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She cannot sing .................. but she can play the piano beautifully.

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He said that his father had cut down on the number of print newspapers and magazines.

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Susan studied very well, ........... she could pass the exam easily.

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People’s fingernails and toenails, according to a recent study, are nowadays growing more quickly. Research (35) _____ out at the University of North Carolina indicates that the speed at which human nails are growing has increased by (36) _____ 25 per cent over the last 70 years. The results of the study show that the (37)_____ human fingernail now grows about 3.5 mm a month, (38) _____ just 3 mm seven decades ago. Toenail growth, (39) _____ only about 2 mm per month, was also up on the figure (40) _____ in a similar survey done 70 years ago. Researchers (41) _____ the rapid increase down to changes in lifestyle, particularly the greater awareness of the importance of regular exercise and a healthy diet. This, they point out, is in (42) _____with similar trends in the height and weight of present-day adults. Interestingly, it appears that nails have a propensity to grow fastest (43) _____ warmer conditions, with the quickest growth rate among young people, and men. The fastestgrowing nail is on the middle finger while that on the little finger is (44) _____ the slowest, at only a fraction over 3 mm each month.
(39)..............................

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She would come to see you if she ................. your address.

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By the time its weeklong promotion was over, Polk Mobile  ______________  to sell almost its entire inventory of Kelstra smart phones.

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There is growing concern about the way man has destroyed the environment.

A lot of different conservation efforts have been made to                                         endangered species.

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May I suggest Monday for our trip to Bristol?

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If she………….the first prize of the contest, she………….rich now.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 35 to 44.
In Korea, in former days the marriage between a man and woman represented the joining of two families, rather (35)_____ the joining of two individuals. The event (36)_____ Taerye (Great Ritual), and people from all over the village or neighborhood participated. The ceremonies and events surrounding the actual marriage were long and (37)_____ . Professional matchmakers paired up likely candidates for marriage, with the new couple often meeting for the first time at their wedding. The families considered many factors in the decision, consulting with fortune tellers for (38)_____ about the couple's future life together. During the Chosun period, people married (39)_____ their early teens, with the girl often being several years older than the boy. The groom usually traveled to the house of the bride for the ceremony, then stayed there for three days (40)_____ taking his new bride to his family's home. The actual ceremony involved many small rituals, with many bows and symbolic gestures. The (41)_____ were expected to control their emotions and remain somber. (42)_____ Koreans have kept several aspects of the traditional ceremony, most modern ceremonies resemble Western marriage ceremonies more than (43)_____ Korean ones. However, many folk villages and museums across the country regularly perform ceremonies to (44)_____ the traditions alive.
(43).......................

I walked away as calmly as I could. ___________, they would have thought I was a thief.

Conservation is the protection of the                environment.

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Mobile libraries brings books to children in many small communities. These libraries travel from towns to towns in cars, vans, or trucks.

 I won’t have him ______ his bike in the kitchen. 

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She asked me where I ............ that car.

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Fallout from a nuclear power station damaged in the tsunami may endanger the vegetation.

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Nonfat milk has slightly less fat than low fat.

 The rhinoceros will become ............... if people continue to hurt them.

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The minister came under fire for his rash decision to close the factory.

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Unless you understand, I ........... explain it again to you.