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_______ Hong Kong used to be part of the British Empire.

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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 town crier shouted the _______ news as he was walking.

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Young children seem to master computer games with_____________ . (easy)

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Rarely Americans (A) shake hands (B) to say goodbye, except (C) on (D) business occasions.

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 Paster, whose _____ of a cure for rabies made him _____  was a French scientist.

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 A few hours after the injection the feeling of numbness in your arm will_______ 

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Don’t _____ until tomorrow what you can do today.

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All computer users are connected on a(n)___________ .

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Jennifer has trouble with college math. She wishes she______ more in high school.

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The Nobel prize-winning (A) candidate, accompanied by (B) his wife and children, are staying (C) in Sweden until (D) the presentation.

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Unfortunately, I ran _____ film, so I couldn’t take any more photographs.

The boy _______ over there is my brother.

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Archaelogists think that massive floods could have ________ the dinosaurs.

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A lot of trees _____ in the garden at the moment.

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I had no idea that he was lying to me.’I was completely taken _____

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His friends are surprised _____ his success.

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He showed his __________ by asking lots of unimportant questions, (experience)

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It’s_________ that people who earn more money pay lower taxes, (logical)

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The reporter is talking about the ____________ of the fire.

Can Tho is _______ from Sai Gon than Bien Hoa is.