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1. Until he took off his glasses __________. r/HTkXs I
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4. 90 percent of all English writing ____________ 1,000 basic words. T&+3Xi:
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6. Don’t ever drive past a hitchhiker, ____________? W/hzo*o'g
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7. As a senior professor she should have known better ____________ to get involved in such a scandal. !Q15
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8. His power was seriously ____________ by a succession of crises, and when he died, a bitter power struggle ____________. ZY]$MZf5yo
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9. Leonardo da Vinci ____________ caged birds in order to have the pleasure of setting them free. [n)ak)_/
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10. In China, customers pay far less for a DVD than ____________ countries. bs?\
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11. ____________dull he may be, he is certainly a very successful top executive. "Gp Tmu?
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14. It’s high time we ____________ cutting down the rainforests. "h_f- vP
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15. The student said there were a few points in the essay he ____________ impossible to comprehend. H 4 ELIF#@
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16. Loudspeakers were fixed in the hall so that everyone____________ an opportunity to hear the speech. z
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17. I am surprised____________ this city is a dull place to live in. w/o^OjwQ
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18. Susan is very hardworking, but her pay is not____________ for her work. |e@1@q(a[]
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19. It is imperative that the government ____________ more investment into the shipbuilding industry. YU-wE';H6
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21. My daughter has walked eight miles today. We never guessed that she could walk____________far. y|O3*`&m
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25. There used to be a petrol station near the park, ____________? qmn l
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26. It is an offence to show ____________ against people of different races. ^"lEa-g&
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27. A great amount of work has gone into ____________ the Cathedral to its previous splendour. nvQX)Xf
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28. The thieves fled with the local police close on their ____________. w#BT/6W&G
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29. The economic recession has meant that job____________ is a rare thing. s4f{ziLp
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32. The job of a student accommodation officer____________ a great many visits to landladies. PD^ 6Ywn>s
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33. Our family doctor’s clinic ____________at the junction of two busy roads. ?Ec{%N%
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40. I hear that it is estimated that the number of people ____________ less than one dollar a day has ____________ one billion worldwide. .*W7Z8!e
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For a wrong word, underline it and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line. U 17=/E
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