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that most people find the idea of (4) ______ alone not just unpleasant but
frightening (5 )______ well.
People (6) ______ fear solitude cannot imagine, for example, walking
through a forest for many hours, with only their thoughts for company. Or if
they do, they can only think of the problems (7) ______ might encounter.
They worry (8) ______ what would happen (9) _______they fell and broke a
limb and they are sure that they (10) ______ take the wrong path and get
lost. But above all, they hate the idea of having (11) ______ to share the
sights and events of the day with them.
And yet, to walk on your own (12) ______ days can be a glorious
experience. And this is because (1 3 )______noise of phones ringing, children
shouting or friends talking is replaced hy wonderful sounds of wind
whispering through grass, birds singing and r2Ũn falling soítly (1 4 )______a
carpet of leaves. Aíter an experience (1 5 )______this, you feel renewed and
happy to go back and be sociable with family, friends and colleagues.

13. UFOs

Unidentified flying objects, or UFOs as they are generally called, can be
seen (1) ______ over the world, throughout the year In the popular
imagination, they are most likely to be seen on lonely country roads (2)
______ night, but this is not necessarily (3) ______ case. There are many
reports of daytime sightings and some of these come from built-up areas.
Similarly, people tend to think that UFOs are mostly seen (4) ______
individuals travelling alone, and that this is a good reason to doubt the truth
of (5 )______ is reported. There are, however, plenty of examples of UFOs (6)
______\arge numbers of people, spread over quite wide areas, have seen. The
explanation for this lies in the fact that, nine times (7) ______ of ten, the
people concerned have really seen something unusuEd. This doesn’t (8)
______, however, that what they have seen is a UFO, because often a more
logic2il explanation can be found. In (9) ______words, the ílying objects in
question can be identified, they are not UFOs. Aircralt lights, hot-£iir
balloons, satellites and meteorites are just a (10) ______ of the commonest
things that can lead (11)______ UFO reports.
Some sightings remained unexplained, however, and it is (12) _____ _
which lascinate the group of skywatchers who actually go out (13) ______
search of UFOS. They tend to get together in ỄU^eas that are said to be
“ufocal” because a (14) ______ many unexpledned sightings have occurred
there. Bonnybridge in Scotland is (15)______ such place.

14. LOVE ON THE ROCKS?

A diíĩícult walk in the hills can make or break a íriendship. You never
really know how well you are going to get along (1 )______ someone until you

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