Did we all start talking at around the same time _____ of the manner _____ which our brains had begun to develop?
BECAUSE IN
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One recent theory is that human beings have evolved in _____ a way that we are programmed for language from the moment of birth.
SUCH
15
In _____ words, language came about ______ a result of an evolutionary change in our brains at some stage.
OTHER AS
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Language ____ well be programmed into the brain but, _____ this, people still need stimulus from others around them.
MAY/COULD/MIGHT DESPITE
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From studies, we know that _______children are isolated _____ human contact and have not learnt to construct sentences before they are ten, it is doubtful they will ever do so.
IF/WHEN/WHENEVER FROM
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The research shows, if _____ else, that language is a social activity, not something invented _____ isolation
LITTLE/NOTHING IN
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Stress _____ often called a 21st century illness but it has always been with us if perhaps with different names. These days we regard stress _____ a necessary evil of modern living.
IS AS
15
Yet stress is not negative and without ______ we would not enjoy some of the highpoints in life _____ as the anticipation before a date or the tension leading up to an important match.
IT SUCH
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All these situations produce stress but _____ you can control it and not the other way around, you will feel stimulated, not worn ____ .
IF/PROVIDED OUT
20
However, unlike these situations, _____ are generally positive, sitting in a train that is running late, ______stuck in a traffic jam or working to a tight deadline are much harder to manage.
WHICH BEING
15
Stress is now recognised ____ a medical problem and as a signficant factor _____ causing coronary heart disease, high blood pressure and a high cholesterol count.
AS IN
15
Patients are often unwilling to admit to stress problems since they feel they are a form of social failure and it is important that symptoms______ identified in _____ to avoid unnecessary suffering.
ARE ORDER
15
However, _____ a consequence of the work of archaeologists and others in this field, we have over the years built _____ an extremely good understanding of early human development.
AS UP
15
This is the case _____ the fact that there is ____ written evidence of the period we term pre-history.
DESPITE NO
15
______ is startling to note is that this period, _____ predates the invention of writing, accounts for 99% of human existence.
WHAT WHICH
15
The evidence of our pre-history can ____ found everywhere, from remnants of human existence buried deep in the ground _____ ancient pathways and burial grounds.
