Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

A 15 percent increase in worker……..at the Isis Corporation is largely due to a recent investment in 25 new packaging machines.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

This guest house offers fine accommodations at an affordable______________.

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I'm afraid you will ....... wait a long time.

Have you visited any European countries? Yes. I .............. Spain and Italy two years ago. 

Freya Stark (1893- 1993) was an extraordinary woman who ventured into (1) ____ areas where few Europeans had ever (2) ____ foot. Born in Paris, brought up in Italy, and educated in London, she was already multilingual before deciding to learn Arabic (3) ____ the end of 30. She traveled (4)____ through Greece, Italy and Cyprus. However, her passion was for exploring ancient lands of the Middle East. She was determined to make contact with the tribes that populated the area before their traditional (5) ____ of life vanished forever. She led expeditions into the most dangerous areas and despite the risks (she was even thrown into a military prison on one occasion), she always returned safe and (6) ____. During her travels, she completed a (7) ______ across the Valley of the Assassins, famous not only for its rough terrain but (8) ____ for its murderous inhabitants, and followed in the (9)___ of Alexander, the Great. In her long career she produced maps, discovered lost cities, and worked as a spy and propagandist, although it is as a travel writer that she is best remembered. She died at the age of 100, (10) ________most women of her generation in more ways than one.
(1).........................

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Southeast Asia is a region of diverse cultures.

My brother is interested in doing                     research.

There are plenty of industrial _______ established in the area, which also makes the government worried about pollution.

Politicians___________blame the media if they don’t win the election. They’re so predictable.

In the past, this information used to be kept on paper in the _______ of, for example, books, newspapers and timetables.

– Mary: “That’s a very nice skirt you’re wearing.”

–Julia”                  ”

Vincent Van Gogh is a famous painter from the 19th century. Van Gogh's paintings are sold at very high prices (1) ______many collectors want his paintings. But unfortunately, when he was (2) ______, he did not have a happy life.
Van Gogh was from a poor family in Holland and lived (3) _______his life at home. He lived a rather sad and (4) _______ life. He drew things that he could see (5) ______ around the quiet town of his parents' home or outside his window. This is why he painted things (6) _______the sky, his room and even himself. 
Van Gogh once cut off his own ear after drawing a picture of himself. He cut it off to (7) _______ the person that said the ear in Van Gogh's painting was not correct. It was very (8) _____ him to do such a thing.
Van Gogh was also (9) _________a crazy man. He really (10) ______become crazy, and was sent to a mental hospital. Sadly, he killed himself when he was just 37.
(7)...........................

The major goal of ASEAN is to         economic growth, social progress and cultural development.

Every ten minutes, one kind of animal, plant or insect dies (1) ...... forever. If nothing is done about it, one million species that are alive today will have become (2) ...... twenty years from now.
The seas are in (3) ........ They are being filled with poison, industrial and nuclear (4) ......., chemical fertilizers and pesticides, sewage. The Mediterranean is already nearly dead. The North Sea is following. If nothing is done about it, one day soon nothing will be able to live in the seas.
The tropical rain forests, which are the (5) ...... of half the earth's living things (including many rare animals and plants), are being destroyed. If nothing is done about it, they will have disappeared in twenty years. The (6) ...... on the world's climate and on our agriculture and food supplies, will be disastrous.
Fortunately, somebody is trying to do something about it. In 1961, the World Wildlife Fund was (7) ...... - a small group of people who wanted to raise money to save animals and plants from extinction.
Today, the World Wildlife Fund is a large international organization. It has raised over $35 million for conservation projects, and has created or given (8) ...... to National Parks in five continents. It has helped 30 mammals and birds, including the tiger, to (9) ........ Perhaps this is not much, but it is a start. If more people give more money - and if more governments wake up to what is happening -perhaps the World Wildlife Fund will be able to help US to avoid the disaster that (10) ...... the natural world, and all of US will be with it.
(4)..................

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He fell off his bike, ……. three teeth.

Firstly, we have more leisure time than we ______ to, and people are generally living longer, which means there is more time to do more (including reading books).

Choose the best option among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  Mai usually spends one hour _____ to work every day.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

We sent a letter to the travel company to request a___________on winter destinations. 

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Will you still love me if I say that I don’t have ......... money left?

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

All the members of the__________-- had a party after the play was over.

She was once bitten by a monkey, ________ made her dislike monkeys for the rest of her life.