Mary: “Hello, Joey. This is John.”

Joey : “…..”

 

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Water is of vital importance to all living things. Without it, all living things will surely die. We also use a great (16)______ of water daily in our homes, in factories, and in power stations. Most of this water is fresh water and it comes to us from reservoirs, rivers and lakes. The Earth's surface is (17)_____ by large areas of water which we call oceans and seas. If you have tasted the water from the sea, you will know that, unlike fresh water, seawater tastes salty. This is due to the (18)_____ of sodium chloride which comes from the land. Rivers carry it to the sea. Although neither salt nor fresh water has any color, the sea often looks blue (19)______ the sunlight. The reason is that sunlight is made up of many colors. Some colors disappear quickly in the sea but blue light bounces back or is reflected, to the surface. This makes the sea look blue. (20)______ , a stormy sky will make the sea look grey

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Hurry up! Our uncle is coming. His plane will ___________in less than an hour

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He dropped out __________ school a month before graduation

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No, you're not the star player on the team, but you always do your ______________, which encourages the rest of us to do the same

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If you want to find these titles, look them up in the……….

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He went off the road to avoid going ....... another car

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Smoking, alcohol intake and fast food consumption can increase the risk of heart disease

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Susan hoped ____ to Terry's party

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You can ..... pies and cakes, though cranberry sauce, jams, gravy, and other liquid or jellied foods are restricted to 3.4 ounces

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You can ____ books, clothes, medicine and money to this charity

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The medical community continues to ______________ progress in the fight against cancer

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The rivers in the local area are heavily polluted ____ wastes released from nearby factories

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Nam’s parents are very______ with his success

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I’m not sure my brother will ever get married because he hates the feeling of being ________ 

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Pure Bliss Inc. is trying innovative marketing ------- on its new line of cosmetics

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His wife must have been a saint to put ________________ him for all those years

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In Africa a famous food company tried to sell its baby food by advertising it with the picture of a baby on the label. They did not know that this particular country used labels only to (19)_________ a picture of the food inside. When Pepsico used the slogan "Come alive with Pepsi' in Taiwan, they had no idea that it would be translated into Chinese as 'Pepsi (20) ________ your ancestors back from the dead’. Misunderstandings such as these about language or about culture are sometimes comical but can also cause genuine hurt or anger. Business styles (21) ________ widely in different countries and what is normal in one culture can be completely unacceptable in another. Socialising in different countries can be tricky. In Arabic countries, for example, people do not discuss business (22) _________ meals. Giving gifts is another potential problem: in the UK most people take presents to a dinner party, but in many countries this is not polite because it (23) _________ you think the host is poor

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Nam and Minh ________playing soccer in the yard at present.

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I don’t usually lend people money, but in your case, I’ll _____________ an exception.

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I think he will help you doing your homework_________?