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Stories about how people somehow know when they are being watched have been going around for centuries. However, few (31) ________ have been made to study the phenomenon scientifically. Now, with the accomplishment of the largest ever research of the so-called staring effect, there is striking indication that this is a recognizable and (32) ________ sixth sense. The research elaborates thousands of kids. For the research, they stood with their eyes covered and with their backs to other youngsters, who were told to either stare at them or look away. The outcomes constantly revealed that the kids who could not see were able to (33) ________ when they were being stared at. In total of 14.000 experiments (34) ________ globally, the teenagers (35) ________ sensed when they were being watched almost 81% of the time.
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Colleges in the UK have not always has a large quantity of libraries. As________(44) as 1967 about half of the colleges in the UK had no libraries at all. The________(45) of public college libraries increased dramatically when the federal government passed the Education Act of 1968,________(46) given money for college districts to advance their education programs and facilities, including their libraries. ________(47), many educationalist said that since the legislation was passed federal spending has not increased sufficiently to meet the rising ________(48) of new library technologies such as computer database and Internet access.
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After years of cooler climate, the days get longer, the buds (31)________ in the trees, birds sing, and the world (32) ________ a green dress. Springtime passes (33) ________ summer. The whole world knows that summer will not (34) ________ forever. The magic of all the spells in the world cannot keep it for us. The flowers blossom, the lesves turn yellow and then drop to the ground, (35) ________ the world turns into autumn whether people ike it or not.
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Human beings have a strong need to put their experiences and difficulties into confrontations. That is why everyone (32)________ a ‘friendly ear’ – somebody who eager to listen to their dilemmas and joys. Nevertheless few individuals (33)________ how complicated listening skill is. To be a good listener needs great powers of concentration, which can only be grown through practice.
There are two reasons why listening is often such hard (34)________ . The first is merely that people much prefer to speak. How often have you missed what someone has said because you were thinking about what you were going to say in response? The second reason is that people speak too slowly. The typical speed is about 125 words per minute, (35)________ is not fast enough for the human brain. It allows too much time for the concentration to fail, as the brain tries to keep itself busy with others, unrelated thoughts.
Next time you are in a listening situation, try to guess what the utterer is going to say. Ask yourself questions about what is being said, and (36)________ if the speaker answers them. Finally, make quick sum-ups in your mind of the main points that have been made. All of these stuffs will help you focus on and make you a better listener.
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Early writing and Alphabets
When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet. Instead, they drew small pictures to (31) _______ the objects they were writing about. This was very slow because there was a different picture for any word.
The Ancient Egyptians had a system of picture writing that was described hieroglyphics. The meaning of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799 some scientists (32) _______ a stone near Alexandria, in Egypt. The stone had been there for (33) _______ a thousand years. It had both Greek and hieroglyphics on it and researchers were finally able to understand what the hieroglyphics meant.
An alphabet is quite different from picture writing. It (34) _______ of letters or symbols that represent a sound and each sound is just part of one word. The Phoenicians, who lived about 3,000 years ago, developed the modern alphabets. It was later improved by the Roman’s and this alphabet is now used (35) _______ throughout the world.
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Mobile phones emit microwave radio emissions. Investigators are questioning whether exposure to these radio waves might (31) ________ to brain cancer. So far, the figures are not final. The precise evidence does not enable us to say in certain that mobile phones are definitely safe. On the other hand, recent research has not yet (32) ________ clear adverse effect associated with the prolonged use of mobile phones.
Many studies are now going (33) ________ in numerous countries. Some of the results are contradictory but the others have shown an association between mobile phone use and cancer. However, these studies are preliminary and the issue needs further, long – term investigation.
(34) ________ the scientific data is more definite, it is advisable for people to try not to use mobile phone for long periods of time. Don’t think that hands free phones are any safer either. At the moment, research is in fact showing the opposite and they may be just as hazardous. It is also thought that young people (35) ________ bodies are still growing may be at particular risk.
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Magnets
A solid object that has the power to attract iron and some metals is called a magnet. It does this through its magnetic field, a region of force surrounding it. The (1) _______ the magnet, the more intense is the field.
Objects that are attracted to the magnet feel a force (2) _______ as magnetism when they are inside the magnetic field. This magnetic force can pass through some materials. Even a weak magnet will attract a pin to the other side of a sheet of paper, for example.
Magnets come in (3) _______ shapes. A familiar one is the curved horseshoes magnet. There are also bar magnets in the form of disc or a stubby cylinder. Every magnet has (4) _______ poles, called north and south, at opposite ends of it: at the two ends of a horseshoes magnet, for example, or on the two sides of a disc.
Powerful magnets can be made by passing an electric current through wire coiled around a piece of iron. The (5) _______ is called and electromagnet. Magnets are used in many household and everyday devices. They are also commonly used in industrial machinery, usually in the form of electromagnets.
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One of the most important (31) ________ of a standardized test is time. You’ll only be allowed a certain number of minutes for each section, so it is very essential that you use your time wisely. The most significant time strategy is pacing yourself. Before you initiate, take just a few seconds to review the test, noting the number of questions and the sections that looks easier than the rest. Then, make a rough time plan based (32) ________ the amount of time available to you. Mark the halfway point on your test and make a memo beside that mark of the time when the testing period is half over.
Once you start the test, continue moving. If you work slowly in an attempt to make fewer mistakes, your mind will become bored and begin to wander. You’ll end up with far (33) ________ mistakes if you’re not concentrating. If you take too long to answer questions that stump you, you may end up running out of time before you finish. So don’t stop for difficult questions. Skip them and move on. You can come back to them later if you have time. A question that takes you five seconds to answer counts as much as one that takes you several minutes, so pick up the easy points first. (34) ________, answering the easier questions first helps build your confidence and gets you in the testing groove. If you’re a little ahead, you know you’re on track and may even have a little time left to check your work. If you’re a little behind, you have several choices. You can pick up the pace a little, but do this only if you can do it (35) ________.
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THE STX UNIVERSITY
The STX University was generated in 1998 to give people who cannot afford to join regular courses of education, the opportunity of studying and (31) ________a university diploma or degree. They are home-based learners and their academic performance is assessed by (32) ________of written examinations or project work. Most STX University students join in study while also holding down a job or coping with a busy home life. They study in order to update their job skills or for personal (33) ________.
At the heart of most courses is a (34) ________of specially written and professionally printed textbooks and workbooks which students receive by post. On many of the courses, students are expected to watch television programmes on the CNN or discovery network, which are usually broadcast in the early hours of the morning. The aim of these programmes is to develop and broaden the study experience, (35) ________students do not have to rely only on the printed material they are sent.
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In this age of (31) _______ telephone networks and electronic mail, it seems that fewer and fewer people are taking time to sit down and write letters to friends and relatives. For hundreds of years, letters were the only way to keep (32) _______ people who were any distance away and letter-writing was seen as an important skill for all learned people to master.
Gradually, (33) _______, the importance of writing letters is decreasing to a point that majority of us have to make a special effort to turn out something worthwhile when we apply for a job or make a complaint. In business circles the tendency is for routine communications to become shorter. Even though clients may appreciate a detailed letter, an employee who sends out long letters is often regarded as (34) _______. Many people prefer the telephone in all circumstances and its speed is essential in many situations, but (35) _______ have you put the telephone down, dissatisfied with what you have managed to say? I don’t think I’ll throw my pen away ye
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We've had _________ problems with our new computer that we had to send it back to the shop.
We've had _________ problems with our new computer that we had to send it back to the shop.
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