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The popularity of the daily television show, Celebrity Update, has declined ------ the years as entertainment news has become increasingly available online.

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It was very difficult to.............. what he was saying about the noise of the traffic.

With the dawn of space exploration, the notion that atmospheric conditions on Earth may be unique in the solar system was strengthened.

She wanted ____ home, but her boss made her ____ until the work has finished. 

The ingredients label must be attached either to the cardboard box or .............. to the bottle containing the sauce.

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Mr. Trevors overcame the difficulty of speaking French by  __________  Improving his skills with regular practice.

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Audio-One is so  ___________  about the quality ofits products that it offers a money-back guarantee for all items.

By the time a machine is successfully reproduced and diffused throughout an industry, it may .............. be outdated.

The trainer presented many exciting and innovative marketing strategies for the new product, which lefl the management team feeling ..................

Drinks will be served ............. the main lobby after Mr. Shinna’s speech.

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“____,” the workers refused.

Mr. Powers has asked that the board of directors .................. the issues, strategies and solutions identified in response to the NHHRC final report.

 She is looking _______ a new place to live because she does not want to depend _______ her parents any more.

The Thoth foldable chair requires some .................... but detailed instructions are provided.

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The boy which was given first prize in the contest was very happy.

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The software __________   that New-Tech offers remove security risks and improve the performance of computers.

I heard someone ______ outside. 

Funded by Hurricane Katrina money, the research ................. houses one million dollars worthy of lab equipment.

Although Edgar Allan Poe is recognized as the originator of the mystery story genre and as a master of the short story, literary critics and the general public have debated the extent of both his genius and his madness since his death in 1849. Poe rose from destitute beginnings as an orphan to a childhood of relative comfort when a wealthy businessman took him in. As a young man, however, he descended through poverty and mental illness to an early death at the age of forty. In his short career, he produced dozens of poems, stories, and critical essays that reflect his brilliant creative intellect.

At twenty, Poe moved to Baltimore to live with his impoverished aunt and her daughter, where he eventually married his fourteen-year-old cousin, Virginia. Poe was obviously devoted to his young wife, and idealized images of her appear in many of his female characters. It is difficult to suppose, however, that they had a close relationship, since she was many years younger than he was and chronically ill with tuberculosis. Although Poe wrote for various newspapers and magazines during this time, making great strides in literary criticism and developing his short-story style, he achieved no monetary success.

His sensitive personality and a hereditary tendency to neurosis contributed to a tragic mental decline; however, this only seems to have reinforced the brilliant imagery and fascinating morbidity that he achieved in his tales. Many critics speculate that Poe also suffered from alcoholism and opium addiction. The fantastical quality of his work earned him a devoted posthumous following in France, but he was generally disparaged by his American contemporaries.

According to the passage, some of the women in Poe’s works were inspired by his —–.

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After three months of intense negotiations,  ____________  for the construction of new power plants were signed.

I can’t read when I am traveling. It makes me ______ sick.