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28. MASTER THE ART OF BEING EEEECTIVE
I suffer from a debilitating condition called “procrastination” - the ability
to put off endlessly the things I have to do. Each morning when I wake up,
my mind launches into its own decision-making (1 )______ . Shall I get up or
shall I press the snooze button? By the time I (2) ______ to what I should
wear, the complexity of the decision would need an advisory (3) ______ to
solve it. Tm already hours behind (4 )______ , and I haven’t even eaten my
breakíast yet.
I have always been a procrastinator. I am tortured hy menus and holiday
brochures, paint colour (5 )______and satellite television. So much so that I
decided to (6 )______ in a new book on the subject, which (7 )_______it could
treat my condition. According to the book, I should identify my weaknesses,
then become more productive and develop priorities that (8) ______ my
personal gO£ds.
My problem, I am told, is that I put ofĩ doing something because I (9)
______the outcome. But even (1 0 )_______in a tax form is rarely as dreadful
as we think. Apparently, each day I should think of something I don’t want
to do, (1 1 )______ to it, then use a kitchen timer to (1 2 )_______how long it
actually took. If I still can’t (13) ______ the task, I should visualise
newspaper headlines (14) my achievement.
So when do I start my new (15) ? That’s the big problem. I just
can’t decide.

1. A. course B. process c. development D. case
2. A. lead B. arrive c. get D. approach
3. A. committee B. commission c. community D. communication
4. A. timetable B. schedule c. programme D. agenda
5. A. maps B. diagrams c. graphs D. charts
6 A. spend B.charge c. invest D. insure
7 A. claimed B. demanded c. challenged D. pretended
8 A. exhibit B. imitate c. display D. reílect
9 A. expect B. fear c. worry D. panic
10 A. writing B. completing c. filling D. applying
11. A. stand B. persevere c. persist D. stick
12. A. establish B. authorise c.secure D. institute
13. A. head B. back c. shoulder D .face
14. A. announcing B. notiíying c. informing D. stating
15. A. structure B.control c. regime D. management

29. THE DISCOVERY OF DNA
The fact that genetic inlormation in animals and plants is carried hy
something (1 )______ DNA is now regarded as (2 )_______knowledge. Before
the 1950s, however, (3) was known about DNA or how it worked. One
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