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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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