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In the following passage, some words have been left out. First, read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer.
The joint family gave way to the nuclear family. Despite the ___(1) that it offers, children feel neglected, lonely, and frustrated leading to psychiatric problems, pressures, and ___(2). A cross-section of children is interviewed, and they matter-of-factly pin-pointed problems, at the same time ___(3) showing the way to plausible solutions. Tell your children about your work. Young as they are, they ___(4) where you have been all day. Explain to them “Mummy has a teaching job.” She teaches little children to read and write or daddy works in a factory. The factory makes scooters. At least now the child develops a mental picture of how you spend the day. There develops a certain ___(5) in that knowledge.
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The joint family gave way to the nuclear family. Despite the ___(1) that it offers, children feel neglected, lonely and frustrated leading to psychiatric problems, pressures and ___(2). A cross-section of children is interviewed, and they matter-of-factly pin-pointed problems, at the same time ___(3) showing the way to plausible solutions. Tell your children about your work. Young as they are, they ___(4) where you have been all day. Explain to them “Mummy has a teaching job.” She teaches little children to read and write or daddy works in a factory. The factory makes scooters. At least now the child develops a mental picture of how you spend the day. There develops a certain ___(5) in that knowledge.
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Long after Spanish explorers introduced the beverage to Europe in the 16th century, chocolate retained an (1) of aristocratic luxury. In the last two hundred years, an eye blink in chocolate's history, the bean has been totally democratized, (2) from an elitist drink into familiar candy bars, cocoa powders, candies, and baked goods. Indeed, chocolate is becoming (3) more popular worldwide, with new markets opening up in Eastern Europe and Asia. But that's both good (4) and bad. While farmers are producing record numbers of cocoa beans, some experts believe that's just not enough to keep pace with global (5). What's worse is that cocoa faces not only dwindling habitats but also the threat of devastating diseases. Has chocolate become a victim of its own success? Is it in trouble?
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Long after Spanish explorers introduced the beverage to Europe in the 16th century, chocolate retained an (1) of aristocratic luxury. In the last two hundred years, an eye blink in chocolate's history, the bean has been totally democratized, (2) from an elitist drink into familiar candy bars, cocoa powders, candies, and baked goods. Indeed, chocolate is becoming (3) more popular worldwide, with new markets opening up in Eastern Europe and Asia. But that's both good (4) and bad. While farmers are producing record numbers of cocoa beans, some experts believe that's just not enough to keep pace with global (5). What's worse is that cocoa faces not only dwindling habitats but also the threat of devastating diseases. Has chocolate become a victim of its own success? Is it in trouble?
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Long after Spanish explorers introduced the beverage to Europe in the 16th century, chocolate retained an (1) of aristocratic luxury. In the last two hundred years, an eye blink in chocolate's history, the bean has been totally democratized, (2) from an elitist drink into familiar candy bars, cocoa powders, candies, and baked goods. Indeed, chocolate is becoming (3) popular worldwide, with new markets opening up in Eastern Europe and Asia. But that's both good (4) and bad. While farmers are producing record numbers of cocoa beans, some experts believe that's just not enough to keep pace with global (5). What's worse is that cocoa faces not only dwindling habitats but also the threat of devastating diseases. Has chocolate become a victim of its own success? Is it in trouble?
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Long after Spanish explorers introduced the beverage to Europe in the 16th century, chocolate retained an (1) of aristocratic luxury. In the last two hundred years, an eye blink in chocolate's history, the bean has been totally democratized, (2) from an elitist drink into familiar candy bars, cocoa powders, candies, and baked goods. Indeed, chocolate is becoming (3) more popular worldwide, with new markets opening up in Eastern Europe and Asia. But that's both good (4) and bad. While farmers are producing record numbers of cocoa beans, some experts believe that's just not enough to keep pace with global (5) . What's worse is that cocoa faces not only dwindling habitats but also the threat of devastating diseases. Has chocolate become a victim of its own success? Is it in trouble?
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Long after Spanish explorers introduced the beverage to Europe in the 16th century, chocolate retained an (1) of aristocratic luxury. In the last two hundred years, an eye blink in chocolate's history, the bean has been totally democratized, (2) from an elitist drink into familiar candy bars, cocoa powders, candies, and baked goods. Indeed, chocolate is becoming (3) more popular worldwide, with new markets opening up in Eastern Europe and Asia. But that's both good (4) and bad. While farmers are producing record numbers of cocoa beans, some experts believe that's just not enough to keep pace with global (5). What's worse is that cocoa faces not only dwindling habitats but also the threat of devastating diseases. Has chocolate become a victim of its own success? Is it in trouble?
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Adult tigers will meet socially only during courtship, when a male and female stay together for several days. The courtship and (1) mating, starts with tigress coming into oestrus, which she does every three to nine weeks, and her receptivity lasts three to six days. Tigers usually begin their courtship by circling each other and vocalizing. Female advertises her readiness to mate. All this is done to attract males. After successful mating, the tigress will drive away the male to (2) the cubs by herself. Cubs are born blind after a gestation period of (3) 96 and 104 days. (4) their eyes open after two weeks, they do not begin to see well until the second month. At this stage, they are most vulnerable to predators like jackals and hyenas as they are left alone for long periods when the tigress is away (5). Infant mortality is therefore high; a tigress seldom raises more than one cub per litter successfully.
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All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very _1_ of their motives there lies a mystery. Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long _2_ of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not _3_some demon whom one can neither _4_ nor understand. For all one knows that demon is simply the same_5_ that makes a baby_6_ for attention. And yet it is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to_7_ one's own personality. And_8_ through my work, I see that it is _9_ where I lacked a political purpose that I wrote lifeless books and was_10_ into purple passages.
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