Sucrose, which supplies glucose to the body, is extracted from the sugar cane plant, and white sugar (pure sucrose) is used by food technologists to ______ sweetness in other substances.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: Mary worked in a vineyard last summer ….. money for school expenses.

 I will come and see you before I ....................for America. 

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The consequences of the typhoon were disatrous due to the lack of effective measures.

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---------- about the actual cost of the project have delayed the plans for expanding the  arena. 

The UK Government ensures that all schools in the UK ______ certain standards, and this includes independent schools as well as those that are run by the Government.

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He single-handedly solved the problem for the company and was named Employee of the Month.. 

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For decoration, people mount animal heads on walls. They buy furs to make rooms more

lavish.

Mrs Smith and her students are visiting the zoo.

Mike: "Can I feed the gorilla, Mrs Smith?"

Mrs Smith: " ............. The sign says 'No feeding the animals'."

Since no one bought tickets to the disco, we had to call it ____ .

To the majority of us, this is someone we trust completely and who understands us better ______ anyone else.

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He’s really delighted with his success.

Of course, the most important  ________ is to provide good public transport.

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When it rained heavily, John usually ........ at home.

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I don’t have to get up until ten o’clock tomorrow - what a____________!

The tourist industry is (1) ……. to be the largest industry. Before 1950 one million people travelled abroad each year but by the 1900s the figure (2) ….. to 400 million every year. (3) …… large numbers of tourists, however, are beginning to cause problems. For example, in the Alps the skiers are destroying the mountains they came to enjoy. Even parts of Mount Everest in the Himalayas are reported to be covered (4) ….. old tins, tents, and food that have been (5) ……
But at a time when we have (6) ….. freedom to travel than ever before, more and more people are asking how they can enjoy their holidays (7) ….. causing problems by spoiling the countryside. Now there is a new holiday (8) …… called "Holidays That Don't Cost The Earth". It tells you (9) ….. you can help the tourist industry by asking your travel agent the right questions (10) ……... you go on holiday.
(9)...............

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The works of such men as the English philosophers John Locke and Thomas Hobbes helped pave the way for academic freedom in the modern sense.

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Your ....... conversation has drawn a lot of attention from people in the ballroom.

 ______, he did not receive respect from the people.

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. 
The Philippines, officially known (1) _____ the Republic of the Philippines, is (2) _____ in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. The Philippine (3) ____ 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, sharing borders with Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The Philippines is the world's 12th most populous country with a population approaching 90 million people. Its national (4) _____ is the 37th largest in the world with a 2006 gross domestic product (GDP) of over 117.562 billion USD. There are (5) _____ 11 million overseas Filipinos worldwide. The Philippines became a Spanish colony in the 16th century and an American territory at the (6) _____ of the 20th century. The Philippines won independence from Spain in 1896. The Philippines (7) _____ its independence from the United States on July 4, 1946 after World War II. Spanish was (8) _____ official language of the Philippines until 1973. Since then, the two official languages are Filipino and English. The Philippines had cultural ties with Malaysia, Indonesia, and India in the ancient time, and trade (9) _____ with China and Japan as early as the 9th century. The late 1960s and early 1970s its economic development was second in Asia, (10) _____ to Japan. The Philippines is a founding and active member of the United Nations and is a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)/ The Philippines is also a member of the East Asia Summit (EAS) and an active member in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
(7)........................

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