Farmers make their soil more productive by distributing _______.

 

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People’s fingernails and toenails, according to a recent study, are nowadays growing more quickly. Research (35) _____ out at the University of North Carolina indicates that the speed at which human nails are growing has increased by (36) _____ 25 per cent over the last 70 years. The results of the study show that the (37)_____ human fingernail now grows about 3.5 mm a month, (38) _____ just 3 mm seven decades ago. Toenail growth, (39) _____ only about 2 mm per month, was also up on the figure (40) _____ in a similar survey done 70 years ago. Researchers (41) _____ the rapid increase down to changes in lifestyle, particularly the greater awareness of the importance of regular exercise and a healthy diet. This, they point out, is in (42) _____with similar trends in the height and weight of present-day adults. Interestingly, it appears that nails have a propensity to grow fastest (43) _____ warmer conditions, with the quickest growth rate among young people, and men. The fastestgrowing nail is on the middle finger while that on the little finger is (44) _____ the slowest, at only a fraction over 3 mm each month.
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The word "sophisticated"  is closest in meaning to ____.

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I hope you don’t mind me .................... so late at night. 

 It is important to raise the people’s _________ of environmental conservation.

Gesture is a potent form of _________ communication.

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I like Mary very much ......... I don’t like her brother.

Mark the Letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

 The children (A)were playing  (B) last night outdoors when it (C)began to rain (D)very hard.

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Upon his retirement, Mr. Ross was highly commended for his vital contributions during the company's  ___________  years.

The lecture is followed by a 15-minute discussion session.

The plot of the novel was exciting, but I didn’t find the  .................. very interesting.

Ernest Hemingway is one of my  .................  American writers.

Advertisers often claim their campaigns at young people as they have considerable spending ____.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. 
The first thing that is included in the "living together” (23) ______ is the expected good relations with your family. This also involves sharing equally the housework. Lots of people think that everyone should share the housework (24) ________, but in many homes parents do most of it. To certain minds, many families can't share the housework whereas they should try it. In fact, sharing the housework equally is not very possible because of the families' timetable. So, it is somehow believed that children and parents must do things together. For this they can establish a housework planning.
(25)_________, housework's contributions of the teenager make him more responsible. He will think that he has an important role in his family. According to researchers, teenagers should share the housework because (26) ______ will help them when they have to establish their own family in the future. Too many teenagers and young adults leave home without knowing how to cook or clean, but if parents delegate basic housework to teens as they are old enough to do it, they won't be destabilized by doing the housework in their new grown-up life.
It can be (27) ________ concluded that many parents don't really prepare their children for future, because they don't stimulate them to learn how to run a house. If parents get them responsible, teens will be more responsible and that will improve family's life.

It can be (27) ________ concluded that many parents don't really prepare their children for future

Scientists and engineers have invented devices to remove ................ from industrial wastes.

Halifax is largest city and chief port of Nova Scotia and is the eastern terminus of Canada’s two great railway systems.

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She gave a long .................about unemployment in Vietnam. 

If it ____ warm yesterday, we would have gone to the beach. 

We have to apply effective measures to save many plant and animal species _______ extinction.

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He is ...................... in reading picture- book.

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