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I ____ near the fence when suddenly I ____ the voices.

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As the number of participants is confirmed ------- the schedule is set, the marketing division will design a poster for the conference

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It's always good to know that, ____________ what may, your job is safe

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The most amazing thing about this year’s Oscar winning film is that it was made on a shoestring budget

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In spite of the fact that he ______ his cousin, he ______drinking

Choose below answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentence.  David __________ a straight nose and fair skin.

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"Curiosity is one of permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect." _ Samuel Johnson

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Half the town washed ______________ during the floods

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It is back-to-school time in much of the worlD. Calm, easy mornings are replaced with busy, hurried ones. Children wake up early and get ready for school. Many parents are also getting ready for work, helping their children and preparing food for lunches. But don't forget about breakfast! When things get wildly busy in the morning, some people (32)_____breakfast to save time. But that may be a big mistake for students. That is the finding of a 2015 study from Cardiff University in Wales. Researchers there looked at 5000 9-11 year-olds from more than 100 primary schools in the U.K. They looked at what the students ate (33) _____ breakfast and then their grades 6 to 18 months later. They found that the students who ate a healthy breakfast (34) _____twice as likely to perform above average in educational activities. The researchers also found that unhealthy breakfasts - such as potato chips or a donut did not appear helpful to educational performance. A good breakfast is not just helpful for school-aged children. We all may gain from eating something healthy first thing in the morning. A study from researchers at the University of Toronto in Canada found that a breakfast rich in protein and complex carbohydrates (35) _____ performance on short- and long-term memory. Carbohydrates and protein are especially important because (36_____a major effect on long-term memory.

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You'll need to take ____________ a few more plates so we'll have enough for all our guests

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentence: Lan doesn’t iced water. She likes________ drink.

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The burglars disabled the alarm and used a glass cutter to ....... the house

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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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They___ next to each other at the lecture this morning

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Racer Bus Services has reported significant ------- in profits due to the new Amtrak line

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Children and parents should be concerned about _______ knowledge of growing vegetables and raising pets

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You may well have a PhD in philosophy, but to my mind you are both bigoted and racist

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In general, by the second year of production, the price of a few technologies ________ significantly

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The strongest dump trucks work in rock quarries, ................. tons of rocks and soil at one time.

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That girl has yellow hair. She has _______ hair

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"Parents today want their kids spending time on things that can bring them success, but (1)_________, we've stopped doing one thing that's actually been a proven predictor of success-and that's household chores," says Richard Rende, a (2)_________ psychologist in Paradise Valley, Ariz, and co-author of forthcoming book “Raising Can-Do Kids." Decades of studies show the benefits of chores- academically, emotionally and even professionally. Giving children household chores at an early age (3)_______ to build a lasting sense of mastery, responsibility and self-reliance, according to research by Marty Rossmann, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. In 2002, Dr. Rossmann analyzed data from a longitudinal study (4)_______ followed 84 children across four periods in their lives-in preschool, around ages 10 and 15, and in their mid-20s. She found that young adults who began chores at ages 3 and 4 were more likely to have good relationships with family and friends, to achieve academic and early career success and to be self-sufficient, as (5)_______ with those who didn't have chores or who started them as teens. Chores also teach children how to be empathetic and responsive to others' needs, notes psychologist Richard Weissbourd of the Harvard Graduate School of Education