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When I was at secondary school, the boy next to me ....... in class.

Read the passage and choose the best option to complete each blank. 
Singapore has a highly developed market-based economy (1) _______ historically revolves around extended trade. Along with Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan Singapore is one (2)_______ the Four Asian Tigers. The economy depends heavily on export, refining, imported goods, especially in manufacturing. Manufacturing constituted twenty six (3) ________ of Singapore’s GDP in 2005. The manufacturing industry is well –diversified into electronic petroleum refining chemicals, (4) _______ engineering and biomedical sciences manufacturing. In 2006, Singapore produced about 10 percent of the world foundry water output. Singapore’s the busiest port in the world in terms of tonnage shipped. Singapore is The world’s fourth largest foreign exchange trading centre after London, New York City (5) _______ Tokyo
(1)............................

Vincent Van Gogh is a famous painter from the 19th century. Van Gogh's paintings are sold at very high prices (1) ______many collectors want his paintings. But unfortunately, when he was (2) ______, he did not have a happy life.
Van Gogh was from a poor family in Holland and lived (3) _______his life at home. He lived a rather sad and (4) _______ life. He drew things that he could see (5) ______ around the quiet town of his parents' home or outside his window. This is why he painted things (6) _______the sky, his room and even himself. 
Van Gogh once cut off his own ear after drawing a picture of himself. He cut it off to (7) _______ the person that said the ear in Van Gogh's painting was not correct. It was very (8) _____ him to do such a thing.
Van Gogh was also (9) _________a crazy man. He really (10) ______become crazy, and was sent to a mental hospital. Sadly, he killed himself when he was just 37.
(6)...........................

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

The ---------- will go into effect on 1 May. 

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Would you be so kind ....... the window? It’s stuffy here.

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Stomy weather in Loraine led to power outages last night,________some residents without electricity.

This habit has become necessary because social changes today take place with increasing speed and ______ the lives of more and more people.

They don't like interruptions or  ______changes of schedule.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

The loan is interest-free, which (A) means that you will only pay the fee listing (B) on our website, with no (C) extra payment in the form of (D) interest.

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When you are ........ orbit, you will be able to walk  ............. the wall.

Choose the best option among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  Bats are fascinating …….have many interesting and amazing qualities.

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Bread and butter ______ my family's daily food ten years ago.

He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ..................dinner. 

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He’s left his book at home; he’s always so ..........................

The __________ retail price for the shoe polish is $3.99, roughly 25% lower than other shoe polishes currently on the market. 

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When you realized you may have difficulty arranging last month’s conference, you should have told me so that I could have gotten more people to volunteer.

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Mary will have finished all her work _______.

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I plan to drop the templates off to you in person, at which time I‘d like to talk to you about any……… you feel are necessary.

…………his falling out with his former employer, Mr. Lee still meets with some of his old co-workers from time to time.

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

Unemployment is a massive problem for the government at the moment.

We .....................Doris since last Sunday.