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the instrument increases in high humidity as (9) takes up water and
falls again in low humidity as it loses it. Each complete cycle takes ten days
and Mr Beavitt says that no further improvement takes place after six cycles.
“(10) ______ is nothing unnatural about the process. The effect could (11)
______obtained by travelling repeatedly betvveen Arizona and Zaire, staying
a few weeks at each location with the violin case open.”
He now uses the method with all the violins he makes and (12) ______
like other makers to tĩy it. He finds all the previous explanations of (13)
______ beauty of the Stradivari violins unconvincing. “People (14) ______
said that it is caused hy the varnish but (15) ______ fact some of the best-
sounding ones have no varnish,” he says.

3. THE SCHOOLGIRL MODEL
A sixteen-year-old model who is determined to stay (1) ______ school
against her father’s advice has won a cosmetic modelling contract. Sarah
Thomas, (2) ______ earned £6,500 a day last autumn during her school
holidays modelling at shows in New York, has been chosen (3) ______ this
year’s model for Cover Girl, the international cosmetics ílrm. She beat
thousands of other models to win the contract, worth (4 )______ great deal of
money, and will fly to Miami and New York to íĩlm television commercials to
(5 )______screened worldwide.
She had refused to fly to New York earlier (6) audition at the
fírm’s request, saying that she thought she had absolutely (7 )___ chance
of getting the job. “I thought (8 )______ was going to be a wasted journey, so
I was amazed when I got it. I still can’t believe they chose m e.” she said
yesterday. “I don’t know at (9 )______stage exactly (1 0 )_______much money
I will be getting as it is still under negotiation, but I do know that it will be
very lucrative.” (11)______ of travelling to New York, Sarah was interviewed
in London and a video of her performance was sent to New York.
Her íather, Peter Thomas, who runs a motor repair business and petrol
station has urged her to leave school (12) ______ that she can take full
advantage of her earning power. But she has relused to stop stud3dng for her
exams. She added: “I should be able to fĩt most of the íĩlming around my
holidays, so hopelully I won’t need to take too (1 3 )______ time off school. I
am finding all this fuss a little embarrassing. All I really want to do (14)
______ get on with my schoolwork. Passing my exams is going to give me
more satisíaction (15)______ any modelling assignment.”

4. A MUM’S OWN ADVENTURE STORY

What do you do if you can’t find anything suitable (1 )______ your sons to
read? Easy: publish something yourselí. (2 )______ least, that was Christine
Cubitt’s response when she found herself searching (3 )______ success for a

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