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By the mid-nineteenth century, the term "icebox" had entered the American language, but ice was still only beginning to affect the diet of ordinary citizens in the United States. The ice trade grew with the growth of cities. Ice was used in hotels, taverns, and hospitals, and by some forward-looking city dealers in fresh meat, fresh fish, and butter. After the Civil War (1861-1865), as ice was used to refrigerate freight cars, it also came into household use. Even before 1880, half the ice sold in New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and one-third of that sold in Boston and Chicago, went to families for their own use. This had become possible because a new household convenience, the icebox, a precursor of the modern refrigerator, had been invented.

Making an efficient ice box was not as easy as we might now suppose. In the early nineteenth century, the knowledge of the physics of heat, which was essential to a science of refrigeration, was rudimentary. The commonsense notion that the best icebox was one that prevented the ice from melting was of course mistaken, for it was the melting of the ice that performed the cooling. Nevertheless, early efforts to economize ice included wrapping the ice in blankets, which kept the ice from doing its job. Not until near the end of the nineteenth century did inventors achieve the delicate balance of insulation and circulation needed for an efficient icebox.

But as early as 1803, an ingenious Maryland farmer, Thomas Moore, had been on the right track. He owned a farm about twenty miles outside the city of Washington, for which the village of Georgetown was the market center. When he used an icebox of his own design to transport his butter to market, he found that customers would pass up the rapidly melting stuff in the tubs of his competitors to pay a premium price for his butter, still fresh and hard in neat, one-pound bricks. One advantage of his icebox, Moore explained, was that farmers would no longer have to travel to market at night in order to keep their produce cool.

The author describes Thomas Moore as having been "on the right track" in the third paragraph to indicate that ________.

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We have achieved considerable results in the economic field, such as high economic growth, stability and significant poverty alleviation over the past few years.

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Luggage may be placed here ______ the owner’s risk.

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Although he is recognized as one of the most brilliant scientists in his field, Professor White cannot seem to make his ideas understood in class.

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________ in the diet is especially important for vegetarians.

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igers are under threat of extinction and something must be done quickly.

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Old people like the slow ______ of life in the countryside.

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Tom was encouraged by my success. He decided not to quit his work.

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Hundreds of workers have been ______ due to financial problems at the factory.

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It is true that keeping fit will benefit a person’s health in many ways. It has become clear in recent years, that a large number of people are doing less and less exercise and this is now causing many serious illnesses, putting a strain on doctors and hospitals. However, some experts believe that too much exercise can do just as much (25) ________.

Although it is true that moderate exercise such as walking can be very beneficial to a person’s health, it is not the only one factor (26) _______ keeps us healthy. Diet is also extremely important and I would argue that it is probably even more important than exercise, although the ideal is for both of these factors to work together. It seems to me that many people are unwilling to put in the effort required to become fitter.

(27)_______, too much exercise can also cause problems. So people are urged to take moderate exercise and eat moderately healthily rather than embarking on extreme diets and training. In too many instances, ultra-fit people have had heart attacks or dropped down dead.

In all, governments need to find ways of (28) ________ people to take responsibility for their own health. People need to realize that eating healthy food does not have to cost a (29) ________, nor is it difficult to prepare healthy meals themselves. People need to be better educated about their health.

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The conference was organized for all of the ________ teachers in the city.

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How ______ sugar do you want? – Not _____, just ______.

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Not until about a century after Julius Caesar landed in Britain _____ actually conquer the island.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29.

It is true that keeping fit will benefit a person’s health in many ways. It has become clear in recent years, that a large number of people are doing less and less exercise and this is now causing many serious illnesses, putting a strain on doctors and hospitals. However, some experts believe that too much exercise can do just as much (25) ________.

Although it is true that moderate exercise such as walking can be very beneficial to a person’s health, it is not the only one factor (26) _______ keeps us healthy. Diet is also extremely important and I would argue that it is probably even more important than exercise, although the ideal is for both of these factors to work together. It seems to me that many people are unwilling to put in the effort required to become fitter.

(27)_______, too much exercise can also cause problems. So people are urged to take moderate exercise and eat moderately healthily rather than embarking on extreme diets and training. In too many instances, ultra-fit people have had heart attacks or dropped down dead.

In all, governments need to find ways of (28) ________ people to take responsibility for their own health. People need to realize that eating healthy food does not have to cost a (29) ________, nor is it difficult to prepare healthy meals themselves. People need to be better educated about their health.

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

I’ll give this dictionary to _____ wants to have it.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29.

It is true that keeping fit will benefit a person’s health in many ways. It has become clear in recent years, that a large number of people are doing less and less exercise and this is now causing many serious illnesses, putting a strain on doctors and hospitals. However, some experts believe that too much exercise can do just as much (25) ________.

Although it is true that moderate exercise such as walking can be very beneficial to a person’s health, it is not the only one factor (26) _______ keeps us healthy. Diet is also extremely important and I would argue that it is probably even more important than exercise, although the ideal is for both of these factors to work together. It seems to me that many people are unwilling to put in the effort required to become fitter.

(27)_______, too much exercise can also cause problems. So people are urged to take moderate exercise and eat moderately healthily rather than embarking on extreme diets and training. In too many instances, ultra-fit people have had heart attacks or dropped down dead.

In all, governments need to find ways of (28) ________ people to take responsibility for their own health. People need to realize that eating healthy food does not have to cost a (29) ________, nor is it difficult to prepare healthy meals themselves. People need to be better educated about their health.

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