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Part I
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1. The island of Okinawa in Japan has some of the oldest people in the world.
2. Bhutan in the Himalayan mountains is becoming more and more popular with tourists.
3. Iceland is the healthiest country in the world because men and women live a long time there.
4. The researchers decided that Denmark feels happier than other countries.
5. The Grand Canyon is one of the most important geological sites in the world.
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1. In the most places in the US children must attend school until they are sixteen.
2. They may choose to study foreign languages, advanced mathematics or science, such physics or chemistry.
3. Those who are interested in philately can find a magnificent collection of postage stamps.
4. People were able to use this knowledge to find food and medicines.
5. Employees should know the principles of safety at work.
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1. Air and water pollution by industry is now reaching tremendous proportions.
2. More than 20 technological institutes were founded in the last decade.
3. The library of congress in the USA serves not only to members of the Congress, but to the scholars and scientists throughout the world.
4. Many famous people have used the Reading Room at the British Museum.
5. Environmental problems began only with the industrial revolution in the 19th century.
6. The seas and oceans are also becoming seriously polluted.
7. Coins and notes will soon be replaced entirely by plastic money.
8. Most Americans start school at the age of five.
9. Some institutes are reorganised into universities.
10. The recycling of urban waste water will become common.
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1. They invited me to their conference.
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2. The lecturer asks a lot of questions.
3. I know the meaning of this word.
4. The students of our group will meet in the laboratory.
5. The company is making plans for the future.
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Tobacco
For thousands of years tobacco was used by the American Indians with no ill-effect. In the 16th century it was brought to Europe. This early tobacco was mixed with soil and rather dirty. It was chewed or smoked in pipes only by men women thought it smelly and disgusting. It was first grown commercially in America in the 17th century on slave plantations. In the 18th century new technology refined tobacco and the first cigarettes were produced. By the 1880s huge factories were producing cigarettes which were clean and easy to smoke. Chain-smoking and inhaling became possible and by the middle of the 20th century tobacco addicts, both men and women, were dying of lung cancer in great numbers.
Nowadays cigarette smoking is banned in many places, especially in the USA. But until 1820 tobacco was America's main export and still today their tobacco industry makes over $4.2 billion a year.
1. Where was tobacco grown?
2. When did European people know about tobacco?
3. Was it of great quality?
4. When were the first cigarettes produced?
5. When did people know that tobacco was harmful for their health?
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