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The temperature dropped suddenly last night, _________means that the shoots emerging from the soil will be killed by the frost.

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Although the staff did expand somewhat, for the first century of its existence, the entire teaching staff considered of the president and three or four tutors.

In my ____to win a place at university, I am now under a lot of study pressure.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the undelined part that needs correction in each of the following questions:

Animism is the belief that objects and natural phenomena such as rivers, rocks and are live and have feelings.

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The sign indicates the correct direction to the store.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

They’ll talk to us about the new project in detail.

Many branch offices were established in the suburbs 10 years ago, ------ which time the volume of traffic was also steadily increasing.

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They were forced to leave as part of a government drive to expel illegal immigrants.

In Africa, people's interference in the rhino's ____ leads to habitat loss.

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Not until I was on my way to the airport that I realized I had left my passport at home.

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Students suppose (A) to read all the questions (B) carefully and find out (C) the answers to them (D).

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As children we were very close, but as we grew up we just drifted apart.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes the sentence. "Use illustrations where ……but don’t overdo it."

– Customer: “I need some ice. Can you get some for me?”    

- Waiter: “                 ”

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There have been significant changes in women’s lives since the women’s liberation movement.

The workers have gone on strike. _______, all production has ceased.

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 It seemed incredible that she had been there a week already.

Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that is incorrect and needs to be changed: 

Today there is an unusually large amount of students in the class. 

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Nancy concurred, with her boss about the new direction the company was taking.

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Higher general education is based on theoretical expertise and might be contrasted with higher vocational education, which concentrating on both practice and theory.

It is  ________  of businessmen to shake hands in formal meetings.