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The city council ________ approved the highway extension project pending the  results of an environmental review. 

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She told .......... afraid.

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Personnel changes within the marketing department …………no surprise, as it completely failed to meet the target on the most recent project.

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..................... the new office building is occupied, construction vehicles will not be allowed to use the main parking area.

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After his long absence from school he found it difficult to.......up with the rest of his class.

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The exper_______spoke at last month's seminar on environmental awareness has been nominated for a Flagler Price.

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Scientists are trying to find energy that consumes less fuel.

Health is something we tend to (1) ___when we have it. When our body is doing well, we are hardly (3)____of it. But illness can come, even (2)______we are young. In fact, childhood has been a very susceptible time. Many diseases attack children in particular, and people know very little (4)______ to cure them once they struck. The result was that many children died. About a century ago, (5)__________, scientists found out about germs, and then everything changed. The (6)_____ of many diseases was found, and cures were developed. As this medical discovery spread, the world became (7)______ safer for children. The result is that (8)___________a hundred years ago, the average man lived for 35 years, nowadays, in many areas of the world, people can (9)______ to live for 75 years. And what do we expect by the year 2020 ? Undoubtedly, medical science will continue to (10)______ . Some people will be able to avoid medical problems that are unavoidable today.
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It’s discourteous to ask Americans questions about their age, marriage or income.

Be prepared! No  _____ how good the childcare may be, some children are going to protest wildly if they are left.

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He has just bought ....... expensive new furniture.

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She was a devoted teacher. She spent most of her time teaching and taking care of her students.

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If I had another $25,000 a year, I would consider myself ___________.

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This boy is poorly-educated and doesn’t know how to behave properly.

I'm not leaving _______ I get an apology from you.

Mary and John are meeting at the cinema.

Mary: "Hi, John. How are you?" John: " ................. . And you?"

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The use of lasers in surgery has become relatively commonplace in recent years.

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Minnesota’s thousands of lakes ...... over 4,000 square miles.

Women and children.............a right to live their lives free from all forms of violence and abuse, and society............. a duty to recognize and defend this right. 

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What is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and what is its purpose? The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a multilateral organization which was (1) _____ to give Southeast Asian states a forum to communicate (2) _____ each other. Since the region had a long colonial past and a history of endemic warfare, there has never been much peaceful and constructive (3) _____ between kings, presidents and other officials. A neutral forum was, (4) _____, a very useful development for all of those countries. ASEAN was formed as a result of the Bangkok (5) _____ of 1967 and initially had five members: Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, (6) _____ Philippines and Singapore. Brunei (7) _____ joined in 1984 after it had won independence from Britain. Vietnam became the seventh member of the group, officially joining in 1995. (8) _____ several years of negotiation, Myanmar and Laos joined in 1997 and the final member of the ten, Cambodia, joined in 1999. The only (9)__ state in Southeast Asia which is not a member of ASEAN is now East Timor. It is still (10) _____ vulnerable and fragile to be able to participate for the foreseeable future.
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