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can be both (1 )___ and expensive as people try to lift their DEPRESS
spirits through (2) __ entertainments. And this is only DOOR
one example of how, much more than is (3 )___ ___ realised, COMMON
the weather is an (4 )______ important iníluence on the way EXTREME
we feel. It is almost as if the body itself were a (5 )______ SENSE
meteorological instrument. What other (6 )______ is there EXPLAIN
for that dull íeeling that you get just before a thunderstorm,
or the (7 )______ íeeling once the rain begins to fall? What’s THRILL
more, the list of weather-related (8 )______appears to be ILL
almost (9 )_____, at least according to a recent book on the END
subject by Professor Petersen of Illinois, which runs to an
(10)______ four volumes. BELIEVE
16. TV ADVERTISEMENTS

In most parts of the world, the (0) e c o n o m i c basis of ECONOMY
the television industry is the (1 )______of advertising SELL
time. This is so important and (2 )______that it funds PROEIT
all the technical and staff costs involved in the
(3 )______ of progrEunmes for a variety of audiences. PRODUCE
This is no (4 )______ from that employed by newspapers DIEEER
and magazine when they sell advertising space on their
pages, except that (5 )______ have little choice but to VIEW
watch the advertisements, with the added annoyance of
(6 ) _____during their favourite programmes. One INTERRUPT
(7 ) _____is the BBC which is State funded and so does EXCEPT
not show (8 )______ . This avoids the situation where COMMERCE
children watching TV are (9 )______iníluenced by EASY
persuasive advertising for junk food items which their
parents may consider (10)______ . HEALTH
17. BATS
Bats are (0) f a s c i n a t i n g creatures, but most people seem EASCINATE
to know very little about them. One (1 )______for this is the EXPLAIN
fact that bats are nocturnal. In other words they (2 )______ USUAL
come out at night and stay safely (3 )______ in dark corners HIDE
during the day. Because of their spooky looks and (4 )______ MYSTERY
habits, bats have always been regarded with a certain amount
of (5 )______ , even fear. But in fact there is nothing to be SUSPECT
Irightened of. Bats are generally quiet, clean and (6 )______ INIDUSTRY
and (7 )______ do not cause any damage or disease. Indeed, CERTAIN
they are (8 )______ fond of eating mosquitoes and so may PARTieULAR
actually save us from getting (9 )______. Uníortunately, BITE
however, bats tend to be persecuted by humans, so many
species may be (10)______ . APPEAR

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