Since coming here, I've got used to......... to bed early.

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The tour guide gave assurances and said that the group would not depart for its destination until everyone was definitely _____   the boat.

Many nations have laws offering protection to these species, such as forbidding hunting, restricting land development or creating _______.

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She got up late and rushed to the bus stop.

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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.
(42)..............................

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 Now I understand why you moved out of that house.

Mrs Townsend was left _______________ all the arrangements for the outing by herself.

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.
(36).......................

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

Stacey seems like a bright student. She′s always the first ______ her work.  

 Viet  Nam's  successful  hosting  of  the  22nd  SEA  Games  is considered a/an   ......................  example for other countries to follow, particularly in honesty, consistence and organizing method.

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Mary bought this car last night, ................?

This campaign for protecting endangered species appeals more than 20__________.

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The prices in the catalog include both state and national taxes _______________   not delivery charges.

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I had to pay through the nose to get my car repaired at a service station in the middle of the desert.

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The telephone was ............ by Alexander Bell.

The discovery of the antibiotic penicillin in 1928 has not produced antibiotics useful for the treatment of infectious diseases until 1940.

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Nobody could possibly believe the story he told us

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Our parents join hands to give us a nice house and a happy home

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No one knew precisely what would happen to human being in space.

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I won’t go unless you ................. me the money back.