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W: Simon, tell us about 1________ .
M: Well, like lots of other children, I’ve grown up taking my boat onto the rivers in this area. One of my 2________ rivers is the River Stanton,
3________ is fast with excellent water ---- so things can get pretty dangerous but it’s 4________ .
W: Now, it was while you were on the River Stanton 5 ________ you noticed something was wrong.
M: Yeah, I always wondered why the water 6________(make) my eyes burn if it got on my face… and why it was a strange, orange color, 7________ when the water was running low.
W: So you decided to find out more.
M: Yeah. I asked other people 8________ (use)the river and I visited a few websites and found out that the river was orange 9________ pollution from the oil mines in the area. There was a lot of mining in this part of the country. I 10________ (know) that from my history class at school.
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6. made 7. especially 8. using 9. because of 10. knew

Have you ever wished you were better 1________ making conversation? A great talker is someone 2________ connects 3________ people and makes them feel important. 4________ they talk to you, they make you feel you’re the only person in 5________ room. Becoming a good talker requires 6________ three things: first, how to start a conversation; second, how to keep it going; and third, how to end it. Starting a conversation usually means 7________ up with an opening line or ice breaker. The best kind of the ice breaker is one that makes people happy. The last thing people want to hear from a stranger is how noisy the party is, 8________ how ugly the people are dressed. Praise is always a good ice breaker and will usually 9________. I also suggest reading the newspapers 10____ it is so important to know what is going on in the world.
1. at 2. who 3. with 4. when 5. the
6. knowing 7. coming 8. or 9. be welcomed 10. because

M: I’m Alex. It’s a pleasure to be here 1_________(talk) to you today. As you know there are seven of us in the group. Five of us were born and 2_______ (raise) in the USA. I was 3_______(actual) born there though my parents moved to Canada when I was a baby. The final member of the group ----my wife, Lara---was born and grew up in Cuba.
In this business of modern music we are totally different 4_______ most other groups in that we are one hundred percent self-supported. We can make our own musical and business decisions and that independence means a great deal to us all!
Of course, this means we can’t use the major record companies’ workrooms 5________ (record) our music but we’ve managed to make our own. It’s changed from a church. It’s convenient because it’s actually next door 6_______the large old house 7________ I live with my family.
It’s hard to characterize our style of music. For me, the common factor in all our songs is 8_______ they’re romantic. That’s always there—9_________ the song is happy or sad, wild or quiet.
Our latest album will show you 10_______ I mean. I could now just play you one song from this album before I take questions.
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