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The document summarizes the author's experience learning to ride a bicycle in Muar, Malaysia in the 1960s. [1] When the author first lived in Muar, it was a quiet town where most people traveled by bicycle or trishaw, as buses were scarce. [2] The author had never ridden a bicycle before but was determined to learn. [3] The author's first attempt at riding ended with crashing into a parked bus, but luckily no one was injured. [4] By the time the author left Muar the following year, they had become reasonably skilled at riding a bicycle.

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The document summarizes the author's experience learning to ride a bicycle in Muar, Malaysia in the 1960s. [1] When the author first lived in Muar, it was a quiet town where most people traveled by bicycle or trishaw, as buses were scarce. [2] The author had never ridden a bicycle before but was determined to learn. [3] The author's first attempt at riding ended with crashing into a parked bus, but luckily no one was injured. [4] By the time the author left Muar the following year, they had become reasonably skilled at riding a bicycle.

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@cyz

When I first worked in Muar in the sixties, the town was quiet and the pace of life
unhurried. I shared a rented room ___1___ a friend. Most people traveled by bicycle
___2___ trishaw as buses were few. I had never ___3___ a bicycle before in my life
___4___ I was determined to learn as the alternative was to travel ___5___ trishaw if we
wanted to go anywhere. I learned the hard way the first time I rode a bicycle. My friend
had explained where the brake ___6___ and how to use it. After riding a few meters in
great nervousness, I completely forgot about braking when I ___ 7___ a bus parked
ahead. I rammed into it but ___8___ caused no injury to myself or ___9___ to the
bicycle. By the time I left the following year. I was ___10____ to ride a bicycle
reasonably well.

1. (A)by 6. (A)is
(B) from (B) are
(C) (C)
with was
(D)beside (D)were

2.
(A) 7. (A)see
or
(B) and (B)
saw
(C) as (C) seen
(D)beside (D)seeing

3. (A)ride 8. (A)however
(B) rode (B) unluckily
(C) riding (C) instead
(D) (D)
ridden fortunately

4. (A)and 9. (A)hurt
(B) (B) injury
but
(C) so (C)
damage

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(D)until (D)wound

5.
(A) 10. (A)
by able
(B) on (B) unable
(C) with (C) happy
(D)through (D)good
Cloze 1
Choose the best answer from the options A, B, C and D.

Cloze 2
Choose the best answer from the options A, B, C and D.

What is the difference between creative thinking and logical thinking? In creative
thinking, we try to ___1___ up with as many ideas as ___2___. We call this
brainstorming. We keep ___3___ open mind about the ideas for the time being, ___4___
the ideas are practical or not. No idea is considered ridiculous because ___5___ the most
outlandish idea may work. This way we have a ___6___ of several possible solutions. In
logical thinking, we are looking for ___7___ right answer. Once we find a working
solution, we stop looking for ___8___, without realizing that there could be better
solutions. Most problems have more than one possible solution. Creative thinking
___9___ us to choose the best of them. Creative thinking and logical thinking don't
oppose ___10___ other but they complement each other in fact.

1.
(A) 6. (A)choose
come
(B) think (B) chose
(C) work (C) chosen
(D)create (D)
choice

2. (A)can 7. (A)a
(B) likely (B) an
(C) reasonable (C)
the
(D) (D)--
possible

3. (A)a 8. (A)solutions
(B) (B) answers
an

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(C) the (C) others


(D)-- (D)
alternatives

4. (A)if 9. (A)enable
(B) since (B)
enables
(C) (C) enabled
whether
(D)despite (D)has enabled

5. (A)but 10. (A)the


(B) despite (B) one
(C) (C)
even each
(D)since (D)some

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