1．In the information age, the messages the average Westerner is ______ with are not religious but commercial. wPu. hVz
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2．______ my return, I learned that my supervisor had gone to the lab and would not be back for several hours. SD:`l <l
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3．If the team was in financial trouble, would the owners sell stock to fans to keep them ______？ ;3xi.^=B
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4．Apart from its low cost, the appeal of iron as a building material lay in its strength, its ______ to fire, and its potential to span vast areas. >j$aY
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5．Sophisticated equipment, white coats and medical ______ serve to make most lay people feel ignorant and less important. m,6
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6．She felt really bad when she realized that she had lost her watch. It wasn't expensive but it had sentimental ______. }u$c*}
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7．One candidate is so ______ that even his own supporters cannot say what he stands for. j!oX\Y-: &
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8．Don't tell Mary your plans or she'll tell everybody. She is always ______ her mouth off. -"a(<JC^NI
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9．According to the latest population ______ the number of people in the world will go up an alarming 100 percent. &V SZ
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10．Everything seemed so ______ that it was difficult to suspect that it was a lie. !7Qj8YmS
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11．The tender woman felt that keeping silent might be the only or the ______ way out of the miserable situation. U 0~BcFpD
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12．I'm ______ according to my own experience, that the present situation will continue for a long time. ,_w}\'?L
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13．______ John I began to trust my feelings and began to believe in my ability. =OV5DmVmQ
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14．In Tokyo trading today the US dollar fell and Japanese ______ dropped to their lowest level in three months. Z)=S>06X Q
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15．______, after long pondering, I arrived at the following conjecture. f\q5{#"z
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16．He is setting out for the country and sends you a thousand thanks and ______. -e_TJ A
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17．If you understand why the question is being asked, you will feel less inclined to regard the interviewer as unduly ______ his nose into your private business. }Y!s :w#
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18．Pam loves children but she doesn't like them when they're noisy. It gets on her ______. D To"{!
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19．His presidential address in New York ______ on the importance of communication between science and industry. *b 0z/ 6
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20．It would seem that Miller cannot have been on friendly terms with the gardeners there, or he would have made a ______ of visiting them. (4yXr|to}
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