Because the federal government provides only limited funds to schools, individual school districts ______ on funds from local property taxes to meet the vast majority of public schools tend to reflect the financial capabilities of the communities in which they are located.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

The (A) moment I was seeing (B) him, I realized (C) I had met (D) him somewhere before.

Tidy your room, and stop ____ excuses!”

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

After five weeks, both parties in the strike agreed that it should be settled by____________.

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

I can’t believe that you ______ three pizzas already! I ______them in fifteen minutes ago!

Our country is trying its best to accelerate the rate ___ economic growth

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Tom ........ before we arrived there.

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Despite our ........, we are still good friends.

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He was accused …….. fake money.

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The Philippines, officially known (1) _____ the Republic of the Philippines, is (2) _____ in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. The Philippine (3) ____ 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, sharing borders with Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The Philippines is the world's 12th most populous country with a population approaching 90 million people. Its national (4) _____ is the 37th largest in the world with a 2006 gross domestic product (GDP) of over 117.562 billion USD. There are (5) _____ 11 million overseas Filipinos worldwide. The Philippines became a Spanish colony in the 16th century and an American territory at the (6) _____ of the 20th century. The Philippines won independence from Spain in 1896. The Philippines (7) _____ its independence from the United States on July 4, 1946 after World War II. Spanish was (8) _____ official language of the Philippines until 1973. Since then, the two official languages are Filipino and English. The Philippines had cultural ties with Malaysia, Indonesia, and India in the ancient time, and trade (9) _____ with China and Japan as early as the 9th century. The late 1960s and early 1970s its economic development was second in Asia, (10) _____ to Japan. The Philippines is a founding and active member of the United Nations and is a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)/ The Philippines is also a member of the East Asia Summit (EAS) and an active member in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
(3)........................

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A lot of young college and university students .... helping poor people every summer.

Stress is important. We all need a certain amount of it in order to (1)____fulfilling lives. However, if we have too much of it, it can have the opposite effect. Some people can tolerate greater (2) _____of stress than others, but most of us will (3)____at some time in our lives. It is, (4)____, a good idea to learn a few stress management techniques. Identifying the cause of the problem we have, so that we can (5)_____it more effectively, is one of the first steps towards reducing stress. The second thing is talking to a person you can trust, who will listen and, if necessary, give you some positive advice. Not only are smoking and drinking (6)____ to our health, they actually increase stress (7)____ than reduce it. So, next time you want to relax, instead of reaching for that glass of wine or a cigarette, have a warm bath or go for a walk. Walking has more than health (8)______. It helps you think more clearly, (9)______. Pets have calming influences on us, unless they make noise which irritates us. In fact, unwanted noises should be avoided as far as possible. On the other hand, laughter is one of the best ways to make yourself feel (10) _______better.
(6).......................

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The Global Marketing Manager is required to travel  extensively and so must be ------- to unfamiliar situations. 

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

My son has a big_________, he’s always telling stories about things which didn’t happen!

Freya Stark (1893- 1993) was an extraordinary woman who ventured into (1) ____ areas where few Europeans had ever (2) ____ foot. Born in Paris, brought up in Italy, and educated in London, she was already multilingual before deciding to learn Arabic (3) ____ the end of 30. She traveled (4)____ through Greece, Italy and Cyprus. However, her passion was for exploring ancient lands of the Middle East. She was determined to make contact with the tribes that populated the area before their traditional (5) ____ of life vanished forever. She led expeditions into the most dangerous areas and despite the risks (she was even thrown into a military prison on one occasion), she always returned safe and (6) ____. During her travels, she completed a (7) ______ across the Valley of the Assassins, famous not only for its rough terrain but (8) ____ for its murderous inhabitants, and followed in the (9)___ of Alexander, the Great. In her long career she produced maps, discovered lost cities, and worked as a spy and propagandist, although it is as a travel writer that she is best remembered. She died at the age of 100, (10) ________most women of her generation in more ways than one.
(1).........................

Every ten minutes, one kind of animal, plant or insect dies (1) ...... forever. If nothing is done about it, one million species that are alive today will have become (2) ...... twenty years from now.
The seas are in (3) ........ They are being filled with poison, industrial and nuclear (4) ......., chemical fertilizers and pesticides, sewage. The Mediterranean is already nearly dead. The North Sea is following. If nothing is done about it, one day soon nothing will be able to live in the seas.
The tropical rain forests, which are the (5) ...... of half the earth's living things (including many rare animals and plants), are being destroyed. If nothing is done about it, they will have disappeared in twenty years. The (6) ...... on the world's climate and on our agriculture and food supplies, will be disastrous.
Fortunately, somebody is trying to do something about it. In 1961, the World Wildlife Fund was (7) ...... - a small group of people who wanted to raise money to save animals and plants from extinction.
Today, the World Wildlife Fund is a large international organization. It has raised over $35 million for conservation projects, and has created or given (8) ...... to National Parks in five continents. It has helped 30 mammals and birds, including the tiger, to (9) ........ Perhaps this is not much, but it is a start. If more people give more money - and if more governments wake up to what is happening -perhaps the World Wildlife Fund will be able to help US to avoid the disaster that (10) ...... the natural world, and all of US will be with it.
(9)..................

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Franklin Catering Company offers a…. range of menu choices for both lunch and dinner.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

Nahan-Messer Publishing announced today the launch of a division dedicated to science  fiction.The division, Lightspeed Press, will publish twenty original titles this year. It will  be led by Clara Bryce, longtime fiction --------- at Nahan-Messer. 

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

The investment in solar energy……..costly for the town of Wexford initially, but in the long run, it is expected to be financially beneficial.

Identify the underlined word/phrase (A or B, C,D) that needs correcting to become an exact one.

My father asked me to pay much attention to English next year.