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Psychologists conducted an  __________  study about the negative effects of video games on young children.

What is your barrier to lifelong learning?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.
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.
(41)..............................

 He’s been sentenced to a year’s imprisonment, ………..he? 

_______lunch in Spain is _____ bit different from what we're used to in _____ America.

 By the time their baby arrives, the Johnson hope _______ painting and decorating the new nursery. 

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

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Jerry has been burning the midnight ________ over the last few days; his final exam is soon.

The majority of the students _______ home for their holidays for the past few weeks.

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

Researchers have found that people are sleeping almost two fewer hours a night than they were in the 1960s, and our health is deteriorating as a result.

Over 120 ................. of birds have been recorded in this national park.

.................. is the activity of doing special exercises regularly in order to make your muscles grow bigger.

Many people  ______________  that natural resources will never be used up.

Online courses have enabled many people to realize their learning objectives.

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:

I told you clearly and definitely not to write your answers in pencil, Smith!

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Not all the staff in this company ............. in full- time employment.

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The result will be better if he ............... harder.

You should wear warm clothes in winter, _________ you will catch cold.

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

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She is too .......... with her work, so she doesn’t have time to go out with her friends. 

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. "We might stop here unless you change your way of _____."