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There are a lot of good cameras available at the moment--most of these are made in Japan but there are also good (S1)_____________models from Germany and the USA. We have (S2)_______________range of different models to see which is the best (S3)___________________money. After a number of different tests and interviews with people who are (S4)_________________assessed, our researchers (S5)______________________with the different cameras being the Olympic BY model as the best auto-focus camera available at the moment. It costs $200 although you may well want to spend more--(S6)_______________much as another $200--on buying (S7)_________________lenses and other equipment. It is a good Japanese camera, easy to use. S8)_________________________________________________________________ whereas the American versions are considerably more expensive The Olympic BY model weighs only 320 grams which is quite a bit less than other cameras of a similar type. Indeed one of the other models we looked at weighed almost twice as much. (S9)__________________________________________________________. ALL the people we interviewed expressed almost total satisfaction with it (Sl0)__________________________________________________

The Library of Congress is America’s national library. It has millions of books and other objects. It has newspapers, (S1) ____________publications as well as letters of (S2)______________ interest. It also has maps, photographs, art (S3)__________ , movies, sound recordings and musical (S4)__________ . All together, it has more than 100 million objects.

The Library of Congress is open to the public Monday through Saturday, except for public holidays. Anyone may go there and read anything in the collection. But no one is (S5)____________ to take books out of the building.

The Library of Congress was (S6)_____________ in 1800. It started with eleven boxes of books in one room of the Capitol Building. By 1814, the collection had increased to about 3,000 books. They were all (S7)__________ that year when the Capitol was burned down during America’s war with Britain.

To help re-build the library, Congress bought the books of President Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Jefferson’s collection included 7,000 books in seven languages.

(S8)____________________________________________________________________. Today, three buildings hold the library’s collection.

(S9)___________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________ . It buys some of its books and gets others as gifts. It also gets materials through its copyright office. (S10)__________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________.This means the Library of Congress receives almost everything that is published in the United States.

It’s difficult to imagine the sea ever running out of fish. It’s so vast, so deep, so (S1) _______. Unfortunately, it’s not bottomless. Over-fishing, (S2) _________ with destructive fishing practices, is killing off the fish and (S3) _________ their environment.

Destroy the fish, and you destroy the fishermen’s means of living. At least 60 (S4) _______ of the world’s commercially important fish (S5) _________ are already over-fished, or fished to the limit. As a result, governments have had to close down some areas of sea to commercial fishing.