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One-word Gap Fill: A. The Dubai International Film Festival The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) took place for the first time e.g. in _ 2004. 1. ________ people don’t realize that Dubai has 2. _______ annual film festival but this cultural event happens every December. The event 3. _______ growing every year; the most recent one was much larger 4. _______ the first, and the festival is quickly becoming one of the world’s most important events. Since the event began, several cinemas in Dubai have shown a variety of recent or famous films from around the world. People working in the film industry are able 5. _______ promote their work, and people here can see these interesting films. Young people who live in the Dubai area 6. _______ offer to volunteer at the festival. To volunteer means to do something without receiving 7. _______ money, so you won’t receive payment for your work. If you do help, however, you 8. _______ see some of the most creative people in the film industry. That is 9. _______ best benefit for many people. For them, it makes attending the festival a great experience. 10. In paragraph 2, “Since the event began, several cinemas in Dubai have shown a variety of recent or famous films” means: a. Cinemas will show these films sometime in the future.

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One-word Gap Fill:

A. The Dubai International Film Festival

The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) took place for the first time e.g. in _ 2004. 1.________

people don’t realize that Dubai has 2._______ annual film festival but this cultural event happens

every December. The event 3._______ growing every year; the most recent one was much larger 4._______ the first, and the festival is quickly becoming one of the world’s most important events.

Since the event began, several cinemas in Dubai have shown a variety of recent or famous films

from around the world. People working in the film industry are able 5._______ promote their work,

and people here can see these interesting films.

Young people who live in the Dubai area 6._______ offer to volunteer at the festival. To volunteer

means to do something without receiving 7._______ money, so you won’t receive payment for your

work. If you do help, however, you 8._______ see some of the most creative people in the film

industry. That is 9._______ best benefit for many people. For them, it makes attending the festival a

great experience.

10. In paragraph 2, “Since the event began, several cinemas in Dubai have shown a variety

of recent or famous films” means:

a. Cinemas will show these films sometime in the future.

b. Cinemas showed these films before and may do it in the future.

c. Cinemas showed these films in the past but they don’t now.

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Mixed Tenses:

A. Many people _e.g. (be) interested in outer space, planets and galaxies. Spaceships and

satellites are made by space scientists who want to discover new things about space. Since the

1960’s, there 1.__________ (be) many trips into space. For example, during the 1980’s, space

scientists from various countries 2.__________ (combine) their skills to develop the International

Space Station. At that time, astronauts 3.__________ (live) on the Space Station for long periods and 4.__________ (not see) the Earth for a long time. These scientists 5.__________ (spend) time

gathering information about those astronauts so they could understand how to live in space.

Governments and scientists want to continue space exploration to other locations. Space

scientists hope 6.__________ (find) evidence of water and/or life. They suggest 7.__________ (send)

satellites with cameras farther into space to take pictures for research. They 8.__________ (not plan)

to use humans, but instead want to use robots to send digital information back to the Space Station

and to Earth. Many people believe there is life on other planets If they 9.__________ (find) life on

other planets, what will it be like? Scientists are waiting to find out.

10. Who makes spaceships and satellites?

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B. Hospitals for Nutrition Advice

In Al Ain, there have been many hospitals 11. ________ 2000 with diet centers. For example, you 12. ________ go to the Diet Clinic in Al Ain Hospital. The nutritionists 13.________ be happy to help

you if you go there. My sister 14.________ working there right now. She has been a nutritionist for

seven years.

Another hospital to go to is 15.________ newest hospital in Al Ain. It is the UAE University Hospital.

It has 16.________ open-clinic for nutrition help from 8 to 11 AM every Sunday through Wednesday.

However, they only have one nutritionist on duty at that time.

I think the Al Ain Hospital Diet Clinic is better 17.________ the one in UAE University Hospital

because it doesn’t have 18.________ specific days of operation. A patient is able 19.________ go there

any day the hospital is open. There are a 20.________ private hospitals, also, but their diet centers

aren’t very large.

21. In paragraph 1, “In Al Ain, there have been many hospitals since 2000 with diet centers”

means:

a. There were many hospitals with diet centers in the past.

b. There were many hospitals with diet centers before and will be in the future.

c. There were many hospitals with diet centers in the past but not now.

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Mixed Tenses:

B. The space programs weren’t just about flying people into space. There 11.__________

(have) many objects and new ideas since the space programs began in the 1950’s. In the past,

orange juice 12. __________ (be) the drink many people had for breakfast. They drank it fresh

from squeezed oranges, or they 13. __________ (buy) boxes of it in supermarkets. However,

unfortunately, they 14. __________ (not have) a way to keep it safe without refrigeration. This

was also a problem for taking it into space.

The NASA scientists tried 15. __________ (develop) a dry powder that they could add

water to so it would become a tasty drink. One scientist recommended 16. __________ (take)

all the water out of the juice by freeze drying it. “If we 17. __________ (do) that,” he said, “we

will be able to carry it safely into space.” That worked, and the drink powder was called TANG

by the scientist who produced it. Also, they found that regular people 18. __________ (love) the

taste. Right now, I 19. __________ (make) myself a glass of orange TANG to drink because I’m

very thirsty. I also like grape TANG.

20. Who named the drink powder TANG?