Let’s Get Rid of Stereotypes

Not many people like being (23)_____ old. The language used to describe people in their fifties and beyond almost always has negative connotations. Old is associated with elderly, frail, past, over the hill — even mature, senior or pensioner are (24)_____ that reduce the value of older adults.

It might have been an attempt by society to (25)_____ for its oldest members who may have become less able to (26)_____ themselves in the past. But society must move on from stereotyped views that predetermine how we think about chronological age. The (27)_____ shows that the vast majority of over-50s, when asked whether they feel old, say “no”. When asked at what age they thought they might be old, most (28)_____ , Not until we reach our 80s - if at all”. Life is changing, but attitudes and (29)_____ norms have been slow to break up.

Of particular concern is that the word “old” has negative implications when it (30)_____ to employment. Being 50, 60 or 70 in the 21st century is no longer a predictor of physical or mental (31)_____ . People at that stage of their lives could be (32)_____ for a whole new beginning, a new career. Many want or need to carry on working and have considerable experience to offer employers.

Let’s Get Rid of Stereotypes

Not many people like being (23)_____ old. The language used to describe people in their fifties and beyond almost always has negative connotations. Old is associated with elderly, frail, past, over the hill — even mature, senior or pensioner are (24)_____ that reduce the value of older adults.

It might have been an attempt by society to (25)_____ for its oldest members who may have become less able to (26)_____ themselves in the past. But society must move on from stereotyped views that predetermine how we think about chronological age. The (27)_____ shows that the vast majority of over-50s, when asked whether they feel old, say “no”. When asked at what age they thought they might be old, most (28)_____ , Not until we reach our 80s - if at all”. Life is changing, but attitudes and (29)_____ norms have been slow to break up.

Of particular concern is that the word “old” has negative implications when it (30)_____ to employment. Being 50, 60 or 70 in the 21st century is no longer a predictor of physical or mental (31)_____ . People at that stage of their lives could be (32)_____ for a whole new beginning, a new career. Many want or need to carry on working and have considerable experience to offer employers.

Let’s Get Rid of Stereotypes

Not many people like being (23)_____ old. The language used to describe people in their fifties and beyond almost always has negative connotations. Old is associated with elderly, frail, past, over the hill — even mature, senior or pensioner are (24)_____ that reduce the value of older adults.

It might have been an attempt by society to (25)_____ for its oldest members who may have become less able to (26)_____ themselves in the past. But society must move on from stereotyped views that predetermine how we think about chronological age. The (27)_____ shows that the vast majority of over-50s, when asked whether they feel old, say “no”. When asked at what age they thought they might be old, most (28)_____ , Not until we reach our 80s - if at all”. Life is changing, but attitudes and (29)_____ norms have been slow to break up.

Of particular concern is that the word “old” has negative implications when it (30)_____ to employment. Being 50, 60 or 70 in the 21st century is no longer a predictor of physical or mental (31)_____ . People at that stage of their lives could be (32)_____ for a whole new beginning, a new career. Many want or need to carry on working and have considerable experience to offer employers.

Let’s Get Rid of Stereotypes

Not many people like being (23)_____ old. The language used to describe people in their fifties and beyond almost always has negative connotations. Old is associated with elderly, frail, past, over the hill — even mature, senior or pensioner are (24)_____ that reduce the value of older adults.

It might have been an attempt by society to (25)_____ for its oldest members who may have become less able to (26)_____ themselves in the past. But society must move on from stereotyped views that predetermine how we think about chronological age. The (27)_____ shows that the vast majority of over-50s, when asked whether they feel old, say “no”. When asked at what age they thought they might be old, most (28)_____ , Not until we reach our 80s - if at all”. Life is changing, but attitudes and (29)_____ norms have been slow to break up.

Of particular concern is that the word “old” has negative implications when it (30)_____ to employment. Being 50, 60 or 70 in the 21st century is no longer a predictor of physical or mental (31)_____ . People at that stage of their lives could be (32)_____ for a whole new beginning, a new career. Many want or need to carry on working and have considerable experience to offer employers.

Let’s Get Rid of Stereotypes

Not many people like being (23)_____ old. The language used to describe people in their fifties and beyond almost always has negative connotations. Old is associated with elderly, frail, past, over the hill — even mature, senior or pensioner are (24)_____ that reduce the value of older adults.

It might have been an attempt by society to (25)_____ for its oldest members who may have become less able to (26)_____ themselves in the past. But society must move on from stereotyped views that predetermine how we think about chronological age. The (27)_____ shows that the vast majority of over-50s, when asked whether they feel old, say “no”. When asked at what age they thought they might be old, most (28)_____ , Not until we reach our 80s - if at all”. Life is changing, but attitudes and (29)_____ norms have been slow to break up.

Of particular concern is that the word “old” has negative implications when it (30)_____ to employment. Being 50, 60 or 70 in the 21st century is no longer a predictor of physical or mental (31)_____ . People at that stage of their lives could be (32)_____ for a whole new beginning, a new career. Many want or need to carry on working and have considerable experience to offer employers.

Let’s Get Rid of Stereotypes

Not many people like being (23)_____ old. The language used to describe people in their fifties and beyond almost always has negative connotations. Old is associated with elderly, frail, past, over the hill — even mature, senior or pensioner are (24)_____ that reduce the value of older adults.

It might have been an attempt by society to (25)_____ for its oldest members who may have become less able to (26)_____ themselves in the past. But society must move on from stereotyped views that predetermine how we think about chronological age. The (27)_____ shows that the vast majority of over-50s, when asked whether they feel old, say “no”. When asked at what age they thought they might be old, most (28)_____ , Not until we reach our 80s - if at all”. Life is changing, but attitudes and (29)_____ norms have been slow to break up.

Of particular concern is that the word “old” has negative implications when it (30)_____ to employment. Being 50, 60 or 70 in the 21st century is no longer a predictor of physical or mental (31)_____ . People at that stage of their lives could be (32)_____ for a whole new beginning, a new career. Many want or need to carry on working and have considerable experience to offer employers.

Use of English

Task 5

Let’s Get Rid of Stereotypes

Not many people like being (23)_____ old. The language used to describe people in their fifties and beyond almost always has negative connotations. Old is associated with elderly, frail, past, over the hill — even mature, senior or pensioner are (24)_____ that reduce the value of older adults.

It might have been an attempt by society to (25)_____ for its oldest members who may have become less able to (26)_____ themselves in the past. But society must move on from stereotyped views that predetermine how we think about chronological age. The (27)_____ shows that the vast majority of over-50s, when asked whether they feel old, say “no”. When asked at what age they thought they might be old, most (28)_____ , Not until we reach our 80s - if at all”. Life is changing, but attitudes and (29)_____ norms have been slow to break up.

Of particular concern is that the word “old” has negative implications when it (30)_____ to employment. Being 50, 60 or 70 in the 21st century is no longer a predictor of physical or mental (31)_____ . People at that stage of their lives could be (32)_____ for a whole new beginning, a new career. Many want or need to carry on working and have considerable experience to offer employers.

Mysterious 15th Century Manuscript

Dated to the 15th century, the Voynich manuscript is a hand-written text in an unknown script, (17)_____ . Since its discovery in the 19th century, many historians and cryptographers, including code breakers during the Second World War, have attempted to work out its meaning but (18)_____ .

Now, computer scientists at the University of Alberta have applied artificial intelligence to the manuscript, with their first goal to establish its language of origin. They used the text from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 380 languages to “train” their system and then ran their algorithms, which determined (19)_____ .

Professor Kondrak, who led the research, and his graduate student Bradley Hauer were able to decipher a relatively high number of words using Hebrew as their reference language. “It turned out that over 80 per cent of the words were in a Hebrew dictionary, but we didn't know (20)_____ , said Professor Kondrak.

The scientists then used Google Translate (21)_____ , Which read: “She made recommendations to the priest, man of the house and me and people.” “It’s a kind of strange sentence to start a manuscript but it definitely makes sense,’ said Professor Kondrak.

The results of this work were published in the journal Transactions of the Association of Computational Linguistics. While fully comprehending the text will require collaboration with historians of ancient Hebrew, Professor Kondrak has great faith in the ability of computers (22)_____ and said he is looking forward to applying his techniques to other ancient scripts.

Mysterious 15th Century Manuscript

Dated to the 15th century, the Voynich manuscript is a hand-written text in an unknown script, (17)_____ . Since its discovery in the 19th century, many historians and cryptographers, including code breakers during the Second World War, have attempted to work out its meaning but (18)_____ .

Now, computer scientists at the University of Alberta have applied artificial intelligence to the manuscript, with their first goal to establish its language of origin. They used the text from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 380 languages to “train” their system and then ran their algorithms, which determined (19)_____ .

Professor Kondrak, who led the research, and his graduate student Bradley Hauer were able to decipher a relatively high number of words using Hebrew as their reference language. “It turned out that over 80 per cent of the words were in a Hebrew dictionary, but we didn't know (20)_____ , said Professor Kondrak.

The scientists then used Google Translate (21)_____ , Which read: “She made recommendations to the priest, man of the house and me and people.” “It’s a kind of strange sentence to start a manuscript but it definitely makes sense,’ said Professor Kondrak.

The results of this work were published in the journal Transactions of the Association of Computational Linguistics. While fully comprehending the text will require collaboration with historians of ancient Hebrew, Professor Kondrak has great faith in the ability of computers (22)_____ and said he is looking forward to applying his techniques to other ancient scripts.

Mysterious 15th Century Manuscript

Dated to the 15th century, the Voynich manuscript is a hand-written text in an unknown script, (17)_____ . Since its discovery in the 19th century, many historians and cryptographers, including code breakers during the Second World War, have attempted to work out its meaning but (18)_____ .

Now, computer scientists at the University of Alberta have applied artificial intelligence to the manuscript, with their first goal to establish its language of origin. They used the text from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 380 languages to “train” their system and then ran their algorithms, which determined (19)_____ .

Professor Kondrak, who led the research, and his graduate student Bradley Hauer were able to decipher a relatively high number of words using Hebrew as their reference language. “It turned out that over 80 per cent of the words were in a Hebrew dictionary, but we didn't know (20)_____ , said Professor Kondrak.

The scientists then used Google Translate (21)_____ , Which read: “She made recommendations to the priest, man of the house and me and people.” “It’s a kind of strange sentence to start a manuscript but it definitely makes sense,’ said Professor Kondrak.

The results of this work were published in the journal Transactions of the Association of Computational Linguistics. While fully comprehending the text will require collaboration with historians of ancient Hebrew, Professor Kondrak has great faith in the ability of computers (22)_____ and said he is looking forward to applying his techniques to other ancient scripts.

Mysterious 15th Century Manuscript

Dated to the 15th century, the Voynich manuscript is a hand-written text in an unknown script, (17)_____ . Since its discovery in the 19th century, many historians and cryptographers, including code breakers during the Second World War, have attempted to work out its meaning but (18)_____ .

Now, computer scientists at the University of Alberta have applied artificial intelligence to the manuscript, with their first goal to establish its language of origin. They used the text from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 380 languages to “train” their system and then ran their algorithms, which determined (19)_____ .

Professor Kondrak, who led the research, and his graduate student Bradley Hauer were able to decipher a relatively high number of words using Hebrew as their reference language. “It turned out that over 80 per cent of the words were in a Hebrew dictionary, but we didn't know (20)_____ , said Professor Kondrak.

The scientists then used Google Translate (21)_____ , Which read: “She made recommendations to the priest, man of the house and me and people.” “It’s a kind of strange sentence to start a manuscript but it definitely makes sense,’ said Professor Kondrak.

The results of this work were published in the journal Transactions of the Association of Computational Linguistics. While fully comprehending the text will require collaboration with historians of ancient Hebrew, Professor Kondrak has great faith in the ability of computers (22)_____ and said he is looking forward to applying his techniques to other ancient scripts.

Mysterious 15th Century Manuscript

Dated to the 15th century, the Voynich manuscript is a hand-written text in an unknown script, (17)_____ . Since its discovery in the 19th century, many historians and cryptographers, including code breakers during the Second World War, have attempted to work out its meaning but (18)_____ .

Now, computer scientists at the University of Alberta have applied artificial intelligence to the manuscript, with their first goal to establish its language of origin. They used the text from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 380 languages to “train” their system and then ran their algorithms, which determined (19)_____ .

Professor Kondrak, who led the research, and his graduate student Bradley Hauer were able to decipher a relatively high number of words using Hebrew as their reference language. “It turned out that over 80 per cent of the words were in a Hebrew dictionary, but we didn't know (20)_____ , said Professor Kondrak.

The scientists then used Google Translate (21)_____ , Which read: “She made recommendations to the priest, man of the house and me and people.” “It’s a kind of strange sentence to start a manuscript but it definitely makes sense,’ said Professor Kondrak.

The results of this work were published in the journal Transactions of the Association of Computational Linguistics. While fully comprehending the text will require collaboration with historians of ancient Hebrew, Professor Kondrak has great faith in the ability of computers (22)_____ and said he is looking forward to applying his techniques to other ancient scripts.

Task 4

Mysterious 15th Century Manuscript

Dated to the 15th century, the Voynich manuscript is a hand-written text in an unknown script, (17)_____ . Since its discovery in the 19th century, many historians and cryptographers, including code breakers during the Second World War, have attempted to work out its meaning but (18)_____ .

Now, computer scientists at the University of Alberta have applied artificial intelligence to the manuscript, with their first goal to establish its language of origin. They used the text from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 380 languages to “train” their system and then ran their algorithms, which determined (19)_____ .

Professor Kondrak, who led the research, and his graduate student Bradley Hauer were able to decipher a relatively high number of words using Hebrew as their reference language. “It turned out that over 80 per cent of the words were in a Hebrew dictionary, but we didn't know (20)_____ , said Professor Kondrak.

The scientists then used Google Translate (21)_____ , Which read: “She made recommendations to the priest, man of the house and me and people.” “It’s a kind of strange sentence to start a manuscript but it definitely makes sense,’ said Professor Kondrak.

The results of this work were published in the journal Transactions of the Association of Computational Linguistics. While fully comprehending the text will require collaboration with historians of ancient Hebrew, Professor Kondrak has great faith in the ability of computers (22)_____ and said he is looking forward to applying his techniques to other ancient scripts.

Chateau de Pierrefonds

An exceptional example of defensive medieval military architecture is the Chateau de Pierrefonds in France. It was built in the late 14th and early 15th century. It was later destroyed and remained a ruin for more than two centuries. Napoleon I bought it in 1810 for less than 3,000 francs. Since 1862 it has been a monument of great historical significance in France and underwent a major restoration in the late 19th century. Through the years it has been featured in many films and TV series which has made it even more recognizable worldwide.

Which castle ______?