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WASHIGTON

If you hear the name “Washington”, you might 1___ at first of America. In actual fact there 2___ at least fifty places in the world called Washington, but the original Washington is in North-East England, just South of Newcastle.

The ancestors of George Washington, America’s first president, 3___ from this village. William de Hertburn, his first ancestors to live there, 4___ to the village of Washington in 1183. Taking on the name of his new home, he 5___ William de Washington. Imagine – if William 6___ to Washington, America’s first president and the city of Washington in America might have been called Hertburn instead!

But Washington (near Newcastle) 7___ famous for another reason – it is a “new town”, that is a town planned and built in the countryside around the old village of Washington. There 8___ nine industrial estates. Designed as villages each with a different character, the housing estates 9___ from each other by trees and fields and each has its own shops, primary school and community hall. There is a special road system linking the industrial estates to each other and to the motorway, thus keeping the residential areas free of industrial traffic. On the one hand the 10___ car plant in the world (built by Japanese firm) and on the other hand the beautifully restored buildings of the old village of Washington are both typical of Washington – the best of what is old and the best of what is new.

1. A think B to think C thinks D thinking

2. A are B is C to be D has been

3. A is coming B came C comes D will come

4. A is moving B moves C has moved D moved

5. A will become B is becoming C became D are becoming

6. A doesn’t move B hadn’t moved C isn’t moving D aren’t moving

7. A be B are C is D will be

8. A be B is C will be D are

9. A are separated B is separated C has separated D separates

10.A advancement B most advancement C most advanced D most advance

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In 1718 Defoe was 1___ (NEAR) sixty years old. He had a full and 2___ (INTEREST) life. He 3___ (TRAVEL), tried many professions and wrote many books and pamphlets.

In 1712 Defoe met a 4___ (SAIL) who had been on a desert island. Alexander Selkirk was his name. for more than four years he had lived alone on that island, managing not only to stay alive, but also to make himself fairly 5___ (COMFORT). At last he was rescued through the happy chance of a ship putting in at this island for water.

When he ___ (FINAL) returned to London, his adventures became the talk of the town. Several accounts of his experiences were printed and soon 7___ (FORGET).

But Defoe didn’t forget. Selkirk’s unique experience captured his 8___ (IMAGINE). What would a man do, all alone? How would he live? Thus Defoe turned to writing the story of a shipwrecked man. He chose an island in a 9___ (DIFFER) part of the world for his story and created an imaginary character for his hero, Robinson Crusoe. With his skill as a 10___ (JOURNAL) he was able to make his story seem absolutely true. The book was a great success.