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Test1

Forsomeofournation’smostimportantworkers,thereisamajordisconnectbetweenpayandpriorities.

Manyteachersandfirefightersare（26）____justtomakealiving.Whiletheremaybea（27）____senseofheroismforthenation’sfirefighters,theyarenotcompensatedforthe（28）______risksthattheyfacedaily.Andteachingisoneofthelowestpayingamong（29）_____professionals.

Teachingisno9-to-5job.DonO’NeilleavesthehouseandarrivesatWeaverHighinHartfordby7.Toconnectwithinner-citystudents,thescienceteacherhelpscoachthefootballteamandhe（30）_____students,meetswithparentsandgradespaper.Whenthebellgoeson,heisonstage.Heisanactor,a（31）_____,aninstructor,aparent,a（32）____worker,andhehastodoitfivetosixperiodsaday,fivedaysaweek,（33）_____ofhowhefeels.Forallofthis,the50-year-old,six-yearveterangetspaidjust$36,000,eventhoughhisstate（34）_____thethirdhighestinteacher’spay.Hispaycheckshrankbyathirdwhenheswitchedcareersfrommanagingapaintstoretomanagingstudents.（35）_____,heteachesnightandsummerschoolaswell.Teachersjustdon’tmakethegradewhenitcomestopay.Thepaygapbetweenteachersandotherprofessionalskeepsgrowing.

Therehavebeenexplanationsthatalotofthenewmoneyisgoingintospecialeducation,whichtendtohavesmallerclasssizes,whichmeansyouenduphiringmoreteachersinsteadofpayingtheteachersyouhavemore.

Test2

There’sanewbusinessinatrendyWashingtonD.C.neighborhoodthat’skindofhardtocategorize.Itcouldbe（26）____asastorewithnoemployeesinside,orperhapstheworld’sbiggest（27）_____machine.

OurBobFranken,quartersinhand,checkeditout.ATMs,who（28）_____banktellers?

Travelisbecomingalmost（29）____.ReservationsarebookedontheInternet.Boardingpassespickedupat（30）_____ticketkiosks.Andnow,anautomatedconveniencestore.The（31）______rangesfromtheproverbialsouptonuts,fromelectrical（32）_____toanylargeequipment.About200itemscomparedtothemorethan2,000ina（33）_____conveniencestore,liketheoneacoupleofblocksfromher.Butthat’snotthebiggestdifference.It’sconvenient.Youdon’thaveto

expect.Maybewedon’tlikeourselveswithout（30）______it.Maybeyouhavemademistakesinthepastwhichmakeyoufeelbad.Youmightbe（31）______withyourselfonwhyyoucouldmakesuchmistakes.Evenifthathappenedinthe（32）_______past,yoursubconsciousmindstillhasa（33）_____nottolikeyourself.Youmightwishthatyouwereborninadifferentfamily,orthatyouhavedifferentbackground.Maybeyoucouldnotacceptthefactthatyouarenotasluckyasothers,who（34）_____getwhatevertheywanteffortlesslybecauseoftheirbackground.Othersmighthavebetterachievementsthanyou,andnomatterhowhardyoutried,itmightseemimpossibleforyoutomatchthem.Youmightthenthinkthatit’sbecauseyouarenotsmartenoughordon’thaveenough（35）_____.Allthesegivereasonstoyounottolikeyourself.Thatinturnmakesitdifficultforyoutobeagoodfriendtoyourself.

Test5

WhenyouthinkofAmericanculture,whatfirstcomestoyourmind?

McDonald’s?

CocaCola?

Levis?

Disneyland?

MichaelJordan?

JuliaRoberts?

Manypeople（26）______Americancultureisacollectionofpopular（27）_____likethese.（28）_____,thesesymbolsareonlyonesmallpartofAmericanculture——“popculture”.

Whatispopculture?

Well,popisshortforpopular.The（29）______ofpopculturecanoftenbe（30）_______topopularmovies,televisionshows,musicstarsandsports（31）______.Popcultureisalsopromotedbybusinessand（32）_____.ThemostcommonexamplesofAmericanpopculture（33）______amonghighschoolandcollegestudents.Trendssetbyfamousfiguresquicklybecomepartofyoungpeople’slifestyles.

Americanpopculturehasspreadaroundtheworld.Onemajorreasonforits（34）____isthatEnglishisauniversallanguage.Englishisthelanguageofdiplomacy,internationalbusinessandtransportation.Sincelanguageandculturegotogether,learningEnglishmeans（35）_______English-speakingcountries’cultures.Also,Americaisaworldleaderinmovies,musicandmagazines.ThekindofAmericanculturecommunicatedinthosemediaispopculture.Finally,popcultureiseasytopackageandtoexport.Forthatreason,itiseasyto“sell”totheworld.

Test6

Theworldisdividedintotwomainparts.The（26）_____isthatonepartisrichandtheotherispoor.Inthepoorpart,alotofpeoplenevergetenoughtoeat.Intherichpart,alotofpeopleeattoomuch.Inonepart,children（27）______andintheother,alotofpeopleget（28）______andfatterandhavetogoondiets,ordospecialexercisesinordertolose（29）______.

Thepoorcountrieshave（30）_____problems.Sometimesthelandistoopoortogrow（31）_____on.Thelandcanbe（32）______,butalotofthingsmustbedonefirst.Thepeopletheremustbe（33）______andthewatermustbefoundtofeedthegenerations.

Andtherichcountrieshaveproblems,too.Therearenotalwayspleasantplacesto（34）______.Sometimestheairistoodirtytobebreathedin,andtheriversaretoodirtytoswiminortotakewaterfrom.Theroadsaretoo（35）____todrivealong.Largenumbersofpeopledonothavedecenthousestolivein.somethingswillhavetobedonetosolvetheseproblems.Theairandtheriverwillhavetobecleaned,andmorehouseswillhavetobebuilt.

Test7

OneinfourAustralianparentsregularly“borrow”moneyfromtheirchildren’smoneyboxesinordertopayforanythingfrombreadtoexpensiveholidays,thisisasurveymadebyaresearchgroup.

Mumsaremorelikelyto（26）______theirchildren’ssavingsthanDads,with35percentofmothers（27）_____tothecrimecomparedwith16percentoffathers.Fund（28）_______firmBankwestsurveyedalmost400parentsorguardiansofchildrenaged17orunder.AnemployeeinBankwestsaidshewasvery（29）_____ofthecrimeherself,andshehasn’t（30）______ituntilthen.Ifyoucan’tfindanymoney,youknowtheoneplaceyoucanalways（31）_____onisthekids’moneyboxes.Butmanywivesalwaysmakesuretheyputitback——with（32）______.Thesearethemostcommonexcusesfortheadultstoborrowmoneyfromtheirkids.Ofthosewho（33）_______toraidingmoneyboxes,morethanhalfofthemoneytheyraidedwereusedtobuy（34）______suchaspetrol,milkandbread.Another20percentwereusedtopayoffwaterandelectricitybillsandsoon.Butonly16percentwereputintotheirchildren’ssavingsfortheextravagancessuchasholidaysornewcars.

ThesurveyfollowsthefindingsfromResearchBankofAustraliathatmanyAustraliansspentmorethantheyearnedinthepastthreeyears.（35）_______,Australianssavedonly2.9percentoftheirannualincome.

Test8

Americansocietyisnotnapfriendly.Infact,saysDavidDinges,asleep（26）_______attheUniversityofPennsylvaniaSchoolofMedicine.“There’sevena（27）______againstadmittingweneedsleep.”Nobodywantstobecaughtnappingor（28）_________asleepatwork.Toquoteaproverb:

“Somesleepfivehours,naturerequiresseven,lazinessnineand（29）_______eleven.”

Thewaynottofallasleepatworkistotakenapswhenyouneedthem.“Wehavetototallychangeour（30）_______towardnapping,”saysDr.WilliamDementofStanfordUniversity.

LastyearanationalcommissionledbyDement（31）______an“Americansleepdebt”whichonemembersaidwasasimportantasthenationaldebt.Thecommissionwas（32）______aboutthedangersofsleepiness:

peoplecausing（33）______accidentsorfallingasleepwhiledriving.ThismaybewhywehaveanewsleeppolicyintheWhiteHouse.Accordingtorecentreports,thePresidentistryingtotakeahalfhournapeveryafternoon.

About60percentofAmericanadultsnapwhengiventhe（34）________.Weseemtohave“amid-afternoonquietphase”alsocalled“asecondarysleepgate”.Sleeping15minutestotwohoursintheearlyafternooncan（35）_______andmakeusrefreshed.Clearly,wewereborntonap.

Wesuperstarsofsnoozedon’tnaptoreplacelostshut-eyeortoprepareforanightshift.Rather,we“snack”onsleep,whenever,whereverandatwhatevertimewefeellikeit.Imyselfhavenappedinbuses,cars,planesandonboats;onfloorsandbeds;andinlibraries,officesandmuseums.

Test9

Childrenaregettingsofat,theymaybethefirstgenerationtodiebeforetheirparents,anexpertclaimedrecently.

Today’s（26）_______arealreadyfallingpreyto（27）______killerssuchasdiabetesbecauseoftheirweight.Fattyfast-food（28）______combinedwithsedentarylifestyles（29）_______bytelevisionsandcomputerscouldmeankidswilldie（30）______young.Atthesametime,theshapeoftheHumanbodyisgoingthroughahuge（31）________shiftbecauseadultsaregettingsofat.

HereinBritain,thelatestresearchshowsthattheaverage（32）______sizeforamanis36-38inchesandmaybe42-44inchesby2032.Thiscompareswithonly32.6inchesin1972.Women’swaistshavegrownfromanaverageof22inchesin1920to24inchesinthe50sand30inchesnow.Oneofthemajorreasonswhychildrennowareatgreaterriskisthatwearegettingfatteryounger.

IntheUKalone,morethanonemillionunder-16sareclassesas（33）______orobese——doublethenumberinthemid-80s.Oneintenfour-year-oldsarealsomedically（34）______asobese.Manynationsnowrecordmorethan20percentoftheirpopulationasclinicallyobeseandwelloverhalfthepopulationasoverweight.

Thechangeinourshapehasbeencausedbyaglutofeasilyavailablehigh-energyfoodscombinedwithadramaticdropintheenergyweuse（35）________tech