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We really appreciate your help, without which we couldn't have got our task done in time.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

                                                                                  THE DANGERS OF DIETING

Thanks to our moden lifestyle, with more and more time spent sitting down in front of computers than ever before, the (31)________ of overweight people is at a new high. As people frantically search for a solution (32)________ this problem, they often try some of the popular fad diets being offered. Many people sea fad diets (33)________ harmless ways of losing weight, and they are grateful to have them. Unfortunately, not only don’t fad diets usually (34) ________ weight. While the reckless use of fad diets can bring some initial results, long-term results are very rare.

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For ____________, it is certain that in the future some things will be very different.

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Being helpful is good, but don’t allow others to _______ advantage of your generosity

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Students that learn to type efficiently and use basic computer functions such as word processing, email and web browsing have a significant advantage ____ students that have no knowledge of computers

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Teaching is a perfectly respective way to earn a living.

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Crocodiles see well, their eyes are equipped with three eyelids, each having a different function. Their eyeballs slide back out of_________way during an attack.

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We decided to pay for the furniture on the installment plan.

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:

When (A) you lived in (B) Miami, did you (C) use to going (D) to the beach?

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He was offered the job thanks to his ______ performance during his job interview

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The car had a___________ tyre, so we had to change the wheel

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The company will fail ______ if it doesn't adapt to market changes

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:

Any student who neglects his or her homework is unlikely to do well at school.

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Higher education is very (A) importance to national (B) economies, and it is also a source of framed and (C) educated personnel (D) for the whole country.

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My husband always makes children hit the ______ before 9pm.

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People are becoming _____________ aware of healthy eating, exercise, and relaxation, and want to incorporate them into their daily lives

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Rumor has it that her husband’s family is________rich.

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_______ Steve to help, I’m sure he would agree. He is so kind a person.

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After being chased by the police a long way, the criminal managed to escape by the skin of his ____________

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________is the existence of a large number of different kinds of animals and plants which make a balanced environment

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My town is _______________ this city.