Ernest Hemingway is one of my  .................  American writers.

When we went to Egypt he knew ______________ no Arabic, but within six months he had become extremely fluent.

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.
(44).......................

 Choose the best answer among A, B, c or D that best completes sentence: The town …….. a decline after the mine closed.

The youths nowadays have many things to do in their .............. time.

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The Bali Tiger was declared extinct in 1937 due to hunting and habitat loss.

The boy quickly ............. the old woman’s telephone number to memory.

For more than ten years, we have seen the significant ..................... in the economy of our country.

Choose the best answer:
The handwriting is completely ______ . This note must have been written a long time ago.

_______lunch in Spain is _____ bit different from what we're used to in _____ America.

I think I put my ............... in it when I asked Lisa about her ex-husband.

 Choose the best answer among A, B, c or D that best completes sentence: They …. satisfaction from their work recently.

Choose the correct answer in each sentence.

------ to the e-mail from the supervisor as soon as possible and ask questions if anything is unclear.

You must fill in this  .............. form in capital letters.

Choose the correct answer in each sentence.

Patrons who want a refund or exchange must make a request at the customer service center within one month  ______  the date of purchase.

The word "plummet"  is closest in meaning to ____.

I first met her two years ago when we ______ at Oxford University.     

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

Many new graduates take a part – time job and barely make ends meet every month.

I caught him _______ over my wall. 

The ............... of new technology transformed our lives.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.
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.
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