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Can you believe he set the charity ___________ when he was just 15?

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I'm not sure whether I can gain any profit from the investment, so I can't make a(n) ____ promise to help you

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They're Bill's friends, so I..... them .......

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Tom is still ........... his divorce, so he's been a little distant at work

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We..................a  party next Saturday. Can you come?

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Let’s meet at eleven o’clock tomorrow. – Sorry, I _____ at eleven o’clock

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After Mary______ her degree, she intends to work in her father’s company

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When he ______all the letters, he took them to the post office

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Most people think of computers as very modern inventions, products of our new technological age. But actually the idea for a computer had been worked out over two centuries ago by a man (39) _____ Charles Babbage. Babbage was bom in 1791 and grew up to be a brilliant mathematician. He drew up plans for several calculating machines which he called "engines". But despite the fact that he (40)_____building some of these, he never finished any of them. Over the years, people have argued (41)_____his machines would ever work. Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished building(42)_____engine based on one of Babbage's designs. (43)_____has taken six years to complete and more than four thousand parts have been specially made. Whether it works or not, the machine will be on show at a special exhibition in the Science Museum to remind people of Babbage's work

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He told you that you were an idiot? Well, I don't think that was ...... 

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The music aroused an……..feeling of homesickness in me

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If we ____ the roads in this area, the economy can develop

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Life is sometimes very harsh for ____ families in big cities.

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We knew it was time to leave the club when a fight broke _________ between guys at the bar

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Insurance companies had to ________  ￡10 million in storm damage claims

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She has looked ____ to my father for her whole life. He's a wonderful example of a kind-hearted person with good judgement.

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We were so impressed that we set _________ a second interview for him

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It annoys me that she just expects us __________

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However hard I tried, I could not keep ____ with the other students in class

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It will ....... that she has covertly donated considerable sums to the IRA

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Around 200 million people are employed in tourism worldwide, making it the largest industry in the modern global economy. It is estimated that three-quarters of a billion people go on holiday each year, and industry planners expect this figure to double (43) _____ 2020. Some of the biggest beneficiaries are less developed countries, where it is often their main source of income. (44) _____, along with the economic benefits, this mass movement of people has resulted in environment. People often forget the damage caused by carbon emissions from aircraft, (45) _____ contribute directly to global warming. Deforestation has cleared land in order to build hotels, airports and roads, and this has destroyed wildlife. In some areas, water shortages are now common because of the need to fill swimming pools and water golf courses for tourists. By pushing up prices for goods and services, tourism can also be harmful to people living in tourist destinations. In response to these (46) _____, some travel operators now offer environment-friendly holidays. Many of these aim to reduce the negative effects of tourism by (47) _____ only hotels that have invested equipment to recycle waste and use energy and water efficiently. Increasingly, tourists are also being reminded to show respect for customs of the people whose countries they are going to visit, and to support local businesses, such as restaurants and shops which depend on tourism for their main income