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

I’m going to____________a cake for his birthday.

When I last...................... Jane,she ............................to find a job. 

If so, why does it not show proper respect for these reportedly less literate times _____ die out?

Choose the best option among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  Bats are fascinating …….have many interesting and amazing qualities.

Surely there are now reasons why ____ book ought to be dead, or at least very badly injured.

A letter…………by a copy of the press release was mailed to the public relations department yesterday.

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Minnesota’s thousands of lakes ...... over 4,000 square miles.

Health is something we tend to (1) ___when we have it. When our body is doing well, we are hardly (3)____of it. But illness can come, even (2)______we are young. In fact, childhood has been a very susceptible time. Many diseases attack children in particular, and people know very little (4)______ to cure them once they struck. The result was that many children died. About a century ago, (5)__________, scientists found out about germs, and then everything changed. The (6)_____ of many diseases was found, and cures were developed. As this medical discovery spread, the world became (7)______ safer for children. The result is that (8)___________a hundred years ago, the average man lived for 35 years, nowadays, in many areas of the world, people can (9)______ to live for 75 years. And what do we expect by the year 2020 ? Undoubtedly, medical science will continue to (10)______ . Some people will be able to avoid medical problems that are unavoidable today.
(4)............................

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Before they go to bed, their father often reads stories to them, most of which ……

Politicians___________blame the media if they don’t win the election. They’re so predictable.

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.
(1)...................

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

A new TV Show has sparked ________by showing the positive side of dropping out of college.

Firstly, we have more leisure time than we ______ to, and people are generally living longer, which means there is more time to do more (including reading books).

Since I _______ to the town, I _______ home.

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I don’t like that boy because there is a ...... look on his face.

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. 

Mark a letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to each of the following questions.

Tom should have known better than to ask Dick to help him.

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

He’s not crazy, he’s just a bit_____________ , that’s all.

Heat from a forest fire melts the seal and lets the seeds _____.

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When it rains heavily, John usually ........ at home.