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Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage.

Use only ONE word in


each space.
LOOKIN FO! " #"!$NE!%
In India, parents have traditionally found husbands or wives for their sons and
daughters. Today the parents are using a new technique in their search: advertisements in
the Sunday newspapers. Millions of Indians settle down with a cup of tea to read these
advertisements every Sunday morning (! """""""""""""" there are the special
wee#end issues of their newspapers, $ust as %mericans do. &ut here, with the marriage
season approaching, many of them turn quic#ly to a Sunday feature ('! """"""""""""""
is particularly Indian ( the columns of marriage advertisements in ()! """"""""""""""
young people see# husbands and wives.
In addition to helping young people find suitable marriage partners, these
advertisements reflect the changes (*! """""""""""""" are occurring in Indian society.
The thousands of advertisements published each wee# increasingly reflect social changes
(+! """""""""""""" are coming to this traditional society. ,or e-ample, although women
are still usually described in terms of appearance or s#ills in .the wifely arts/, information
about their earning power is entering more and more in the advertisements,
(0!"""""""""""""" portrays the arrival of the wor#ing wife in India.
1ivorce, (2! """""""""""""" used to be almost unheard of in India, is sometimes
now mentioned in the advertisements as in the case of a woman (3! """"""""""""""
advertisement e-plained that she had been .the innocent party/ when her marriage bro#e
up.
%s a sign of the slight loosening of the rigid caste (social class! system, a number of
advertisements promise .caste not important/, or .girl4s abilities will be main consideration/.
The ma$ority of them, however, still require not only caste but also a certain home region
or ethnic origin.
&ecause of high unemployment and a generally poor standard of living here, one of
the best attractions a marriage advertisement can offer is a permit to live abroad,
especially in 5anada or the 6nited States. % person (7! """""""""""""" has one can get
what he wants.
8ne recent Sunday in Madras, (9! """""""""""""" a :un$abi engineer living in
San ,rancisco advertised for a .beautiful slim bride with lovely features #nowing music and
dance/ a man (! """"""""""""" advertisement said that he had an %merican
immigration permit was able to say, .8nly girls from rich, well;connected families need
apply/.
"N&'E! KE( ) "LL !EL"$I*E +L"U&E&,,,
Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only ONE word in
each space.
LOOKIN FO! " #"!$NE!%
In India, parents have traditionally found husbands or wives for their sons and
daughters. Today the parents are using a new technique in their search: advertisements in
the Sunday newspapers. Millions of Indians settle down with a cup of tea to read these
advertisements every Sunday morning (! """when""" there are the special wee#end
issues of their newspapers, $ust as %mericans do. &ut here, with the marriage season
approaching, many of them turn quic#ly to a Sunday feature ('! """that--- is particularly
Indian ( the columns of marriage advertisements in ()! """which""" young people see#
husbands and wives.
In addition to helping young people find suitable marriage partners, these
advertisements reflect the changes (*! """that""" are occurring in Indian society. The
thousands of advertisements published each wee# increasingly reflect social changes
(+!"""that""" are coming to this traditional society. ,or e-ample, although women are
still usually described in terms of appearance or s#ills in .the wifely arts/, information about
their earning power is entering more and more in the advertisements, (0! """which"""
portrays the arrival of the wor#ing wife in India.
1ivorce, (2! """which""" used to be almost unheard of in India, is sometimes now
mentioned in the advertisements as in the case of a woman (3! """whose"""
advertisement e-plained that she had been .the innocent party/ when her marriage bro#e
up.
%s a sign of the slight loosening of the rigid caste (social class! system, a number of
advertisements promise .caste not important/, or .girl4s abilities will be main consideration/.
The ma$ority of them, however, still require not only caste but also a certain home region
or ethnic origin.
&ecause of high unemployment and a generally poor standard of living here, one of
the best attractions a marriage advertisement can offer is a permit to live abroad,
especially in 5anada or the 6nited States. % person (7! """who""" has one can get what
he wants.
8ne recent Sunday in Madras, (9! """where""" a :un$abi engineer living in San
,rancisco advertised for a .beautiful slim bride with lovely features #nowing music and
dance/ a man (! """whose""" advertisement said that he had an %merican
immigration permit was able to say, .8nly girls from rich, well;connected families need
apply/.

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