Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known by the pen name

Mark Twain, is best (1)

for his keen social observation and as the

author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of

Huckleberry Finn. The (2)

became a landmark in the history of

American literature.

The book first (3)

in 1885. Although it has been (4)

with young readers and taken as a (5)

has also (6)

popular

to the earlier Tom Sawyer, it

the attention of serious literary critics. Based in the

mid 1800s, the novel often (7)

with deeply rooted attitudes, (8)

racism, of the time.

Immediately after its publication the book became controversial and has
remained (9)

up to the present. It has been (10)

from the

sections for children of several libraries and removed from reading lists
and school programs because of its alleged racism. However, its defenders
claim that the (11)
satirical nature.

of the book is anti-racist, (12)

to its

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B famous C reminded D awarded
remembered
2) A last
B latter C latest
D second
B
3) A appeared
C sold
D printed
published
B
4) A absolutely
C truly
D totally
ordinary
5) A story
B sequel C part
D follow
6) A attracted B applied C pulled
D amazed
C
7) A describes B focuses
D deals
disapproves
C
8) A strongly B hardly
D solely
particularly
9) A such
B as
C that
D so
B
D
10) A excluded
C extracted
forbidden
misplaced
11) A plot
B chapter C plan
D action
B
D
12) A showing
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relating
regarding
1)

The Blues
America is the cradle of many types of music derived from several roots. All the
immigrants (13)
came to settle in the New World brought their music
with them and adapted it to their new environment and living conditions.
However, (14)

all of the people coming to America were immigrants in

the proper sense of the word: The African slaves were transported (15)
the Atlantic on slaving ships. They had no particular rights and were considered a
property (16)
than human beings. The horrific conditions of slavery,
special musical feeling and the mixture of African and European roots are
probably (17)
makes the Afro-American music so unique.
The most remarkable style of this music is, without question, the blues. So far it
(18)

influenced almost every genre, moreover, many genres (19)

not have come into existence if it had not been (20)

the blues.
Country music and its sub-styles, rock&roll, jazz, rock, heavy metal, funk, hip
hop - all of them have taken some elements of the blues.
The blues has (21)
regional variants, the major ones being Texas blues,
East Coast Piedmont blues and Delta blues, the blues from the Mississippi Delta.
During the 1940s and 50s it was moving to the cities in the north of the United
States, where its amplified form (22)
popular. (23)
, with the
birth and commercial success of rock&roll the interest in the blues declined. It
was especially the folk music revival and the British rock music of the sixties that
caused its comeback. Nowadays the blues is played (24)
world.

around the

James Bond - 007 is a

FICTION

character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming,

who featured in twelve novels and two short story

COLLECT
also been used in the longest running and most
FINANCE
franchise which started in 1962 with Dr. No.

.The character has

successful English film

Most researchers agree that James Bond, a secret agent who seems to have no
, is a version of Ian Fleming himself. Both Fleming and Bond attended
PERFECT
the same schools, preferred the same foods (scrambled eggs, and coffee),
maintained
the same habits (drinking, smoking and wearing short-sleeve shirts), shared the
same
ideas of the perfect woman in looks and style, and had similar careers in the
Royal
Navy. They also shared similar

, hairstyle, and eye colour.

HIGH

James Bond, like Flemming attended the famous Eaton College before joining the
Royal Navy and eventually becoming a Commander. His fictional parents were
Andrew
Bond, a Scotsman, and Monique Delacroix, from Switzerland. Their
were
NATION
established in 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' and are also linked to the real
life of
Ian Flemming who himself came from a Scottish family and was engaged to be
married
to a Swiss woman.
Commander Sir James Bond as we see him in films, is an agent of the British
Secret
Intelligence Service (SIS). "I wanted the
SIMPLE
'James Bond' was much
GOOD
Carruthers.'
EXCITE

, most boring name I could find,

than something more interesting, like 'Peregrine

things would happen around him, but he would be a neutral

figure a nameless instrument used by a

GOVERN

department.

1. You might have passed the exam if you had studied harder.
WORK
If you

you may have passed the exam.

2. If I were the President I would make cars Illegal.

BAN
I

I were President.

3. Sarah put the phone down on George after they had an argument.
HUNG
After the argument Sarah

George.

4. Mathew preferred to stay in on a Saturday night and play with his computer.
RATHER
On a Saturday night Mathew

and play with his computer.

5. Both children were raised by their grandparents

BROUGHT
Both children

their grandparents

6. When George got home all the cake had been eaten.
TIME
Matt had eaten all the cake

George got home

7. You shouldn't leave it too late to return those books to the library.
OUGHT
You

back to the library before it's too late

8. George is six inches taller than Matt

NEAR
Matt is no

George