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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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