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A hard task

I barely made the 8:30 a.m. Saturday train to Huntington, a town on the north shore of Long Island. The railroad stopped service because of the snowfall the night before; sleepy commuters wearing smart suits crowded in the train. They seemed really tired and eager to get home and finally (30) __________ the rest of the weekend with their families.

I had planned on using this one-hour train ride to get a good start on a short story I was (31) __________ to submit to a magazine on Monday morning.

But standing there, sandwiched between a stroller and an exhausted businessman, I couldn’t even get my journal out of my backpack. It was absolutely impossible to compose my thoughts on its pages. Of course, it was a (32) __________ for me as I was forced to relax instead of struggling with my blank journal pages.

Frankly (33) __________, I’d been struggling to come up with an idea for the story for days, my thoughts circling aimlessly in the warehouse of my mind.

The harder I (34) __________ for the idea, the emptier my head seemed.

And then, unexpectedly, as I was trying hard to maintain my balance, pressed against the bathroom door and a crowd of commuters, I finally got an idea – or rather, an idea for how to get an idea. I decided that by the end of (35) __________ adventure I have this weekend, I will write a short story about it.

I told my friend Bennett about my decision when I was getting inside his car at the station. And the two of us set (36) __________ on our adventure.

32. 1) refund 2) revenge 3) relief 4) regret

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A famous athlete

Victoria Green is a tennis player who holds the most combined major titles among active players. But how did she (30) __________ to get all of those cups?

She dominates the court with her strength and agility. Her serve is (31) __________ one of the best serves in women's tennis history.

She serves with power and places the ball with accuracy. At Wimbledon in 2010, Green not only won the tournament, but she also (32) __________ the tournament's record when she served 100 aces throughout her matches in the tournament!

Green uses her mental strength and resilience to win tennis matches. Victoria has made incredible comebacks in her career. In the 2013 US Open Final, she was losing to her opponent towards the end of the game. (33) __________ she was two points away from losing the whole match, Green did not give up.

Finally, she made a comeback and won the championship! Her victories in high-pressure tournaments illustrate her remarkable focus and (34) __________.

Victoria Green continues to play professional tennis and also runs her own businesses. She has been on the cover of many popular magazines. She has also created her own charitable organization that (35) __________ educational opportunities for underprivileged youth around the world.

Victoria Green (36) __________ young people that they can accomplish their dreams through hard work and dedication.

32. 1) pushed 2) fought 3) crashed 4) broke

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Ronda and Max

Max and Ronda had become real friends and, perhaps, more than that. Max (30) __________ that Ronda meet him in Hartwood’s the week after the wedding of her sister.

They hadn’t seen each other in five weeks and had been (31) __________ each other.

She had a mountain of work to do at the store, especially with their online business now, and they had just hired another assistant whom Jane was training, and Ronda thought she should be there too. But she wanted to see him, and (32) __________ to go.

Ronda (33) __________ her mother she was leaving and meeting a friend and Belinda thought it was an excellent idea.

Ronda looked exhausted, and her mother didn’t ask who she was meeting, since Ronda didn’t mention it herself. Belinda never pried, but she hoped it was (34) __________ a special friend.

She thought it would (35) __________ Ronda good if it was.

Ronda took a plane to California two days later, and a very small airplane from there to Hartwood’s. The second flight was bumpy and the landing was frightening, but she was so happy to be meeting Max that she didn’t care how bad the (36) __________ was.

32. 1) admired 2) approved 3) admitted 4) agreed

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Going on a hike

Simon and I were in a school football team. Occasionally, the team took field trips to places outside of our neighbourhood on the weekends. Last week, our coach Mr Brown (30) __________ we were going on a hike through a forest in a state park.

Simon is my best friend, and the two of us had both liked the trips to the museums, plays, and basketball games. We weren’t all that (31) __________ in the outdoors.

(32) __________, Mr Brown claimed that we’d really enjoy discovering how amazing nature can be – especially for the big city kids. Simon and I were sure we’d rather be back home playing video games.

Now we were in a state park, marching through woods as (33) __________ as a grizzly bear’s fur. Our group of 12 kids had been hiking for a good 30 minutes when Simon and I grew bored and stepped away from the group to take some pictures.

I looked around, shouting, “Check out that tree – it’s kinda cool. Doesn’t its shape (34) __________ you of an elephant?” “Ha! It does,” Simon replied.

For the next few minutes, we got caught up in (35) __________ flowers, leaves, animals, and little caves we hadn’t seen before. The more we opened up to the forest, the more it opened up to us. We were beginning to see the amazing things around us.

Out here, away from the city, I was starting to get what Mr Brown had (36) __________ us about how wonderful nature could be.

32. 1) Although 2) Otherwise 3) Moreover 4) However

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A new family

It took Peter time to get used to living alone, without Fiona. He made it a weekly ritual to come to lunch with Steve and Ann on Sundays, and he had asked Paul to call him Grandpa as (30) __________ as he could talk.

The young family and he filled a need for each other. They had created a family without a connection by blood, but their (31) __________ for each other was deep and heartfelt.

Steve was (32) __________ well in the diamond business under Peter’s tutelage. He had learned his lessons well and his knowledge of banking and finance helped too.

He made sensible decisions and gave Peter good advice, which he valued. And with the commissions he earned, his savings were (33) __________.

When Paul was four, they moved into a two-bedroom apartment in the same building and felt as though they had moved into a palace compared to their tiny studio. They bought secondhand furniture and Ann upholstered it herself. The apartment they moved into became (34) __________ when one of the old tenants left.

Steve and Ann painted it themselves. The neighborhood had (35) __________ slightly in the five and a half years they’d been there.

The building was no better, but they knew everyone in it, and it felt like home to them. The rents were incredibly cheap and what they could easily (36) __________.

32. 1) holding 2) keeping 3) doing 4) making

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Sandy

Sandy called Dan Atkins the following week, to give Berta Canning, her literary agent, plenty of time to get in touch with him and send him the manuscript he could read. She hoped he would (30) __________ to help her to edit her first book.

And when Dan Atkins answered, he seemed as though she’d woken him out of a sound sleep. She (31) __________ profusely, and he didn’t sound happy to hear from her. There was a long silence and then he told Sandy to come on Saturday.

He explained that he lived near the university campus where he (32) __________ to teach. She wasn’t looking forward to meeting him, but she didn’t want Berta to be angry with her either. So, she bicycled over to his address on Saturday.

When Sandy got there, he took forever to answer the bell. She was (33) __________ about to leave when he opened the door.

She followed him upstairs to a large living room that would have been lovely if he tidied it once in a while. There were stacks of books everywhere, a pile of papers, a mountain of manuscripts on the desk and half eaten food on the coffee table. He obviously lived alone and needed a housekeeper desperately. He was as untidy as his living room. He had a long, unkempt beard, a mane of wild white hair that (34) __________ Sandy of Albert Einstein.

He was wearing jeans, a sweater with holes in it, and tennis shoes. Sandy could (35) __________ figure out his age.

He seemed to be about seventy, (36) __________ Berta told her later that he was only sixty. He said that he liked her book.

32. 1) held 2) took 3) kept 4) used

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What is wayfinding?

Traditional Polynesian navigation – also called wayfinding – means finding your way without any of the tools modern navigators (30) __________ for granted.

You use no GPS, no compass, no radio or satellite reports to help you navigate. Besides your brain, the only “tool” you might (31) __________ on in traditional navigation is an outstretched hand, which helps for measuring angles in the sky.

Navigators must pay close (32) __________ to characteristic patterns of winds, currents, and weather.

Hawaiians in the voyaging community joke that the best way to spot the navigator on a voyaging canoe is to (33) __________ for the person with red eyes.

Navigators get little sleep while voyaging because traditional navigation (34) __________ non-stop analysis of the natural world.

However, traditional navigation without computers and satellite can be more precise. For instance, in 1985 when master navigator (35) __________ that the ship was within a few miles of land, nobody believed him because their satellite navigation system reported no land for over a hundred miles.

Yet the island (36) __________ by the traditional method appeared shortly after, as promised – a triumph of no-tech over high-tech.

32. 1) attraction 2) application 3) addition 4) attention

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Stephen Kibaki

Stephen Kibaki walks through his family’s farm just outside Nairobi National Park in Kenya. Goats, cows, and sheep graze peacefully in the pasture. In the park nearby, lions roam, living in peaceful coexistence with the farm. It’s (30) __________ to be an extraordinary picture for many places in Africa.

“I love lions,” Stephen (31) __________ the journalist. “If my cows are protected and they’re safe, we can live with the lions without any problem.”

How do cattle (32) __________ to live safely near these huge predators? It’s all due to this young man’s brilliant invention.

First, there seemed to be no good (33) __________ to the problem, but Stephen started experimenting with ways to scare off the predators.

His first two (34) __________ were unsuccessful: the lions were too clever to be fooled by either.

That’s when he (35) __________: these big cats were afraid of moving lights!

Then Stephen (36) __________ a system of flashing LED light bulbs on poles around the perimeter of the pasture.

32. 1) manage 2) complete 3) succeed 4) achieve

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At the lecture

The opening lecture in Grand Hall was on the subject of British Literature. It was delivered by Professor Carlson. During the summer holidays, Emily and Peter had read all the authors on the assigned list. The list (30) __________ of 20 thick books.

So, by the time they took their places in the lecture hall that Tuesday morning, they both felt (31) __________ that they were well prepared.

Within moments of Professor Carlson starting his lecture, they both realized that they had done little more than read the texts. They had not (32) __________ the different influences on the authors that birth, upbringing, education, religion and mere circumstance had brought to their work.

Professor Carlson continued his speech. Peter looked (33) __________ from his notes and saw the back of his head. He felt sick.

He stopped listening to Professor Carlson’s views on Byron and continued to stare for some time before the student turned and began (34) __________ to his neighbour.

Peter’s worst fears were (35) __________.

It was Conrad. He was at the same university. (36) __________, he was taking the same course.

32. 1) reasoned 2) reflected 3) considered 4) expected

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The Lion Lights

Michael Kahumbu lives with his big family in Africa. He has been helping his father to take care (30) __________ their sheep since he was nine years old.

Unfortunately, lions’ attacks on farm animals are quite common in their region. One day the boy decided to protect their sheep and (31) __________ lions’ attacks.

While walking around the pasture late in the evening Michael noticed that lions were afraid of his moving flashlight and stayed away from their place.

Soon he realised how to trick the wild cougars. As a true innovator, he was eager to experiment without worrying that his (32) __________ might not work.

This boy, who had taken apart old machines since he was very small, began working on his invention. Despite his (33) __________ of any formal training in electrical engineering, he designed a system of flashing LED light bulbs on poles and placed it around their pasture.

Eventually, the word got out about the brilliant “lion-lights boy” and Michael (34) __________ the Lion Lights system for many of his neighbours.

And when Michael was 13, he was invited to (35) __________ about his unique system at an international conference.

After that successful presentation his invention was (36) __________ globally.

32. 1) attempt 2) complaint 3) request 4) impact

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Sunday

Gloria Wald sat back in her chair with a small sigh. She was trying to relax listening to her favourite classical music. She had to (30) ______ that she was tired today. Sundays always tired her. Sometimes she thought she did more work at home than she did at the office. She always spent Sundays answering her personal correspondence, looking over the books kept by the cook and the housekeeper. She made lists of what she had noticed needed to be (31) ______ around the apartment and of items needed to complete her wardrobe. (32) ______, she had to plan menus for the week. It was tedious work, but she had done it for years, even before she’d begun to run the business.

Once she’d taken over from her husband, she had still spent her Sundays (33) ______ to the household. She was also (34) ______ care of her grandson on the nurse’s day off. Those Sundays had been precious, a few hours with her grandson without anyone interfering, anyone taking him away. She (35) ______ those days. A tiny bright tear crept into her lashes. How she loved that child. She would have done anything for him. And she had. She (36) ______ to maintain the family business empire for him, carried the legacy from one generation to the next. It was her most valuable gift for him. And she had come to love the business almost as much as she loved her grandson.

32. 1) Although 2) However 3) Nevertheless 4) Moreover

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12. The price of the ticket ______ on the time of travel.

1) depends 2) offers 3) contains 4) consists

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Dolphins

Scientists in Australia have discovered that dolphins use a special technique to hunt for food in shallow waters. The (30) ______ that dolphins create circular waves to trap fish was made by marine biologists from the University of Queensland.

The researchers had to carefully observe the dolphins in their natural habitat, which meant (31) ______ them for hours in the open ocean. They attached small tracking devices to the dolphins' fins to monitor their movements and hunting patterns. The success of their research largely depends (32) ______ the quality of the data collected.

The scientists are hopeful that their research will (33) ______ with some important findings about dolphin communication. Understanding their complex social behaviour may help scientists (34) ______ new ways to protect marine ecosystems in the future.

32. 1) from 2) of 3) on 4) at