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E Are the sentences logical or illogical? Tick (✓) the correct column. 8 Practice Cloze Passages

logical illogical (Adapted from previous Chutz and Bagrut exams)

1. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.

2. The school nurse educated the children on how to take 1. KANSAS
care of their teeth.
Kansas is a state in the U.S.A. ( Its / It’s / It has) famous for its excellent farmland. But
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3. The government is able to stop road accidents. in Kansas, tornado storms cause serious damage and leave a path of ( destruction / destroy /
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4. About eighty percent of babies are born with red hair. destroying) behind them. If people ( will see / would see / see) a tornado coming, they must
take cover. Houses ( destroy / destroyed / are destroyed), and small animals are picked
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5. It is illegal to hunt crocodiles in many parts of the world.
( up / out / through) by the wind and dropped ( a few / many / a great) distance away.
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6. The average height of a man is one meter. Being caught in a tornado is ( the worst of / not worse than / worse than) anything else I can
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imagine. But people from Kansas ( did not / do not / have not) panic when they see a tornado
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7. People can naturally fly.
coming toward them. This is because they ( get used / used / are used) to tornadoes, and
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8. High prices affect the economy. ( too / used / so) are people from other states in the American West.
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9. There is an unlimited amount of fresh water in Israel.
10. One purpose of tests is to make students study.
2. CITY TRAFFIC PROBLEMS

Dear Editor,
F Write THREE words you can use to talk about each of the following topics. Use Many of us spend too much time every day stuck in traffic jams. I understand that every
words from exercise A.
city has its own traffic problems, ( because / despite / such as) narrow streets, not enough
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1. dangers of smoking parking places, etc. But I feel that traffic in our city has gotten much worse recently. The
main ( result of / reason for / solution to) this problem is the large number of cars on the
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2. moving to a new house roads. Many years ( ago / since / before), when fewer people in our city had cars, nobody
( would have / must have / has been) imagined that today even a simple car journey could
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take a really long time. For example, it used to take me ten ( hours / kilometers / minutes)
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3. a new job to drive to work. Now I need 40 minutes to reach work ( at / by / on) time.
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Another problem drivers in this city face is ( looking / finding / waiting) a parking space.
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4. visiting the hospital I myself never know ( why / where / what) I can park my car, so I usually ( took /
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was taking / take) the bus to my office. But this ( hasn’t / hadn’t / doesn’t) solved the
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5. keeping the city clean problem, because the bus often gets stuck behind a long line of cars.
I think that the time has come for our city to think of the welfare of the citizens.

6. shopping Sincerely,

Matt Poe
7. times of war

8. your feelings

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