I HAVE GONE____COMPUTER GAMES. THEY ARE NOT AS INTERESTING AS BEF...

10. I have gone____computer games. They are not as interesting as before.Part 2: Complete the following passage with prepositions. It is not easy trying to cope with fear. Most people (11) _______ some stage in their lives feel afraidof something; fear of the dark as children, afraid of spiders or flying. For the most part, these fears are normal and do not interfere (12) _______ our ability to get on with our lives.However, some people are afraid of something (13) _______ such an extent that it prevents them from leading a normal life. For example, 'electrophobia' - being afraid of electricity - makes life in today's world extremely difficult.In fact, you can be afraid of anything and there is almost certainly a name for it. You can be afraid of clouds, certain colors, bicycles, rain, mushrooms and even sitting down. Apparently, the list of phobia gets longer everyday, but for people who have a real terror of something, help is (14) _______ hand. Researchers are making enormous progress (15) _______ understanding what a phobia is and what makes it come (16) _______ .It is surprising how many people think they suffer from a phobia when actually all they are really experiencing is a strong dislike or distaste (17) _______ something.You may think you are computer phobic and want to throw your machine out of the nearest window. But that is not the same as being really 'mechanophobic', suffering from a racing heart and being short of breath (18) _______ the mere sight of a computer.Experts say that you cannot take a true phobia (19) _______ anything else as it affects the whole of your nervous system. If you cannot run away from whatever is causing the fear, you feel that is inevitable. On the other hand, it's natural for most people to be afraid if they are aboard an airplane which is flying into a storm. Most psychologists agree that phobias can be described (20) _______ three main ways: social phobias, panic disorders and specific phobias.V. OPEN CLOZE TEST Passage 1Although noise, commonly (l) _______ as unwanted sound, is a widely recognized form of pollution, it is very difficult to measure because the discomfort (2) _______ by different individualsis highly subjective and, therefore, variable. Exposure to lower levels of noise may be (3) _______ irritating, whereas exposure to higher levels may actually cause (4) _______ loss. Particularly in congested urban areas, the noise produced (5) _______ a by-product of our advancing technology causes physical harm, and detracts from the quality of life for those who are exposed to it.Noise causes effects that the hearer cannot control and to (6) _______ the body never becomes accustomed. Loud noises instinctively signal danger (7) _______ any organism with a hearing mechanism, including human beings. (8) _______ response, heartbeat and respiration accelerate, blood vessels constrict, the skin pales, and muscles tense. In fact, there is a general increase in functioning (9) _______ about by the flow of adrenaline release in response to fear, and some of these responses persist even longer than the noise, occasionally as long as 30 minutes (10) _______ the sound has ceased. Passage 2Unlikely (11) _______ it may seem, there has now been expert confirmation that wild pumas and lynxes are at (12)_______ in parts of Britain, rather than being the figments of some wild imaginations. Previous sightings of such large cats had been put (13) _______ to exaggeration. After all, the argument went, some people are prone to seeing flying saucers and Loch ness monsters, particularly when under the influence of one drink. Some newspapers were suspected of having made up stories such as (14) _______ of the Beast of Exmoor, an animal that is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of sheep over the past ten years. (15) _______ experts have now come upwith proof that such stories were in earnest after all. The animals are in all (16) _______ pets which have escaped from small zoos, or been abandoned by their owners. Because the keeping of such animals is severely restricted under the (17) _______ of the Dangerous Wild Animal Act of 1976, owners of unlicensed animals might not (18) _______ an escape for fear of prosecution. Britain's only surviving native species, the wild cat, is confined to Scotland. After examining hair samples, experts now say that the Best of Exmoor in the south of England is without (19) _______ a puma orlynx, both of which are normally native (20) _______ the Middle East and Asia.III. WORD FORMS Part 1: Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the given words.