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I don't know why you insist ____ blaming me ____ all my troubles

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You can use a microwave or cook this kind of food in a conventional oven.

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They have bought a house recently

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Dr. Hendricks is a person _______

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A police officer is there to enforce the law as well as to ____________ the local community

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The new software at Patel Industries has been working ------- since it was installed last year

MY BEST FRIEND
I have several good friends but I (1) ________ that my best friend is Ellen. We (2)________ friends with each other since we were very young because she (3)________ next door to me. We have always been in the same class at school, although she has always been much cleverer than me. I don't mind (4)________, because she often helps me with my homework! Anyway, I've always been better at sport than she is. I always (5)________ her at tennis and she doesn't like that. In fact, she hates losing at anything and gets very annoyed if she does. That's the only thing that I don't like about her. Otherwise, she has (6)________ humour and she's always making me laugh. We get on very well together, although occasionally we've had arguments - usually about silly little things. Ellen and her family moved to another district last year but I still see her a lot. We're planning to go on a trip around Europe next summer, I'm really (7)________ to it because I think we'll have a lot of fun and see exciting places. Of course, it's going to be hard -to afford such a wonderful and exciting trip and so we're both going to get jobs and try to (8)________ enough money for it.
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The furniture he has in his bedroom ___________ a bed and a table

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We need to stop _________ at what damage we have done to the nature and try ________it before it’s too late

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------- the Editorial Department receives the author’s final approval, the manuscript should be sent to the printer

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The concert didn’t come _______ our expectations

The enclosed documents summarize -------changes to the existing overtimeregulations.

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The newest edition of the Biltmire Road Atlas has plastic-coated pages for extra -------

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If it hadn’t been for Tom who ________ our attention to the mistake, the faulty project would have received our acceptance

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:

Keeping animals in these conditions is unbelievably cruel. The farmer ought to be prosecuted.

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There ___________________ a lot of grasses in the garden last summer

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David ____________ the TV set at the moment. He _______________at it for one hour or so

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The young woman who lives next door is very friendly.

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I ____________ my homework for two hours, but I _____________ yet

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions. "Some generations living in the same roof will have _______ viewpoints of lifestyle."

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The Ashford Chamber of Commerce invites visitors ------ the restaurants, and theaters on the city's waterfront