __________ of water daily in our homes, in factories, and in power stations. Most of this water is fresh water and it comes to US from reservoirs, rivers and lakes.

The Earths surface is (35) ​ (b)   __________by large areas of water which we call oceans and seas. If you have tasted the water from the sea, you will know that, unlike fresh water, seawater tastes salty. This is due to the (36)​ ​ (c)   __________of sodium chloride (37)​ (d)   ______ comes from the land. Rivers carry it to the sea.

Although neither salt nor fresh water has any color, the sea often looks blue in the sunlight. The reason is that sunlight is made up of many colors. Some colors disappear quickly in the sea but blue light bounces back or is reflected, to the surface. This makes the sea look blue. (38) ​ (e)   __________, a stormy sky will make the sea look grey.

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Feminists are fighting for women's ______ to earn the same pay as men.

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We suggest having a craft fair to ______ money for the remote schools.

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The parents wanted their children ______ more time learning.

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"How often do you shop for groceries, Jane?"
"I do the shopping ______."

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People like shopping online ______ it's convenient and fast.

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