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Please remind the presenters that the ------- of the talk should not exceed the 45-minute time limit

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Hoa are very happy with the gift __________ by her boyfriend on her birthday.

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In March of 1995, 182 countries attended a United Nations social summit, where they pledged to take action to ____________ out global poverty

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Stephen William Hawking ____ on 8th January, 1942 in Oxford, England

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According to ___________ , the thief escaped through the bedroom window

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The repeated commercials on TV distract many viewers from watching their favourite films.

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The festival ended a day early after an _____________ of violence involving hundreds of youths

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____ we stop deforestation, a lot of species will lose their habitats

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Who ________________ at the door?

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The _____________ to the front of the building was locked, so we had to use the back doors instead

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Ms. Budrow was promoted after ------- group recorded the highest revenue growth for the year.

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Sitting too close to the TV hurts your ________

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Don't forget this is a _________________ enterprise - we're here to make money

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The federal government is committed to protecting consumers ------- carefully regulating hazardous products

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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It takes me fifteen minutes __________to school every day

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This new model not only saves time but also ________ operating on two batteries instead of four.

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Experts say that another outbreak of flu epidemic is on the cards.

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In _____ of your years of hard work and experience in the company, we think you would be well- suited to a managerial role within the company

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He used to smoke a lot,_________ now he doesn’t smoke any more.

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------- on the city’s ongoing revitalization project, Mayor Owen promised that residents would be pleased with the results