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with breakíast. After breakfast the plates would be (13) and more
wood put in the cooker. The only opportunity she had to rest next to the fíre
was after dinner. This (1 4 )______of lighting the cooker was repeated every
day. Wood was used in (15)______ of petrol till the Second World War.
1. A. However B. In spite of c. Because D. Despite
2 A. glimpsed B. noticed c. understood D. made
3. A. bought B. put c. connected D. installed
4. A. cooked B. stirred c. boiled D. baked
5. A. raise B. arise c. rise D. get
6. A. handy B. far c. obvious D.reachable
7. A. close B. next c. by D. outside
8. A. so far as B. order c. view D. caise
9. A. ended B. fulfilled c. used up D. done
10. A. often B. sometimes c. always D. seldom
11. A. at B. in c. without D. on
12. A. down B. away c. on D. along
13. A. cleaned B. removed c. polished D. washed
14. A. time B. process c. procession D. progress
15. A. place B.exchange c. íavour D. position

4. CORRECTING HISTORY
Is the history of the world in urgent need of correction? Some historians,
mostly women, argue that insuíĩĩcient (1) ______ has been paid to a very
important group: women. These historians (2 )______ history textbooks to be
revised so that they show accurately the role (3 )______ by women (4 )_______
the history books, caveraen (5) ______ most of the food for their families
through hunting animals. But the (6) ______shows that 80% of the diet of
prehistoric humans was vegetarian and it was collected by females. (7)
______women’s efforts in hghting in wars or leading revolutions have been
ignored. Textbooks concentrate on men such as Hannibal or Che Guevara
and neglect (8) ______ women such as Théroigne de Méricourt, an opera
singer who led the storming of the Bastille in 1789, or Mariya Bochkareva, a
Bolshevik who organised a well-trained and (9) ______ successíul troop of
2,000 fighting women during the Russian Revolution in 1917. Women rulers
£ire ẽdso forgotten. Between 962 and 1582 there were at least 16 women
rulers in countries (1 0 )______ from Italy to Angola. Women (1 1 )_______up
half the human (1 2 )______ . If there is no (1 3 )_______to their contribution
to history in the textbooks, then the real story is not being told. However,
many male historians (14) ______ that important íemale íĩgures have been
kept (15)______ the history books.

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