The mountain gorilla is on the verge of ...........................

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Around 150 B.C. the Greek astronomer Hipparchus developed a system to classify stars according to brightness

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

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We should do something immediately to conserve _______ nature.

I’ve got __________ money to lend you now. I think you can ask Lyn for some

Facial .................. show one’s feelings when he is communicating.

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Without telling her directly, they ______ that she’d got the job.

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I can’t go to the park with you ............. it is raining.

When the teacher asked Daisy what the chemical formula was, her mind went ..................

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It was the shop near my school that I bought these shirts and accessories.

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According to the study, the ____________   a marketing campaign is among young people, the better a product is likely to sell.

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. "We might stop here unless you change your way of _____."

Birds aren’t all the same. There are many different .......................

Government have passed laws to ...................... protect wildlife from commercial trade.

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She has been talking to somebody ............. the telephone for two hours. 

Tony would have forgotten the appointment if I hadn’t ................ him.

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The local government tried to play down the seriousness of the disaster.

Indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Dinosaurs were unable to survive severe ice age weather conditions.

 By the time their baby arrives, the Johnson hope _______ painting and decorating the new nursery. 

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Could you reply this e-mail? Please confirm your attendance at the meeting!

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This guidebook is full ................... useful information.