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Have you ever heard about our new product, "The Best Cure for Baldness"? Our company is:,ffering you a 31-day money back guarantee. We won't cash your cheque or postal order forat least 31 days after we have posted you a copy of "The Best Cure for Baldness". You will:ave enough time to try it out. If for any reason you aren't satisfied with it, just send it back:o us, and we will send back your cheque or postal order or refund your credit card payment.\o risk! Try it out!

GP has a free booklet on healthy heart care. It gives you some useful advice about whatif you want to be healthy and to have a healthy heart. You should stop smoking, eat

ure vegetables but less sugar, fat and salt, learn to relax and keep an eye on your weight.Tnrr GP will monitor your blood pressure, too. Go to your GP and ask for this booklet!

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Beby-swimming is considered a,s a natural activity. It encourages a baby's physical develop-rgrt. There are some things which we have in common with marine mammals. Like many-l creatures, we cry salt tears and eat fish. Finnish studies show that at least some areast'development, such as balance, are more advanced in'water-babies', while French researchlrs that they have better social and intellectual skills. So it is worth trying out classes forrres. They will love the water.

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Read the following text, then choose the answers to questions 6-8 and mark your a,nlswer- a, b or c - on the answer sh,eet.

Natural disaster

There is a famous volcano called Mount St. Helens in Clark County, Washington State. Iterupted on Monday morning. The disaster caused more than ten deaths and huge destruc-tion in that region of the state.

The mountain was hit by two earthquakes just before eight o'clock. A little bit later thetop of the mountain was blown off by an explosion that was heard hundreds of miles away.Large blocks of ice and rocks fell onto the area and the mountain became lower. Then thetremendous heat inside was released. Hot gas and ash came out of the mountain. It causeda lightning storm as it rose into the air. Steam and thick mud poured from the crater. Theexplosion left a huge crater.

There were several casualties; a lot of people were injured or died owing to the force andheat of the explosion. The hot ash started fires which burned big areas of forest, causingmore deaths. Fortunately, fire-men could put out most of them. The volcanic cloud was solarge and dark that the day turned into night and some airports had to be closed temporar-ily. Mud from the volcano ran down the mountainside, filted the rivers and caused a flood.People left their homes as the water level continued to rise.

A helicopter helped the rescue workers to pick up casualties and survivors and movedthem away from the dangerous areas. The rescue workers hope to find more survivors in thenext few days. One of the witnesses said that "it had been like the end of the world'.

According to scientists the top of the mountain had been growing by five feet per day forseveral weeks before the explosion. In their opinion ash and mud could continue to pour outof St. Helens for up to fifteen years.

So people living there are learning to live with and cope with nature's fury.

Answer the following questions from th.e information giuen in the text.

6. When the volcano erupted, the top of the mountaina) grew taller.b) turned into mud.c) was broken into pieces.

7. People were killed bya) the forest fires.b) the explosion.c) the lightning storm.

8. The volcanic clouda) damaged a lot of aeroplanes.b) made everything dark.c) wasn't very big.

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B1 r TEST 29. People had to leave their homes as

a) they didn't have electricity.b) the mountain fell on their houses.c) there was flooding in the area.

10. Before the eruptiona) ash and mud had poured out of St. Helens for fifteen years.b) the mountain had been getting bigger.c) scientists hadn't noticed the growth of St. Helens.

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