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Audience members  ______  to switch off all electronic devices if they attend any of the presentations scheduled throughout the conference.

 I ……difficulty in finding a suitable job

In the 22nd  SEA Games in 2003, the country     the competition with 340 medals, including 156 golds, 91 silvers and 93 bronzes.

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He thinks that ................ on the internet is a waste of time.

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Your argument _______ that Britain is still a great power, but this is no longer the case.

Be careful with your gun! You ________wound somebody.

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I must have a watch since punctuality is imperative in my new job.

Halifax is largest city and chief port of Nova Scotia and is the eastern terminus of Canada’s two great railway systems.

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Slang can be defined as a set of lexical, grammatical, and phonological regularities used in informal speech.

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Animals on earth fascinate us with their beauty, their grace and their speed.

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Pay the bill within 2 weeks or the electricity will be cut ........................!

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The old manager has just retired, so Tom takes ________his position.

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Educators are complaining that students rely on social media so much that they lose the ability to think critically.

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There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened _______ a sudden loud noise.

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WHY DO ANIMALS GO EXTINCT? Different kinds of animals have appeared and disappeared throughout Earth’s history. Some animals go extinct because the climate (41)_______ they live changes. The climate may become wetter or drier. It may become warmer or cooler. If the animals cannot change, or adapt, to the new climate, they die. Some animals go extinct because thay cannot (42) _______ with other animals for food. Some animals go extinct because they are killed by enemies. New kinds of animals are always evolving. Evolving means that the animals are changing (43) _______ from generation to generation. Small differences between parents, children, and grandchildren slowly add up over many, many generations. Eventually, a different kind of animal evolves. [evolve: tiến hóa] Sometimes many of the animals on Earth go extinct at the (44) _______ time. Scientists call this a mass extinction. Scientists think there (45) _______ at least five mass extinctions in Earth’s history. The last mass extinction happened about 65 million years ago. This mass extinction killed off the dinosaurs.
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Don’t talk in class, ............. you? The teacher is explaining the lesson.

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The ................ of Hanoi is about 5 million. 

That women died of a drug ....................

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Lifelong learners are ____ to learn and develop because they want to: it is a deliberate and voluntary act.

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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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