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We haven't done any gardening for three months.

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He is very capable ________ learning and understanding things.

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When I saw him, he _____ a black suit.

Choose the correct words to complete the sentence: "_______ you take a taxi, you'll still miss your train."

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“What happened after I left the meeting?”
– “We finished assigning tasks, then we went on_____ the budget.”

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Six novels a year, you say? He’s certainly a ________ writer.

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I find it difficult to make a good______________ on this problem.

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for the sentence: " The _______ of the strike caused a lot of poverty."

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I was delighted ______ the present you gave me.

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I took your bag instead of mine______ mistake.

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The twins are such good athletes that_____ should worry about the try-outs.

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Alan is really impressed by the___________ of the city and by the friendliness of its people.

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I remember Betty as a spotty young girl but she has turned_________ a beautiful woman.

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He was__________ that we turned off the TV set immediately.

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In school boys and girls study math. Counting, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing are parts of (81)______what they learn. Schools teach (82) ______because it plays (83)______ an important part in our lives. How could we do such things (84)______ figure time, make a change, build houses, or even keep score for a game without knowing (85)______ numbers? Simple (86)______with numbers, or arithmetic, is one branch of mathematics. Among the many (87)______ branches are geometry, algebra, trigonometry, and calculus. Mathematics has grown (88)______  the need for it has grown. Geometry has to (89) ______mostly with form – with (90)______ things angles, triangles, circles, and spheres. Algebra is a sort of mathematical (91)______. By using algebra we can state many mathematical ideas with just (92) ______letters and signs. If we want to say, for example, (93)_______ in any circles the (94)______ is twice the radius we can write: D = 2r. Gradually other branches of mathematics (95)______ added. Mathematics today (96) of great use to (97) ______other sciences. Mathematics, however, is much more than a tool. It is a way of thinking – of drawing conclusions (98)_______ facts. One (99)________advance in mathematics is the building of great electronic computers or calculating machines. In a few seconds, a computer can (100)________ problems that might take a man years to solve alone.

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I think he _______to Ho Chi Minh city for a holiday.

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‘Let me congratulate you on winning the first prize.’ ‘________ .’

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He was blinded by the ______ of the approaching car’s headlights.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence: "Then people _______ what was happening."

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THE WASTE GENERATION

One of the most striking statistics that I have seen in a long time is that 5 percent of all the energy used in the United States is consumed by computers that have been left on all right.

I can’t confirm this personally, but I can (31)____ tell you that on numerous occasions I have looked out of hotel rooms late at night, in a (32)____ of American cities, and been struck by the fact that every light in every neighboring office building is still on, and that computer (33)____ are indeed flickering.

Why don’t Americans turn these things off? For the same reason, I suppose, that so many people here let their car engines (34) ____ when they pop into a shop, petrol and other energy sources are so (35)____ cheap, and have been for so long, that it doesn’t occur them to (36)____ otherwise.

Why, after all, but each morning when you can have it at your immediate command by (38)____ it on all night?

We are terribly (39)____ of resources in this country. The average American uses twice as much energy to get (40)____ life as the average European. With just 5 percent of the world’s population, we consume 20 percent of its resources. These are not statistics to be proud of.

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If you stay up late, you_______________ sleepy the next morning.