
Read the passages below. Choose the best word for each blank from the box. Use each word once.
Passage 1
| adapt | apologize | behaviour | fact | greeted |
| informal | prestige | punctual | rude | understand |
The professor explained the difference between formal and (6) _______ situation and asked the students what would be considered late in Brazilian culture. He wanted to (7) _______ more about the behaviour of the Brazilian people. He learned that in Brazil, it is acceptable for a person to arrive or stay late. In (8) _______, Brazilians expect that successful people with high status or (9) _______ will arrive late. In time, the professor was able to (10) ___________ his own behavior so that he would feel comfortable in his new surroundings.
Passage 2
| consume | employed | favorite | grow | habits |
| lifestyles | nutrition | rush | skip | survey |
A recent (8) ________ showed that Americans think you should eat different foods for different situations. Most adults (9) ________ foods rich in fiber for breakfast, while many prefer light meals, such as salads, before business meetings. Even though most people know that fast foods, sweets, and snacks are not good for you, they are still among most Americans' (10) ___________ foods.
Passage 3
| according | discourage | frightened | gradually | grown |
| harmful | positive | practice | recall | tired |
Researchers have suggested several ways to help us remember our dreams. They say we can (7) _________ our dreams more effectively if we try to recall the details as soon as we wake up. They also think it's possible to (8) __________ stop bad dreams by using dream therapy for a period of time. This (9) ________ can teach us to change terrible nightmares into (10) __________ dreams.
Passage 4
| babies | deaf | innate | linguists | movements |
| observation | patterns | psychologists | speech | varied |
(8) ________ who study human behaviour and (9) ________ who specialize in human language think that people are born with a special capacity to learn language. They call this an (10) __________ ability. Even if people cannot hear or speak, they will learn to communicate with other people using signs and body motions.
Passage 5
| chronic | circumstances | interested | normally | instance |
| overcome | predict | serious | temporary | unfortunately |
Psychologists are mostly (6) ________ in helping people who suffer from long-lasting or (7) ________ loneliness. This type of loneliness is not caused by particular (8) __________. (9) ________, people with long-termed loneliness feel helpless and very unhappy. Also, doctors (10) __________ that chronically lonely people are at greater risk of developing serious illnesses.
Blank Filling Exercises
Read the passages below. Choose the best word for each blank from the box. Use each word once.
Passage 6
| anthropologists | examined | household | influence | maternal |
| mortality | present | reduced | significant | survive |
In general. The researchers saw a clear pattern where the presence of the (8) ______ grandmother made a (9) _________ difference in survival. The most important difference was that if this grandmother was present, the death rate was (10) _____________.
Passage 7
| appears | arrest | bail | crime | evidence |
| guilty | hear | innocent | jury | punishment |
Many steps must take place for the court system to operate effectively. At the time of a person's arrest, he must (5) _______ his Miranda rights. The suspect is then taken to the police station to be booked. Following this, the person (6) _________ before a judge who decides whether to put the suspect in jail, set (7) _______, or let him go free. Later, in a court hearing, a judge decides if the trial should proceed. At the trial, a (8) _______ of 12 people listens to what people know about the crime.Witnesses give (9) ________ as to what happened. Then the jury decides whether the accused person is guilty or innocent of the crime. If the person is guilty, the judge tells him what the (10 )_________ will be.
Passage 8
| appearance | eyewitness | influence | lineup | mistakes |
| questions | reliability | similar | testimony | victim |
Sometimes eyewitnesses can make (3) __________. Many different factors (4) _______ the reliability of eyewitnesses. For example, some people have better memories or eyesight than others. Some witnesses get confused when they see many photographs of people who look (5) ________. Large numbers of possible suspects standing in a (6) _____ can also affect the accuracy of eyewitnesses. People sometimes find it difficult to describe the (7) ________ of people of other races. The (8) _________ that police ask when they interview witnesses can also make their (9) _________ less reliable. Psychologists tested the (10) _________ of police officers as eyewitnesses, finding that they were not reliable than ordinary people.
Passage 9
| apparent | crimes | evidence | expert | fabric |
| fluids | identify | match | reveals | technology |
Other new methods of crime detection depend on computers. In the past, clear fingerprints could only be taken from hard surfaces such as mirrors and furniture. A crime (8) ________ in Washington state used computer software that he developed to enhance a palm print taken from (9) ______. The police were then able to (10) _______ it with prints from a suspect, solving a crime that had been thought to be unsolvable.
Passage 10
| ancient | chamber | crypt | custom | escaped |
| excavation | king | museum | predicted | sealed |
Archaeologists were very surprised to learn that the air in the first room had been sealed so effectively that no air had (5) ______ for 4,600 years. It appeared the air had preserved the wooden boat. Their discovery made the scientists want to examine the quality of the air sealed within the second (6) ______ of the tomb. They wanted to be very careful to protect the (7) ______ air, so they took a lot of time to plan the (8) ______ of the other room. In fact, they waited for 32 years before beginning the excavation. During that time, the Egyptian government had built a (9) ______ on the site for the first boat. Unfortunately, the construction of this museum probably disturbed the second chamber. When scientists finally tested the second room's air, they discovered that the chamber was not (10) ____________.
Passage 11
| ability | attacked | eclipses | enemy | events |
| helpless | mercenary | omens | predict | unfortunately |
(6) _______, sometimes eclipses happened when (7) ________ armies tried to take over cities. Sometimes they used (8) ______ soldiers who fought for money, not because they were fighting for their own people. If these armies (9) _______ at the same time a lunar eclipse occurred, troops often became afraid and lost their (10) ____ to fight back.
Passage 12
| abundant | assumption | conditions | contrast | investigate |
| locations | performed | planet | possibility | theories |
Scientists make an (5) _________ that water is necessary for any form of life. Since Mars and Earth developed under similar (6) _______ 4.5 billion years ago, they think that Mars may once have had (7) _______ amounts of water. Today, Mars is very cold and dry, except for two (8) _________ at the poles where there is ice. By (9) ____, Earth is much warmer and wetter. Scientists want to continue sending mission to Mars so that they can (10) _____ whether life ever existed on our close neighbour.
