EXERCISE 29
Mother Teresa is known __1_ the world for __2_ her life in the service of the _3__ of the poor in the world.Her life of service to others began on August 27,1910 in the town of Skopje,Macedonia.__4_ she was born,she was named Agnes Gonxha Bojaxiu,the third child of Nikola and Drana Bojaxiu,who were strong Albanian Catholics.Her parents believed deeply _5__ helping the poor to have a __6_ life.Agnes’s mother taught her well that __7_ charity meant caring for others.She always invited their poor neighbors into her home,and she often visited the sick,the __8_,and the only.
Agnes learned much about service __9_ her family.She also learned about the importance of service through her __10_.One man in particular,named Father Jambrekovich,helped Agnes decide what to do __11_ her future.When Agnes was 12 years old,he told her in exciting about the __13_ missionaries that helped the poor in Calcutta,India.
At the age of 18,Agnes __14_ that she wanted to become a num.She applied to work __15_ the Order of Loreto,the missionary nuns who worked in eastern India.Making the decision to become a num was not easy for Agnes because there was much that she would have to give __16_:marriage,children,her family,her music,and her writing.__17_ ,on September 25,1928,Agnes left her family and friends in Skopje to begin her life of __18_ in India.She knew that she __19_ never change her mind about becoming a __20_.
1) A by B in C throughout D through
2) A spending B staying C living D spent
3) A poorest B poor C poorer D poverty
4) A when B whenever C before D upon
5) A of B in C with D for
6) A best B better C good D rich
7) A correct B right C real D true
8) A older B elder C elderly D old
9) A from B in C with D for
10) A belief B religion C Catholics D Christianity
11) A in B for C with D to
12) A detail B way C manner D detail
13) A buddhist B catholic C christian D religious
14) A decided B determined C said D promised
15) A for B at C with D in
16) A up B in C away D out
17) A but B nevertheless C while D therefore
18) A services B service C serving D servicing
19) A would B could C should D might
20) A catholic B nun Cpriest D mother
caaab bdcab cdbac abbab EXERCISE 30
Last year,France recorded just 31 cases of the mad cow disease.The rising numbers are in part __1_ a new testing program that focuses on cows that are most __2_.That program has __3_ 39 cases.But still 60 new cases were identified in the usual way,_4__ were found in 1999.Many scientists __5_ that this year,five years after safety precautions were__6_,the number od cases would be __7_.
The rise in cases has __8_ some scientists to question whether the disease can be transmitted in ways not yet understood.Scientists are still __9_ by the disease,first recognized in cows in 1986.
It appears that it is not casused by a bacteria,virus or fungus,but __10_ infectious particles called prison,perhaps __11_ a virus or other agent.The desease kills cells in the brain,__12_ it spongy and full of holes.
France has taken more steps to __13_ safety than most European countries,__14_ refusing to take English beef __15_ the European Union.But some scientists believe that France has not been __16_ in imposing the ban on feed that __17_ animal parts.
Some French officials hope that the sudden interest in mad cow disease will mean that French consumers will become educated about it,thereby recognizing that French beef is actually __18_ controlled.Every cow is given a passport at birth ,and extensive information about is parentage and __19_ it was raised must be __20_ to any slaughterhouse.When a diseased animal is found,the nentire herd is destroyed.
1) A as B because C since D due to
2) A at risk B in risk C risking D at danger
3) A identified B invented C discovered D disclosed
4) A more B far more C far more than D less than
5) A expect B expected C have expected D had expected
6) A put to place B put a place C put in place D put in the place
7) A declining B inclining C increasing D reclaiming
8) A attempted B prompted C lured D intended
9) A puzzling B puzzled C being puzzled D to be puzzled
10) A sterm from B developed in C grew out of D generated from
11) A grew with B agree with C coincide with D in concert with
12) A to leave B leaving C leaves D left
13) A be sure B ensure C make sure D assure
14) A including B excluding C containing D enclosing
15) A abiding by B in defiance of C according to D in accordance with
16) A effective B efficient C affective D affect
17) A contains B consists of C is made from D is made up
18) A stiff B rigidly C hard D roughly
19) A where B how C when D why
20) A subjected B submitted C reported D registered
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