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Police Arrest 52 in Email Scam Raids
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Amsterdam police said on Thursday …1…had arrested 52 people in the Dutch capital in …2…with an email scam designed to defraud the gullible with get-rich-quick schemes.

Police said the group was suspected of …3…some 100,000 email messages to …4…in Japan and the United States.

The emails claim to be …5…a well-known individual or the individual's relative and …6…the recipient a percentage payment from a sum of up to $20 million for help in transferring frozen funds to an accessible place.

In such scams -- made infamous by West African fraudsters -- once the victim…7…, he or she is then is usually asked to put up hefty sums for air fares or other pretences.

"It is surprising that despite …8…reports about this people continue to be so naive as to take part in these proposals," the statement said.

A police spokesman declined to say whether those arrested were Dutch citizens or foreign nationals.

The …9…were seized in raids on 23 locations around Amsterdam, along with a number of personal computers, mobile phones,…10… documents and a total of 50,000 euros ($62,340) in cash.

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Polish President: I Was a Suspected Illegal Alien

WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski said on Wednesday he was…1… suspected by Canadian authorities of being an illegal immigrant, during an unexpected stopover on a flight back from Washington.

Kwasniewski said a snowstorm forced his plane …2…from Gander, Newfoundland, to nearby St. John's, as he returned from the U.S. visit during which he asked President Bush to relax visa requirements for Polish citizens.

"We saw what it feels …3…when an unexpected guest arrives -- who in the beginning is treated as a potential illegal immigrant. And that is…4… we were treated," a good humored Kwasniewski told a news conference.

"The passengers from my plane were held in a place where we could not leave ... it all …5…about three hours," he said.

A Canadian foreign ministry spokeswoman said that, because the plane had landed late in the evening, the passengers …6…to a transit area to see whether they wanted temporary visas for an overnight stay.

"At no time were they detained ... at no time was President Kwasniewski ever suspected of …7…an illegal alien," said Kimberly Phillips, adding that Kwasniewski himself had been given a police escort and taken to an executive boardroom.

She said officials had expressed their …8…to the Polish government for any inconvenience that Kwasniewski might have suffered.

Kwasniewski said the group was released after several Polish sailors saw him and began asking for autographs, demonstrating that he was famous. Phillips said she could not comment on this.

Poland …9…one reward for its help in the U.S.-led war on Iraq would be an easing of visa rules to match the visa exemptions enjoyed by other European nations, including …10…that opposed the war.

"The U.S. ambassador, (Christopher) Hill, was traveling with us, and he said: 'I hope you won't be so upset about U.S. visa rules, now that you've seen how it is in Canada'," Kwasniewski said.

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Investigation of Stand-In Prisoners

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's judicial establishment demanded an investigation into the practice of criminals paying stand-ins to serve their prison…1… .

Danish prison authorities …2…the tools to check prisoners' identities thoroughly, giving rise to the scam.

"We know …3…six cases of stand-in inmates since 1996 but we can of course not guarantee …4…haven't been other cases that we don't know of," Annette Esdorf, deputy head of the Department of Prison and Probation, told Reuters Wednesday.

Prison officials cannot demand photo identification and are not …5…to take fingerprints, so a substitute only has to …6…the original written conviction and a doctor's certificate as proof of his identity, officials said.

Danish Justice Minister Lene Espersen demanded an investigation and said the matter …7…"very serious."

"It is of course completely unacceptable if you can cheat your way out of a prison sentence," she said in a statement.

Esdorf said all Danish jails …8…to inform her if they had problems identifying prisoners,…9… her office was considering investing in fingerprinting equipment.

Hiring a prison stand-in and serving time for another person are …10…by fines or jail terms of up to one year.

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b. don’t need

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e. product

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n. sentences

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The year 2000

The year 2000 is history. This was it-the Big Bang. Two thousand zero-zero. MM. We lived it. Or, at the very least, we lived…1… it.
The year 2000 began auspiciously. …2…the Y2K Crisis? That was the year's first millisecond. The next 366 days featured a razor-thin Presidential election, the sinking of a Russian nuclear…3…, the crash of a Concorde jet, the emergence of Napster and the phenomenon of "Survivor."

All in all, an interesting year but …4…rated "once-in-a-millennium." In the end 2000 was a hanging chad, a year of inconclusive decisions and unfinished efforts. …5…was supposed to happen didn't.

Apocalypse? Later. Nostradamus …6…terror raining down from the skies but the Y2K bug didn't strike until November 7, Election Day.
And what about all of those pie-in-the-sky forecasts about flying cars and food pills and robots …7…your laundry-a technological utopia devoid of chaos and disorder? We can …8…say with certainty: never have so many been so wrong about so much.

The fantasy of the year 2000 did not deliver. The miracle year did not arrive. The most anticipated moment in human history came and went. And, basically, it left a blank.

If something spectacular …9…-if Elvis Presley had magically reappeared in the middle of Times Square singing "My Way" in a white cape-then maybe we could say that fantasy and reality had briefly merged to match our expectations. But it didn't.

On the bright side, at least it wasn't 1976, the American Bicentennial (yawn), or George Orwell's 1984 (anti-climactic). It was an interesting year and we …10…something valuable: sometimes a year is just a year.

No one really expects a Kubrick-like odyssey in 2001. But we haven't given up hope. It's time to cross that bridge to...whatever...and start anew. The year 2000 may be history but the future is still waiting to happen.

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A wet story
I got lucky and won a trip to New York, and of course Lisa was more …1…happy to accompany me. For three weeks before we left, I spent most of my waking hours trying to decide …2…the time was right to ask her to marry me. I knew that I …3…her, and I knew that she loved me. I'm not sure what finally made up my mind, but I do know that I spent a fair amount of time talking it out with my roommate. Once I knew for sure that I wanted to propose, I had …4…my sister, Sarah, to help me get my father's mother's engagement ring. She'd said, years ago, she…5…. leave it to me, but there was no way that I could get it before I left. To cut a long story short, Sarah came through with flying colors. When Sarah delivered it, it was in dire need of a good cleaning, so we took it to a jeweler, who gave it a thorough cleaning.

After Lisa and I arrived in New York, I soon determined that I …6…to propose in any ordinary place, which meant that the top of the Empire State Building was right out. Fortunately, the perfect opportunity soon presented itself.

One day, after spending a couple of hours at the Metropolitan Museum, we walked out to discover that it was drizzling. She asked if I would mind …7…back to the hotel, and after I realized it was only a mile or so, I said no. We started down the street, and after we'd walked a few blocks, it began raining harder and harder. At about that point I looked at Lisa, and she smiled and said, 'I love the rain.'

We continued, and the rain came down harder, and harder, and harder. Within …8…three blocks, we'd both begun to resemble drowned rats, and Lisa was muttering to herself. It was readily apparent that she didn't love the rain quite as much as she…9… . I was amused, but not being a total twit, I concealed the fact.

As we crossed the street opposite St. Pat's, and Lisa growled, I said, 'Hold on, Lisa. I have a question for you.' She looked up at me, not in the best of all …10…moods, and asked, 'What?' As we'd crossed the street, I had put my hand in my pocket and slid the ring on my left ring finger, with the diamond toward the inside of my hand. I looked down at her, and asked, 'Will you marry me?', as I simultaneously lifted my hand to show her the ring. At first, she didn't say anything, she just shrieked. Really. And jumped up and down. When a moment passed, and nothing like English passed her lips, I asked, 'Is that a yes?' and she said, "Yesyesyesyesyesyes!' Needless to say, I was very happy.

Funny thing, neither of us really cared about being drenched, at that moment.

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Megoldások

1.

1. b, 2. e, 3. j, 4. l, 5. a, 6. h, 7. d, 8. f, 9. n, 10. c

2.

1. m, 2. d, 3. a, 4. h, 5. e, 6. j, 7. o, 8. b, 9. g, 10. c

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1. j, 2. a, 3. l, 4. e, 5. d, 6. o, 7. b, 8. i, 9. g, 10. f

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1. c, 2. e, 3. k., 4. l, 5. n, 6. a, 7. f, 8. i, 9. d, 10. h

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1. g, 2. e, 3. l, 4. b, 5. i, 6. n, 7. c, 8. h, 9. j, 10. m

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1. a, 2. n, 3. i, 4. l, 5. d, 6. f, 7. c, 8. e, 9. m, 10. b

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1. e, 2. d, 3. j, 4. l, 5. b , 6. n, 7. f, 8. h, 9. k, 10. g

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1. n, 2. h, 3. d. 4. a, 5. g, 6. l, 7. f, 8. o, 9. j, 10. i

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1. g, 2. m, 3. f, 4. i, 5. l, 6. b, 7. n, 8. e, 9. c, 10.j

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1. f, 2. k, 3. b, 4. e, 5. g, 6. i, 7. h, 8. n, 9. c, 10. o

Cloze tesztek

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The history of Aborigines

The last great landmass …1…be discovered by the European explorers and …2…was Australia. Europeans dreamt of finding all the wonderful things Australia had …3…offer. They didn't know there were people that had been there for …4…of thousands of years.

Archaeologists are almost positive the first humans went…5… the ocean from South-East Asia. Heavy-boned people, archaeologists call 'Robust', went to …6…70,000 years ago. Smaller boned people called 'Gracile' traveled to Australia 50,000 …7…ago. That far back in time the sea level was 50 meters …8…than it is now. This means that there was less water for …9…aborigines to travel over to get to Australia. At the end of …10…Ice Age the sea level rose a lot. It formed vast deserts.

…11..the sea level stopped moving all the time, the Aborigines settled and …12…a great culture. The Aborigines usually lived in the desert, inland non-desert…13…, the coast, and Tasmania. The Aborigines that lived in the desert or …14…ate insects, birds, reptiles, and mammals. They also ate lots of fruit. …15…Aborigines on the coast ate roots, fruits, small animals, reptiles, fish, and…16….

Aborigines are natives to Australia and Tasmania. They have lived there for …17…35,000 to 70,000 years. Their skin and hair are both dark. There …18…about 500 recorded tribes, some of which are Aranda, Bidjandjadjara, Gurindji, Gunwinggu, Kamilaroi, Murngin, Tiwi, Wailbri, Wurora, and Yir-yoront. ….19…tribes didn't usually stay in one place for long, moving to watering…20… and setting up camp there.

Aborigines lived in family groups and clans. …21…clan has a place on their land where …22…spirits return when …23…die. They have to protect these places so they won't upset their …24…beings.

The men …25…custodians, tool-makers, and hunters. The women took care…26… the children and gathered and fixed their food. The Aborigines used the …27…wisely and knew when to harvest the many plants they…28…. Dingoes …29…their homes and helped the men hunt. The Aborigines were also traders. …30…were trade routes across the country. They …31…stones, shells, boomerangs, and ocher, …32…yellow paint pigment. Along these trade routes they would have exchange …33…where they traded, sang songs, and danced.

The Aborigines were totally isolated …34…1788, when the English arrived. Their traditions included music, singing, dancing, and …35…. . They did paintings on dried tree bark with natural black, brown, yellow, …36…, and sometimes red colors. The paintings were originally used for tribal ceremonies …37…then destroyed shortly after the ceremonies were finished. In the 1940's, however, …38…paintings became popular with art collectors and they became more widely made …39…distributed, provided that there were enough eucalyptus trees in the area because …40…needed the bark from the tree to draw on.
At the time …41…Sydney Cove was settled by the British there were 300,000 Aborigines in …42…and about 250 different languages were spoken. Since they didn't have a …43…of government, no permanent settlement, and no land ownership, the British made …44…move. Many of the Aborigines got smallpox, measles, venereal disease, influenza, whooping…45…, pneumonia, and tuberculosis and died. European invaders cut down forests and brought …46…animals to Australia. By 1860 there were 20 million sheep in Australia. …47…cattle and sheep destroyed the Aborigines' water holes. White settlers and Aborigines …48…at war for the land and water. By 1900, traditional Aboriginal society…49… still in small groups in central and northern Australia.

In the early 1900's, …50…to protect the Aborigines were passed in every state. They also …51…restrictions for the Aborigines on owning land, where they could live, and …52…to whom they could marry. In 1967 the Australians voted Aborigines real…53…. They were given the same rights as everyone else.

In 1971, Geoffrey Bardon, …54…had a close relationship with a local tribe, and one of the …55…non-Aboriginal people who was allowed to take part in the rituals and…56…, began painting a wall mural with his students and some tribe members. …57…was the first example of shared Aboriginal artwork besides bark paintings. After…58…, the Australian government realized that Aboriginal artwork was a resource and tried …59…conserve it. This is how they live today and still try to …60…their culture alive.
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