______the invention of the steam engine, most forms of transport were horsedrawn.

TheTimesisoneofBritain'soldestandmostinfluentialnewspapers.Itbeganitslifein1785.Inthenineteenthcentury,TheTimesdevelopedareputationforaccuratereportingandindependenteditorialviews.ItispublishedinLondon,alongwithitssisternewspaper,TheSundayTimes,whichhasatleasttensectionsandtakesallweektoread!"TheTimeshashadanexcellentreputationforover200years,"saiditseditor,whohasworkedforthepapersince1980,"andnowwearetryingourbesttocontinuethattraditioninordertoproduceanewspaperforthetwenty-firstcentury."

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Bandscomeandgo.Somebecomefamous.Othersdon't.Someenjoygreatwealth.Othersmakenothing.Butwhy?Sometimestheyjustaren'tpopularenough.Butothertimesit'sbecauseofthecontract.TheBeatleshadlotsofproblemswiththeirfirstcontract.In1963,theband'smanager,BrianEpstein,allowedhislawyertosignawaytheband'smerchandisingrightsinreturnforjust10%oftheprofits.Andthatwasalotofmoneytogiveaway.In1964,whileTheBeatleswereconqueringAmerica,TheWallStreetJournalestimatedthegroup'smerchandisingwouldbeworth$100milliondollarsthatyear.Thismeantthatthebandhadgivenaway$90million!TobefairtoEpstein,hehadnoideahowmuchthemerchandisingcouldbeworth—nobandhadeverbeensopopular.Sincethen,bandshavebeencarefultokeepcontroloftheirmerchandisingrights.Post-punkbandsJoyDivisionandNewOrderalsosignedprettypoorcontracts.Thebands'contractswerewithDJRobGretton,legendaryowneroftheHaciendaClubinManchester.Aspartofthedeal,Grettoncouldusethemoneyfromthebandstofinanciallysupporttheclub.Intheend,theclubsurvivedbutJoyDivisiondidn't(leadsingerIanCurtiscommittedsuicide,reportedlybecauseofmaritalproblems).NewOrderwereextremelysuccessfulasagroup,butthereweren'tmanyprofits.Infact,theirmostsuccessfulhit,"BlueMonday",costsomuchtomakethatthesongmadealoss.Andwhatmoneytherewas,wentstraightbackintotheclub.Singer-songwriterGilberO'Sullivanhadastringofhitsintheearly1970s.ButthingsturnedsourwhenGilberteventuallydiscoveredthattherecordingcontracthehadwithMAM-Recordsgreatlyfavoredthelabel'sowner,GordonMills.Gilbertsuedandwon7million,buthiscareerwasputonholdduringthecourtcase...anditneverrecovered.EvenBruceSpringsteenhassuffered.Hisfirstmanagementcontractwassobadthathehadtogetlegalhelptogetoutofit.Butwhilethiswasgoingon,hecouldn'trecordanynewmaterial.Theresult?NonewSpringsteenalbumsforalmosttwoyearsbetween1976and1978.Sometimesit'sdadwhocausestheproblems.MichaelJacksonandTheBeachBoysaretwoexamplesofthis.MurrayWilson,theBeachBoys'manager(andBrianWilson'sdad),soldtheband'ssongcatalogueforlessthan$1millionattheheightoftheirfame.Brianlaterclaimedthatitwas"likelosinghischildren".PaulWeller'sdadwashismanagerforawhile.Anex-boxerwhohadnorespectforrecordcompanyexecutives,heoncedemandedalargeadvanceforPaul'snewcontract.Therecordcompanycouldn'tbelievetheirluck,andweremorethanhappytopayasitwaslessthanhalfwhattheyhadbeenexpectingtoforkout!Daddoesn'talwaysknowbest,itseems.Butsometimesit'sthemusiciansthemselveswhoaretheirownworstmanagers.TheBeatlesmadeaterriblemessoftheirbusinessaffairswhentheytookcontrolafterthedeathofBrianEpstein.EvenmoredisastrouswasJohnFogerty,leaderofCreedenceClearwaterSurvival.HesignedacontractwitharecordingcompanyandthenrejectedtheiroffertoappearonthealbumandfilmofthemusicfestivalWoodstock.Thesedays,whoremembersthatthemostfamousrockfestivalofalltimewasheadlinedbyCreedenceClearwaterSurvival?Noone!ExceptJohnFogerty,presumably.Question56to60Fillintheblanksbelowwithinformationfromthepassage,usingnomorethanthreewordsforeachblank.

Inapetshopthereare5hutchesinarow.Adifferentrabbitisineachhutch.Workout,fromtheclues,whereeachrabbitbelongs.Theblackrabbitisnexttothewhiterabbitwithredeyes.Thefloppyearedrabbitisinoneoftheendhutches.Thefatrabbitisnotnexttothebrownandwhiterabbit,anditisfurthertotherightthanthefloppyearedrabbit.Thebrownandwhiterabbitisbetweenthefloppyearedrabbitandthewhiterabbit.Hutch2________Hutch3________

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To succeed in a scientific research project______.

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As the show Readers has been well received, ______more than 200 people were pictured lining up outside the Shanghai Library, a library equipped with professional recording devices, on March 4, to read aloud their favorite poems, essays and books.

What can we learn about the man?

With the recent scandal in mind, would you advise people who have______in their closets to clear out their closets?

How will the man go to the ski slopes after his air journey?

He is one of those men who, I am sure, always do______best even in most trying circumstances.

Attitudes towards daydreaming are changing in much the same way ______ attitudes towards night dreaming have changed.

Some people argue that the solution______the drug problem is education, and while I accept that education has______part to play, I don't agree that it provides the whole answer.

W: And______?M: That would be, let me see... ￡ 245 including labor.

I cannot bear the noise of my brother's radio: it______me from my work.