Choose the word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
FUN AND GAMES
Do you think computer games is just for kids? Then you should think again. You might be surprised to learn that the game industry now makes more money than Hollywood. (36) ______ a family buys a new PC, all they really want to do is to play games.
It is hardly surprising that video gaming has become one of the most popular forms of entertainment today. A good game is like a good film; it will hold your (37) ______, capture your imagination and play with your emotions.
The big difference, however, is that watching a movie is a passive pastime. You have no say in how the plot (38) ______ or which characters dominate the story. With computer games, you direct the action and that is what makes them so exciting. Finding the right game is likely to signal the beginning of a lasting love (39) ______ with the interactive world of make-believe.
It is (40) ______ to think of gaming as something simply for children and teenagers. In fact, the biggest growth area of the market is the 25-35 age group.
(37) ______




A.gaze
B.attention
C.breath
D.control

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Children enjoy telling and listening to ghosts stories, especially on Halloween night.




A.telling and listening
B.ghosts stories
C.especially
D.on Halloween night

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I believe not only people are important to the world, ______.




A.nature is important, too
B.nature is important either
C.neither is nature important
D.but nature is important

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Football, rugby and baseball are the most popular ______ sports in Britain.




A.watcher
B.looker
C.amateur
D.spectator

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We can see the micro organism with a ____ .




A.camera
B.telescope
C.glasses
D.microscope

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You should run a lot, swim everyday. You must be in excellent ________ condition.




A.mental
B.optional
C.total
D.physical

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The (A) geology professor showed us (B) a sample of (C) volcanic rock dated (D) back seven hundred years.




A.The
B.us
C.of
D.dated

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There are believed ______ over 300 species of trees in El Yunque rain forest in Puerto Rico.




A.to be
B.being
C.they are
D.there are

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Bill Gate, ______ is the president of Microsoft Company, is a billionare.




A.who
B.whose
C.whom
D.that

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In spite of all its ______, medical science knows little about the brain.




A.advantages
B.advances
C.approaches
D.advents