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Penny _____________ good impression on my parents. She is so polite

Despite ..............efforts and partial success for the last few years, the unemployent rate is still in the rise.

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Reading __________ the lines, it seems that the government’s considering tightening media regulations

If you take the ice out of the fridge, it _____.

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________ busy she is, she manages to pick her children up after school every day

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The new supermarket is so much cheaper than the one in John Street. _____, they do free home deliveries

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Many technological innovations, such as the telephone, ____ the result of sudden bursts of inspiration, in fact were preceded by many inconclusive efforts.

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Animals’ regular interactions with people may lead ____ a kind of taming

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:

 The bomb exploded in the school; fortunately no one was injured.

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Some species of rare animals are in ________of extinction

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I hurried to railway station, only ……… the train was gone

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Mary had to look after her younger brother when her parents are on business, ______?

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Jenny is an early riser and she doesn’t object ______ the trip before 7 a.m.

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Parents help their children ________ more social and emotional skills than friends do

It is too bad, Lam isn’t here. If he _____ here, he _____ what to do.

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You must obey the speed limits on public roads. They are designed to keep you safe. You shouldn’t exceed the speed limit ________you are an experienced race car 

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–“When are you going to get rid of those ________ trousers?”–“Hmmm I don’t know but I like them a lot.”

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Her final paper needs a few minor________.

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Tom sat down on _______ edge of a log and looked at ______ glassy surface of thelake

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There are small ________between British and American English.

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Some researchers have just _______ a survey of young people's points of view on contractual marriage.