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Peter has been working for 10 hours. He _______ be very tired now.

The Beauty Contest is ............. start at 8:00 a.m our time next Monday.

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With the financial crisis over and banks eager to provide loans, it has never been ------- easy for the average person to own a home.

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Ms. Waddill provided a few members of her department with an ___________   covering the key points of the C EO ' s speech.

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People’s fingernails and toenails, according to a recent study, are nowadays growing more quickly. Research (35) _____ out at the University of North Carolina indicates that the speed at which human nails are growing has increased by (36) _____ 25 per cent over the last 70 years. The results of the study show that the (37)_____ human fingernail now grows about 3.5 mm a month, (38) _____ just 3 mm seven decades ago. Toenail growth, (39) _____ only about 2 mm per month, was also up on the figure (40) _____ in a similar survey done 70 years ago. Researchers (41) _____ the rapid increase down to changes in lifestyle, particularly the greater awareness of the importance of regular exercise and a healthy diet. This, they point out, is in (42) _____with similar trends in the height and weight of present-day adults. Interestingly, it appears that nails have a propensity to grow fastest (43) _____ warmer conditions, with the quickest growth rate among young people, and men. The fastestgrowing nail is on the middle finger while that on the little finger is (44) _____ the slowest, at only a fraction over 3 mm each month.
(39)..............................

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A chronic lack of sleep may make us irritable and reduces our motivation to work.

He ___ through with his plan although all his friends advised him to abandon it.

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We thought the two films were very similar ................ a great extent.    

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He is tired now ................... he played soccer in the afternoon.

The world's biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, which makes wildlife _______.

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During the five- decade history the Asian Games have been advancing in all aspects.

The air is naturally contaminated by foreign matters such as plant pollens and dust.

I promise that the matter will__________.

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I don’t know ................. website is wonderful for me.

One of the areas of multimedia that is growing quickly______

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Adverse weather conditions made it difficult to play the game.

 Choose the best answer among A, B, c or D that best completes sentence: The town …….. a decline after the mine closed.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

Around 150 B.C. the Greek astronomer Hipparchus developed a system to classify stars according to brightness

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. 
The first thing that is included in the "living together” (23) ______ is the expected good relations with your family. This also involves sharing equally the housework. Lots of people think that everyone should share the housework (24) ________, but in many homes parents do most of it. To certain minds, many families can't share the housework whereas they should try it. In fact, sharing the housework equally is not very possible because of the families' timetable. So, it is somehow believed that children and parents must do things together. For this they can establish a housework planning.
(25)_________, housework's contributions of the teenager make him more responsible. He will think that he has an important role in his family. According to researchers, teenagers should share the housework because (26) ______ will help them when they have to establish their own family in the future. Too many teenagers and young adults leave home without knowing how to cook or clean, but if parents delegate basic housework to teens as they are old enough to do it, they won't be destabilized by doing the housework in their new grown-up life.
It can be (27) ________ concluded that many parents don't really prepare their children for future, because they don't stimulate them to learn how to run a house. If parents get them responsible, teens will be more responsible and that will improve family's life.

Lots of people think that everyone should share the housework (24) ________, but in many homes parents do most of it

Choose the best answer among A, B, c or D that best completes sentence:  In the _____  month, all the trees in this forest will disappear if nothing is done to protect them.

Indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

The plans should remain flexible to accommodate changes in students' needs and circumstances.