III. CLOZE EXERCISES A Fill each of the following blanks with only one suitable wor! ". In ..... #I$ countries it%s ..... #&$ to ..... #'$ a (ob of ..... #)$ kin. Al*ost any (ob is ..... #+$ than none at ..... #,$ so one can%t a-or to be ..... #$ fussy. /here are luckier 0eo0le ..... #1$ ha2e (obs but not (obs ..... #3$ they ha2e chosen ..... #"4$. 5erha0s they work in a 0articular factory ..... #""$ that is the ..... #"&$ 0lace in ..... #"'$ town ..... #")$ there is work. Others ..... #"+$ to o what their fa*ilies 0ush the* ..... #",$. For ..... #"$6 they *ay go into their father%s ..... #"1$ as their father an granfather ..... #"3$ before the*6 ..... #&4$ they like it or not7 they are not consulte the*sel2es. &. 8e suenly ..... #"$ of long ..... #&$ Ca*brige ays an ..... #'$ the ti*e ..... #)$ he ..... #+$ al*ost ecie to try ..... #,$ foreign ser2ice. Ser2ing ..... #$ go2ern*ent abroa was ..... #1$ he ha always rea*e ..... #3$! secret ..... #"4$ an 0olitical sche*ing6 with hi*self ..... #""$ the hero. Funny ..... #"&$ rea*s of that sort staye with you. One half of your ..... #"'$ beca*e a *ar2ellous reasoning *achine6 ..... #")$ the ..... #"+$ wanere o2er ..... #",$ frontiers into ..... #"$ countries where ..... #"1$6 ro*ance an ..... #"3$ eath lay waiting ..... #&4$ the tra2eller. tra2eller. '. In the s*all ..... #"$ of Chotagaon in the heart of Southern Inia6..... #&$ a 0lateau ..... #'$ the 9eccan6 9eccan6 ..... ..... #)$ li2es a little little girl girl calle calle Shanta Shanta.. Shanta Shanta%s %s father father66 ..... ..... #+$ na*e is :eshwant :eshwant Rao6 is a far*er ..... #,$ *ost of the other ..... #$ in the 2illage. Shanta has two two .... ...... #1$ #1$ brot brothe hers rs an an an ole olerr brot brothe her6 r6 ten ten year years s ol6 ol6 whose whose na*e na*e is Shan Shanka karr. :eshwant :eshwant Rao an his fa*ily li2e in a little *u ..... #3$6 ..... #"4$ is (ust like like all the ..... #""$ ones in the 2illage. It has two ..... #"&$ only6 with a courtyar an a 2erana. Its *u ..... #"'$ are 0lastere with cowung *i;e ..... #")$ *u an water.
oth beca*e national ..... #)$6 both beco*ing ..... #+$ of this role in the sa*e ?arkest hour?. Each ..... #,$ e2entually re(ecte ..... #$ his own ..... #1$ when the 0ersonality ha outli2e the sy*bol. >oth were *asterly writers with a ..... #3$ of history an 0atriotic ins0iration. >oth were ..... #"4$ successful in ..... #""$ ancient an unfashionable ..... #"&$ of rhetoric. >oth en(oye without @uestion ..... #"'$ strange title ..... #")$ ?states*an? an yet they ca*e ca*e ..... ..... #"+$ #"+$ it by wiely wiely i-er i-erent ent ..... ..... #",$. #",$. Churc Churchill hill was a 0rofe 0rofessi ssiona onall 0oliti 0oliticia cian n an ..... #"$ a*ateur strategist7 e =aulle a ..... #"1$ solier with a islike borering ..... #"3$ conte*0t for 0oliticians. As states*en they were not *erely acce0te by their country*en as ..... #&4$. +. .... ...... #"$ #"$ the the coas coastt of Scot Scotla lan n .... ...... #&$ #&$ thir thirty ty two two kilo kilo*e *etr tres es .... ...... #'$ #'$ the the Oute Outerr 8ebries ..... #)$ a grou0 of se2en s*all ..... #+$ calle the Flannan Isles. Only ..... #,$ of the islans is inhabite6 Eilean hor6 where a lighthouse was ..... #$ in "133. /hree lighthouse kee0ers ..... #1$ there an they are the ..... #3$ inhabitants sa2e ..... #"4$ rabbits an the thousans of seabirs that *ake the islans their ..... #""$. /hese islans are ..... #"&$ by tearing west wins6 an Atlantic rollers break in clous of..... #"'$ against their cli-s. For the lighthouse kee0ers ..... #")$ there is often a test of ..... #"+$. ..... #",$ two *onths at a ti*e they ..... #"$ on the islan to kee0 the warning la*0 ..... #"1$ an then a relief kee0er co*es ..... #"3$ the *ainlan to take each *an%s 0lace in ..... #&4$. ,. 9o you ..... #"$ when an ..... #&$ the ne;t Oly*0ic =a*es will be ..... #'$B /he Oly*0ic =a*es ..... #)$ 0lace ..... #+$ fourth year. A*ateur athletes an s0orts*en an wo*en ..... #,$ *ore than si;ty ..... #$ nations gather at these =a*es to ..... #1$ against each ..... #3$
for the ..... #"4$ of their country. /he =a*es are na*e after the town of Oly*0ia in =reece where they were ..... #""$ hel long ago before Christ was born7 an the =reeks ha2e a story ..... #"&$ how the =a*es began. In those far..... #"'$ ays the tribes of =reece use to s0en *uch of their ti*e ghting ..... #")$ another. /his continual @uarrelling ..6.. #"+$ *en of i-erent 2illages an cities ..... #",$ those who lo2e 0eace6 a*ong ..... #"$ was a *an calle I0hitos. Dow I0hitos was ..... #"1$ concerne about this wasteful ..... #"3$ that he went to the gos an aske the* what he coul o to kee0 his friens an neighbours ..... #&4$ *aking war on one another. . 9rying her ..... #"$6 she looke towars the winow an ..... #&$ a strange lay ..... #'$ u0 the garen. y *other knew ..... #)$ the tall6 fearless lay *ust be iss >etsey! it..... #+$ be noboy else. etsey carrie her eyes roun the ..... #")$ till they ..... #"+$ her. 8er ..... #",$ co**ane *y *other to co*e an ..... #"$ the oor. y *other went. ?rs 9a2i Co00erel6 I think?6 sai iss >etsey. ?:es.? sai *other in a ..... #"1$ 2oice. ?iss /rotwoo6? ..... #"3$ the 2isitor6 ?:ou ha2e hear of her6 I ..... #&4$ say.? 1. >efore you ..... #"$ sho00ing for your *other6 she *akes ..... #&$ that you ha2e enough ..... #'$ in your ..... #)$. /his ..... #+$ will be in the ..... #,$ of coins or banknotes. It is icult for us to realiGe that there are sho0s in ..... #$ 0arts of the ..... #1$ where *oney as we know ..... #3$6 coins an notes6 woul be of ..... #"4$ use. In the *arkets an baGaars of these countries a hanful of shells6 a few beas6 a bar of *etal or so*e ogs% teeth *ight..... #""$ useful for ..... #"&$ goos6 but..... #"'$ an 0ence6 ollars an ..... #")$ woul buy nothing. For the nati2es of ..... #"+$ Inian islans6 shells are ?*oney? as are ogs% teeth to the tribes on so*e of the South Sea Islans. In *any ..... #",$ the out of the way 0arts of the ..... #"$ howe2er6 there is ..... #"1$ such things as *oney at all6 because there is no ..... #"3$ for it. In 0arts of Africa an ..... #&4$ the nati2e tribes of South A*erica6 an so*e of the *ore re*ote islans of the 5acic6 selling is still *ainly a *atter of barter. 3. ?ut6 *eeting that col le2el gaGe6 he began to ..... #""$ that =roo* ..... #"&$ be s0eaking the ..... #"'$. Finally6 the 5rofessor laughe an sai! ?:ou ha2e a ..... #")$ strange sense of..... #"+$. sir.? ?" ..... #.",$ you% laugh6? sai =roo* ..... #"$7 ?but ..... #"1$ *e 0ut a @uestion to you. ..... #"3$ your o0inion6 which laboratory in the worl is *ost ..... #&4$ to ha2e achie2e this e2elo0*entB? "4. Early in the *orning ..... #"$ of the teachers calle *e out. I was ..... #&$ su**one to the oce of the ..... #'$. At rst I thought it *ust be ..... #)$ fro* *y frien6 but ..... #+$ the way I ..... #,$ to ha2e *y oubts. She was ..... #$ for *e in her oce6 acco*0anie ..... #1$ the *e*ber of the Social Co**ission ..... #3$ thought he ..... #"4$ known *y 0arents ..... #""$ the war. /hey greete *e ..... #"&$ an ..... #"'$ *e to sit own. I..... #")$ that they were both ..... #"+$ ner2ous6 though they trie to ..... #",$ it. I looke ..... #"$ aroun. ". So*e 0eo0le on%t *in ..... #"$ fat. In ..... #&$ countries a goo ..... #'$ sto*ach is nothing to ..... #)$ asha*e ..... #+$. /here is a ut a ..... #"4$ of 0eo0le o ..... #""$ on ..... #"&$ *uch weight an on%t like it. /he @uestion is6 what ..... #"'$ they o about itB So*e 0ut their faith ..... #")$ e;ercise. >ut the trouble with e;ercise is that it .....
#"+$ works u0 an a00etite. :ou ..... #",$ sweat o- a cou0le of ..... #"$ 0laying tennis or ..... #"1$ a *ountain but you 0ut it all ..... #"3$ on with a big ..... #&4$ of *acaroni cheese or steak an chi0s or brea an (a*. &. On Sunays on the Continent..... #"$ the 0oorest 0erson 0uts ..... #&$ his ..... #'$ suit6 tries to ..... #)$ res0ectable6 an at the ..... #+$ ti*e the life of the country ..... #,$ cheerful! in Englan e2en the ..... #$ lor or *otor*anufacturer ..... #1$ in so*e 0eculiar rags6 oes ..... #3$ sha2e6 an the country beco*es ..... #"4$ an reary. On the ..... #""$ there is ..... #"&$ to0ic which shoul be ..... #"'$ the weather7 in Englan ..... #")$ you o not..... #"+$ the 0hrase ?Lo2ely ay6 isn%t itB? at ..... #",$ two hunre ti*es a ay6 you are consiere a ..... #"$ ull. On the Continent 0eo0le ..... #"1$ a fork as ..... #"3$ it were a sho2el7 in Englan they turn it ..... #&4$ own an 0ush e2erything incluing 0eas on to0 of it. '. ?/his book is not about heroes. English 0oetry is ..... #"$ yet t to s0eak of the*. ..... #&$ is it about ees6 or lans6 nor anything about glory6 howe2er. *ight6 *a(esty6 o*inion ..... #'$ 0ower6 e;ce0t ut *any of the ..... #"3$ that were to ha2e been inclue in the 2olu*e re*ain6 their beauty for ..... #&4$6 their truth ob2ious6 their warning isregare. ). >y half 0ast twel2e6 5rofessor >arstow was ..... #"$ tire. 8e ha alreay ..... #&$ '44 k* that ay. arstow i e2erything *ethoically6 ..... #1$ he was a00lying the laws of 0hysics or ..... #3$ his ..... #"4$ cat. 8is lean6 0ale ..... #""$6 critical e;0ression an ..... #"&$ ark grey suit clearly ..... #"'$ the 0recision of his habits. 8is lectures before the Royal Society were ..... #")$ for their ..... #"+$ re2iews of fact an their cautious a*issions of theory. ..... #",$ fact6 he ee0ly istruste i*agination *ore ..... #"$ usual6 as it was telling hi* what he i not want to belie2e6 ..... #"1$ he was a sick *an who shoul be ..... #"3$ 0eacefully in the garen of a hotel so*ewhere6 not racing u0 an own the ..... #&4$ in his car. +. =roo* ..... #"$ slowly to his feet. 8is ..... #&$ bore a thin s*ile6 but his ..... #'$ ha narrowe to 0in0oints ..... #)$ col anger. 8is 2oice ..... #+$ to be co*ing fro* a great istance. ?All the ..... #,$. 5rofessor6 " shall not ..... #$ your refusal. For the ..... #1$ ays I e;0ect to be ..... #3$ the RitG 8otel in 5aris. I%* tra2elling by air toay. If you change your..... #"4$? >ut the 5rofessor hear ..... #""$ *ore. A terrible tireness ca*e ..... #"&$ his brain.
I was a fatherless ..... #,$. y father%s eyes close u0on the ..... #$ of this worl si; *onths before ..... #1$ o0ene. I re*e*ber the white stone behin the ..... #3$ where his boy lay. It lle *e with ..... #"4$. ?5oor fatherH? I thought. ?8e is lying out there in the ..... #""$ when our little house is ..... #"&$ an bright.? y father%s aunt #*y greataunt$ was the *ost co**aning ..... #"'$ in our fa*ily. 8er na*e was iss /rotwoo. She li2e in a s*all house ..... #")$ the sea6 with one ser2ant. y *other ..... #"+$ her iss >etsey6 but she was afrai of this fearful 0erson an ne2er..... #",$ her. iss >etsey once ..... #"$ *y father early7 but she was ee0ly angere by his ..... #"1$. She thought *y *other was not..... #"3$ to hi*. She ne2er saw *y *other6 but she ..... #&4$ that she was not yet twenty. . In *y early ..... #"$6 the two 0eo0le I lo2e ..... #&$ were *y *other an 5eggotty. I re*e*ber the* ..... #'$ *y *other with her 0retty hair an young sha0e6 an 5eggotty with no sha0e at..... #)$. One e2ening6 when I was ..... #+$ si; years ol6 5eggotty an I were sitting ..... #,$ the re6 alone. y *other was ..... #$ the e2ening with a neighbour. I rea a ..... #1$ about ani*als to 5eggotty. I..... #3$ tire of reaing an beca*e 2ery ..... #"4$. >ut I..... #""$ to go to be. I hel *y eyes o0en with *y ..... #"&$ an watche 5eggotty sewing. 5eggotty looke u0 fro* her sewing an ga2e *e a little ..... #"'$. ?ill%s ini2iual features ..... #$. 8e ..... #1$ on the s*all6 shae light6 shieling it with his ..... #3$. 8e sighe an rubbe his hans ..... #"4$ his forehea with a thoughtful *o2e*ent. ?8a2e you ..... #""$ so*e kis at ho*e6 tooB? aske >ill. /he octor ..... #"&$ to the winow. 8e 0ulle gently on the cor6 an the thick ..... #"'$ 0arte an sli back sounlessly. ?I ha2e three little ..... #")$?6 he sai. 1) /he autu*n ..... #"+$ ca*e strongly ..... #",$ the roo* an lay in a bright wege across the oor6 ..... #"$ >ill%s hans6 his rough6 u0lifte face6 an the wall ..... #"1$. ?y now I ha ..... #"$ si*ilar occasions with 8ugh6 an ..... #&$ at rstJhan that nothing coul ent his castiron assurance. ?
about6 isn%t that soB ut when she arri2e at Rabbit 8ills ..... #1$ any luggage6 her *other6 an
rearrange *y front ..... #",$. I think F.I.F.A. ..... #"$ *ake hi* 0ay *y entist for all the re0airs .....#"1$ he is going to ha2e to *ake.? If the Football Association ns Sta*0er ..... #"3$ of bringing the ga*e into isre0ute6 it will sus0en hi* for the twenty thir ..... #&4$ in his career. ,. Our fa*ily was a 2ery e*ocratic ..... #"$! we were not a fa*ily in which ..... #&$ was a father who i a (ob6 a *other who i a (ob6 an the kis who i what they were ..... #'$. As each one of ..... #)$ ca*e to the use of reason6 as it were6 we were ..... #+$ in the fa*ily ecisions. Once we knew ..... #,$ to count6 we were in2ol2e in the fa*ily e;0eniture. ut we were brought ..... #""$ to reect that since we coul get what we aske ..... #"&$6 we ..... #"'$ to be ..... #")$ res0onsible about asking. ..... #"+$ you wante so*ething only because so*eone ..... #",$ ha it6 you were force to ..... #"$6 ?eware therefore of ..... #")$ that begin /he general o0inion is that ...%6 %It%s generally felt6 belie2e6 thought6 hel that ...?. 1 ..... #"+$ o0inions are ten a 0enny. >ut what e*erges is that there is a basis ..... #",$ action6 an if an issue is ..... #"$ worthwhile6 then the s0arks really ..... #"1$ to y. /he only ..... #"3$ guie to the here an now is when o0inion begins to crystalliGe an bite suciently to get a health warning bill ..... #&4$ 5arlia*ent. 1. /he Coronation of Mueen EliGabeth II..... #"$& Nune "3+' was ..... #&$ by nearly a @uarter of the hu*an beings then ..... #'$ on earth. /he inhabitants of >ritain an the Co**onwealth nu*bere ..... #)$ ,+4 *illion6 an a fair 0ro0ortion of the* ..... #+$ to ha2e congregate in Lonon ..... #,$ the ti*e the ay arri2e. /he hotels an boaring houses ..... #$ full. All seats in the stans ..... #1$ been reser2e as soon as booking o0ene6 an tickets were selling on the ..... #3$ *arket for )4 or +4 ..... #"4$. >alconies ..... #""$ the route cost..... #"&$ *ore #'+44 for fty6 incluing cha*0agne$6 an outsie the ca0ital streets organiGe the istribution of neighbours ..... #"'$ the recently a2ailable tele2ision sets #/he best Coronation sou2enir..... #")$ all$. /here were holiays for e2eryone6 *ugs6 0lates6 0a*0hlets an bages 0resente ..... #"+$ schoolchilren6 an car raio aerials ha little nion ..... #",$ uttering chir0ily on ..... #"$. /he Coronation occu0ie a ..... #"1$ ay6 but e;cite antici0ation *aintaine its enthusias* for a whole year ..... #"3$ than any 0ublicist woul ..... #&4$ are 2enture an it left a war* glow in its after*ath. 3. At i-erent ..... #"$6 i-erent 0eo0le an i-erent countries ha2e ..... #&$ the lea an greatly ae to *an%s ..... #'$ of the worl. Such was the case in the "+th an ",lh ..... #)$6 the great 0erio of e;0loration ..... #+$ 5ortuguese an S0anish ..... #,$. In ")11 ..... #$ 5ortuguese na2igator >artholo*ew 9iaG ..... #1$ the Ca0e of ..... #3$ 8o0e an in ")3 ..... #"4$ fellow country*an Kasco a =a*a ..... #""$ Inia. Seeking a new route6 Christo0her Colu*bus ..... #"&$ westwars ..... #"'$ Euro0e in ")3&6 con2ince that he ..... #")$ get to the fabulous East Inies. Instea he ..... #"+$ in the >aha*a ..... #",$ an
across 5ana*a. /he new continent of A*erica was to be ..... #"3$ after a Florentine e;0lorer6 after..... #&4$ KeneGuela is also calle. "4. 9o*inating our little corner of the ..... #"$ is the *ighty6 glowing orb of the sun. /ra2elling ..... #&$ it at i-erent istances in great elli0tical ..... #'$ are the Earth an the ..... #)$ 0lanets. So*e ..... #+$ the 0lanets are the*sel2es the centre of tiny6 solar ty0e syste*s6 with one or ..... #,$ *oons or satellites re2ol2ing aroun ..... #$. /he sun6 the 0lanets an their *oons for* ..... #1$ *a(or 0art of the solar syste*. >ut ..... #3$ are a nu*ber of ..... #"4$6 *inor 11 boies which also ..... #""$ to it an tra2el6 ..... #"&$ the 0lanets6 in 0aths aroun the sun. /hese are the asterois6 *eteors ..... #"'$ co*ets. /he sun an ..... #")$ these boies tra2el through s0ace ..... #"+$ a great 0hysical unit6 or %fa*ily%6 ..... #",$ together ..... #"$ the sun%s gra2itational ..... #"1$. /he war*th an ..... #"3$ of the sun are the *ost i*0ortant things to us on earth6 for ..... #&4$ the* there woul be no life of any kin. 9 ". Lawrence Oli2ier ga2e this inter2iew to Penneth 8arris of /he Obser2er6 one of the leaing Sunay 0a0ers6 in "3,3. 8arris! 8ow has tele2ision a-ecte the theatreB Oli2ier! ut the ..... #"$ cannot gi2e you the 0eculiar conition of the theatre6 ..... #"1$ we are allowe to get back to life ..... #"3$ 0eo0le an relations in e0th7 0ers0ecti2es6 angles6 istances7 all telling the story an 0resenting the ra*a6 as ..... #&4$ as what is being sai. &. an%s e;istence on earth e0ens ..... #"$ all the other li2ing *atter..... #&$ hi* an a large 0art of this belongs ..... #'$ the 0lant kingo*. ..... #)$ the e;traorinary 2ariety of li2ing organis*s that *ake ..... #+$ the worl of 0lants6 ani*al life coul not ..... #,$ an our 0lanet ..... #$ be a barren an lifeless worl of eserts. So*e 0lants are of ..... #1$ use than others. 8igh on the list of 0lants u0on ..... #3$ our li2es e0en are the foo cro0s. /he grass fa*ily is 0robably the ..... #"4$ i*0ortant of these6 ..... #""$ it su00lies the worl ..... #"&$ its wheat6 rice6 oats6 barely an sugar cane. ..... #"'$ a certain a*ount of 0rocessing6 these are all ..... #")$ *ore or ..... #"+$ as they are grown. Other grasses 0ro2ie the basic foostu- for cattle an shee0. /hen there are root 13 cro0s ..... #",$ as 0otatoes an carrots6 as ..... #"$ as the great..... #"1$ of fruits. So*e 0lants gi2e us be2erages ..... #"3$ tea an ..... #&4$. '. A0es are *en%s ..... #"$ li2ing cousins. Like ..... #&$ they ha2e no tail. an can ..... #'$ u0right6 although nor*ally they walk about on all ..... #)$. /he ..... #+$ a0e is the =orilla which *ay ..... #,$ to one an a half *etres an ..... #$ o2er &+4 kilogra*s. It is a shy ani*al which roa*s the Congo ..... #1$ in Africa in s*all fa*ily 0arties. /here is also a *ountain race. /he =orilla is a 2egetarian6 ..... #3$ for fruit6 ba*boo shoots an lea2es. ..... #"4$ night it buils 0latfor*s in the trees in which the fa*ily ..... #""$6 the *ale gorilla usualy staying below on ..... #"&$. /his a0e has tre*enous ..... #"'$ an can beco*e angerous ..... #")$ annoye. At one ti*e there ..... #"+$ strange tales about
these hairy %a0e*en% of the bush. Actually the gorillas are elicate in ca0ti2ity6 an can @uickly ..... #",$ illnesses such as cols ..... #"$ hu*ans. /his is ..... #"1$ their cages are ..... #"3$ with glass also to ..... #&4$ in the war*th. ). After the ro*antic 0erio ..... #"$ in the "3th century Englan there was ..... #&$ great literary %fashion%. At the beginning of the Kictorian ..... #'$ there were two ..... #)$ English 0oets6 Alfre Lor /ennyson an Robert >rowning. /ennyson wrote lyric 0oe*s an 2erse ra*as not intene to be ..... #+$. A weakness in his work ..... #,$ in the feeling that ..... #$ ol6 beautiful an ro*antic the*es were suitable ..... #1$ 0oetry6 so ..... #3$ the truth to life ..... #"4$ *akes 0oetry ?co*e ali2e? is6 for the ..... #""$ 0art *issing. >rowning6 too6 ..... #"&$ to set his 0oetry in ..... #"'$ ages6 but because he was chiey .....#")$ in the kins of *oral an religious 0roble*s which ha2e a00lie ..... #"+$ all ti*es6 his work is ..... #",$ ali2e an ..... #"$ re*aine so. /he 5reRa0haelite >rotherhoo6 that grew u0 in the latter half of the century6 was an association of 0oets6 0ainters an crafts*en6 ..... #"1$ ieals were those of *eie2al ti*es6 an for this reason they calle ..... #"3$ 5reRa0haelites. /hey were ..... #&4$ by 9ante =abriel Rossetti. +. efore turning ..... #)$ the light6 she gro0e ..... #+$ way to the winow. Fog6 yellow an o0a@ue6 was 0ressing against the 0anes6 *uQing ..... #,$ souns of the few ..... #$ who* circu*stances co*0elle to ..... #1$ out of..... #3$. She rew the ..... #"4$ to shut out its gri*y6 reary ugliness. 8er uneasy feeling of ..... #""$ catastro0he was ..... #"&$7 she 0ulle ..... #"'$ together r*ly an went to stoke the re6 this ti*e with lu*0s of coal. 8ea2y ste0s were ..... #")$ the house7 ..... #"+$ was a single
co**aning knock. locking the o0ensie 0orch6 fra*e ..... #"3$ the en2elo0ing fog6 ..... #&4$ a tall gra2eface 0olice*an. 3" 3. In *y ..... #"$ case6 for ..... #&$6 it was at this 0erio ..... #'$ I rst..... #)$ the *ost i*0ortant truth ..... #+$ *yself7 ..... #,$6 that I%* non co*0etiti2e. /he urge to go one better ..... #$ the ne;t *an6 which see*s to o*inate ..... #1$ 0eo0le%s li2es in one way or ..... #3$ is so*ething I (ust ..... #"4$ not ha2e built into *e. ..... #""$" think o2er it now6 I..... #"&$ see (ust how *uch of a 0uGGle I ..... #"'$ to *y school*asters7 in ..... #")$ of the fact that I in%t gi2e *uch ..... #"+$ an worke fairly steaily I was islike ..... #",$ nearly all the 0eo0le ..... #"$ ha charge of *e. ar6 which rather 0lease ..... #1$ teachers6 ..... #3$ it is a wellknown fact that the young *ust 0ass ..... #"4$ these 0hases of rebellion ..... #""$ settling own to confor*ity. In ..... #"&$6 the greater the 2erbal rebellion6 ..... #"'$ *ore settle was the confor*ity likely to ..... #")$. In secret /o**y got books fro* the city ..... #"+$ such as are not usually ..... #",$ by boys of his ..... #"$ on the history of Africa6 an on co*0arati2e anthro0ology6 an 0asse fro* there ..... #"1$ the history of the *o*ent6 *ost 0articular ..... #"3$ of the relations ..... #&4$ black an white an coloure. E ". Clarence was not close ..... #"$ his father6 but he res0ecte ..... #&$. Ral0h *ae a ecent salary6 ha a skille ..... #'$6 an he ha got..... #)$ he was with ..... #+$ college eucation6 *erely by taking corres0onence courses ..... #,$ engineering an by stuying ..... #$ night. /he fact ..... #1$ Clarence ha gone to Cornell6 ..... #3$ I2y League ni2ersity6 for four ..... #"4$6 was a source of ..... #""$ to his father6 Clarence knew ... A i0lo*a fro* Cornell was so*ething Clarence ha an his father ha ..... #"&$. 8is father ha ..... #"'$ sai to hi*6 ?I..... #")$ you to work su**ers6 be a waiter ..... #"+$ a ta;i ri2er ...? ..... #",$ of rich fa*ilies sai that to ..... #"$ sons an aughters. Clarence ha gone to Cornell ..... #"1$ a 0rince ... Clarence ..... #"3$ to a*it his 0arents were ecent6 honest 0eo0le an he in%t *eet the like ..... #&4$ ay in Dew :ork. &. ..... #"$" arri2e in Englan I ..... #&$ I knew English. After I% ..... #'$ here an ..... #)$ I realiGe that I i ..... #+$ unerstan one wor. In ..... #,$ rst week I 0icke u0 a tolerable knowlege ..... #$ the language an the ..... #1$ 3& se2en years con2ince ..... #3$ graually but throughly that I ..... #"4$ ne2er know it really ..... #""$6 let ..... #"&$ 0erfectly. /his is sa. y ..... #"'$ consolation being ..... #")$ noboy s0eaks English ..... #"+$. Re*e*ber that those +44 wors ..... #",$ a2erage English*an uses are ..... #"$ fro* being the ..... #"1$ 2ocabulary of the language. :ou *ay learn another +44 an another +6444 an yet another +46444 an still you *ay co*e ..... #"3$ a further +4.444 you ha2e ne2er hear of before6 an noboy else ..... #&4$. '."..... #"$ back fro* school this afternoon6 feeling for once6 *ore or ..... #&$ contente. /he sun ..... #'$6 shining6 ..... #)$ been shining all ay6 an the 0art of town we li2e ..... #+$ is 0leasant ..... #,$6 with wie treeline ..... #$. I swung in at the gate6 eager to u*0 *y school kit an go ..... #1$ to 0lay for half ..... #3$ hour6 before ..... #"4$ calle in to the table. >ut as soon as I..... #""$ the garen6 there ..... #"&$ was6 *y brother waiting for*e. Dot..... #"'$ waiting6 but staning there ..... #")$ if he% ..... #"+$ roote ..... #",$ the s0ot ..... #"$
hours6 waiting for *e to co*e ..... #"1$. Anyway6 I..... #"3$ see that he ..... #&4$ so*ething to show *e. ). /he Ine0enent /ele2ision Authority was create ..... #"$ Act of 5arlia*ent ..... #&$ Nuly6 "3+) to 0ro2ie aitional tele2ision broacasting ser2ices to ..... #'$ 0ro2ie by ..... #)$ >ritish >roacasting Cor0oration. In "3& it was ..... #+$ the Ine0enent >roacasting Cor0oration an ..... #,$ functions ..... #$ e;tene to ..... #1$ the 0ro2ision of a local raio ser2ice. /he Authority consists ..... #3$ a Chair*an an ten *e*bers ..... #"4$ by the 8o*e Secretary of ..... #""$ three *ake Scotlan6 ooth ..... #"4$ slu*0e in horrie isbelief in ..... #""$ of his tele2ision. For ten consecuti2e nights ..... #"&$ the isaster he ha ..... #"'$ the sa*e terrible night*are. First6 he hear the ..... #")$ of engines failing6 then looke on hel0lessly ..... #"+$ a huge A*erican Airlines 3' aero0lane swer2e shar0ly6 rolle o2er an crashe ..... #",$ the groun ..... #"$ a *ass of re an orange a*es. Each ti*e he ..... #"1$ in terror an was obsesse all ay ..... #"3$ the *e*ory of the hieous ..... #&4$. ,. In future 0o0ulation will ..... #"$ *ore e2enly istribute an a ..... #&$ 0ercentage will get in2ol2e ..... #'$ 0artti*e foo 0rouction. /he resulting si*0lication ..... #)$ society will allow ..... #+$ a greater 2ariety within ..... #,$ ini2iual%s life6 incluing ..... #$ for eucation an work. An contrary ..... #1$ the foreboings of the techno0hobes. *oern technology facilitates rather ..... #3$ hiners this tren ..... #"4$ ecentraliGation an ini2iualiGation. Dew ..... #""$ of 0ower6 new ..... #"&$ of *aterials6 new ..... #"'$ of fabrication6 an new ..... #")$ of trans0ort all co*0rise a technology ..... #"+$ is relati2ely si*0le to ..... #",$ an ine;0ensi2e to o0erate. /his new society now e*erging *ay a00ear to ..... #"$ a regression in ..... #"1$ to the gla*our of the conte*0orary aQuent ut ..... #"3$ hu*ans a00eare on the scene we ha2e 0rogressi2ely ..... #&4$ our ability to alter the en2iron*ent an hunt ani*als to e;tinction. 1. In "3)6 a grou0 of Dorwegian a2enturers set ..... #"$ on a si*0le balsa ..... #&$ e@ui00e with a single huge ..... #'$ an a long steering oar to ..... #)$ the 5acic6 e;actly ..... #+$ Pon/iki an his Inians ha one6 accoring to legen6 hunres of ..... #,$ ago. /hey e;0ecte to face the usual haGars of ..... #$6 2iolent wins6 treacherous currents6 waters0outs6 all 0articularly ..... #1$ to their frail raft. /heir greatest anger6 howe2er6 was ..... #3$ to co*e fro* enor*ous ..... #"4$. /hese creatures were ..... #""$ to
be so 2oracious that if one of ..... #"&$ fastene on a 0iece of *eat an ..... #"'$ on the hook6 another woul co*e an e2our its ca0ture..... #")$. /hey ha tentacles that coul ..... #"+$ a shark an scar great whales6 an a e2ilish..... #",$ like an eagle%s to tear at a 2icti*%s ..... #"$. Further*ore they coul use their long ar*s to e;lore e2ery 3) cranny on the raft ..... #"1$ they oate alongsie.
