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Fill in the gaps using the words and phrases from the box.

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ARE LETTERS OR E-MAILS THE BEST MEANS OF COMMUNICATION?

There is no doubt that e-mail has enabled us to communicate with each other
much more ___________________ than in the past but is __________________
unquestionably a good thing? ______________ tend to take us longer to write, but
perhaps we think more about what we are saying. In e-mails we don’t worry so
much about correct spelling or punctuation. We also keep letters for
____________, so if we ____________remember what a friend said in their last
letter we _____________just look at it again. However, we usually
________________ our e-mails.
On the other hand, when we need a quick ________________, e-mail is
perfect! It’s also ______________, and much more convenient than sending a
letter because we don’t need to leave our desk and we don’t have to queue in the
_________________ !

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could live didn’t sit alarm clock IT
on the computer libraries on the net

My grandparents didn’t live for __1)________________ . They didn’t spend

most of their time ___________2)______________ technologic devices. The
mobile phone wasn’t their __________3)__________ in the morning. They
___________4)_________ without the microwave and they didn’t take their
________5)__________ to school. They didn’t have _____6)___________
lessons at school and they didn’t write their assignments on the
_______7)______________ and they didn’t search for information
_______8)________. They needed ___________9)____ . When they got
home, they ___________10)______ in front of the computer,
______11)_____________ the net or _______12)_________ with friends. In
the evening, they didn’t spend hours in front of the TV!!!
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Why do people in many parts of the world learn English?

English is a ______________ and important language in the world today. It is used

for everything from international academic _____________, to news reports, to
popular _____________ lyrics. It is used not only for _______________between
native speakers and foreign speakers of English but also among foreign speakers.
Even though it does not have the greatest number of __________ in the world,
English is the most widely used ______________ .

Here are the headlines from three newspaper articles. Put the verbs below into
the Past Simple.

Article 1

Four-year-old Mark Harris from Bristol __________ (fall) 60 feet from a

bridge into the River Avon. The river carried him towards a waterfall and
_____________ (throw) him onto some rocks. Fortunately, three older boys
_______________ (see) Mark. They quickly pulled him out and
____________ (ring) the police.

Article 2

An American jet pilot __________ (take off) from Fort Worth, but the jet’s
engines ________ (go) wrong. The pilot ejected, but the plane didn’t crash.
The engines ___________ (begin)working again. The jet ____________ (fly)
for more than one hour over three states. Finally it crashed near Lincoln,
Nebraska. It __________ ( hit ) some trees in a field. Fortunately no one was
hurt.

Article 3

Twelve-year-old Thomas Gregory from London is the youngest person to

swim the English Channel. He _________ (swim) the 31 miles in just 11 hours
55 minutes. He __________ (drink) hot tomato soup because he
____________ (feel) so cold in the water. Often he ____________ (can) not
see anything and that was the worst thing. He was very pleased when he
finally arrived on the beach in France.