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Let's hurry up! We must finish _____ the wall before ten o'clock this morning.

She felt ill and .......... leave early.

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Shopping used to be my favourite activity. It started when I was a teenager and I worked in a clothes shop. At that time I had a staff discount in the shop and I used to spend all my wages buying clothes. When I got a job in an office I carried on spending all my spare money buying clothes – even after I had got married, bought a house and had children!

I used to go shopping every weekend and I probably spent about £500 a month buying clothes. It wasn’t something I only did when I wasn’t very happy, I always went shopping however I felt. Sometimes I’d look for ages to find what I wanted. Other times, I’d just buy the first thing I saw.

Most of the things I didn’t need. One day I bought three pairs of boots, even though I already had another ten pairs at home. I never even took the most expensive pair out of the box!

I realised I had a problem when one day my five-year-old daughter looked into my wardrobe and asked me why I had so many handbags. I counted them. I had seventy-five handbags and they must have cost me thousands of pounds. I couldn’t believe what I’d done!

First of all, I threw away my credit card. Then I gave away all the clothes that I’d never worn. After that I made arrangements every Saturday to visit friends or go on a day trip, so I wouldn’t be able to go shopping. Now I’m happy because I’m not a shopaholic any more.
4.What is the writer’s main aim in writing the text?

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Ninety percent of ______ occur around the Pacific Rim known as the ‘Ring of Fire’.

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Shelly disagreed with the board’s decision. She ______ and went to work for another company.

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There has been a big increase ________ the price of land recently.

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Tom runs faster than John and David runs the _______ in the group.

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We missed the ferry yesterday morning. It ________ by the time we arrived at the pier.

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I talked to Anna throughout the evening,____ nothing I said changed her opinion.

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She will be happy ..........a mobile phone by her mother.

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The number of people suffering_______ heart disease has increased.

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The children will be glad........... up to the festival by their parents.

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The lion has (A) long been (B) a symbol of strength (C), power, and it is very cruel (D).

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Look! They’ve put up a roadblock. I wonder what’s going_____.

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I would like to continue to lend my helping hands to achieve the goal of giving all children an equal chance of having ______futures.

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My son  _____ noise, so I ______ on my work at home.

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 _______ they’ve already made their decision, there’s nothing much we can do.

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Do you really think that we____ by creatures from outer space in the near future?

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I’m exhausted ______ all the hard work of the past week.

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The town crier shouted the _______ news as he was walking.

He says that he must have ________.