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The flowers will soon start to bloom ________ the winter is gone and the weather is beginning to get warmer.

She speaks English as ______ as you.

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If we........... you were sick, we would have called on you sooner.

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Only in the last few years_________ to use home computers.

When she  ........   the noise, she  ..........   down to the kitchen and  ...........   on the lights.

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She not only sings like an angel,________.

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Loch Ness is a............... in the Highlands of Scotland.

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______ is the act of cutting down or burning the trees in an area.

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His friends are surprised _____ his success.

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These pesticides are environmentally__________ , so they’re hardly ever used, (harm)

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Shopping used to be my favourite activity. It started when I was a teenager and I worked in a clothes shop. At that time I had a staff discount in the shop and I used to spend all my wages buying clothes. When I got a job in an office I carried on spending all my spare money buying clothes – even after I had got married, bought a house and had children!

I used to go shopping every weekend and I probably spent about £500 a month buying clothes. It wasn’t something I only did when I wasn’t very happy, I always went shopping however I felt. Sometimes I’d look for ages to find what I wanted. Other times, I’d just buy the first thing I saw.

Most of the things I didn’t need. One day I bought three pairs of boots, even though I already had another ten pairs at home. I never even took the most expensive pair out of the box!

I realised I had a problem when one day my five-year-old daughter looked into my wardrobe and asked me why I had so many handbags. I counted them. I had seventy-five handbags and they must have cost me thousands of pounds. I couldn’t believe what I’d done!

First of all, I threw away my credit card. Then I gave away all the clothes that I’d never worn. After that I made arrangements every Saturday to visit friends or go on a day trip, so I wouldn’t be able to go shopping. Now I’m happy because I’m not a shopaholic any more.
2.The writer felt shocked when she knew she had.................. .

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The local government provides financial support to the children of ____ parents.

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If I ______ ill, I wouldn’t have been absent from school.

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I__________reading this book by next weekend.

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If it _____ fine tomorrow, we'll go shopping.

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There used to be a military_______ in Red Square on 1st.

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______ in the garden all day? You look exhausted.

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We left early _______avoid the traffic jams.

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Remember to go ______ your test paper before you hand it in. 

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The Tsunami of December 2004 in South East Asia_________ nearby areas and killed nearly 300,000 people.