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Be careful
about using the correct tense.
This is a journal entry of a Bulgarian girl. She is explaining her concerns about chicken flu.
A couple of weeks ago, in Romani a, chicken flu (1) ____________________________ (discover). It (2) ____________________________
(think) that it (3) ____________________________ (come) from Turkey, which (4) ____________________________ (locate) only a couple
of hundred miles south of Romania. Now, people (5) ____________________________ (give) injections, and a lot of chickens (6)
____________________________ (kill) for the purpose of keeping the virus from spreading. No reports of human victim s (7)
____________________________ (report) until now. A case like that definitely presents a big problem for everybody. In a society
such an ev ent may even caus e mass panic. The reason I'm concerned is because my homeland of Bulgaria is a country that
(8) ____________________________ (separate) Romani a and Turkey. It is really easy for the disease to find its way out of those
two countries. Then the danger may become real because viruses like that can spread like wild fire and therefore get out
of control long before any body even takes notice. We all (9) __________________ (know) the movie "Outbreak". The situation
with the chicken flu virus cannot get that bad obviously, but it can definitely cause some damage. Therefore, precautionary
matters (10) ____________________________ (should / take) immediately in all the neighboring countries of Romania and Turkey,
plus the nations that (11) ________________________ (import) chickens from Turkey.
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PART A: Complete the following text using ACTIVE or PASSIVE forms of the verbs in the parentheses. Be careful
about using the correct tense.
This is a journal entry of a Bulgarian girl. She is explaining her concerns about chicken flu.
A couple of weeks ago, in Romania, chicken flu (1) ___was discovered_____ (discover). It (2) _was thought ________
(think) that i t (3) ____came_________ (come) from Turkey, which (4) ___is located_______ (locate) only a couple of hundred
miles south of Romani a. Now, people (5) __are being given__ (give) injections, and a lot of chickens (6) __are being
killed__(kill) for the purpos e of keeping the virus from spreading. No reports of human victims (7) ___ have been
reported______ (report) until now. A cas e like that definitely presents a big problem for everybody. In a society such an
event may even cause mass panic. The reason I'm concerned is because my homeland of Bulgaria is a country that (8)
____separates______ (separate) Romania and Turkey. It is really easy for the diseas e to find its way out of those two
countries. Then the danger may become real because viruses like that can s pread like wild fire and therefore get out of
control long before anybody even takes notice. We all (9) ___know________ (know) the movie "Outbreak". The situation
with the chicken flu virus cannot get that bad obviously, but it can definitely cause some damage. Therefore, precautionary
matters (10) ___should be taken_____ (should / take) immediately in all the neighboring countri es of Romania and Turkey,
plus the nations that (11) _____import____________ (import) chickens from Turkey.