Cloze: The End of the World

Vydáno dne 19.12.2012

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December 21, 2012

End of the World or Just Another Day?

The whole world ___________________________(1) to be talking about the date December 21, 2012. Many people speculate that the world will come to a cataclysmic end ___________________________(2) that day. Others say it's much-ado-about-nothing – that life will go ___________________________(3) the same as any ___________________________(4) day. There has been much written and much said about 12/21/2012. Why is there ___________________________(5) a buzz about this date? What's it all about? Will December 21, 2012 bring about the end of the world, or will it be just another day?

The ancient Mayan civilization of present day Mexico and Central America was advanced in areas such as architecture, the arts, mathematics, and science – including astronomy. The Mayan astronomers developed an incredibly accurate calendar ___________________________(6) stretched for thousands of years, ending abruptly at the date December 21, 2012. What this means ___________________________(7) open to speculation, and the Mayans didn't explain, but many people ___________________________(8) concluded that this date will bring on great change. Some believe it will be a great positive spiritual change of some sort, others believe it will be the start of a catastrophic, if ___________________________(9) apocalyptic event.

Believers ___________________________(10) a doomsday end-of-the-world scenario predict a number of possible events that might bring about the end of the world such as a comet or an asteroid collision ___________________________(11) Earth or a pandemic disease.

With all of the predictions about 2012, many people are worried about the future. “How do we plan for a cataclysmic event,” “What can we do to stop it” and “How can we survive it” are just a ___________________________(12) of the questions being asked about this date. However, in ___________________________(13) of all the speculation, the uncertainty, and the unanswered questions, even the best educated minds cannot predict for sure what will happen. No ___________________________(14) can really know, at least ___________________________(15) human on earth can.

Adapted from an article by Jesse Whitehead
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