The Beauty Contest is ............. start at 8:00 a.m our time next Monday.

The police are trying to put an end _____ the motorbike race among teenagers.

Sarah’s friends all had brothers and sisters but she was a (n) _____ child.

 I must remind my students that this grammar point needs …........ 

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Mrs Smith said, "Sam may have gone to the library." 

When I borrowed his book, he was angry as if he_____ the most precious thing in this world.

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She is _______ a spectator.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.
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.
(38)..............................

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It took me 2 hours ................ this work.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

Participants from 100 countries go to the Olympic Games

I’d like to make ____for crashing your car. Let me pay for the repairs.

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.

A/ an ____ species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming extinct.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.
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.
(44)..............................

The teacher likes her essay because it’s very ....................................... .

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He was born ........... 15th, January.

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I am fond of ........... to the movie on Sundays.

............... me to your mother when you are in New York.

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The Smiths enjoyed the ........... atmosphere in Viet Nam.

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The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was …......…. by Congress in 1973.

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Many reports in newspapers talked a lot about the ............. of UFOs.

Can you make a ..................... estimate of how much our expedition in the desert may be?