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Mold is extremely (A) destruction (B) to books (C) in a library (D).

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City dwellers have a higher death rate than________ .

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We would be grateful ______ any information you can give us.

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The position of sport in today's society has changed out of all recognition. People no longer seem to think of sports as 'just a game' - to be watched or played for the (1)_______ of enjoyment. Instead, it has become big business worldwide. It has become accepted practice for leading companies to provide sponsorship. TV companies pay large sums of money to screen important matches or competitions. The result has been huge rewards for athletes, some of (2)_______ are now very wealthy, particularly top footballers, golfers and tennis players. (3)________ it is not unusual for some athletes to receive large fees on top of their salary, for advertising products or making personal appearances.

A trend towards shorter working hours means that people generally tend to have more free time, both to watch and to take in sporting activity; sport has become a significant part of the recreation industry that we now rely (4)________to fill our leisure hours. Professional sport is a vital part of that industry, providing for millions of (5)________ people all over the world.
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Some people think that traveling by plane is__________ safer, (consider)

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The crowd show their____________ by booing loudly, (please)

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English is the _____ language on one-fifth of the land area of the world.

I  .........   your brother at Green Street yesterday afternoon.

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Would you mind _____ me to take these chairs away.

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The town crier shouted the _______ news as he was walking.

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Her literature result is much ________ than it was last year.

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The (A) distinction between (B)  wildflowers and weeds is one that is (C) often difficult to do (D) .

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I would like to continue to lend my helping hands to achieve the goal of giving all children an equal chance of having ______futures.

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______ down the street, I ran into an old friend.

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If you had worked harder, you________ the final exam.

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Ask me again tomorrow. I'll have to give it some _______.

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We had a river _____ we could swim.

I'm feeling very tired this morning. I  ........... have stayed up late last night.

I'm very tired. I  ......   over four hundred miles today.

They say he has ________ money.

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Shopping used to be my favourite activity. It started when I was a teenager and I worked in a clothes shop. At that time I had a staff discount in the shop and I used to spend all my wages buying clothes. When I got a job in an office I carried on spending all my spare money buying clothes – even after I had got married, bought a house and had children!

I used to go shopping every weekend and I probably spent about £500 a month buying clothes. It wasn’t something I only did when I wasn’t very happy, I always went shopping however I felt. Sometimes I’d look for ages to find what I wanted. Other times, I’d just buy the first thing I saw.

Most of the things I didn’t need. One day I bought three pairs of boots, even though I already had another ten pairs at home. I never even took the most expensive pair out of the box!

I realised I had a problem when one day my five-year-old daughter looked into my wardrobe and asked me why I had so many handbags. I counted them. I had seventy-five handbags and they must have cost me thousands of pounds. I couldn’t believe what I’d done!

First of all, I threw away my credit card. Then I gave away all the clothes that I’d never worn. After that I made arrangements every Saturday to visit friends or go on a day trip, so I wouldn’t be able to go shopping. Now I’m happy because I’m not a shopaholic any more.
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