1.Many encyclopedias say that the first computer was developed by Howard H. Aiken (and his team) in America between 1939 and 1944. It was a large-scale, programme-controlled machine which could make a very complex ____ .CALCULATE
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2.__________________ receive their water from one of two sources: a private well, or a community water system.CONSUME
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3.In autumn you can see large flocks of birds flying from Russia to warmer countries. In spring, they come back to us. Migration is the periodic seasonal ______ of birds.MOVE
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4. When travelling by ship, we were lucky enough to see a few dolphins. A friend of mine, an enthusiastic____________, was the first one who noticed them.PHOTOGRAPH
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5. One night he did not come back and a group went out to search for him. When Nuttall heard them in the _____ , he was frightened.DARK
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6. However, __________ is still the number one social problem facing the 15member states of the European Union.EMPLOY
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7. Charles Darwin came up with his theory of ________________which caused a rise in interest in human nature.EVOLVE
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8. Going for a walk is the most popular leisure activity in Britain. Despite its high ___________ density, the UK has many unspoilt rural and coastal areas.POPULATE
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9. And the water_________ is certainly the worst of the problems.POLLUTE
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10. How has London 2012 changed the sporting map of the world? The United States won the highest number of gold medals and the most medals in total, with China dropping to second place on the medals table after unprecedented _____________ at their home Olympics in Beijing four years ago.DOMINATE
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11. France is one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations. To most people perhaps, the ______ of France lies in her art and culture.GREAT
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12. It would be a pity if the______________ of the EU on an economic level were marred by failure in the vital area of social policy.ACHIEVE
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13. Ilya Yefimovich Repin was born in Kharkov, Ukraine in 1844. Aged 22, after an ____________ that covered icon painting and portraiture, he was admitted as a student to the Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg.APPRENTICE
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14. Scotland is a popular tourist destination. To me, the main __________ of Scotland is its castles.ATTRACT
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15. The first international industrial ________________ took place in London in 1851.EXHIBIT
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16. Mary Pitt, for example, the __________________ of a cat, Toffy, survived the fire due to her pet.OWN
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17. Nobody knows what caused the fire in the _____________________.BUILD