For several years his ambition ....................to be a pilot. 

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Visitors are kindly requested to______________from taking photographs inside the museum. 

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Childbearing is the women's most wonderful role.

We need her ………. before we can go ahead.

(John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1917-1963) the 35th us President (1961-1963). He was the country's youngest president and the first Roman Catholic ever ____ (1) ____, He was___(2)____known informally as Jack Kennedy and JFK. His wife was Jackie Kennedy. He won a medal for____(3)____during World War II, and was elected to the us House of Representatives (1947-1953) and then___(4)___ the us Senate (1952-1960).
Kennedy's greatest success___ (5) ___President was in___ (6) ___the Cuban missile crisis and his worst failure was over the Bay of Pigs incident. He worked ____ (7) ____his brother, US Attorney General Robert Kennedy, to support the civil rights___ (8) ___. He was murdered in Dallas, probably by Lee Harvey Oswald, in one of the most shocking events in us history. Some people believe that others were responsible for his murder, but ___ (9) ___has ever been___(10)___proved. Kennedy's book, Profiles in Courage (1956), won a Pulitzer Prize.
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country."
John F Kennedy
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He’s the …..of this machine

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By learning English, you can get access to the world’s ................

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John wants to buy a new car, so he starts setting aside a small part of his monthly earnings.

The high rate of inflation obviously puts a great strain _________the majority of working families.

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Mr.Kang started.................... printing business 25 years ago in Pusan, South Korea.

The president has just realized that the launch of our new product must be postponed owing to…………conditions in the market.

We shouldn’t use too many plastic bags because they are very hard to _______.

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Please let me know if you are in need of any other office products at this time. You may  respond to this e-mail or call me ---------- at 415-555-0166, ext. 42. 

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I think Mike is very_____________at his job.

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The warranty on Lelen saucepans does not apply to damages that result from  ________ use of cookware.

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From winning an Olympic gold medal in 2000 to becoming an NBA champion in 2008, Kevin Garnet has shown…………to be one of the most talented players.

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We have achieved considerable results in the economic field, such as high economic growth, stability and significant poverty alleviation over the past few years

The point of Phobia Awareness Week is to highlight the difficulties that many people face in everyday situations. It is important to (1) _____ between a fear and a phobia. It's (2)______usual for all of us to have our own peculiar fears, for example being anxious around snakes or nervous about flying. However, only a very small proportion of US actually have a phobia of these things. When these fears begin to (3) _____ you embarrassment or you feel that your life is being disrupted then you would be wise to (4)_____ treatment for what could potentially be a phobia. By far the most (5) _____ phobia and potentially the most disruptive is agoraphobia. The word derives from Greek and (6) _____ means 'fear of the marketplace' but we apply it today to describe a distressing (7) ______ in which people avoid going outside because of the awful feelings of anxiety that arise. Treatment of phobias usually consists of the patient (8) _____ behavioural therapy during which they gradually get used to being near the object or the situation that causes them fear. Drugs may be (9) _____ to treat anxiety and many people opt for alternative therapy such as acupuncture or hypnosis to help them come to (10) _____ with their fear and conquer it.
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Southeast Asia is a region of diverse cultures.

For a long time people ............ that the world was fiat and that people could fall off the edge. 

Vincent Van Gogh is a famous painter from the 19th century. Van Gogh's paintings are sold at very high prices (1) ______many collectors want his paintings. But unfortunately, when he was (2) ______, he did not have a happy life.
Van Gogh was from a poor family in Holland and lived (3) _______his life at home. He lived a rather sad and (4) _______ life. He drew things that he could see (5) ______ around the quiet town of his parents' home or outside his window. This is why he painted things (6) _______the sky, his room and even himself. 
Van Gogh once cut off his own ear after drawing a picture of himself. He cut it off to (7) _______ the person that said the ear in Van Gogh's painting was not correct. It was very (8) _____ him to do such a thing.
Van Gogh was also (9) _________a crazy man. He really (10) ______become crazy, and was sent to a mental hospital. Sadly, he killed himself when he was just 37.
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