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It was late, so we decided taking a taxi home.

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You shrug your shoulders means “__________ ”.

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I pick up the school children that live along my route and took them to the school in Broadford.

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A drought is a period or condition of unusually dry weather within a geographic area where rainfall is normally present. During a drought, there is a (31) ______ of precipitation. Droughts occur in all climatic zones. However, its characteristics vary significantly (32) ______ one region to another.

Its (33) ________ depends on the degree of the water shortage, size of the area affected, and the duration and warmth of the dry period. In many underdeveloped countries, such as India, people place a great demand on water supply. During a drought period (34) ________ is a lack of water, and thus many of the poor die.

(35) ________ drought cannot be reliably predicted, certain precautions can be taken in drought-risk areas. These include the construction of reservoirs to hold emergency water supplies, education to avoid over cropping and overgrazing, and programs to limit settlement in drought-prone areas.

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She has taken the driven test three times, but she hadn’t been able to pass the test yet.

He is working very hard______get poor grades.

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I’d rather you _________me the story.

There is one mistake in each sentence. Identify the mistake

Through the war, the soldiers had tried several times to capture the enemy leader but had never managed to do so.        

 Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences:He was possibly the most highly _______ doctor of this century.

Choose correct A, B, C or D to complete the sentence. She got a swollen spot ________ a bee sting

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Parks which are found in downtown areas where office workers and store employees can enjoy their lunch hours sitting on the green grass in the clean, fresh air.

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The tornado caused a massive ________ to the town.

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I couldn’t make______________what he had talked about because he isn’t used to his accent.

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If the factory _________ dumping poison into the lake, all the aquatic animals will die.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

She_____ tight to the handrail.

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Stories are the goodest way of teaching moral lessons to young people.

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Some people grow so taller that their health may become endangered.

Choose correct A, B, C or D to complete the sentence. We’re sorry that we weren't _______ to telephone her and her friends yesterday afternoon

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each question.  

        People all over the world today are beginning to hear and learn more and more about the problem of pollution. Pollution is caused either by man’s release of new and often artificial substances into the environment or by releasing increased amounts of a natural substance, such as oil from oil tankers into the sea.

      Whatever its underlying reasons, there is no doubt that much of the pollution caused could be controlled if only governments, companies, and individuals would make more efforts. In the home, there is an obvious need to control litter and waste. Foods wrapped up three or four times in packages all have to be disposed of; drinks are increasingly sold in bottles or tins which cannot be reused. This not only causes a fitter problem but also is a great waste of resources, in terms of glass, metal, and paper. Advertising has helped this process by persuading many of us not only to buy things we don’t need but also to throw away much of what we have bought. Pollution and waste combine to be a problem everyone can help to solve by cutting out unnecessary buying, excess use, and careless disposal of the Products we use in our daily lives.

The main cause of pollution mentioned in the passage is ______.

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The Earth would be a happy planet if human beings, animals, and plants (PEACE) _____ coexisted.

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