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Part II Use of English and Reading Comprehension Section A which, registering, in, exert, vacant, whatever, though, that, to, exposes, applies, admit, in contrast, attempt, in fact, require, by, proponent, hesitate, prospective, struggle, when, but, however, for, blank, attending, so, invite, delight, Of all things in the world, I most dislike filling up forms; _1__, I have a horror of it. Applying for a driving license, _2___for an evening course, booking a holiday abroad—everything nowadays seems to involve giving information about one’s personal life and habits that has little or nothing to do with the matter _3__hand. When applying for a job, it may be of some obscure interest to a _4___employer to learn that I collect stamps or had measles as a child, _5___ why should he conceivably want to know that my father was a tobacconist who died in 1988? The authorities who __6__one to fill up forms, frequently demand answers to questions that one would _7__to put to even one’s intimate friends. The worst of it is that, __8___ confronted with such questions, my mind goes blank, Have I ever suffered from a serious illness? My mother always assured me I was “delicate”. Do I suffer from any personal defects? Well, I wear contact lenses and my upper teeth are not my own, but perhaps the word “defects” _9__to my character. Am I supposed to __10__ that I like gambling, and find it difficult to get up in the morning? Both of them are true. Of all, I think job applications are the worst. Terrified by the awful warning about giving false declarations, __11__ appears at the bottom of the form, I __12__ to remember what exams I passed and how long I worked for what firms. __13__ hard I try, there always seems to be a year or two __14__ which I cannot satisfactorily account and which I am certain, if left _15_, will give the impression that I was in prison or engaged in some occupation too dubious to mention. Section B Passage 1 The tragic impact of the modern city on th