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The number of homeless people _____ dramatically during the last ten years.

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People in the North say they work much _____ and speak more directly and honestly.

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Jane has never been to Italy,________?

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This is the most beautiful place I ever visit

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He is today _____  than yesterday.

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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.
1.After the writer had got married, ...............

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She takes _______ her mother; she has blue eyes and fair hair, too.

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As soon as we finished singing, my friend, Mary.............. out the candles on the cake.

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Barbara started a course at college, but she ______ after six months.

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Why (A) did you go to the (B) language center where (C) Jane is studying (D) for?

Everything is going well. We     any problems so far.

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Nobody believed Paul at first, but he ______to be right.

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The rapid________ of population led to an acute_________ of housing. (grow – short)

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If you had worked harder, you________ the final exam.

The performance  .......   at 7 o'clock and  ........   for 3 hours. We all   ........  it very much.

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Here, in fine weather, can be seen hundreds of _____ people who have escaped for while from the noise and bustle of the town.

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If he knew the facts, he _____ us what to do. 

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This park is very _____ to visitors.

The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for _______ health.

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Had they (A) considered the alternatives (B) more carefully, they would have realized (C) that the second was better as the first (D).

I think ____________ popular food in Vietnam is pho.