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Modern industry pollutes, and it also seem to cause significant changes to the climate. What is needed is an industry that (41) _____ the benefits without the costs. And the glimmerings of such an industry can now be (42) ______.

That industry is based on biotechnology. At the moment, biotech‟s main uses are in medicine and agriculture. However, its biggest long term impact maybe industrial. Biotechnology will (43) _____ demand for oil by taking the cheapest raw materials imaginable, carbon dioxide and water, and using them to make fuel and plastics.

Plastics and fuels made in this way would have several advantages. They can be called “renewable”,

(44)_____ nothing is depleted to make them. They would be part of the natural carbon cycle, borrowing that element from the atmosphere for a few months, and returning it when they were burned or (45) _____. That means they could not possibly contribute to global warming. They would also be environmentally friendly in other ways.

All in all, the future could be green in ways that traditional environmentalists had not expected.

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WORKING PARENTS

Reliable studies have shown that children of parents who both go out to work have no more problems than children with one parent staying at home. My personal (36) _____ is that both parents should go out to work if they wish.

Some parents invest so much in a career that they cannot bear to give it up. Others have to work because of

(37)_____ necessity. There are several options when it comes to choosing childcare from child minders to the kind neighbour across the street.

No (38) _____ how good the childcare may be, some children protest if their parents aren‟t around. Babies become dependent on parents and close family members, (39) _____ parents should make sure they allow plenty of time to help their child settle in with their new career.

Remember: if parents want to (40) _____ the best for their children, it‟s not the quantity of time they spend with them, it‟s the quality that matters.

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Parents and teachers are alwaysmaking (31) ______ between the time when they were children and the present generation . They say everything was better than it is today, especially ineducation. (32) ______, they say they used to work much harder in school, and that nowadays, we aren‟t very interested. I disagree, because we spend hours every day doing homework after our lessonsor (33) ______ for exammination. Iwonder (34) _____ our parents really had to study somuch after school every day. In my opinion, it is no exaggeration to say we have forgotten how to play. I think one reason whykids (35) _____ in class is because they need to get rid ofstress.

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21^st CENTURY TEACHERS: INEVITABLE CHANGES

21^st century teachers need to serve as a guide or mentor for their students, not as the all- knowing sage providing them with everything they need. Nowadays, with so much access (26) ______ resources of all kinds, children invariably know more than teachers on different topics, step ahead of the technology. Teachers need to be empowered as facilitators for learning, so that they can empower their students in (27) ______.

This shift is great news for teachers. Instead of struggling to give kids all the information in areas

(28)______ they know little about, teachers can support students as they make their own steps into different

fields. It‟s about preparing them to go beyond their seniors, ensuring they have the skills to do it, and assisting them along the way.

(29)______, teachers need to be forward-thinking, curious and flexible. They must be learners: learning new teaching methods, and learning alongside their students. Simply asking questions like “What will my students need dozens of years from now?” or “How can I help give them those skills?” can change teachers'

(30)______, make them a leader, and bring about changes in the classroom, school and community.

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The position of sport in today‟s society has changed out of all regconition. People no longer seem to think of sport as “just a game” – to be watched or played for the (21) ___________ of enjoyment. Instead, it has become big business worldwide. It has become accepted practice for loading companies to provide sponsorship. TV companies pay large sums of money to screen important matches or competitions. The result has been huge financial rewards for athletes, some of (22) ___________ are now very wealthy, particularly top footballers, golfers and tennis players. (23) ___________, it is not unusual for some athletes to receive large fees on top of their salary, for advertising products or making personal appearances.

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An important point to remember if you like spending time out in the open air is that the human head doesn‟t work very well outdoors if it becomes too hot, cold or wet. That‟s why a hat is a good investment, whenever you are planning to go out and about. Surprisingly, a single waterproof hat with a brim will do the (16)______ adequately in most conditions.

In cold climates, the problem is that the head is (17)______ heat all the time. As much as fifty to sixty per cent of your body‟s heat is lost through the head and neck, (18)______ on which scientist you believe. Clearly this heat loss needs to be prevented, but it‟s important to remember that hats don‟t actually keep you warm, they simply stop heat escaping.

Just as important is the need to protect your neck from the effects of bright sunlight, and the brim of your hat will do this. If you prefer a baseball cap, (19)______ buying one that has a drop down „tail‟ at the back to stop your neck getting sunburnt.

And in wet weather (20)______, hats are often more practical than pooling up the hood of your waterproof coat because when you turn your head, the hat goes with you, whereas the hood usually does not.

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Trees are among the biggest and longest-living things on Earth, some dating back longer than the oldest buildings. But (11)_______ being nice to look at, trees also play an important role in improving the quality of our lives.

On a world-wide (12)_______, forests help to slow down the effects of global warming by using up the gas

known as carbon dioxide and giving (13)_______ the oxygen we need to breathe. At local neighborhood level, trees also (14)_______ important environment benefits. They offer shade and shelter, which in (15)_______ reduces the amount of energy needed to heat and cool nearby buildings; at the same time, they also remove other impurities from the air we breathe.

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Since the time of Nostradamus, meteorologists have been trying to decipher the mystery of climatic changes. Their objective has been to be able to precisely (6)______ the weather for the days to come. In the past, meteorologists looked skywards to find hints in the clouds. At present, their eyes are directed at the spots(7)______the most intriguing climatic transformations come about, namely, the ultimate depths of the oceans where swirls, whirlpools and waves generate the patterns for the future weather.

The most efficient way of (8)_____ hold of the ever changing map of the swirling currents circulating their heat around the planet is from space. Weather satellites equipped (9)_____complicated instruments examine the surface and the bottom of the oceans and determine the exact height of water. The impressive advantage offered by satellite scanning is that measurements can be (10)_____even in the most inaccessible parts of the oceans and can provide daily pictures of the water surface together with the calculated wave height and wind speed.