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7. A. wanting B. looking c. liking D. seeking
8. A. share B. join c. give D. know
9. A. approve B. appreciate c. identiíy D. relate
10. A. support B. remain c. stand D. return
11. A. mind B. let c. lay D. put
12. A. told B. said c. kept D. placed
13. A. Despite B. As a result c. Instead D . I n case
14. A. As far as B. As long as c. As soon as D. As well as
15. A. sense B. thought c. slice D. touch
40. GETTING TO THE ROOT OF BONSAI CRIME

Bonsai trees have always been a source of great fascination to people.
They are períect miniatures, grown in pots small enough to sit on a
windowsill. You have to keep reminding yourselí that these trees are (1)
______real and identical to their larger cousins in all (2 )_______except their
size. Rather like other small and perfectly-formed artiíacts, bonsai trees (3)
______quite a high price in the marketplace and so it doesn’t come as a great
surprise to find that they also (4) ______the attention of thieves. It seems
that quite a Aourishing business has (5 )______ in which they are stolen from
the homes of growers and collectors, then repotted and trimmed by
unscrupulous de6ders, to be sold on at good prices, to (6 )______ buyers.
One of Brit£dn’s top collectors of bonsai trees, Paul Widdington, believes
that he has found a solution, however. After losing his life’s work, (7 )______
at £250,000, when burglars broke into his home one night, Paul decided to
(8 )______the possibilities of electronically tagging the trees he bought as a
replacement. This (9) ___injecting a microchip the size of a (1 0 )____ of
rice into the trunk of each tree. Each chip is laser-etched with information
which is (11) ______ in a Central register held by the police. Paul is quite
aware that this kind of data-tagging doesn’t (12)______ thieves from stealing
the trees in the ílrst (13) , although it may increase the (14) of
getting them back. So he’s also (15) _ a security alarm System, complete
with infrared detectors, in his home.
1. A. actually B. eventually c. deeply D. greatly
2. A. concerns B. matters c . regards D. respects
3. A. command B. expect c. obtain D. charge
4. A. inquire B. attract c. appeal D. in vi te
5. A. erupted B. adapted c. evolved D. arrived
6. A. unavoidable B. undemanding c. unconscious D. unsuspecting
7. A. prized B. valued c. treasured D. costed
8. A. go after B. set about c. try out D. look into

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