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It seems entirely natural to us that there are teams of scientists in universities and (46) _____ institutions around the world, attempting to discover the way the world works. (47) _____, it hasn’t always been that way. Although the scientific method is now four or five hundred years old, the ancient Greeks, for example, believed that they could (48) _____ the cause of natural events just by the power of thought. During the 17th century, more and more people began to realize that they could test their scientific ideas by designing a relevant experiment and seeing what happened. A lot of (49) _____ was made in this way by individual scientists. These men and women often worked alone, carrying out research into many different areas of science, and they often received very little (50) _____ for their hard work. At the start of the 20th century, though, it became clear that science was becoming more complicated and more expensive. The individual scientists disappeared, to be replaced by highly qualified teams of experts. Modern science was born

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Forty-niners ............. to California for gold in 1848

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Stocks rallied in the first hour of trading only to ....... sharply by noon

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Perhaps the best-known examples of Peru's cultural past are ____ country's Inca remains, most notably Machu Picchu

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Doing the same thing every day can get you ..........

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Gina ........ to sixth place when she fell off her bike

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 They ____________ careful to answer the questions

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Our principal responsibility is to ..... the level of unemployment

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I'm so sorry that you had to go _____________ such a traumatic experience

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The coach makes _______________ of everyone on the team, so no one ever feels left out during a game.

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I had to take $10,000 ____________ of a savings account in order to pay for the car

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You will become ill ______you stop working so hard.

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The smell was so bad that it completely________ us off our food

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I came ___________ while the meeting was in progress, so I waited in the back

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The land falls sharply ....... towards the river

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The old students __________ one another in the school yard

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My mom ________ for two days by the time I see her.

Choose the answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentence.  Hai  ________ a glass of lemonade before breakfast.

Odd one out: (Stadium  / literature / house / museum)

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The mayor was very angry with a few locals because they tried to heckle him throughout his speech