Most Repeated Fill in Blanks
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1. Underground houses
Underground
houses have many advantages over conventional housing. Unlike conventional
homes, they can be built on surfaces
and can maximize space in small areas by going below the surface. In addition,
the materials excavated in construction can be used in the building process.
Underground houses have less surface area so fewer building materials are used,
and costs
are lower. They are also wind, fire, and earthquake resistant, providing a
secure and safe environment in extreme weather. One of the greatest benefits of
underground living is energy efficiency. The earth's subsurface temperature
remains stable, so underground dwellings benefit from geothermal mass and heat
exchange, staying cool in the summer and warm in the winter. This saves around
80 percent in energy costs. By solar
design this energy bill can be to
zero, providing hot water and heat to the home all year round.
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1. Underground houses
Underground
houses have many advantages over conventional housing. Unlike conventional
homes, they can be built on steep surfaces and can maximize space in
small areas by going below the surface. In addition, the materials excavated in
construction can be used in the building process. Underground houses have less
surface area so fewer building materials are used, and maintenance costs are lower. They are
also wind, fire, and earthquake resistant, providing a secure and safe
environment in extreme weather. One of the greatest benefits of underground
living is energy efficiency. The earth's subsurface temperature remains stable,
so underground dwellings benefit from geothermal mass and heat exchange,
staying cool in the summer and warm in the winter. This saves around 80 percent
in energy costs. By incorporating solar design this energy bill can be reduced to zero, providing hot
water and heat to the home all year round.
2. Renewable energy
Recently,
due to concerns over pollution and the possibility that some sources of fuel
might eventually run out or become to
obtain, there has been much greater support for renewable sources of power,
such as wind or solar energy. Renewable energy sources 25
percent of the electricity we use. Unlike fuels,
they tend not to produce any waste or significantly add to global warming by
producing gases.
Ans 2. Renewable
energy
Recently, due to concerns over pollution and the
possibility that some sources of fuel might eventually run out or become uneconomic to obtain,
there has been much greater support for renewable sources of power, such as
wind or solar energy. Renewable energy sources constitute 25 percent
of the electricity we use. Unlike fossil fuels,
they tend not to produce any waste or significantly add to global warming by
producing gases.
3.Lucy
Lucy was a single hominid skeleton found in Ethopia.
First, she was a bunch of broken fragments lying in Ethopia. She was found by
Donald Johanson and Tom Gray, who headed out to the area looking for rocks, and
then drove back. that return journey, Johanson spotted a forearm
bone, identified it — and then kept looking, where the two found a huge set of
bones that would eventually 40 per cent of the entire skeleton. The
discovery was so important because it entirely our understanding of the process of evolution.
She showed that people had been wrong to think that we became intelligent
before we stood up — Lucy and her contemporaries were better suited for
walking than we were, but appear to have been much
less advanced. That was important because it changed
our understanding of the story of evolution, implying that walking was one of
the most important things in moving us towards our current state, and that
brainpower might not have been the most important thing.
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3. Lucy
Lucy was a single hominid skeleton found in Ethopia.
First, she was a bunch of broken fragments lying in Ethopia. She was found by
Donald Johanson and Tom Gray, who headed out to the area looking for rocks, and
then drove back. During that
return journey, Johanson spotted a forearm bone, identified it — and then kept
looking, where the two found a huge set of bones that would eventually represent 40 per
cent of the entire skeleton. The discovery was so important because it
entirely upset our understanding of the process
of evolution. She showed that people had been wrong to think that we became
intelligent before we stood up — Lucy and her contemporaries were better suited
for walking upright than we were, but
appear to have been much less intellectually advanced.
That was important because it changed our understanding of the story of
evolution, implying that walking was one of the most important things in moving
us towards our current state, and that brainpower might not have been the most
important thing.
4.Interdisciplinary
Centre
A new interdisciplinary centre for the study of the
frontiers of
the universe, from the tiniest subatomic particle to the
largest chain of galaxies, has been formed at The University of Texas at
Austin. The Texas Cosmology Centre will be a way for the university's
departments of Astronomy and Physics to on research that concerns them both “This centre
will bring the two departments together in an area where they in the physics of the very early universe,” said
Dr. Neal Evans, Astronomy Department chair. Astronomical observations
have the presence of dark matter and dark energy,
discoveries that challenge our knowledge of fundamental physics. And today's
leading theories in physics involve energies so high that no Earth-bound
particle accelerator can test them. They need the universe as their Steven Weinberg, Nobel laureate and professor of
physics at the university, called the Centre's “a very exciting development” for that
department.
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4. Interdisciplinary Centre
A new interdisciplinary centre for the study of the
frontiers of the universe, from the tiniest subatomic particle to the largest
chain of galaxies, has been formed at The University of Texas at Austin. The
Texas Cosmology Centre will be a way for the university's departments of
Astronomy and Physics to collaborate on
research that concerns them both “This centre will bring the two departments
together in an area where they overlap in
the physics of the very early universe,” said Dr. Neal Evans, Astronomy Department
chair. Astronomical observations have revealed the
presence of dark matter and dark energy, discoveries that challenge our
knowledge of fundamental physics. And today's leading theories in physics
involve energies so high that no Earth-bound particle accelerator can test
them. They need the universe as their laboratory Steven
Weinberg, Nobel laureate and professor of physics at the university, called the
Centre's advent “a very exciting
development” for that department.
5.Agrarian
parties
Agrarian
parties are political parties chiefly representing the interests of peasants
or, more broadly, the rural sector of society. The extent to they
are important, or they
even exist, depends mainly two
factors.One, obviously, is the size of an identifiable peasantry, or the size
of the rural relative the
urban population. The other is a matter of social integration: agrarian
parties to be important, the representation of countryside or peasantry must
not be integrated the
other major sections of society. a
country might possess a sizeable rural population, but have an economic system
in which the interests of the voters were predominantly related to their
incomes, than
their occupations or location; and in such a country the political system would
be unlikely to include an important agrarian party.
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5. Agrarian parties
Agrarian
parties are political parties chiefly representing the interests of peasants
or, more broadly, the rural sector of society. The extent to which they are important,
or whether they even exist,
depends mainly on two factors.One,
obviously, is the size of an identifiable peasantry, or the size of the rural
relative to the urban population.
The other is a matter of social integration: for agrarian parties to be important, the
representation of countryside or peasantry must not be integrated with the other major
sections of society.Thus a country might
possess a size able rural population, but have an economic system in which
the interests of the voters were predominantly related to their incomes,rather than their
occupations or location; and in such a country the political system would be
unlikely to include an important agrarian party.
6.Treat students
In reality, however, the
causes of truancy and non-attendance are diverse and multifaceted. There are as
many of
non-attendance as there are non-attenders. Each child has her own story,
and whilst there may often be certain identifiable factors in common, each
non-attending child demands and an
individual response, tailored to meet her individual needs. This applies to
the 14-year-old who fails to attend school because a parent is terminally ill,
the overweight 11 -year-old who fails to attend because he is about
changing for PE in front of peers, the 15-year-old who is 'bored' by lessons,
and to the seven-year-old who is teased in the playground because she does not
wear the latest designer-label clothes.
Ans 6. Treat
students
In reality, however, the
causes of truancy and non-attendance are diverse and multifaceted. There are as
many causes of
non-attendance as there are non-attenders. Each child has her own unique story, and whilst there may
often be certain identifiable factors in common, each non-attending child
demands and deserves an individual response, tailored to meet
her individual needs. This applies equally to
the 14-year-old who fails to attend school because a parent is terminally ill,
the overweight 11 -year-old who fails to attend because he is embarrassed about changing for PE in
front of peers, the 15-year-old who is 'bored' by lessons, and to the
seven-year-old who is teased in the playground because she does not wear the
latest designer-label clothes.
7.Population
change
Populations can change through three processes:
fertility, mortality, and migration. Fertility the
number of children that women have and is to be contrasted with fecundity (a
woman's childbearing potential). Mortality is the study of the causes,
consequences, and measurement of processes affecting death to members of the
population. Demographers most commonly study mortality using the Life Table, a
statistical that
provides information about the mortality conditions (most notably the life expectancy)
in the population. Migration refers to the movement of persons from a locality
of origin to a destination place across some predefined, political boundary.
Migration researchers do not designate movements 'migrations' they
are somewhat permanent. Thus demographers do not consider tourists and
travellers to be migrating. While demographers who study migration typically do
so through census data on place of ,
indirect sources of data including tax forms, and labour force surveys are also
important. Demography is today widely taught in many universities across the
world, students
with initial training in social sciences, statistics or health studies.
Ans 7. Population change
Populations can change through three processes:
fertility, mortality, and migration. Fertility involves the number of children that
women have and is to be contrasted with fecundity (a woman's childbearing
potential). Mortality is the study of the causes, consequences, and measurement
of processes affecting death to members of the population. Demographers most
commonly study mortality using the Life Table, a statistical device that provides information
about the mortality conditions (most notably the life expectancy) in the
population. Migration refers to the movement of persons from a locality of
origin to a destination place across some predefined, political boundary.
Migration researchers do not designate movements 'migrations' unless they are somewhat permanent.
Thus demographers do not consider tourists and travellers to be migrating.
While demographers who study migration typically do so through census data on
place of residence ,
indirect sources of data including tax forms, and labour force surveys are also
important. Demography is today widely taught in many universities across the
world, attracting students
with initial training in social sciences, statistics or health studies.
8. A giant turtle
A giant turtle made from discarded plastic trash will
greet visitors to the British Science Festival this week. The plastic
containers, bottles and cups were collected locally in Hull, where the event is
taking place at the city's university. Standing 3.5m tall, 11.5ft, the art
installation commissioned
by the University of Hull with the aim of raising awareness of plastic waste,
Professor Dan Parsons, director of the university's Energy and Environment
Institute, said: "Marine pollution is a mounting global challenge, which
is having
devastating consequences. "We have a duty to protect these fragile
environments and the marine life and ecosystems which we home.
The university has commissioned this installation as a physical of
what is ending up in the oceans, but also ask visitors to campus to stop and
think what they could do to try to reduce their own waste."
Ans 8. A giant turtle
A giant turtle made from discarded plastic trash will
greet visitors to the British Science Festival this week. The plastic
containers, bottles and cups were collected locally in Hull, where the event is
taking place at the city's university. Standing 3.5m tall, 11.5ft, the art
installation was commissioned
by the University of Hull with the aim of raising awareness of plastic waste,
Professor Dan Parsons, director of the university's Energy and Environment
Institute, said: "Marine pollution is a mounting global challenge, which
is already having
devastating consequences. "We have a duty to protect these fragile
environments and the marine life and ecosystems which we call home. The university has
commissioned this installation as a physical reminder of what is ending up in the oceans, but
also ask visitors to campus to stop and think what they could do to try to
reduce their own waste."
9. Mike’s Research
In 2001 he received the SIUC Outstanding Scholar
Award. In 2003 he received the Carski Award for Distinguished Undergraduate
Teaching from the American Society for Microbiology. Mike’s research is focused
on bacteria that inhabit extreme environments, and for the past 12 years he has
studied the microbiology of permanently ice-covered lakes in the McMurdo Dry
Valleys, Antarctica. In addition to his research papers, he has edited a major on
phototrophic bacteria and served for over a decade as chief editor of the Archives
of Microbiology. He currently serves on the editorial board of Environmental
Microbiology. Mike’s non-scientific include
forestry, reading, and caring for his dogs and horses. He lives a
peaceful and quiet lake with his wife, Nancy, five shelter dogs (Gaino, Snuffy,
Pepto, Peanut, and Merry), and four horses (Springer, Feivel, Gwen, and
Festus).
Ans 9. Mike’s
Research
In 2001 he received the SIUC
Outstanding Scholar Award. In 2003 he received the Carski Award for
Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching from the American Society for
Microbiology. Mike’s research is focused on bacteria that inhabit extreme
environments, and for the past 12 years he has studied the microbiology of
permanently ice-covered lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. In
addition to his research papers, he has edited a major treatise on phototrophic bacteria and
served for over a decade as chief editor of the journal Archives of Microbiology. He
currently serves on the editorial board of Environmental Microbiology. Mike’s
non-scientific interests include
forestry, reading, and caring for his dogs and horses. He lives beside a peaceful and quiet lake with
his wife, Nancy, five shelter dogs (Gaino, Snuffy, Pepto, Peanut, and Merry),
and four horses (Springer, Feivel, Gwen, and Festus).
10. History
Books
What history books tell us about the past
is not everything that happened, but what historians .
They cannot put in everything: choices to
be made. Choices must similarly be made about which aspects of the past should
be formally taught to the next generation in the shape of school history
lessons. So, ,
when a national school curriculum for England and Wales was first discussed at
the end of the 1980s, the history curriculum was the subject of considerable
public and media .
Politicians argued about it; people wrote letters to the press about it; the
Prime Minister of the time, Margaret Thatcher, in
the debate. Let us think first about the question of content. There were two
main camps on this issue – those who thought the history of Britain should take of
place, and those who favored what was referred to as 'world history'.
Ans 10. History Books
What history books tell us about the past
is not everything that happened, but what historians have selected. They cannot put in everything: choices have to be made. Choices must similarly
be made about which aspects of the past should be formally taught to the next
generation in the shape of school history lessons. So, for example, when a national school curriculum for
England and Wales was first discussed at the end of the 1980s, the history
curriculum was the subject of considerable public and media interest. Politicians argued about it; people
wrote letters to the press about it; the Prime Minister of the time, Margaret
Thatcher, intervened in the debate. Let us think first
about the question of content. There were two main camps on this issue – those
who thought the history of Britain should take pride of place, and those who favored what
was referred to as 'world history'.
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