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The Roses Parade
It may be difficult for __________________ to believe it, WE
but January in California is a warm sunny month with a lot of flowers.
B5. The queen of the parade rides on a special float which __________________ from over 250,000 flowers. MAKE
The first Tournament of Roses took place in 1890.
B6. "In New York, people are buried in snow,” said Professor Charles F. Holder. "Here our flowers __________________ now. BLOOM
Let’s hold a festival to tell the world about our paradise”.
Albert Einstein, the Nobel Prize Winner in physics
B7. Albert’s interest in science began when he was five years old. His father __________________ him a magnetic compass GIVE
and the boy wanted to know why the needle was moving.
B8. In 1909 Einstein began his academic career. 12 years __________________ he got the Nobel Prize in physics. LATE
B9. Shortly before his death he wrote the manifesto __________________ the people of the world about the danger of nuclear catastrophe. WARN
B10. Albert Einstein is remembered as the greatest theoretical physicist in the world. His ideas __________________ science forever. CHANGE
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California
B12. and the immigration in 1849 of thousands of gold diggers in search of the __________________ metal helped California’s admittance into the Union in 1850. VALUE
B13. Today, California, land of __________________ redwoods, has the highest population of any state in the country. MARVEL
B14. It is also America’s main __________________ state which is especially known for its avocados and grapes. AGRICULTURE
B15. It is also the home of Hollywood, the center of America’s movie __________________. BUSY
B16. However, not everyone wants to move to California. In recent years forest fires, floodings and earthquakes have left thousands of people __________________. HOME
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The Great Discovery
In ancient times people lived on whatever food they could find. As the early people À22 ______ in numbers, they had to wander and search for wild fruits and seeds of wild plants or hunt for small animals.
Then one of these early people À23 ______ a great discovery. A great genius discovered the meaning of seeds. He may have noticed that where some seeds had fallen on the ground, new plants grew. Perhaps he was
À24 ______ enough to put some seeds in the ground to see what would happen. No one knows how it happened, but man À25 ______ that if he put a seed into the soil it could grow into a plant which might yield hundreds
or even thousands of seeds! He was free of the need to be in a constant search of his food! Early man could now À26 _____ seeds in the spring and wait for them to grow.
In the fall he could gather a harvest of seeds. There would be enough to À27 ______ himself and his family all through the winter, with some left over for planting when spring came.
This discovery was the beginning of À28 ______ and the most important change that ever happened to people on earth.
À22. 1) decreased 2) increased 3) developed 4) improved
À23. 1) fulfilled 2) did 3) made 4) conducted
À24. 1) curious 2) questioning 3) surprised 4) puzzled
À25. 1) disclosed 2) opened 3) discovered 4) exposed
À26. 1) put 2) plant 3) deliver 4) lay
À27. 1) feed 2) food 3) provide 4) nourish
À28. 1) gardening 2) cropping 3) cultivation 4) farming