After two years of ................the country’s economy is finally looking a lot healthier.

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WHY DO ANIMALS GO EXTINCT? Different kinds of animals have appeared and disappeared throughout Earth’s history. Some animals go extinct because the climate (41)_______ they live changes. The climate may become wetter or drier. It may become warmer or cooler. If the animals cannot change, or adapt, to the new climate, they die. Some animals go extinct because thay cannot (42) _______ with other animals for food. Some animals go extinct because they are killed by enemies. New kinds of animals are always evolving. Evolving means that the animals are changing (43) _______ from generation to generation. Small differences between parents, children, and grandchildren slowly add up over many, many generations. Eventually, a different kind of animal evolves. [evolve: tiến hóa] Sometimes many of the animals on Earth go extinct at the (44) _______ time. Scientists call this a mass extinction. Scientists think there (45) _______ at least five mass extinctions in Earth’s history. The last mass extinction happened about 65 million years ago. This mass extinction killed off the dinosaurs.
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Linda likes wearing ................ clothes.

The old manager has just retired, so Tom takes ________his position.

The bold way in which Margaret Mead defined the terms “family” – based as much on choice as on biological relationship – is possibly the most enduring of her legacies.

Michael was ............... with anger when he saw his car had been scratched.

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Efforts by the government agency to improve its work were hampered by lack of funds.

The wolf ran _____ the forest and reached her grandmothers cottage before her.

 I regret …... you that your application has been refused. 

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She wants to give full ______ to her anger about discrimination.

Both inventors and engineers look for ways to improve things in areas like health, food, safety, transportation, aerospace, electronics, _______, and the environment.

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Frank’s wallet is lying on the coffee table. He _____ it here last night.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions: 

Slang can be defined as a set of lexical, grammatical, and phonological regularities used in informal speech.

He made all sorts of beautiful plans for his tour without taking into consideration the possibility ________ an entry visa.

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Nick has (A)been working (B)more harder since he (C)was (D)promoted.

He will do the work and then send you the .................. for it.

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Dr. Boyle does not generally see any patients  ______________  appointments, except for cases of emergency.

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You are bound to find information on the stock market crash of 1987 in the newspaper ________ .

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The building's new tenants  _----------  in the next couple of days, so the staff is getting everything ready.

Margarethe Von Trotta is a(n) ................. gifted filmmaker who made vital contributions to the New German movement of the 70’s and 80’s.

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My parents often take careful of me when I am ill.