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_______ he was leaving, he told us that he had to go to the bank.

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Barbara started a course at college, but she ______ after six months.

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Standing (A) among so many (B) strangers, the frightened (C) child began to cry uncontrollable (D) 

If we had known your new address, we ........... to see you.

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Stirring is a ______ town not far from Edinburgh.

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

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I’m really sleepy today. I wish I_________ up late last night.

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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.
3.The word “a shopaholic” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to............ .

The ____________ will announce tomorrow’s weather on TV at 7:30 tonight.

The comedy was so interesting that all ____________ clapped their hands.

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Like many other baby birds, ducklings are blind .......... birth.

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City dwellers have a higher death rate than________ .

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There is a lot of pressure on children to_______________ in school, (success)

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It’s a___________ that petrol will go up in price, (certain)

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We should learn all the new words by heart in order to__________ our vocabulary, (rich)

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She came_____ some old photographs in a drawer.

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He ______  off  alone a month ago, and _______ of since then.

The deep oceans contain some of the ______ of all living creatures.

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Since they had that big argument, he crosses the street whenever he ________ her.

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A gang of boys were_____ fireworks.

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The Statue of Liberty, an American Symbol of freedom, ...............in France.