Art
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Art 0. has always been a controversial topic of conversation
and is a subject which is sure to raise many an argument.
Whether you have a passion 1.___ sculpture or are crazy 2._____ abstract art, we have to agree that there is a place for all genres. One of the most controversial artists of our time is the French performance artist, Orlan. She 3.______ a scandal with her first work, "The Kiss of the Artist", in which she sold kisses to the audience, and 4.___ actually fired from her teaching job as a direct result of this. Once she got a taste 5.___ shocking the public, though, there was no stopping her and she often found herself in 6.____ water following one of her exhibitions.
Abstract art is often not thought of as "proper art" and sometimes it's hard to tell if a painting is either upside 7.____ or the wrong way 8._____ However, art doesn't always have to be controversial or cutting egde. Many people take 9.__ art as a hobby and a way of relaxing. Self expression is a form of relaxation and many people believe that once you10.____ it a try, you will never give it 11.__ The question is, how can you tell if someone really does like your painting or whether they are just telling a little 12._____ lie?
Whether you have a passion 1.___ sculpture or are crazy 2._____ abstract art, we have to agree that there is a place for all genres. One of the most controversial artists of our time is the French performance artist, Orlan. She 3.______ a scandal with her first work, "The Kiss of the Artist", in which she sold kisses to the audience, and 4.___ actually fired from her teaching job as a direct result of this. Once she got a taste 5.___ shocking the public, though, there was no stopping her and she often found herself in 6.____ water following one of her exhibitions.
Abstract art is often not thought of as "proper art" and sometimes it's hard to tell if a painting is either upside 7.____ or the wrong way 8._____ However, art doesn't always have to be controversial or cutting egde. Many people take 9.__ art as a hobby and a way of relaxing. Self expression is a form of relaxation and many people believe that once you10.____ it a try, you will never give it 11.__ The question is, how can you tell if someone really does like your painting or whether they are just telling a little 12._____ lie?
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Free-fall Racing
For questions 1 - 12, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an examples at the beginning(0).
Since the rise of the current health 0. and safety culture, most people in the UK have begun to lead lives with absolutely no element 1.__ danger at all. And after realising that their lives are nowhere 2.____ as dangerous as they once were, 3.__ didn't take long before a group of young entrepreneurs came up with a new sport that really lets them push 4.__________ to the limit in terms of risk and excitement.
Every weekend, at an airfield 5.____ the North Devon coast, a group of otherwise risk-averse individuals meet and attempt to 6.___ a new record for how fast they can fall a distance of two kilometres from a small airplane. These are people who rarely if ever break 7.___ speed limit. But as free-fall racers, they compete to pick 8.__ as much speed as they can before finally opening their parachutes at the last minute.
Each race is over and finished in 9._ matter of seconds but during those vital few seconds, the racers say they are totally absorbed 10.__ trying to make their bodies fall that little bit faster and trying to judge the perfect moment to pull the parachute cord. Many of them say that they hold 11._____ breath for the whole duration of the fall, only breathing out again when they touch the ground. Bill Morris, one free-fall racer says that he has tried every extreme sport but that all of the others are simply nothing 12.__ comparison.
Every weekend, at an airfield 5.____ the North Devon coast, a group of otherwise risk-averse individuals meet and attempt to 6.___ a new record for how fast they can fall a distance of two kilometres from a small airplane. These are people who rarely if ever break 7.___ speed limit. But as free-fall racers, they compete to pick 8.__ as much speed as they can before finally opening their parachutes at the last minute.
Each race is over and finished in 9._ matter of seconds but during those vital few seconds, the racers say they are totally absorbed 10.__ trying to make their bodies fall that little bit faster and trying to judge the perfect moment to pull the parachute cord. Many of them say that they hold 11._____ breath for the whole duration of the fall, only breathing out again when they touch the ground. Bill Morris, one free-fall racer says that he has tried every extreme sport but that all of the others are simply nothing 12.__ comparison.
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