Task I. For questions 1-12, fill in the blanks using the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line. Telepathy
Results of a resent survey show that one third of Americans believe in telepathy – … (1), that is, between two people without using any of the five senses. 25% of Americans claim to have … (2) had a … (3) experience. Knowing who’s on the phone when it rings is probably the most common everyday experience of this kid. Yet … (4) guessing who is on the phone before you answer it should … (5) be a matter of great surprise. Given the … (6) number of people who call any one of us in a year, and given our … (7) of how long it is since someone last called us, we could make a … (8) guess as to who will ring us next.Laboratory results are also … (9) with anecdotal accounts. Even professional mind-readers fail to repeat what seem … (10) results under … (11) conditions. No experiment has shown results higher than would be predicted by the laws of … (12).
COMMUNICATE
ACTUALTELEPATHY
CORRECT
HARD
LIMIT
KNOW
SENSE
CONSISTENT
ORDINARY
SCIENCE
PROBABLE