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_____ was originated in Canada.

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The first President of the USA was _____.

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RENT APARTMENTS
Many people rent apartments as a matter of necessity rather than choice. This fact does not mean that rental housing has no advantages. In a number of respects, in fact, renters are in better position than home owners. People who rent houses or apartments are far 26 ____ mobile than home owners. If renters become dissatisfied with 27 ____ living quarters, they can simply give notice and move. If they 28 _____ a job opportunity that requires 29 ____, they do not have to worry 30 ____ selling a house first. Renters are not usually responsible for handling maintenance problems in their own units. Such problems can consume large 31 ____ of time and money. 32 ____ the roof leaks or the sink stops up, the renter simply reports the problem. The landlord must get the necessary repair 33____ . Renters spend less on housing than 34 ____ owners. When they move into an apartment, renters must pay a variety of extra charges*. These include security deposits**, cleaning fees, and perhaps even both first and last months’ rent. The total amount, however, in no way approaches the regular payments on a house. In addition, renters do not have a huge thirty-year mortgage debt*** hanging over their heads, trying up their future income. 35 ____ can thus put their money into other, more flexible investments.
*     extra charges               -  дополнительные расходы
**   security deposits          - депонирование ценных бумаг
*** a huge mortgage debt  - огромный долг по ипотечному залогу (ипотечная задолженность)

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COOPERATIVE APARTMENT AND CONDOMINIUM:
WHICH IS BETTER?
Some people wish to own their apartments. They have a choice 26 ___ a cooperative apartment ___ a condominium. 27 ___ two terms have nothing to do with the size, shape, or location of the units. They relate only to the form 28 ___ ownership. A cooperative apartment (co-op) 29___ not technically ___ by a tenant. Rather it is owned and managed by a cooperative organization, which consists of all the building residents. 30___ who wishes to live in one of the apartments joins the co-op. by purchasing shares* in the organization. He or she then receives 31 ___ rights to a specific unit. These rights, however, do not amount to outright ownership**. The co-op member, for example, cannot 32 ___ the unit. Instead, when ready to move, the member sells his or her shares back to the co-op. 33 ___ of the cooperative apartments make monthly payments to the organization. A condominium is similar to a co-op, but the occupant does own his or her unit outright. This fact means that the person can sell or otherwise dispose of the 34 ___ as he or she wishes. The condominium owner is also responsible for making his or her own payments. The management fee is paid 35 ___. It supports the maintenance of building facilities owned in common with other tenants. Examples include hallways, elevators, tennis courts, and other recreational facilities.  
*   purchase a share – выкупить долю (пай)
** outright ownership –полная собственность

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RESTAURANTS
There are two main types 26 ____ restaurants in the U.S.: fast-food and full-service restaurants. Fast-food restaurants are called so because little time passes between the time a patron orders a meal and the time he receives 27 ____. The style of fast-food restaurants is much like that of a cafeteria. In a fast-food restaurant, 28 ___ go up to a counter to order their meal. It is then placed on a plastic tray which patrons 29 ____ to a table. Fast food trends to be mass-produced. Items such as hamburgers, hot chicken sandwiches, pizza, and salads are typically of fast-food fare. Eating in a fast-food style restaurants is also 30 ____ less expensive than eating in full service restaurants. A 31 ____ dinner in a fast-food restaurant costs from $3.00 to 6.00. It is expected that patrons will finish eating 32 ___ leave the fast-food restaurant within 30 to 45 minutes. In full-service restaurants, patrons 33 ____ at tables and a waiter comes to take the patrons’ orders. Food is brought to the patrons by the 34 ____. Dinner at full-service restaurants can vary from $10.00 in a less expensive restaurant to $50.00 in a very expensive restaurant. It is expected that patrons will finish eating and leave full-service restaurant within an hour or an hour and a half. Usually patrons give the staff at full-service restaurants 35 ____ of 15% of the bill.

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Bankcards
Bankcards are accepted 26 ____ millions of businesses in the United States and abroad. They can be used at hotels, restaurants, department stores, theatres, airline ticket offices – just almost everywhere. Visa and MasterCard are the best-known bankcards. 27 ____ are also most established, having been first offered to consumers more than 25 years ago. The Discovery Card is the 28____. Consumers have been drawn to the Discovery Card by 29____ discounts (up to $150 on certain purchases) and an annual rebate (1 percent of the amount charged against the card). A 30 ____ works much like a revolving charge account. 31 ____ the balance is not paid in full, a finance charge 32 ___. The minimum monthly payment, set by the bank, is often quite low – 4 or 5 percent. The finance charge, on the other hand, can be quite high – up to 22 percent. In addition, for the convenience of being able to charge purchases anywhere, the cardholders must, in most cases, 33 ____ the bank an annual membership fee of $25 to $30. Bankcard charges rose sharply in the early 1980s and remained high, despite falling interest rates. Criticism of this fact has led some banks to begin lowering their 34 ____.
35 ____ should therefore shop for bank card credit by looking for a card that has lower finance charge and/or no annual fee.