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Cloze 1

Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them. A1______ that logic, 2006 should have been a breakthrough year for rational behavior. With the memory of 9/11 still A2______ in their minds, Americans watched hurricane Katrina, the most expensive disaster in U.S. history, on live TV. Anyone who didn‘t know it before should have learned that bad things can happen. And they are made A3______ worse by our willful blindness to risk as much as our reluctance to work together before everything goes to hell.

Granted, some amount of delusion is probably part of the human condition. In A.D. 63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work A4______, in the same spot-until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a A5______ of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at protecting themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we A6______ did about the dangers we face. But it turns out that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is A7______ the storm, the quake or the surge itself. More often it is ourselves.

So what has happened in the year that A8______ the disaster on the Gulf Coast In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls. They have got the walls to where they were before Katrina, more or less. That‘s not A9______, we can now say with confidence. But it may be all that can be expected from one year of hustle.

Meanwhile, New Orleans officials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to evacuate the sick and the disabled. The city estimates that 15,000 people will need a A10______ out. However, state officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken. The negotiation with neighboring communities are ongoing and difficult.

A1

Cloze 2

When Spanish football club Barcelona paid US$35 million for Ronaldinho last summer, they weren‘t buying a pretty face. ―I am ugly,‖ admits the Brazilian superstar."But everyone has got a different kind of beauty. What I B1______ have is charm."

Indeed he has. His buck teeth, flowing hair, big smile, and of course his B2______ skills are always eye catching on the pitch. The 23-year-old striker B3______ two goals in a 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna on March 1. It was Barcelona‘s sixth win in a row and, thanks to their Brazilian‘s 10-goal contribution,B4______ looked like a poor season could now end a success.

Ronaldinho is one of many South Americans who learned their skills playing in the backstreets before B5______ them off on the world stage. He first played for his country in 1999 but it was at the 2002 World Cup where he showed his real B6______, scoring an unbelievable free-kick in Brazil‘s quarter-final victory over England.

"I have never failed to deliver in big matches," Ronaldinho says. "My game is based on my B7______. Often a forward does not have the time to decide whether to shoot or pass. It is intuition that gives out the orders."

B8______ he may not have David Beckham‘s good looks, Ronaldinho has a playboy reputation off the pitch. At former club Paris Saint Germain, which sold him to Barcelona, he broke club rules by going out and enjoying the city‘s nightlife. "Without doubt, Ronaldinho is the most B9______ player I have ever come B10______," says former PSG coach Luis Ferdandez. "The main problem for any coach is that one player without discipline can hurt the whole team."

B1

Cloze 1

Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them. A1______ that logic, 2006 should have been a breakthrough year for rational behavior. With the memory of 9/11 still A2______ in their minds, Americans watched hurricane Katrina, the most expensive disaster in U.S. history, on live TV. Anyone who didn‘t know it before should have learned that bad things can happen. And they are made A3______ worse by our willful blindness to risk as much as our reluctance to work together before everything goes to hell.

Granted, some amount of delusion is probably part of the human condition. In A.D. 63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work A4______, in the same spot-until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a A5______ of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at protecting themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we A6______ did about the dangers we face. But it turns out that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is A7______ the storm, the quake or the surge itself. More often it is ourselves.

So what has happened in the year that A8______ the disaster on the Gulf Coast In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls. They have got the walls to where they were before Katrina, more or less. That‘s not A9______, we can now say with confidence. But it may be all that can be expected from one year of hustle.

Meanwhile, New Orleans officials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to evacuate the sick and the disabled. The city estimates that 15,000 people will need a A10______ out. However, state officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken. The negotiation with neighboring communities are ongoing and difficult.

A2

Cloze 2

When Spanish football club Barcelona paid US$35 million for Ronaldinho last summer, they weren‘t buying a pretty face. ―I am ugly,‖ admits the Brazilian superstar."But everyone has got a different kind of beauty. What I B1______ have is charm."

Indeed he has. His buck teeth, flowing hair, big smile, and of course his B2______ skills are always eye catching on the pitch. The 23-year-old striker B3______ two goals in a 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna on March 1. It was Barcelona‘s sixth win in a row and, thanks to their Brazilian‘s 10-goal contribution,B4______ looked like a poor season could now end a success.

Ronaldinho is one of many South Americans who learned their skills playing in the backstreets before B5______ them off on the world stage. He first played for his country in 1999 but it was at the 2002 World Cup where he showed his real B6______, scoring an unbelievable free-kick in Brazil‘s quarter-final victory over England.

"I have never failed to deliver in big matches," Ronaldinho says. "My game is based on my B7______. Often a forward does not have the time to decide whether to shoot or pass. It is intuition that gives out the orders."

B8______ he may not have David Beckham‘s good looks, Ronaldinho has a playboy reputation off the pitch. At former club Paris Saint Germain, which sold him to Barcelona, he broke club rules by going out and enjoying the city‘s nightlife. "Without doubt, Ronaldinho is the most B9______ player I have ever come B10______," says former PSG coach Luis Ferdandez. "The main problem for any coach is that one player without discipline can hurt the whole team."

B2

Cloze 1

Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them. A1______ that logic, 2006 should have been a breakthrough year for rational behavior. With the memory of 9/11 still A2______ in their minds, Americans watched hurricane Katrina, the most expensive disaster in U.S. history, on live TV. Anyone who didn‘t know it before should have learned that bad things can happen. And they are made A3______ worse by our willful blindness to risk as much as our reluctance to work together before everything goes to hell.

Granted, some amount of delusion is probably part of the human condition. In A.D. 63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work A4______, in the same spot-until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a A5______ of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at protecting themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we A6______ did about the dangers we face. But it turns out that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is A7______ the storm, the quake or the surge itself. More often it is ourselves.

So what has happened in the year that A8______ the disaster on the Gulf Coast In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls. They have got the walls to where they were before Katrina, more or less. That‘s not A9______, we can now say with confidence. But it may be all that can be expected from one year of hustle.

Meanwhile, New Orleans officials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to evacuate the sick and the disabled. The city estimates that 15,000 people will need a A10______ out. However, state officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken. The negotiation with neighboring communities are ongoing and difficult.

A3

Cloze 2

When Spanish football club Barcelona paid US$35 million for Ronaldinho last summer, they weren‘t buying a pretty face. ―I am ugly,‖ admits the Brazilian superstar."But everyone has got a different kind of beauty. What I B1______ have is charm."

Indeed he has. His buck teeth, flowing hair, big smile, and of course his B2______ skills are always eye catching on the pitch. The 23-year-old striker B3______ two goals in a 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna on March 1. It was Barcelona‘s sixth win in a row and, thanks to their Brazilian‘s 10-goal contribution,B4______ looked like a poor season could now end a success.

Ronaldinho is one of many South Americans who learned their skills playing in the backstreets before B5______ them off on the world stage. He first played for his country in 1999 but it was at the 2002 World Cup where he showed his real B6______, scoring an unbelievable free-kick in Brazil‘s quarter-final victory over England.

"I have never failed to deliver in big matches," Ronaldinho says. "My game is based on my B7______. Often a forward does not have the time to decide whether to shoot or pass. It is intuition that gives out the orders."

B8______ he may not have David Beckham‘s good looks, Ronaldinho has a playboy reputation off the pitch. At former club Paris Saint Germain, which sold him to Barcelona, he broke club rules by going out and enjoying the city‘s nightlife. "Without doubt, Ronaldinho is the most B9______ player I have ever come B10______," says former PSG coach Luis Ferdandez. "The main problem for any coach is that one player without discipline can hurt the whole team."

B3

Cloze 1

Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them. A1______ that logic, 2006 should have been a breakthrough year for rational behavior. With the memory of 9/11 still A2______ in their minds, Americans watched hurricane Katrina, the most expensive disaster in U.S. history, on live TV. Anyone who didn‘t know it before should have learned that bad things can happen. And they are made A3______ worse by our willful blindness to risk as much as our reluctance to work together before everything goes to hell.

Granted, some amount of delusion is probably part of the human condition. In A.D. 63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work A4______, in the same spot-until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a A5______ of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at protecting themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we A6______ did about the dangers we face. But it turns out that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is A7______ the storm, the quake or the surge itself. More often it is ourselves.

So what has happened in the year that A8______ the disaster on the Gulf Coast In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls. They have got the walls to where they were before Katrina, more or less. That‘s not A9______, we can now say with confidence. But it may be all that can be expected from one year of hustle.

Meanwhile, New Orleans officials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to evacuate the sick and the disabled. The city estimates that 15,000 people will need a A10______ out. However, state officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken. The negotiation with neighboring communities are ongoing and difficult.

A4

Cloze 2

When Spanish football club Barcelona paid US$35 million for Ronaldinho last summer, they weren‘t buying a pretty face. ―I am ugly,‖ admits the Brazilian superstar."But everyone has got a different kind of beauty. What I B1______ have is charm."

Indeed he has. His buck teeth, flowing hair, big smile, and of course his B2______ skills are always eye catching on the pitch. The 23-year-old striker B3______ two goals in a 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna on March 1. It was Barcelona‘s sixth win in a row and, thanks to their Brazilian‘s 10-goal contribution,B4______ looked like a poor season could now end a success.

Ronaldinho is one of many South Americans who learned their skills playing in the backstreets before B5______ them off on the world stage. He first played for his country in 1999 but it was at the 2002 World Cup where he showed his real B6______, scoring an unbelievable free-kick in Brazil‘s quarter-final victory over England.

"I have never failed to deliver in big matches," Ronaldinho says. "My game is based on my B7______. Often a forward does not have the time to decide whether to shoot or pass. It is intuition that gives out the orders."

B8______ he may not have David Beckham‘s good looks, Ronaldinho has a playboy reputation off the pitch. At former club Paris Saint Germain, which sold him to Barcelona, he broke club rules by going out and enjoying the city‘s nightlife. "Without doubt, Ronaldinho is the most B9______ player I have ever come B10______," says former PSG coach Luis Ferdandez. "The main problem for any coach is that one player without discipline can hurt the whole team."

B4

Cloze 1

Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them. A1______ that logic, 2006 should have been a breakthrough year for rational behavior. With the memory of 9/11 still A2______ in their minds, Americans watched hurricane Katrina, the most expensive disaster in U.S. history, on live TV. Anyone who didn‘t know it before should have learned that bad things can happen. And they are made A3______ worse by our willful blindness to risk as much as our reluctance to work together before everything goes to hell.

Granted, some amount of delusion is probably part of the human condition. In A.D. 63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work A4______, in the same spot-until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a A5______ of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at protecting themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we A6______ did about the dangers we face. But it turns out that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is A7______ the storm, the quake or the surge itself. More often it is ourselves.

So what has happened in the year that A8______ the disaster on the Gulf Coast In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls. They have got the walls to where they were before Katrina, more or less. That‘s not A9______, we can now say with confidence. But it may be all that can be expected from one year of hustle.

Meanwhile, New Orleans officials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to evacuate the sick and the disabled. The city estimates that 15,000 people will need a A10______ out. However, state officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken. The negotiation with neighboring communities are ongoing and difficult.

A5

Cloze 2

When Spanish football club Barcelona paid US$35 million for Ronaldinho last summer, they weren‘t buying a pretty face. ―I am ugly,‖ admits the Brazilian superstar."But everyone has got a different kind of beauty. What I B1______ have is charm."

Indeed he has. His buck teeth, flowing hair, big smile, and of course his B2______ skills are always eye catching on the pitch. The 23-year-old striker B3______ two goals in a 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna on March 1. It was Barcelona‘s sixth win in a row and, thanks to their Brazilian‘s 10-goal contribution,B4______ looked like a poor season could now end a success.

Ronaldinho is one of many South Americans who learned their skills playing in the backstreets before B5______ them off on the world stage. He first played for his country in 1999 but it was at the 2002 World Cup where he showed his real B6______, scoring an unbelievable free-kick in Brazil‘s quarter-final victory over England.

"I have never failed to deliver in big matches," Ronaldinho says. "My game is based on my B7______. Often a forward does not have the time to decide whether to shoot or pass. It is intuition that gives out the orders."

B8______ he may not have David Beckham‘s good looks, Ronaldinho has a playboy reputation off the pitch. At former club Paris Saint Germain, which sold him to Barcelona, he broke club rules by going out and enjoying the city‘s nightlife. "Without doubt, Ronaldinho is the most B9______ player I have ever come B10______," says former PSG coach Luis Ferdandez. "The main problem for any coach is that one player without discipline can hurt the whole team."

B5

Cloze 1

Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them. A1______ that logic, 2006 should have been a breakthrough year for rational behavior. With the memory of 9/11 still A2______ in their minds, Americans watched hurricane Katrina, the most expensive disaster in U.S. history, on live TV. Anyone who didn‘t know it before should have learned that bad things can happen. And they are made A3______ worse by our willful blindness to risk as much as our reluctance to work together before everything goes to hell.

Granted, some amount of delusion is probably part of the human condition. In A.D. 63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work A4______, in the same spot-until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a A5______ of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at protecting themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we A6______ did about the dangers we face. But it turns out that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is A7______ the storm, the quake or the surge itself. More often it is ourselves.

So what has happened in the year that A8______ the disaster on the Gulf Coast In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls. They have got the walls to where they were before Katrina, more or less. That‘s not A9______, we can now say with confidence. But it may be all that can be expected from one year of hustle.

Meanwhile, New Orleans officials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to evacuate the sick and the disabled. The city estimates that 15,000 people will need a A10______ out. However, state officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken. The negotiation with neighboring communities are ongoing and difficult.

A6

Cloze 2

When Spanish football club Barcelona paid US$35 million for Ronaldinho last summer, they weren‘t buying a pretty face. ―I am ugly,‖ admits the Brazilian superstar."But everyone has got a different kind of beauty. What I B1______ have is charm."

Indeed he has. His buck teeth, flowing hair, big smile, and of course his B2______ skills are always eye catching on the pitch. The 23-year-old striker B3______ two goals in a 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna on March 1. It was Barcelona‘s sixth win in a row and, thanks to their Brazilian‘s 10-goal contribution,B4______ looked like a poor season could now end a success.

Ronaldinho is one of many South Americans who learned their skills playing in the backstreets before B5______ them off on the world stage. He first played for his country in 1999 but it was at the 2002 World Cup where he showed his real B6______, scoring an unbelievable free-kick in Brazil‘s quarter-final victory over England.

"I have never failed to deliver in big matches," Ronaldinho says. "My game is based on my B7______. Often a forward does not have the time to decide whether to shoot or pass. It is intuition that gives out the orders."

B8______ he may not have David Beckham‘s good looks, Ronaldinho has a playboy reputation off the pitch. At former club Paris Saint Germain, which sold him to Barcelona, he broke club rules by going out and enjoying the city‘s nightlife. "Without doubt, Ronaldinho is the most B9______ player I have ever come B10______," says former PSG coach Luis Ferdandez. "The main problem for any coach is that one player without discipline can hurt the whole team."

B6

Cloze 1

Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them. A1______ that logic, 2006 should have been a breakthrough year for rational behavior. With the memory of 9/11 still A2______ in their minds, Americans watched hurricane Katrina, the most expensive disaster in U.S. history, on live TV. Anyone who didn‘t know it before should have learned that bad things can happen. And they are made A3______ worse by our willful blindness to risk as much as our reluctance to work together before everything goes to hell.

Granted, some amount of delusion is probably part of the human condition. In A.D. 63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work A4______, in the same spot-until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a A5______ of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at protecting themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we A6______ did about the dangers we face. But it turns out that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is A7______ the storm, the quake or the surge itself. More often it is ourselves.

So what has happened in the year that A8______ the disaster on the Gulf Coast In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls. They have got the walls to where they were before Katrina, more or less. That‘s not A9______, we can now say with confidence. But it may be all that can be expected from one year of hustle.

Meanwhile, New Orleans officials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to evacuate the sick and the disabled. The city estimates that 15,000 people will need a A10______ out. However, state officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken. The negotiation with neighboring communities are ongoing and difficult.

A7

Cloze 2

When Spanish football club Barcelona paid US$35 million for Ronaldinho last summer, they weren‘t buying a pretty face. ―I am ugly,‖ admits the Brazilian superstar."But everyone has got a different kind of beauty. What I B1______ have is charm."

Indeed he has. His buck teeth, flowing hair, big smile, and of course his B2______ skills are always eye catching on the pitch. The 23-year-old striker B3______ two goals in a 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna on March 1. It was Barcelona‘s sixth win in a row and, thanks to their Brazilian‘s 10-goal contribution,B4______ looked like a poor season could now end a success.

Ronaldinho is one of many South Americans who learned their skills playing in the backstreets before B5______ them off on the world stage. He first played for his country in 1999 but it was at the 2002 World Cup where he showed his real B6______, scoring an unbelievable free-kick in Brazil‘s quarter-final victory over England.

"I have never failed to deliver in big matches," Ronaldinho says. "My game is based on my B7______. Often a forward does not have the time to decide whether to shoot or pass. It is intuition that gives out the orders."

B8______ he may not have David Beckham‘s good looks, Ronaldinho has a playboy reputation off the pitch. At former club Paris Saint Germain, which sold him to Barcelona, he broke club rules by going out and enjoying the city‘s nightlife. "Without doubt, Ronaldinho is the most B9______ player I have ever come B10______," says former PSG coach Luis Ferdandez. "The main problem for any coach is that one player without discipline can hurt the whole team."

B7

Cloze 1

Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them. A1______ that logic, 2006 should have been a breakthrough year for rational behavior. With the memory of 9/11 still A2______ in their minds, Americans watched hurricane Katrina, the most expensive disaster in U.S. history, on live TV. Anyone who didn‘t know it before should have learned that bad things can happen. And they are made A3______ worse by our willful blindness to risk as much as our reluctance to work together before everything goes to hell.

Granted, some amount of delusion is probably part of the human condition. In A.D. 63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work A4______, in the same spot-until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a A5______ of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at protecting themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we A6______ did about the dangers we face. But it turns out that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is A7______ the storm, the quake or the surge itself. More often it is ourselves.

So what has happened in the year that A8______ the disaster on the Gulf Coast In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls. They have got the walls to where they were before Katrina, more or less. That‘s not A9______, we can now say with confidence. But it may be all that can be expected from one year of hustle.

Meanwhile, New Orleans officials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to evacuate the sick and the disabled. The city estimates that 15,000 people will need a A10______ out. However, state officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken. The negotiation with neighboring communities are ongoing and difficult.

A8

Cloze 1

Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them. A1______ that logic, 2006 should have been a breakthrough year for rational behavior. With the memory of 9/11 still A2______ in their minds, Americans watched hurricane Katrina, the most expensive disaster in U.S. history, on live TV. Anyone who didn‘t know it before should have learned that bad things can happen. And they are made A3______ worse by our willful blindness to risk as much as our reluctance to work together before everything goes to hell.

Granted, some amount of delusion is probably part of the human condition. In A.D. 63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work A4______, in the same spot-until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a A5______ of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at protecting themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we A6______ did about the dangers we face. But it turns out that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is A7______ the storm, the quake or the surge itself. More often it is ourselves.

So what has happened in the year that A8______ the disaster on the Gulf Coast In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls. They have got the walls to where they were before Katrina, more or less. That‘s not A9______, we can now say with confidence. But it may be all that can be expected from one year of hustle.

Meanwhile, New Orleans officials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to evacuate the sick and the disabled. The city estimates that 15,000 people will need a A10______ out. However, state officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken. The negotiation with neighboring communities are ongoing and difficult.

A9

Cloze 2

When Spanish football club Barcelona paid US$35 million for Ronaldinho last summer, they weren‘t buying a pretty face. ―I am ugly,‖ admits the Brazilian superstar."But everyone has got a different kind of beauty. What I B1______ have is charm."

Indeed he has. His buck teeth, flowing hair, big smile, and of course his B2______ skills are always eye catching on the pitch. The 23-year-old striker B3______ two goals in a 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna on March 1. It was Barcelona‘s sixth win in a row and, thanks to their Brazilian‘s 10-goal contribution,B4______ looked like a poor season could now end a success.

Ronaldinho is one of many South Americans who learned their skills playing in the backstreets before B5______ them off on the world stage. He first played for his country in 1999 but it was at the 2002 World Cup where he showed his real B6______, scoring an unbelievable free-kick in Brazil‘s quarter-final victory over England.

"I have never failed to deliver in big matches," Ronaldinho says. "My game is based on my B7______. Often a forward does not have the time to decide whether to shoot or pass. It is intuition that gives out the orders."

B8______ he may not have David Beckham‘s good looks, Ronaldinho has a playboy reputation off the pitch. At former club Paris Saint Germain, which sold him to Barcelona, he broke club rules by going out and enjoying the city‘s nightlife. "Without doubt, Ronaldinho is the most B9______ player I have ever come B10______," says former PSG coach Luis Ferdandez. "The main problem for any coach is that one player without discipline can hurt the whole team."

B9

Cloze 2

When Spanish football club Barcelona paid US$35 million for Ronaldinho last summer, they weren‘t buying a pretty face. ―I am ugly,‖ admits the Brazilian superstar."But everyone has got a different kind of beauty. What I B1______ have is charm."

Indeed he has. His buck teeth, flowing hair, big smile, and of course his B2______ skills are always eye catching on the pitch. The 23-year-old striker B3______ two goals in a 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna on March 1. It was Barcelona‘s sixth win in a row and, thanks to their Brazilian‘s 10-goal contribution,B4______ looked like a poor season could now end a success.

Ronaldinho is one of many South Americans who learned their skills playing in the backstreets before B5______ them off on the world stage. He first played for his country in 1999 but it was at the 2002 World Cup where he showed his real B6______, scoring an unbelievable free-kick in Brazil‘s quarter-final victory over England.

"I have never failed to deliver in big matches," Ronaldinho says. "My game is based on my B7______. Often a forward does not have the time to decide whether to shoot or pass. It is intuition that gives out the orders."

B8______ he may not have David Beckham‘s good looks, Ronaldinho has a playboy reputation off the pitch. At former club Paris Saint Germain, which sold him to Barcelona, he broke club rules by going out and enjoying the city‘s nightlife. "Without doubt, Ronaldinho is the most B9______ player I have ever come B10______," says former PSG coach Luis Ferdandez. "The main problem for any coach is that one player without discipline can hurt the whole team."

B10

Cloze 1

Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them. A1______ that logic, 2006 should have been a breakthrough year for rational behavior. With the memory of 9/11 still A2______ in their minds, Americans watched hurricane Katrina, the most expensive disaster in U.S. history, on live TV. Anyone who didn‘t know it before should have learned that bad things can happen. And they are made A3______ worse by our willful blindness to risk as much as our reluctance to work together before everything goes to hell.

Granted, some amount of delusion is probably part of the human condition. In A.D. 63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work A4______, in the same spot-until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a A5______ of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at protecting themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we A6______ did about the dangers we face. But it turns out that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is A7______ the storm, the quake or the surge itself. More often it is ourselves.

So what has happened in the year that A8______ the disaster on the Gulf Coast In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls. They have got the walls to where they were before Katrina, more or less. That‘s not A9______, we can now say with confidence. But it may be all that can be expected from one year of hustle.

Meanwhile, New Orleans officials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to evacuate the sick and the disabled. The city estimates that 15,000 people will need a A10______ out. However, state officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken. The negotiation with neighboring communities are ongoing and difficult.

A10