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I’ve had my car examined three times now but no mechanic has been able to ____________ the problem.

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The _______ boards in the staircase would always wake us up whenever somebody climbed up at night.

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The__________movie was released in 1964, which gained a lot of controversial sentiments.

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He put on a large hat and glasses as a disguise and hoped no one would _________ him

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We met Keith last night. He was very cheerful, …………… always

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You’re falling short on class attendance and you failed to submit the last assignment. You’re walking on thin _______in this semester

Employees will be given bonuses and incentives. ..............depending on their performance achievements, not based on their relationship with supervi-

sors.

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The traditional definition of a nuclear family is a family unit that _______ two married parents of opposite genders and their biological or adopted children living in the same residence

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Such characters as fairies or witches in Walt Disney animated cartoons are purely _____

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Anybody hates him for the first time they meet him, ______?

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Turn on the fan, _______?

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I remember Alice as a spotty girl but she’s turned _______ a beautiful woman

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According to ______ National Weather Service, _____ cyclones are _____ areas of circulating winds that rotate counterclockwise in ________ Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in ______ Southern Hemisphere

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We are aware that __________ , the situation will get worse.

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She never ________ her ambition of becoming a doctor

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

(A) What happened in that town (B) were a reaction from some people, (C) including firemen and policemen who had been laid off from (D) their jobs.

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________ several unsuccessful attempts, Robert Peary reached the North Pole on April 6th, 1909

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:

 I take my hat off to all those people who worked hard to get the contract.

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Most of the air pollution results ____ the burning of fossil fuels, motor vehicles, factories, aircraft and rockets

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Every year, millions of people descend ____ protected and pristine natural areas to observe rare species

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If a book is thought to be "hard-to-put-down", that book is a_________one.