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1. Until he took off his glasses __________. p o2
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2. We can __________ that after some time our farmers will be able to __________ international competition. L"1}V
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3. A good reader can tell the difference between words that sound __________, and know ____________ to use them. &
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4. 90 percent of all English writing ____________ 1,000 basic words. JP!~,mdS
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5. ____________ to develop his talent, Adam could become an excellent artist. $j5K8A d
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6. Don’t ever drive past a hitchhiker, ____________? /v1Q4mq
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7. As a senior professor she should have known better ____________ to get involved in such a scandal. e, vvzs o
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8. His power was seriously ____________ by a succession of crises, and when he died, a bitter power struggle ____________. 6}[I2F_^
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C. damaged; followed D. reduced; occurred ;c-(ObSm
9. Leonardo da Vinci ____________ caged birds in order to have the pleasure of setting them free. p*4':TFuD;
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10. In China, customers pay far less for a DVD than ____________ countries. p{amC ;cI$
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11. ____________dull he may be, he is certainly a very successful top executive. 0=@?ob7
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14. It’s high time we ____________ cutting down the rainforests. ,X[kt z
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18. Susan is very hardworking, but her pay is not____________ for her work. .GsV>H
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19. It is imperative that the government ____________ more investment into the shipbuilding industry. sT !~ J4
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20. Land belongs to the city; there is ____________ thing as private ownership of land. HTVuStM8
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21. My daughter has walked eight miles today. We never guessed that she could walk____________far. 33o9Yg|J~
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23. There are only ten apples left in the baskets, ____________ the spoilt ones. JI? rL
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24. It was ____________we had hoped RS"H8P 4W
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25. There used to be a petrol station near the park, ____________? ?5U2D%t
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26. It is an offence to show ____________ against people of different races. wAX1l*`
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27. A great amount of work has gone into ____________ the Cathedral to its previous splendour. b^ L
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28. The thieves fled with the local police close on their ____________. 4F Ek5D
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29. The economic recession has meant that job____________ is a rare thing. x N=i]~
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30. Many people nowadays save money to ____________ for their old age. @WJg WJm
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31. The tone of the article ____________ the writer’s mood at the time.
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32. The job of a student accommodation officer____________ a great many visits to landladies. h lkn%
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33. Our family doctor’s clinic ____________at the junction of two busy roads. %R@X>2l/_
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34. She was so fat that she could only just ____________ through the door. wm]^3q I2
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35. After the heavy rain, a builder was called to repair the roof, which was ____________. ~vs}.kb
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36. The reception was attended by ____________ members of the local community. t>1Z\lE\"
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37. Share prices on the Stock Exchange plunged sharply in the morning but ____________slightly in the afternoon. ]d, S749(s
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38. His ____________ brain has worked away on the idea of a universal cure. B+[A]dgS
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39. The couple has donated a not____________ amount of money to the foundation. \cC%!4
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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. Xv< B1
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The following passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way: A
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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. ta `N8vnf
For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “︿” sign and write the missing word in the blank provided at the end of the line. 0G7K 8`a
For an unnecessary word, cross out the unnecessary word with a slash “/” and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line. si&S% 4(
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