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My grandmother, as usual, lamented the decline ________ moral standards in today's society

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My father stopped the car in order __________

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The painting was so beautiful that I stood there admired it for a long time.

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Greenpeace works to promote awareness of the dangers that _________________ our planet today.

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In 1999, many people in the world were disturbed ________ that the US and Australia refused ________ the Kyoto treaty on climate change

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There is no need ______ the door of the meeting room tonight

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Mougey Fine Gifts is known for its large range of -------- goods.

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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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After -------- interviewing more than fifty candidates for the position of manager of the Biotechnology Department, the committee chose Dr. Alan Liu

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The government came in for a lot of criticism after the revelations.

Global warming will result ________ crop failures and famine.

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------ by the product demonstration last week, the operations manager has decided to order several of Handimaid's appliances

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I’ll take the new job whose salary is fantastic.

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The employee help desk will be moved to room 530 ------ the Human Resources offices are being renovated

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 I can't believe she didn't do anything for the company. I will ____ and be in charge

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Sally has just won a full scholarship to one of the most prestigious universities in the world; she must be on cloud nine now.

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The recently ------- mayor said she plans to address the town's traffic problems soon

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The new security camera adjusts ------- in such a way that it can record quality video at night

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Even a low level of noise interferes ___________ my concentration

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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We are a very _____________ family and support each other through any crises.