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11. The university president would like to make sre that it is perfectly clear to all university professors, administrators, students, and any other members of the university community that university policy requires that no pets be allowed on capus.

12. Now modern jets make air travel possible for all people. No place in the world is more than 24 hours away by jet. Further improvements have lowered the cost of flying, and they have made air travel much safer than it used to be. A modern 707 can carry 170 people and can fly at 600 miles per hour.

13.People have been dreaming of having a personal means of comunication for a long time. In the late 1960s, the idea seemed so far in the future that it was included in the science fiction series. Since the 1980s, however, mobiles have become a part of everyday life. Anthough they initially were seen as a status symbol for successful business people, mobile use has spread to include practically everyone in the developed world, old and young alike.

14. Like other products of human ingenuity, pencils had to be invented. Before the first half of the 16th century, people used pens to write with and brushes to paint with. It was also possible to use  a metal stick to make faintt marks on paper. However, up to that point no one had found an easy way to make marks that could be erased. Then, some time before 1565, a large deposit of the chemical graphite was found in England. Soon, tales of this unusual soft substance spread to artists around the world, who were eager to use it to produce works of art.

15. In two weeks, Ted and his wife Sally will be visiting Sun City to look for a place to live. If they have time, Sally will be looking for a job there, too.

16. Change, movement and transition characterize our lives as we gow and age. In addition to our  own personal growth and change, we frequently are faced with global changes in technology, culture, religion, economics, and politics.

17.Janet takes the bus to work every day. She usually waits for the bus at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Pine Street. This morning it has been raining. I can see Janetfrom my window hoding her umbrella over her head. She looks angry. She has been waiting for the bus for about 20 minutes.

18. In the twentieth century, architects in large cities designed structures in a way that reduced noise. They used such techniques as making walls hollow and filling this wall space with materials that hide noise. Thick carpets and heavy curtains were used to cover floors and windows. However, after much times and effort spent in making buildings less noisy, it was discovered that people also reacted in an unfriendly way to the lack of sound.

Now architects design structures that reduce undesirable noise but keep the kind of noise that people seem to need.

19. John has travelled a lot. In fact, he was only two years old when he first flew to the US. His mother is Italian and his father is American. John was born in France, but his parents ha met in Cologne, Germany after they had been living there for five years. They met one day while John's father was reading a book in the library and his mother sat down beside him. Anyway, John travels a lot because his parents also travel a lot.

20.Turner almost wished that he hadn't listened to the radio. H went to the closet and grabbed his umbrella. He felt silly carrying it to the bus stop on such a sunny morning when there still was no rain. Though it had rained the day before and the ground still was wet people were dressed lightly and the sky was clear. Anyhow, he knew that by the afternoon everybody would get wet because the rain was navoidable.