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______men for not (1 3 )_______an effort when it comes to bu3Òng things for
the family. She notes that, in the UK, many men (1 4 )______ to go shopping
at all, or claim to feel (15) out after only five minutes. Let’s hope the
crèche makes a difference!

1. A. enables B. opens c. makes D.
2 A. support B. encourage c. convince D.
3. A. catch B. spot c. watch D.
4. A. funny B. silly c. enjoyable D.
5. A. short B. hard c. weak D.
6. A. astonished B. inAuential c. easy D.
7. A. taught B. experienced c.tested D.
8. A. comíortable B. convenient c. relaxing D
9. A. biologically B. physically c. naturally D.
10. A. acceptance B. appeal c. agreement D.
11. A. exaggerate B. lengthen c.increase D.
12. A. complain B. criticise c. object D.
13. A. making B. taking c. doing D.
14. A. cancel B. refuse c. reject D.
15. A. broken B. fed c. paid D.

23. THE HISTORY OF TENNIS
Everyone agrees that tennis is a very old game but its actual origin is
unknown. Some people (1 )______ it came from ball games played in ancient
(2 )______ . However, most historians believe it was st2irted in Prance in the
twelfth century, hy groups of men (3) ______ a simple religious life. They
played a very (4) ______ game, when a ball was (5 )_______against a wall or
over a rope with the palm of the hand.
During the next century, the Prench upper classes became interested, and
they (6 )______ the sport. (7 )_______, in the sixteenth century, people started
to (8 )______ rackets of varying shapes and sizes. In those (9 )_______days of
tennis, balls were made (10) leather with wool or hair inside, and
were hard enough to cause serious injury. The game soon spread to England
and (11)______ in a big way. Even kings became (12)_______players.
The scoring System in tennis (15, 30, 40 - Game!) is interesting but it has
often (1 3 )_______great coníusion. It probably comes from the time when the
hand on a clock face was moved forward 15 minutes to show that a point had
been (14) ______ and when the hand reached 60 the game was over.
Eventually, for reasons no one understands, the 45 minutes was abbreviated
(15) 40.

1. A. demand B. claim c. request D. coníess
2 A. cultures B. backgrounds c. customs D. traditions
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