FRED DIDN'T TELL SOPITE HIS NEWS UNTIL SHE HAD FINISHED HER HOMEWO...

10. Fred didn't tell Sopite his news until she had finished her homework. [telling] Fred waited... The End KEYS PASSGE 1. It is forecast that we can look forward to working fewer hours in the future, but it is necessary for health and tranquillity to work a certain number of hours per week, ideally doing a variety of jobs - something schools have always known. It may be that house building will meet need. It is a very basic human instinct. Gardening is a related activity. It is already cheaper to cultivate many fruits and vegetables than to buy them in the shops and the house of the next decade should take this into account. Another important question is that of energy conservation. The proportion of income spent on keeping warm is steadily going up, and, with the cost of energy likely to double in real terms during the next ten years or so, many large badly-insulated old houses will become extremely expensive to use. The demand will be for small, well-insulated homes located in warm protected areas and making the best use of the sun's warmth. Efficient heating units will be of prime importance. At present we waste a lot of space in planning rooms which are awkward to use. PASSGE 2. live surrounded by objects and systems that we take for granted, but which profoundly affect the way we behave, think, work, play and in general lead our lives. Look, for example, at the place in which you are reading this now, and see how much of what surrounds you is understandable, how much of it you could actually build yourself or repair if it happens to cease to function. When we start the car or press the button in the elevator, or buy food in the supermarket, we gave no thought to the complex devices or systems that make the car move, or the elevator rise, or the food appear on the shelves. Throughout this century we have become increasingly dependent on the products of technology. They have already changed our lives: at the simplest level, the availability of transport have made us physically less fit than our ancestors. Many people are alive only because they have been given immunity to disease through drugs. The vast majority of the world's population relies on the ability technology to provide and transport food. We are unable feed or clothe or keep ourselves warm without technology. WORD FORMS