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Zadanko:
Leisure activities
According to a magazine article I read recently, we (1)…………………live in an age of increasing leasure. Not only are more and more people reaching (2)………………..age with their taste for enjoyment and even adventure relatively (3)……………….. but the working week is becoming shorter and the opportunities for (4) ………………..are becoming greater and greater all the time. Not to mention the fact that people (5)……………….. to spend less time travelling to work or may even be working from home. What I can’t understand, however, is who these people are. As far as I can (6)…………….. the whole thing is another one of (7) ……………….. journalistic fictions. I admit that there are a lot of retired people (8)……………….. but I am not sure that all of them are dashing about learning hang – gliding or sailing single – handed (9)……………….. the world. My own parents seem to (10)……………… most of their time gazing at the television. And as for the shorter working week, I wish someone (11)……………….. remind my company about it. I seem to be working longer and longer hours (12)……………….. the time. The little leisure time I have is eaten into by sitting in traffic jams or waiting for trains to (13)……………….. up at rain – swept platforms. I haven’t noticed any dramatic improvements in my (4) ……………….. either, but perhaps I just have to wait until I get my (15)………………. .
1) A) presently b) at the moment c) now d) at this time
2) A) retirement b) their c) later d) third
3) A) present b) survived c) free d) intact
4) A) this b) longer c) leisure d) people
5) A) use b) tend c) have d) demand
6) A) concern b) imagine c) expect d) tell
7) A) the b) those c) these d) some
8) A) in our days b) in these times c) nowadays d) now and again
9) A) round b) over c) through d) into
10) A) have b) use c) the d) spend
11) A) would b) to c) had d) might
12) A) at b) for c) take d) all
13) A) keep b) line c) show d) set
14) A) cost of living b) lifestyle c) lifeline d) livelihood
15) A) pension b) retirement c) insurance d) salary