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The Internet has developed and become part .......... our daily life.

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The computer has dramatically affected ______ photographic lenses are constructed.

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People should be told about the things that threaten the safety of ____ so that they can avoid doing them.

All candidates will be treated equally, ................... of their age or background.

My English is progressing in ......................

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------ reviews for Leonard Atwood's new book were very positive, orders for the novel were lower than the publisher had expected.

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We’ve bought some ________ chairs for the garden so that they are easy to store away.

I wish you ____ throw rubbish out of the car window.

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When you have a small child in the house, you _____ leave small objects lying around. Such objects ____ be swallowed, causing serious injury or even death.

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He laughs a lot because ............... her funny face.

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Solar energy is not only plentiful but also infinite.

After some reflection, he decided to bite the  .................

Birds aren’t all the same. There are many different .......................

The twins used to play rugby when they were four year old, ________ ?

Many an environmentalist, in addition to many economists, _____ that if oil supplies _____ in the near future, we would find it hard to fulfil our energy needs.

I first met her two years ago when we ______ at Oxford University.     

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The accused confidently ________ that he was innocent.

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They .................. him if they would come there the day after.

Humus is formed during soil microorganisms decompose animal and plant material into usable elements by plants.

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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.
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In _______ 22nd SEA Games, Vietnam won 158 _______ gold medals.