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television has created (4) curiosity, puzzlement, and anger (5)
the people we know, and I suspect even more of these (6 )______ behind our
backs. ‘If the Wetherells get (7 )______ without a TV, why can’t we?’
We did have a television during the íĩrst days of our marriage. I
remember the dizzy way the (8) ______ tlickered across the screen. A few
days later, after I (9) my senses, we took the set to our ỉocal dump,
( 10) ___ hands in satisfaction and have been without one ever (11)

Now that my TV watching days are (12) me, I can aíĩord to be
nostalgic towards it all. I remember those nights when the whole family used
to sit in the living room watching Ed Sullivan, one (13)______ light left on in
the corner, laughing (1 4 )___ the comedians beíore the (15) came
on. Nevertheless, even warmer and more precious in memory will be these
quiet, peaceful years with no TV at all.

1. A. households B. housewives c. holdalls D. houseworks
2. A. at B. for c. of D. in

3. A. shortage B.lack c. need D. absence
4. A. large B. big c. high D. great
5. A. within B. between c. among D. inside
6. A. beliefs B. emotions c. opinions D. thoughts
7. A. over B. on c .b y D. away
8. A. images B. drawings c. icons D. movies
9. A. re-established B.recovered c. overcame D. got
10. A. waved B. tightened c. moved D.shook
11. A. since B. again c. afterwards D. before
12. A. past B. behind c. over D. away
13. A. smooth B. peaceful c. tender D. soft
14. A. at B. for c. with D .by
15. A. announcements B. publications c. commercials D. clips

3. A TYPICAL DAY
Nowadays, country kitchens are not very different from those in the city.
(1) , in the past the differences could easily be (2) ______ . By the
1940s most city homes had gas or electric cookers (3) ______ but in the
country the farmer’s wife still (4) ______ on a fuel cooker. This gave her
more work because she had to (5 )______at five o’clock in the morning and
enter the kitchen with a candle which was always kept (6 )______ . She then
removed the ashes from the cooker and got some newspaper and pieces of
wood from the box (7 )______ the side of the kitchen door.
Next, the kettle was íĩlled and put over the fire in (8 )______ to make the
íírst pot of tea of the day. Once this was (9 )______ she made sure she (10)
______fed the anim2ils (11)

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