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Experts have now come up with proof that such stories were_______earnest after all.

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A new project run by the Red Cross has attracted a lot of________worldwide.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks from 15 to 19
About 50 or so kinds modern plastic are made from oil, gas, or coal-non-renewable natural resources.  We (15)___ well over three million tons of the stuff in Japan each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away .A high proportion of our animal consumption is in the (16)____ of packaging and this constitutes about seven percent by weight, of our domestic(17) ____ . Almost all of it can be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling industry is growing fast. The plastics themselves are extremely energy - rich – they have a higher calorific(18) ____ than coal and one methodn of “recovery” strongly (19)____ by plastic manufacturers if the conversion of waste plastic into a fuel
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Because it rains heavily, they don’t go on holiday. They stay at home, ________

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We finally managed to ____ our way through the crowd and reach the exit.

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I was woken up __________ by the sound of someone hammering on the front door.

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

 The high mountain climate is cold and inhospitable.

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Rose has been all over the world, but he still has a ___________ for seeing new places and enjoying new experiences

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Who are you most ________ to in your family?

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Living in a big city isn’t __________ interesting as I thought it would be

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The________year in England runs from September to July and is divided into three terms

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The candidates took a _______ breath before he walked into the interview room.

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____ the institution type, in the United States, students typically earn credits for courses they take and these credits count towards the completion of a program

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The plant decided to close the _______ on water shortage

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_______ the film’s director, Ben Affleck, was famously left off the 85th Oscar’s Best Director list of nominees surprised everyone.

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The boy dipped_________the book and then placed it on the table.

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Your behavior and comments in the party last night were inappropriate and fell below the ________standards.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the undelined part that needs correction in each of the following questions:

Although both of them (A) are trying (B) to get (C) the scholarship, she has the highest (D) grades.

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When one is talking, you shouldn’t interrupt him, _______?

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Not only the little children but a few adults were ______________with this nasty cold

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If you think _______ the box, yourthoughts are not limited or controlled by rules or tradition, and you have ideas that are creative and unusual