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Open Cloze

For questions 1-15, read the text below and type the word which best fits in each space. Use only one
word in each space. There is an example below:
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Stress
Stress (0) ... often called a 21st century illness but it has always been with us if perhaps (1) ... different
names. These days we regard stress (2) ... a necessary evil of modern living. Yet stress is not negative and
without (3) ... we would not enjoy some of the highpoints in life (4) ... as the anticipation before a date or
the tension leading (5) ... to an important match. All these situations produce stress but (6) ... you can
control it and not the other way (7) ... you will feel stimulated, not worn (8) ... Unlike these situations,
which are generally positive and easier to deal with, sitting in a train (9) ... is late, (10) ... stuck in a traffic
jam, working to a tight deadline are (11) ... harder to manage and control. Stress is now recognised as a
medical problem and as a signficant factor (12) ... causing coronary heart disease, high blood pressure and
a high cholesterol count. Patients are often unwilling to admit to stress problems (13) ... they feel they are
a form of social failure and it is important that symptoms (14) ... identified in order to avoid unnecessary
suffering. So what should we be looking out for as danger signals? Common signs of stress are increased
tiredness, irritability and (15) ... inability to cope with certain situations.

Thai Food
No other national cuisine has enjoyed quite the degree of popularity that Thai food (1) .......... Ten years
ago it was a rarity in Europe and the United States and (2) .......... that it was virtually unknown. Now Thai
cooking has (3) .......... one of the Wests favourite exotic styles of cooking. As well as the growing
(4) .......... of Thai restaurants throughout the world, there has been an increase little (5) .......... little in the
availability of ingredients on supermarket shelves. (6) .......... Western cooks it is becoming quite practical
to try authentic versions of Thai dishes at home. One of the things that makes Thai cooking (7) .......... a
challenge is the sheer variety of types of dish. Thai food lies between Chinese and Indian cuisine, with
influences (8) .......... Burma, Cambodia and Malaysia, each of (9) .......... has had an effect on Thailand at
different stages of (10) .......... history. Some of the ingredients come from (11) .......... afield. Chillies, to
give (12) .......... one example, are originally from Central and South America but were incorporated
quickly (13) .......... the national diet. Taken all (14) .........., these influences from abroad have (15) ..........
Thai cooking a strongly regional set of cuisines.

Pre-History
That fragment of pottery, that little piece of bone or the remains of an early human tool are (1) ... often the
only evidence we have of our early history. However, (2) ... a consequence of the work of archaeologists
and others in this field, we have (3) ... the years built (4) ... an extremely good understanding of early
human development. This is the case (5) ... the fact that there is no written evidence of the period we term
Pre-History. (6) ... is startling to note is that this period, which predates the invention of writing, accounts
(7) ... 99% of human existence. It was (8) ... this time that discoveries that shaped the human race were
made, early settlements created that (9) ... to become our major cities and (10) ... general was the time
when the very foundations of human civilisation were laid. The evidence of our pre-history can be found
everywhere, from remnants of human existence buried deep in the ground (11) ... ancient pathways and
burial grounds. The first and easiest place to start your exploration of prehistory is of (12) ... your local
museum, particularly (13) ... you are interested in discovering more about the area where you live. You
may (14) ... have a local archaeological group that would be prepared to let you work (15) ... a volunteer.

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