Read the text below. Choose from (A-H) the one which best fits each space (17-22). There are two choices you do not need to use.

Discovered: Oldest Writing in the New World

Anthropologists study people (17)___________. Items those men, women, and children left behind when they died - (18)____________ - tell anthropologists a lot. And sometimes even their words survive. Experts believe that a discovery in Mexico, near the capital city of ancient people called the Olmec, is the oldest example of writing that has ever been found in the Americas. The people who created it probably lived 3,000 years ago, (19)___________. Stephen Houston, (20)______________, says the discovery is extremely exciting. “It makes clear that the Olmec were literate, (21)_____________. It’s like hearing voices from the past," he says. But experts don’t know exactly what the writing says. If you have ever tried to figure out a message written in code, you have a pretty good idea of the hard work ahead. Finding other examples of Olmec writing could help crack the code. “We could have whole sets of ancient writing (22)____________,” says Houston. “There are many puzzles to be solved, and this is just one of them.“

Read the text below. Choose from (A-H) the one which best fits each space (17-22). There are two choices you do not need to use.

Discovered: Oldest Writing in the New World

Anthropologists study people (17)___________. Items those men, women, and children left behind when they died - (18)____________ - tell anthropologists a lot. And sometimes even their words survive. Experts believe that a discovery in Mexico, near the capital city of ancient people called the Olmec, is the oldest example of writing that has ever been found in the Americas. The people who created it probably lived 3,000 years ago, (19)___________. Stephen Houston, (20)______________, says the discovery is extremely exciting. “It makes clear that the Olmec were literate, (21)_____________. It’s like hearing voices from the past," he says. But experts don’t know exactly what the writing says. If you have ever tried to figure out a message written in code, you have a pretty good idea of the hard work ahead. Finding other examples of Olmec writing could help crack the code. “We could have whole sets of ancient writing (22)____________,” says Houston. “There are many puzzles to be solved, and this is just one of them.“

Read the text below. Choose from (A-H) the one which best fits each space (17-22). There are two choices you do not need to use.

Discovered: Oldest Writing in the New World

Anthropologists study people (17)___________. Items those men, women, and children left behind when they died - (18)____________ - tell anthropologists a lot. And sometimes even their words survive. Experts believe that a discovery in Mexico, near the capital city of ancient people called the Olmec, is the oldest example of writing that has ever been found in the Americas. The people who created it probably lived 3,000 years ago, (19)___________. Stephen Houston, (20)______________, says the discovery is extremely exciting. “It makes clear that the Olmec were literate, (21)_____________. It’s like hearing voices from the past," he says. But experts don’t know exactly what the writing says. If you have ever tried to figure out a message written in code, you have a pretty good idea of the hard work ahead. Finding other examples of Olmec writing could help crack the code. “We could have whole sets of ancient writing (22)____________,” says Houston. “There are many puzzles to be solved, and this is just one of them.“

Read the text below. For questions (23-32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

Is There Such a Thing as Internet Addiction?

Ben Alexander always struggled to (23)____________ in. Teased at school, he (24)__________ to the internet, where he found a (25)__________ new world of friends. Subscribing (26)____________ the hugely popular online game World of Warcraft, he (27)___________ 12 million other people - including the actor Vin Diesel, the presenter Jonathan Ross and his wife Jane Goldman - in a quest reminiscent of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.

In the game, players create avatars in whose guise they spend hours with other players (28)___________ battles. “There’s lots of working together,” says Alexander. “That’s what made it so attractive, because the social thing was something I always had trouble with. It was a lot easier to socialize and make friends online than it was in real life.”

The 19-year-old’s interest in the game soon developed into an obsession. He began (29)____________ his biology lectures at university and spending up to 17 hours a day online. Eventually he had depression diagnosed and was (30)____________ medication. He was also treated (31)___________ internet addiction.

Alexander admits that he needed help: “I don’t think I would have been able to (32)_____________ out of it myself.”

Read the text below. For questions (23-32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

Is There Such a Thing as Internet Addiction?

Ben Alexander always struggled to (23)____________ in. Teased at school, he (24)__________ to the internet, where he found a (25)__________ new world of friends. Subscribing (26)____________ the hugely popular online game World of Warcraft, he (27)___________ 12 million other people - including the actor Vin Diesel, the presenter Jonathan Ross and his wife Jane Goldman - in a quest reminiscent of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.

In the game, players create avatars in whose guise they spend hours with other players (28)___________ battles. “There’s lots of working together,” says Alexander. “That’s what made it so attractive, because the social thing was something I always had trouble with. It was a lot easier to socialize and make friends online than it was in real life.”

The 19-year-old’s interest in the game soon developed into an obsession. He began (29)____________ his biology lectures at university and spending up to 17 hours a day online. Eventually he had depression diagnosed and was (30)____________ medication. He was also treated (31)___________ internet addiction.

Alexander admits that he needed help: “I don’t think I would have been able to (32)_____________ out of it myself.”

Read the text below. For questions (23-32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

Is There Such a Thing as Internet Addiction?

Ben Alexander always struggled to (23)____________ in. Teased at school, he (24)__________ to the internet, where he found a (25)__________ new world of friends. Subscribing (26)____________ the hugely popular online game World of Warcraft, he (27)___________ 12 million other people - including the actor Vin Diesel, the presenter Jonathan Ross and his wife Jane Goldman - in a quest reminiscent of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.

In the game, players create avatars in whose guise they spend hours with other players (28)___________ battles. “There’s lots of working together,” says Alexander. “That’s what made it so attractive, because the social thing was something I always had trouble with. It was a lot easier to socialize and make friends online than it was in real life.”

The 19-year-old’s interest in the game soon developed into an obsession. He began (29)____________ his biology lectures at university and spending up to 17 hours a day online. Eventually he had depression diagnosed and was (30)____________ medication. He was also treated (31)___________ internet addiction.

Alexander admits that he needed help: “I don’t think I would have been able to (32)_____________ out of it myself.”

Read the text below. For questions (23-32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

Is There Such a Thing as Internet Addiction?

Ben Alexander always struggled to (23)____________ in. Teased at school, he (24)__________ to the internet, where he found a (25)__________ new world of friends. Subscribing (26)____________ the hugely popular online game World of Warcraft, he (27)___________ 12 million other people - including the actor Vin Diesel, the presenter Jonathan Ross and his wife Jane Goldman - in a quest reminiscent of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.

In the game, players create avatars in whose guise they spend hours with other players (28)___________ battles. “There’s lots of working together,” says Alexander. “That’s what made it so attractive, because the social thing was something I always had trouble with. It was a lot easier to socialize and make friends online than it was in real life.”

The 19-year-old’s interest in the game soon developed into an obsession. He began (29)____________ his biology lectures at university and spending up to 17 hours a day online. Eventually he had depression diagnosed and was (30)____________ medication. He was also treated (31)___________ internet addiction.

Alexander admits that he needed help: “I don’t think I would have been able to (32)_____________ out of it myself.”

Read the text below. For questions (23-32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

Is There Such a Thing as Internet Addiction?

Ben Alexander always struggled to (23)____________ in. Teased at school, he (24)__________ to the internet, where he found a (25)__________ new world of friends. Subscribing (26)____________ the hugely popular online game World of Warcraft, he (27)___________ 12 million other people - including the actor Vin Diesel, the presenter Jonathan Ross and his wife Jane Goldman - in a quest reminiscent of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.

In the game, players create avatars in whose guise they spend hours with other players (28)___________ battles. “There’s lots of working together,” says Alexander. “That’s what made it so attractive, because the social thing was something I always had trouble with. It was a lot easier to socialize and make friends online than it was in real life.”

The 19-year-old’s interest in the game soon developed into an obsession. He began (29)____________ his biology lectures at university and spending up to 17 hours a day online. Eventually he had depression diagnosed and was (30)____________ medication. He was also treated (31)___________ internet addiction.

Alexander admits that he needed help: “I don’t think I would have been able to (32)_____________ out of it myself.”

Read the text below. For questions (23-32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

Is There Such a Thing as Internet Addiction?

Ben Alexander always struggled to (23)____________ in. Teased at school, he (24)__________ to the internet, where he found a (25)__________ new world of friends. Subscribing (26)____________ the hugely popular online game World of Warcraft, he (27)___________ 12 million other people - including the actor Vin Diesel, the presenter Jonathan Ross and his wife Jane Goldman - in a quest reminiscent of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.

In the game, players create avatars in whose guise they spend hours with other players (28)___________ battles. “There’s lots of working together,” says Alexander. “That’s what made it so attractive, because the social thing was something I always had trouble with. It was a lot easier to socialize and make friends online than it was in real life.”

The 19-year-old’s interest in the game soon developed into an obsession. He began (29)____________ his biology lectures at university and spending up to 17 hours a day online. Eventually he had depression diagnosed and was (30)____________ medication. He was also treated (31)___________ internet addiction.

Alexander admits that he needed help: “I don’t think I would have been able to (32)_____________ out of it myself.”

Read the text below. For questions (23-32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

Is There Such a Thing as Internet Addiction?

Ben Alexander always struggled to (23)____________ in. Teased at school, he (24)__________ to the internet, where he found a (25)__________ new world of friends. Subscribing (26)____________ the hugely popular online game World of Warcraft, he (27)___________ 12 million other people - including the actor Vin Diesel, the presenter Jonathan Ross and his wife Jane Goldman - in a quest reminiscent of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.

In the game, players create avatars in whose guise they spend hours with other players (28)___________ battles. “There’s lots of working together,” says Alexander. “That’s what made it so attractive, because the social thing was something I always had trouble with. It was a lot easier to socialize and make friends online than it was in real life.”

The 19-year-old’s interest in the game soon developed into an obsession. He began (29)____________ his biology lectures at university and spending up to 17 hours a day online. Eventually he had depression diagnosed and was (30)____________ medication. He was also treated (31)___________ internet addiction.

Alexander admits that he needed help: “I don’t think I would have been able to (32)_____________ out of it myself.”

Read the text below. For questions (23-32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

Is There Such a Thing as Internet Addiction?

Ben Alexander always struggled to (23)____________ in. Teased at school, he (24)__________ to the internet, where he found a (25)__________ new world of friends. Subscribing (26)____________ the hugely popular online game World of Warcraft, he (27)___________ 12 million other people - including the actor Vin Diesel, the presenter Jonathan Ross and his wife Jane Goldman - in a quest reminiscent of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.

In the game, players create avatars in whose guise they spend hours with other players (28)___________ battles. “There’s lots of working together,” says Alexander. “That’s what made it so attractive, because the social thing was something I always had trouble with. It was a lot easier to socialize and make friends online than it was in real life.”

The 19-year-old’s interest in the game soon developed into an obsession. He began (29)____________ his biology lectures at university and spending up to 17 hours a day online. Eventually he had depression diagnosed and was (30)____________ medication. He was also treated (31)___________ internet addiction.

Alexander admits that he needed help: “I don’t think I would have been able to (32)_____________ out of it myself.”

Read the text below. For questions (23-32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

Is There Such a Thing as Internet Addiction?

Ben Alexander always struggled to (23)____________ in. Teased at school, he (24)__________ to the internet, where he found a (25)__________ new world of friends. Subscribing (26)____________ the hugely popular online game World of Warcraft, he (27)___________ 12 million other people - including the actor Vin Diesel, the presenter Jonathan Ross and his wife Jane Goldman - in a quest reminiscent of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.

In the game, players create avatars in whose guise they spend hours with other players (28)___________ battles. “There’s lots of working together,” says Alexander. “That’s what made it so attractive, because the social thing was something I always had trouble with. It was a lot easier to socialize and make friends online than it was in real life.”

The 19-year-old’s interest in the game soon developed into an obsession. He began (29)____________ his biology lectures at university and spending up to 17 hours a day online. Eventually he had depression diagnosed and was (30)____________ medication. He was also treated (31)___________ internet addiction.

Alexander admits that he needed help: “I don’t think I would have been able to (32)_____________ out of it myself.”

Read the text below. For questions (23-32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

Is There Such a Thing as Internet Addiction?

Ben Alexander always struggled to (23)____________ in. Teased at school, he (24)__________ to the internet, where he found a (25)__________ new world of friends. Subscribing (26)____________ the hugely popular online game World of Warcraft, he (27)___________ 12 million other people - including the actor Vin Diesel, the presenter Jonathan Ross and his wife Jane Goldman - in a quest reminiscent of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.

In the game, players create avatars in whose guise they spend hours with other players (28)___________ battles. “There’s lots of working together,” says Alexander. “That’s what made it so attractive, because the social thing was something I always had trouble with. It was a lot easier to socialize and make friends online than it was in real life.”

The 19-year-old’s interest in the game soon developed into an obsession. He began (29)____________ his biology lectures at university and spending up to 17 hours a day online. Eventually he had depression diagnosed and was (30)____________ medication. He was also treated (31)___________ internet addiction.

Alexander admits that he needed help: “I don’t think I would have been able to (32)_____________ out of it myself.”

Read the texts below. For questions (33-37) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth in 1812 and died in London in 1870. He is buried in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey. Dickens spent (33)_____________ his life in London and often used to walk (34)_____________ ten and twenty miles all over the city when he was (35)_____________ to sleep and was thinking about the plot of a new novel. While (36)_____________, he used to observe the sights, sounds and smells of London in order to write about them. Because of the Industrial Revolution Britain, and especially London (37)_____________ very quickly.