Fill each of the numbered blanks in the passages below with one suitable word. Political correctness has made and continues to make a significant impact on our language as we are all encouraged, for the common ……….. (1), to make increasing use of euphemistic paraphrase. We should turn our backs on expressions like ‘the ……….. (2)’ and embrace ‘……….. (3) economically disadvantaged’. ‘The ……….. (4) challenged’ is recommended in place of ‘the blind’; ‘the chronically ……….. (5) of hearing’ is suggested as a substitute for ‘the ……….. (6)’. This is all very well and not asking the ……….. (7) of us. It is rather when the trend is taken to the ……….. (8) and ‘the ……….. (9)’ find themselves referred to as ‘the follically challenged’ that there is a risk of things getting out of hand. ‘Out with the ……….. (10) and in with the new’ may have its virtue as a saying, but so does ‘Let sleeping dogs lie’.
……….. (11) violin has remained virtually unchanged since the 16th century. It evolved from ……….. (12) viol, ……….. (13) six-stringed instrument, which is played resting on or between one’s thighs.
The reasoning behind high levels of taxation is the redistribution of wealth from ……….. (14) rich to the ……….. (15), for the common ……….. (16). However, to do this in away which satisfies everybody is to ask the ……….. (17).
Robert John Downey Jr. was born on April 4, 1965 in new York city. American actor, producer and musician. Winner of many awards.
He began his acting career as a child, playing in his father's film "Corral". Closer to the early 1990s, Downey became a sought-after actor, particularly through roles in many films. The most famous and successful role of Downey is the role of Charlie Chaplin in the eponymous biopic of Richard Attenborough, which brought him a BAFTA award and the first nomination for "Oscar".
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Born on April 4, 1965 in new York city, his father, Robert Downey Sr., was a Director, producer and actor, and his mother also worked as an actress, so the younger Downey made his screen debut at an early age and starred from the age of five.
After several other roles and participation in a TV show, Robert Downey decides to return to Hollywood, where luck was with him, and he quickly got one of the main roles in an adventure Comedy.
For his performance as Charlie Chaplin in the biopic, Downey won An Academy award and was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden globe.
But really popular Robert Downey becomes after the release of the blockbuster "Iron man". The film was warmly received by both audiences and critics.