Because of their convenience, cellular phones and other portable phoneshave become ________ popular.

The train ________ by bad weather. I am not sure.

The museum is open to everybody. It ________ between 9am and 5pm.

The room ________ once a day.

I think the match ________. Everybody's gone into the stadium and youcan hear them cheering.

________two days and nights' pass in this manner, during which the old man bears the tension of the line with his body.

What should I tell the mechanic?" ~ "The oil needs_______"  

The Old Man and the Sea is noteworthy in twentieth century fiction, reaffirming Hemingway's worldwide literary prominence________

_______is one of my favourite leisure activities.

Neil Postman, an author of some great books, pointed out that reading teaches us to think in a logically connected way, and cultivating a sustained attention span.  

I think access to cinemas and theatres is the main______of city life.

How-to books appear only because________. 

If you often read “How-to books”, you________. 

The passage tells us that How-to books sell well on how________.

There are many benefits that we may be gainedby actuallytaking the time to read a book instead ofsitting in front of the TV or doing some  otherforms of mindless entertainment.

Too much television can has negative effects on young minds  because of higher levels of television viewing correlate with lowered academic performance, especially reading scores.