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LEO TOLSTOY

Leo Tolstoy was a famous Russian writer of the nineteenth century. He lived

between 1828 and 1910. He wrote many novels. Two of his famous (1) _________ are

“ War and Peace” and “Anna Karenina”. Tolstoy was born into a (2) _________ family.

However, he was not (3) ___________ that others were poor. He did not like living in the

rich life when others did not have food or money. In fact, Tolstoy often (4) ________

like a peasant. He wanted the simple life.

In his novels, Tolstoy wrote about many things, but one of his most important (5)

__________ was nonviolence. His ideas about nonviolence (6) _____________ two other

famoys leaders: Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King. In fact, Tolstoy and Gandhi

wrote letters to each other when Gandhi was in South Africa. Tolstoy’s ideas (7)

___________ Gandhi to use nonviolence.

Martin luther Jing , the American (8)____________ right leader, also believed in

nonviolence. In his demontrations during 1960s, he always (9) ________ violence. He

helped to (10) __________ more right for Blacks.

Thus, Leo Tolstoy, the (11) _______ Russian writer of the nineteenth centery,

greadly influenced two other great leaders of peace (12) ______________ .

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Industrial robots

One step beyond automated machines is the industrial robot, the heart and brain of

which is the (1) _________ . (2) _________ most automated machines, industrial robot

can be programmed to do a (3) __________ of tasks that are usually accomplished by

human (4) ___________ workers. Like their human (5) ________ , industrial robots can

be switched from one job to another and can be programmed to (6) __________ new

tasks. Thus far, robots have found their greatest use in assembling (7) __________ .

However, they are swiftly branching from basic assembly.(8) __________ to

construction and mining, and their most (9) _________ use of all, the exploration of

oceans and outer (10) ____________ .

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The development of television

Television was not really invented. Many scientists invented or (1) __________ parts

of the systems that have become the television systems we know now. Radio, of course,

was necessary before television could be (2) __________ , because the television uses the

same principles of electromagnetic waves that radio does. As soon as radio became

possible, the possibility of television(3) _________ was also known, but it took many

years for it to become (4) ____________ .

British and American scientists helped to develop the (5) ___________ ideas that

made television (6) ___________ , but it was a Russian who made th first practical

television system. By 1923, Vladimir Zworykin , a Russian, had invented a camera tub

that could turn pictures into electric (7) ___________ . By 1929, Zworykin had built a

television system that work.

By 1935, (8) ____________ television broadcasts were begun in Germany. the first

broadcasts in the United States began in 1939, but television did not really become (9)

___________ until later the Second World War. Between 1945 and 1955 there were

rapid (10) ___________ in the practical use of television.

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All early television was broadcast in black and white. Color television was possible,

but it was too (1) ___________ and of very (2) _________ quality (3) __________ the

middle of the 1950s. Color television broadcasts began in the United States in 1954, in

Japan in 1960 and in Europe in 1967.

The first (4) ____________ on the moon was broadcast (5) ______________ on

television in 1969, and now television programs are (6) ____________ all over the world

immediately through the (7) ______________ of satellites that transmit the (8) from the

earth, through the(9)___________, and back to the earth.

More people now get their news and information through television than through

newspapers and (10) ___________ . the development of television is (11)__________ of

the most rapid and exciting(12) ____________ of our century.

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Environmental pollution is a item that (1) ___________ to all the ways by which

man pollutes his surroundings. Man dirties the air with gases and smoke, (2)

_____________ the water with chemicals and other substances, and damages the soil

with (3) ___________ many fertilizers and pesticides. Man also pollutes his surroundings

(4) _________ various other ways. (5) _________ , people ruins natural beauty by (6)

___________ junk and litter on the land and in the water. They operate machines and

motor vehicles that fill the air with (7) ___________ noise.

Environmental pollution is on of the most serious problems facing mankind today.

Air, water and soil are necessary to the survival of all living things. Badly polluted air

can cause illness, and (8) ____________ death. Polluted water kill fish and other (9)

_______ life. Pollution of soil polluted reduces the amount of land that is (10)

__________ for growing food. Environmental pollution also brings ugliness to man’s

natural beauty world.

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Food (1) ________ an important part in the development of nations. In countries

where food is (2) ________ , people have to send most of their time getting enough to eat.

This usually slow down progress, because man have little time to (3) _________ science,

industry, government, and art. In nations where food is (4) ________ and easy to get,

men have more time to spend in activities that (5) ___________ progress human

betterment, and enjoyment of leisure. The problems of (6) _________ good food for

everybody has not been solved. Many wars have been fought for the (7) _________ of

rich food – producing lands. But it is no longer(8) __________ to go to war for food.

Nations are beginning to put scientific knowledge to work for a (9) __________ to their

food problems. They work together in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the

United Nations (FAO) to help hungry nation (10) ___________ more food.

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Environmental (1)………is one of the most serious problems

(2)………mankind today. Air, water and soil are necessary to the survival of all

(3)………things. Badly polluted air can (4)………illness and even death.

Polluted water (5)……… many kinds of wild animals and other marine life.

Pollution of soil reduces the amount of land (6) ………growing food.