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It seems entirely natural to us that there are teams of scientists in universities and (46) _____ institutions around the world, attempting to discover the way the world works. (47) _____, it hasn’t always been that way. Although the scientific method is now four or five hundred years old, the ancient Greeks, for example, believed that they could (48) _____ the cause of natural events just by the power of thought. During the 17th century, more and more people began to realize that they could test their scientific ideas by designing a relevant experiment and seeing what happened. A lot of (49) _____ was made in this way by individual scientists. These men and women often worked alone, carrying out research into many different areas of science, and they often received very little (50) _____ for their hard work. At the start of the 20th century, though, it became clear that science was becoming more complicated and more expensive. The individual scientists disappeared, to be replaced by highly qualified teams of experts. Modern science was born

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Stocks in the company have gone ____________ for the third straight week in a row

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 ___ usually gets up the earliest in your family? 

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Our associates searched the file cabinet for nearly an hour and finally found the missing receipts------- some travel documents

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Will you ________ here for ten years by the time of the Christmas party?

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She _____________ us a set of saucepans as a wedding present

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I will______ the idea with the other teachers and see what they think about it

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Jonas was so poor that he had to drop out of school and started working as a waiter  in the local restaurant

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COVID 19 can be characterized as a pandemic, ________?

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The electric light bulb ____ by Edison

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There are _________tourists in London this year than last year

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My parents often______after dinner

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People talk about the generation gap as a kind of division between young people and their parents. It is something which is generally a problem when children enter their teenage years, and results (43) complaints on both side. Parents, for example, can often be heard to say that young people are (44) ______ and disobedient and in addition tend to be irresponsible when spending because they don’t appreciate the (45) ______ of money. Adolescents, on the other hand, complain that their parents don’t understand them. What has gone wrong? One explanation lies in (46) ______society has changed. In the past, children would typically continue the way of life of their parents. In today’s world, parents are very (47) ______ for their children because they want them to achieve more than they did. The problem is that the children often don’t agree with their parents’ plans. Teenagers also reach maturity at an earlier age than they used to and want their independence sooner. The resulting conflict is painful to both sides

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Forests ____ humans with many valuable things

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____ that I would be late for school, I took a taxi instead of a bus

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It has taken them all this time to _______ on a name for their baby

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An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. At the Earth's surface, earthquakes are recognized (25) _____ vibration, shaking and sometimes displacement of the ground. The vibrations may vary in (26) _____. They are caused mostly by slippage within geological faults, but also by other events such as volcanic activity, landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear tests. The underground point of (27) _____ of the earthquake is called the focus. The point directly above the focus on the surface is called the epicenter. Earthquakes by themselves rarely kill people or wildlife. It is usually the secondary events (28) _____ they trigger, such as building collapse, fires, tsunamis (seismic sea waves) and volcanoes, that are actually the human disaster. Many of these could possibly be avoided by better construction, safety systems, early warning and (29) ____ planning

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As your doctor, I urge you to cut ___________ fatty foods if you don't want to have heart trouble

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The knock–on effect of volunteering on the lives of individuals can be profound. Voluntary work helps foster independence and imparts the ability to deal with different situations, often simultaneously, thus teaching people how to (32) _____ their way through different systems. It therefore brings people into touch with the real world, and hence, equips them for the future. Initially, young adults in their late teens might not seem to have the expertise or knowledge to impart to athare that attencher or an ariculturalist or a nurse would have, (33) _____ they do have many skills can help others. And in the absence of any particular talent, their energy and enthusiasm can be harmes the benefit (34) _____ their fellow human beings, and ultimately themselves. From all this, the gain to any community no matter how many volunteers are involved is (35) _____. Employers will generally look favorably on people (36) _____ have shown an ability to work as part of team. It demonstrates a willingness to learn and an independent spirit, which would be desirable qualities in any employee

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My mother was fine this morning, but she broke _____________ tears at the funeral