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She insisted ..... him wearing the red cravat.

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Ms. Yasuda’s _________ in managing difficult projects has earned her respect  from colleagues and company officials.

The point of Phobia Awareness Week is to highlight the difficulties that many people face in everyday situations. It is important to (1) _____ between a fear and a phobia. It's (2)______usual for all of us to have our own peculiar fears, for example being anxious around snakes or nervous about flying. However, only a very small proportion of US actually have a phobia of these things. When these fears begin to (3) _____ you embarrassment or you feel that your life is being disrupted then you would be wise to (4)_____ treatment for what could potentially be a phobia. By far the most (5) _____ phobia and potentially the most disruptive is agoraphobia. The word derives from Greek and (6) _____ means 'fear of the marketplace' but we apply it today to describe a distressing (7) ______ in which people avoid going outside because of the awful feelings of anxiety that arise. Treatment of phobias usually consists of the patient (8) _____ behavioural therapy during which they gradually get used to being near the object or the situation that causes them fear. Drugs may be (9) _____ to treat anxiety and many people opt for alternative therapy such as acupuncture or hypnosis to help them come to (10) _____ with their fear and conquer it.
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He … to school when he had a puncture. 

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.
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The Empire Theatre box office will stop selling tickets fifteen minutes…........ the beginning of the show.

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She enjoys …….. with her friends more than with her mother.

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The show runs.............. January 18.

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S. Mayo Hospital in New Orleans was so named in recognition of Dr. Mayo’s outstanding humanitarianism.

The babies were put up for ………..when their mother was jailed for her part in the murder.

The tourist industry is (1) ……. to be the largest industry. Before 1950 one million people travelled abroad each year but by the 1900s the figure (2) ….. to 400 million every year. (3) …… large numbers of tourists, however, are beginning to cause problems. For example, in the Alps the skiers are destroying the mountains they came to enjoy. Even parts of Mount Everest in the Himalayas are reported to be covered (4) ….. old tins, tents, and food that have been (5) ……
But at a time when we have (6) ….. freedom to travel than ever before, more and more people are asking how they can enjoy their holidays (7) ….. causing problems by spoiling the countryside. Now there is a new holiday (8) …… called "Holidays That Don't Cost The Earth". It tells you (9) ….. you can help the tourist industry by asking your travel agent the right questions (10) ……... you go on holiday.
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Library and information science majors should be reminded of the seminar beginning…………at 6:00 p.m in room 212B

I don't like those trousers, no matter how …………………….. they are.

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The warranty on Lelen saucepans does not apply to damages that result from  ________ use of cookware.

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I met the waiters, several of ....... are university students.

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Long has decided ……. a cooking course.

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Nobody knows the origin of the Vietnamese long dress. There was no evidence about where and when it appeared.

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She went on crying, with her head sunk into a pillow, and cried and cried _______ the pillow was wet through.

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Will you still love me if I say that I don’t have ......... money left?

She believes she finally find true .............................

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She felt tired. _________, she had to finish her homework.