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The honey bee is a very unusual kind of insect. ___1___ other insects which live alone, the honey bee lives as a ___2___ of a community. These bees live ___3___ in what is known as a bee colony. The head of the colony is called the queen bee. She is larger than the___4___ of the bees. Her main task ___5___ the colony is to lay eggs. Most of the ___6___ bees are the worker bees. These bees ___7___ nectar and pollen from flowers. The nectar ___8___ is carried by the worker bees is deposited on the hive and then converted ___9___ honey. The worker bees also help look ___10___ the young bees. as soon as the eggs are ___11___, the worker bees feed the young bees ___12___ pollen and nectar. The third type of bee found in the colony is the drone or ___13___ bee. The main task of ___14___ a bee is to mate with a new queen. The queen bee has a life ___15___ of about three years. ___16___ this period, she would have ___17___ more than half a million eggs. ___18___ the queen bee is dying, a new queen would be groomed. This new queen would eventually take ___19___ the 'duties' of the old queen when the ___20___ dies. Answers 1. Unlike 2. member 3. together 4. rest 5. in 6. other 7. collect 8. that 9. into 10. after 11. hatched 12. with 13. male 14. such 15. span 16. During 17. laid 18. When 19. over 20. Latter

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"Would you like to buy a box of matchsticks, mister ?" the little girl asked. The man ___1___ she approached did not even ___2___ to answer her. He shuffled ___3___ in his great coat, eager to get home ___4___ his cosy fireplace. The girl was shivering ___5___ the cold. It had been ___6___ continuously for the past two days. The girl's shoes, ___7___ were already thin were thoroughly soaked. Yet, her sweet, angelic ___8___ did not lose ___9___ innocent smile. It only made her ___10___ more pathetic when she knitted her brows sometimes. Her feet ___11___ sore with painful chilblains. Someone shouted, "Watch ___12___, girl !" It was too ___13___ ! The coach ws going too fast and the ___14___ had not seen her earlier. There was barely enough ___15___ for the little girl to take a step back. In her hurry to get to ___16___, the basket of matchsticks fell ___17___ the snow. She ___18___ them up, wet and dirty from a puddle of melted snow. The matchstick couldn't be used now. as she began to make her way ___19___, she realised that she had lost ___20___ of her shoes in the snow.

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1. whom 2. stop/bother 3. away 4. to 5. in 6. snowing 7. which 8. face 9. its 10. look 11. were 12. out 13. late 14. driver 15. time 16. safety 17. onto 18. picked 19. home 20. one

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It was midnight when the last guest left. I sighed heavily as I looked around. The living room was ___1___ of cigarette smell and stale perfume. As I looked around, I ___2___ wet patches of spilt beer on my best Persian carpet. My antique vases were totally smashed. They had even ___3___ my antique oak tables as ashtrays. These guests of ___4___ had done their best to destroy my expensively decorated living room ! What a night this had turned ___5___ to be. I shook my head. The mess would ___6___ hours to clear. Getting ___7___ of the smell would require days. My housekeeper would had resigned ___8___ the spot if she saw the mess. i had to do ___9___ fast. I could not afford to lose her ___10___ she is the best cook I ___11___ ever had I had no choice. I went to the bookshelf, took ___12___ the book 'The Evolution of Man' by Charles Darwin and pressed on the wall behind ___13___ . A small hole in the wall appeared ___14___ my right. I reached ___15___ and took out a long object. Then I waved it in the ___16___. The room started to clean itself ___17___ . Even the antique vases started fitting themselves ___18___ so well that one could not tell they had been ___19___. As you might have guessed by ___20___, the long object is a wand, and I am what they call a witch.
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1. full 2. saw 3. used 4. mine 5. out 6. take 7. rid 8. on 9. something 10. as 11. have 12. out 13. it 14. on 15. in 16. air 17. up 18. together 19. broken 20. now

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You must have heard of many ghost stories, but have you heard of this ___1___ from Japan ? The story ___2___ like this; one moonlit night, a man was walking home along the river ___3___ he saw a woman ___4___ on the bridge. He could not see her ___5___ because she was sitting with her back ___6___ him. However, he could see that she was crying ___7___ hysterically that her whole body was shaking. The man felt ___8___ for her. when he went ___9___ to comfort her, she suddenly ___10___ around. To his horror, the man I ___11___ that she had no eyes, no nose and no mouth ___12___ her face ! ___13___ a while the man stood frozen. Then he turned and ran away as ___14___ as he could until he ___15___ to the nearest

inn. Once ___16___, he began to stammer out what he had seen, for he was trembling ___17___ fear. The proprietor of the inn, who had been bending ___18___ to clean the tables, straightened ___19___ and asked him, "Did she look ___20___ this ?" His face, too, was egg-like. The man fainted !
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1. one 2. goes 3. when 4. crying 5. face 6. to 7. so 8. sorry 9. up/forward 10. turned 11. saw 12. on 13. For 14. fast 15. came 16. inside 17. with 18. down 19. up 20. like

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It was a Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs Kerugesu were window shopping at a shopping centre. As they stood outside a boutique, Mr. Kerugesu spotted a shiny new ___1___ machine. "Look ! It's ___2___ of those modern computerized machines that tells your weight and gives you your fortune at the ___3___ time. I think I shall try it," he told his ___4___. Mrs Kerugesu, however, was not too keen ___5___ the idea. "Let's ___6___ bother. I don't ___7___ in fortune telling," she said. Mr. Kerugesu, however, insisted ___8___ trying the machine. He was very curious to ___9___ out his 'fortune'. He stepped on the machine and ___10___ a fifty cent coin. There was a soft buzzing ___11___ from the machine. A few seconds ___12___ , a slip of paper emerged. Mrs. Kerugesu took the slip and ___13___ it out to her husband : "Your fortune : You are a clever and ___14___ person. If you are working, you will become an employee that ___15___ boss would be proud of. You will become a good leader ___16___ men. Everyone will listen to you ___17___ you speak. ___18___ you lead, everyone will follow." Mrs. Kerugesu paused ___19___ breath. "It's got your weight ___20___ too," she added.
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1. weighing 2. one 3. same 4. wife 5. about/on 6. not 7. believe 8. on 9. find 10. inserted 11. sound 12. later 13. read 14. talented 15. every 16. of 17. when 18. Wherever 19. for 20. wrong

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Sandwiches make a delicious snack any time. They are a common ___1___ at picnics and teas. Interestingly enough, the sandwich is the invention of ___2___ eighteen century English Earl called John Montagu. Montagu was addicted ___3___ card games. he would play these games ___4___ his friends for long stretches of ___5___ . Often, he even found it ___6___ bothersome to stop his games ___7___ meals. One day, ___8___ the middle of a game, Montagu was served a meal of sliced meat ___9___ bread. At that time, Montagu was playing the game that ___10___ its players to cover cards one on top ___11___ another. As Montagu looked at ___12___ the game and his food, an idea came to his ___13___. "I can do the same with my food ___14___ well," he thought. He took a slice of bread, ___15___ a piece of meat on it and covered that with ___16___ slice of bread. Montagu was very pleased with his invention ___17___ it allowed him to play cards with one hand and eat his meal with the ___18___. Montagu's friends quickly caught ___19___ to his idea and they named the new invention ___20___ him. As Montagu's full title was 'the Earl of Sandwich', the new invention became known as a 'sandwich'.
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1. sight 2. an 3. to 4. with 5. time 6. too 7. for 8. in 9. with 10. required 11. of 12. both 13. mind 14. as 15. placed 16. another 17. because/for 18. other 19. on 20. after

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"I will never forgive her," Anne muttered as she walked away ___1___ the class. Panting and running ___2___ her, Lilian came up ___3___ her and apologised profusely ___4___ accidentally spilling chocolate milk all ___5___ Anne's new bag. Anne ___6___ to listen to Lilian. She cupped her ___7___ over her ears, glared at Lilian ___8___ screamed. "I'll never talk to you ___9___ !" Then she ran away. Anne was ___10___ angry when she reached home. She banged the door hard ___11___ her and woke Granny from her afternoon ___12___ . She was rude to Mother when Mother asked her

what she ___13___ for dinner. She ___14___ little Tony when she found that he had messed ___15___ her room again. Tony ran howling ___16___ Mother. His poor arm was red ___17___ Anne's pinching. "What's the matter ___18___ you today, Anne ?" Mother came into the room and asked. "You've made everybody upset ___19___ you stepped into the house. Did something ___20___ in school ?"
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1. from 2. after 3. to 4. for 5. over 6. refused 7. hands 8. and 9. again 10. still 11. behind/after 12. nap/sleep 13. wanted 14. pinched 15. up 16. to 17. from 18. with 19. since 20. happen

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I will always remember the trip I made to the zoo in 1988. It was then ___1___ I caught measles from one of my friends, Peter, who had gone ___2___ too. ___3___ he met us at the zoo, he had gone to ___4___ his cousin who was recovering ___5___ measles. The next day, Peter was complaining ___6___ a sore throat, a bad cold and high fever. When he was diagnosed ___7___ a doctor as having measles, his parents rang ___8___ up to warn me that I had been exposed ___9___ measles too. By the next day, I was also ___10___ the same symptoms. My doctor advised me to ___11___ at home for the next two weeks. I was quite pleased ___12___ the doctor's instruction. I spent the time ___13___ storybooks, listening to music ___14___ watching television. When I get ___15___ , I would call up Peter, who ___16___ had to spend two weeks at home, for a chat. Unfortunately, the two weeks passed ___17___ quickly. When we ___18___ to school, we had to work twice ___19___ hard to catch up with our classmates. It was definitely not ___20___ the 'holiday'.
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1. that 2. along 3. Before 4. visit 5. from 6. of 7. by 8. me 9. to 10. showing/having 11. stay 12. with 13. reading 14. and 15. bored 16. also 17. too/by 18. returned 19. as 20. worth

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Once upon a time, there was a man called Rip Van Winkle. He was a likeable ___1___ lazy man who never did an ounce of ___2___ in his life. His wife was always nagging ___3___ him for being so lazy.

One day, to ___4___ his wife's nagging, Rip Van Winkle took a stroll in the woods. In these mysterious woods, he encountered a ___5___ of old men with long beards. ___6___ they saw Rip Van Winkle, they offered him a drink from a flask. Rip Van Winkle took a ___7___ and found the drink delicious. As he was very thirsty, he drank to his heart's ___8___ . Immediately after the drink, he felt his eyelids becoming heavy. Before he knew it, he had ___9___ into a deep sleep. When he ___10___ up, the sun was shining brightly. "I must have slept the whole night," he thought to ___11___. As Rip Van Winkle ___12___ his way home, he discovered, to his astonishment, that the landscape around him had changed. As he approached his village, he was even ___13___ dumbfounded. He found that he could not recognise ___14___ in the village ! Not only ___15___ the people look different, they were also ___16___ in a different fashion. Everyone was staring at his chin. As Rip Van Winkle looked ___17___ at his own chin, he realised, to his surprise, that he had ___18___ a very long beard. After ___19___ some enquiries, Rip Van Winkle realised that one hundred years had passed from the time he drank the liquid ___20___ the time he woke up. This meant that he had been asleep for one hundred years !
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1. but 2. work 3. at 4. escape/avoid 5. group 6. When 7. sip 8. content 9. fallen 10. woke 11. himself 12. made 13. more 14. anyone 15. did 16. dressed 17. down 18. grown 19. making 20. To

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The sky was getting darker by the minute and strong wind was ___1___ across the field. Soon, ___2___ of water were falling down ___3___ the overcast sky. Peter did not ___4___ the rain at all. It was ___5___ than playing under the hot ___6___. He liked the ___7___ of rain on his face and the cold sensation ___8___ it soaked through his football jersey. His team had been ___9___ hard for the tournament. It had been two years ___10___ they last won the Inter-Constituency Football Cup. Last year, in the game ___11___ Rockingham, their team had lost ___12___ just one goal. They were determined to win the Cup back this year. "Goal !"

His team had ___13___ again. Peter wanted to ___14___ the next goal. If only he could get ___15___ the two defenders, he would be able to ___16___ the ball into the goal easily. He did not ___17___ to score his goal because the rain was pouring too ___18___ and the field was getting too wet. As the boys ended their game and walked ___19___ the field, Peter sneezed. he felt and unpleasant tingle of coldness running ___20___ his body.
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1. blowing 2. drops 3. from 4. mind 5. better 6. sun 7. feeling 8. when 9. practising 10. since 11. against 12. by 13. scored 14. score 15. past 16. kick 17. get 18. heavily 19. across 20. through/down