At 9 o'clock Harvey Maxwell, a broker, 1 _________ (to enter) his office together with his young stenographer, Miss Leslie, and 2 _________ (to hurry) to his desk where a heap of letters and telegrams were waiting for him.
But the young stenographer 3 _________ (to stand) before Mr. Maxwell's table and 4 _________ (to watch) him for some time. The man 5 _________ (to sit) at that desk was no longer a man, it 6 _________ (to be) a machine.
The girl asked Mr. Pitcher, the clerk, if Mr. Maxwell 7 _________ (to tell) him anything about finding another stenographer. "He 8 _________ (to do)," answered Pitcher. "I will do the work as usual until someone 9 _______ (to come) to take my place." It 10_________ (to be) a busy day. The clerks in the office 11_________ (to jump) about like sailors during a storm. Suddenly they
12 _________ (to see) a young girl 13 _________ (to enter) the office. It 14 _________ (to be) a new stenographer. But Mr. Maxwell 15 _________ (to say) they already had a very good stenographer. The girl shrugged her shoulders and went away.
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Some animals, like dolphins or bees, 1(have) ways of communicating, but only humans 2(like) using language for fun. Some chimpanzees 3(learn) sign language but they
4(can) only copy language - they 5(do, not) really communicate.
Human language probably 6(start) between 40,000 and 50,000 years ago when people 7(begin) to live and hunt together. However, those people 8(do not, speak) very well-they 9(can) only use their voices like small babies.
Today we 10(know) about 4.000-5.000 languages in the world. But there 11(to be)probably more that we
12(discover) yet. They still 13 (remain) an enigma for most scientists. Never the less they 14(do not, give up): they 15(to be going to continue) the research in order to open a new linguistic area.
7.
I 1(be) a fan of soap operas for years. I 2(always watch) my favourite show three times a week. In fact, until about a week ago, I 3(never, miss) a single episode. Last Saturday I 4(sit) in front of the TV, the electricity suddenly 5(go off). After waiting for about an hour, I finally 6 (phone) the telephone company. “What 7(happen)?” I 8(ask) them. “When 9(we / have) electricity again?” The man I 10(speak) to said it 11(take) a while to fix the problem. So I 12 (not watch) my favourite soap opera that day. Strangely enough, I 13(not watch) it since. Suddenly I 14 (think): “There 15(be) so many other things to do!” So I left the TV for the better.
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The world of tennis 1 ____ (never see) two sisters like Venus and Serena before. Venus 2 (already succeed) Wimbledon three times and the US Open twice, though she 3 (not win) the Australian or French Open yet. Serena 4 (get) many grand slam titles including some against her sister.
The two sisters 5(come) a long way from the poor area in California where they 6 (be born). They 7 (move) in 1991 and never 8(look back). 9tennis ever (cause) problems between the sisters? “We 10 (play) against each other many times,”- says Venus, “and it 11 (worry) us yet.” “We 12 even (not talk) about tennis off the court,” 13 (say) Serena. Her sister 14 (add) that their mutual trainings also don't ruin peace in the family. They 15 (take) another tournament soon and hope to do their best.
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MICHAEL Owen 1 ( install) hi-tech electronic surveillance equipment at his Spanish mansion to prevent kidnap attacks on his family.
The worried 24-year-old striker 2also(hire) round the clock security guards after taking advice on personal safety from Real Madrid team-mate David Beckham who 3(live) just a few streets away.
Owen 4(move) to the £5,000 a week rented mansion in the suburb of La Moraleja on Monday with fiancée Louise Bonsall and their 18-month-old daughter Gemma.
And the England star 5(take) extra care to make sure he is not a target for kidnappers, like his sister Karen 6(be) earlier this year. Owen said: "David has been telling me about the situation here. I 7 (going to) assess what we 8 (need) when I finally move in to my new home.
"The area itself looks pretty safe. There's a nice green bit where my daughter 9(can) play but I'm going to take all the precautions someone in my position has to."
It is believed Real Madrid will foot the bill for Owen's security set-up to protect their £8million asset, who was signed from Liverpool in the summer.
Over the last few years Spanish police 10(uncover) plots to seize top players and hold them for ransom. Owen 11also(admit) he 12(receive) death threats from rival supporters when he 13(be) still at Liverpool.
In January, two men 14(grab) his four-month pregnant sister Karen as she 15(walk) to her car at a leisure centre near her Cheshire home.
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We 1(show) an amazing tolerance for a form of pollution that is a growing problem: noise. Airplane traffic 2(increase) by five percent a year. Urban noise 3(double) every ten years. By air, land and sea, we 4(face) an onslaught of noise that is threatening our ability to live in this world.
We 5(grant) ourselves the right to make noise. But what about our responsibilities? 6we (develop) a sense of acoustic responsibility?
The evidence 7(suggest) that we have not. Many people 8(seem) to believe they have an unlimited right to make noise with cars and motorbikes, and with loud music at home and in the street. In some countries measures 9(take) to force people to make less noise. In Britain, for example, a law 10(pass) preventing people from disturbing their neighbours with music at night.
It is widely accepted that we should deal with our rubbish in a responsible way. Noise is in reality a particularly insidious form of rubbish. It 11(destroy) community life, 12 (pursue) us into our homes, 13(keep) us from sleeping and is the cause of many stress-related illnesses, as well as hearing loss.
Our acoustic environment 14(belong) to all of us. Everyone 15(have) the right to use it, but no one has the right to abuse it. Let’s start using it in a correct way.