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decide (57...............each was the same as one presented two or three steps earlier in the sequence.
If they did well, the task became harder and if they did badly., (58................................They
repeated the same exercises for between eight and nineteen days. Their problem-solving ability was
then compared with the group who (59)................. ...... the exercises.
The results of the studies, published in The Proceedings of the national Academy of
Sciences, showed that the group who took part in the brain training exercises had a significantly
better problem-solving ability than the other group. Moreover, the more participants trained, the
more problems (60).... could solve.
Part 2. Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage. Choose A, B,
C or D to indicate your answer. (10pts)
SHOPPING MALLS
Victor Gruen, an American architect, revolutionised shopping in the 1950s by creating the
type of shopping centre that we now call a shopping mall.
Gruen's (61)............ was to provide a pleasant, quiet and spacious shopping environment
with large car parks, which usually (62)........... building in the suburbs. He also wanted people to
be able to shop in all kinds of weather. He (63).......... on using building designs that he knew
people would feel comfortable with, but placed them in landscaped "streets" that were entirely
enclosed and often covered with a curved glass roof. This was done to (64).......... some of the
older shopping arcades of city centres, but while these housed only small speciality shops, Gruen's
shopping malls were on a much grander (65)............
Access to the whole shopping mall gained by using the main doors, which (66)............ the
shopping "streets" from the parking areas outside. As there was no need to (67).......... out bad
weather, shops no longer needed windows and doors, and people could wander (68)............ from
much more than just shops;
shop to shop. In many cities, shopping malls now (69).......
cinemas, restaurants and other forms of entertainment are also (70)
C. search
61. A. direction
B. aim
62. A. resulted
B. sought
63. A. insisted
B. demanded
64. A. model
B. imitate
65. A. measure
B. height
66. A. disconnected
B. withdrew
67. A. hold
B. get
68. A. freely
B. loosely
C. intended
C. requested
C. repeat
C. size
C. separated
C. stay
C. simply.
in popularity.
D. view
D. meant
D. emphasised
D. shadow
D. scale
D. parted
D. keep
D. entirely
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