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Initial fears about the compatibility of the program with personal computers have ------- been resolved and the manufacturers have begun production

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The librarian pointed ___________ the sign that said to keep quiet

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“I phoned but you didn’t answer it. You must have gone out.” “________.”

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Most people think of computers as very modern inventions, products of our new technological age. But actually the idea for a computer had been worked out over two centuries ago by a man (39) _____ Charles Babbage. Babbage was bom in 1791 and grew up to be a brilliant mathematician. He drew up plans for several calculating machines which he called "engines". But despite the fact that he (40)_____building some of these, he never finished any of them. Over the years, people have argued (41)_____his machines would ever work. Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished building(42)_____engine based on one of Babbage's designs. (43)_____has taken six years to complete and more than four thousand parts have been specially made. Whether it works or not, the machine will be on show at a special exhibition in the Science Museum to remind people of Babbage's work

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He got faint, but soon ........

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The food here are ……………

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentence: What’s your favorite_______? - I like winter.

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I can’t stand him. He always talks as though he______everything

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I think I put my pants ____________ backward!

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Many working women rely on relatives to help take care of their children.

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We need to do more to make the neighborhood safer and more livable

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Malaysia and Indonesia _____ into dumpsites after China had stopped importing their trash

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There won't be any lecture about urbanization this week, ____?

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The sports meet, originally due to be held last Friday, was finally ____ because of the bad weather

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Only a small percentage of glass is recycled, but markets for recycled glass is growing steadily

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Roosevelt was what we might call a "lifetime learner." Learning became, for him, a mode of personal enjoyment and a path to professional success. It's a habit many of us would like to emulate.

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Duong ______________ piano lessons every Saturday

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My mother ____ old clothes while my father ____ the food packages for the next voluntary trip

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She'll find herself with no friends at all if she carries on behaving like this

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 ___ is that woman?  - I think she is a teacher

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Thanks to our modern lifestyle, with more and more time spent sitting down in front of computers than ever before, the (36) _____ of overweight people is at a new high. As people frantically search for a solution to this problem, they often try some of popular fad diet being offered. Many people see fad diet (37) _____ harmless ways of losing weight, and they are grateful to have them. Unfortunately, not only do fad diet usually fo the trick but also they can actually be dangerous for your health. Although permanent weight loss is the goal, few are able to achieve it. Expert estimate that 95 percent of dieters return to starting weight, or even (38) _____ weight. While reckless use of fad diets can bring some initial results, long-term results are very rare. Nonetheless, people who are fed up with the difficulties of changing their eating habits often turn to fad diets. (39) _____ being moderate, fad diets involve extreme dictary changes. They advise eating only one type of food, or they prohibit other types of foods entirely. This results in a situation (40) _____ a person’s body doesn’t get all the vitamins and other things that it needs to stay healthy