Ex. Fill in each blank with the vocabulary word that best fits the meaning of each sentence: 1. The fashion magazines show what the ... woman is wearing this year. 2. The picture consisted of a lot of ... spots of colour. 3. Parents usually inform their children about the changes at... and it is also taught at school. 4. Our problems seem ... when compared to those of people who never get enough to eat. 5. This unfortunate incident may ... the progress of the peace talks. 6. So many ideas! It’s all rather too much for me ... all at once. 7. We are all moved by the... of these poor homeless children. 8. Her life was ... by ill health. 9. The opinions of his ... are more important to him than his parents’ ideas. 10. His family’s success was a great ... to him in his old age. 11. The course ... the whole of English literature since 1850. 12. They ... her suggestions into their plans.

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Today Melissa Livingstone is a popular actress and star of the TV soap opera 'Round the Corner'. But as a child she was very unhappy. She didn't do well at school, and she never went to college. Her greatest pleasure was going to the cinema. Her family lived in an unattractive town and their home was next to the station. Melissa's father, Tom, was a sailor, and he spent months at sea. He was hardly ever at home and when he was, he didn't do very much. Sometimes he spent all day in bed. Melissa's mother, Susan, had to get up at five o'clock every day to go to work. When Tom lost his job he stole a gold cup from the church Susan used to go to. He had to go to prison for a year. Melissa's mother was horrified at the shame he had brought on the family.
(1)the (meals) we had weren't very good. We had (2) ___ (breakfast) in the hotel, and that wasn't too bad. We usually went out for (3) ___ (lunch) because (4) _the__ (lunch) they served in the hotel was always the same. And (5) __the_ (dinner) we had at the hotel on our first evening was pretty awful, so we tried a few restaurants. On our last evening we had (6) _a__ (marvelous meal) in (7) _a__ Chinese restaurant. I wish we'd discovered (8) _the__ place a bit sooner.

Today Melissa Livingstone is a popular actress and star of the TV soap opera 'Round the Corner'. But as a child she was very unhappy. She didn't do well at school, and she never went to college. Her greatest pleasure was going to the (cinema). Her family lived in an unattractive town and their home was next to the (station). Melissa's father, Tom, was a sailor, and he spent months at sea. He was hardly ever at home and when he was, he didn't do very much. Sometimes he spent all day in bed. Melissa's mother, Susan, had to get up at five o'clock every day to go to work. When Tom lost his job he stole a gold cup from the church) Susan used to go to. He had to go to prison for a year. Melissa's mother was horrified at the shame he had brought on the family.
(1) the (meals) we had weren't very good. We had (2) breakfast in the hotel, and that wasn't too bad. We usually went out for (3) lunch because (4) the (lunch) they served in the hotel was always the same. And (5) the (dinner) we had at the hotel on our first evening was pretty awful, so we tried a few restaurants. On our last evening we had (6) a (marvelous meal) in (7) a Chinese restaurant. I wish we'd discovered (8) the place a bit sooner.