Find the mistake: The length of the trip will depend on how good are the roads.

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Ernest Hemingway’s books have been translated ______ many languages.

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While she........... an e-mail to send to her brother, the lights went out.

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He  _________  here for a long time.

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It’s a___________ that petrol will go up in price, (certain)

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I do a lot of gardening. It_________ most of my free time.

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_______ the furniture  _____ arrived yet.

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Danny was out when I came, ______ I left a message. 

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I always start the day by going_______ my email.

Barbate painted his bedroom black. It looks dark and dreary. He  ........... a different color.

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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).

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The new highway will be finished ahead_________schedule.

 We live near ________ the river.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete the sentence: "Mrs. Mai felt tired; ______, she went to bed soon."

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If a book is really_______, it will certainly_______the reader.

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Harrods, in London, is probably one of the best-known _______in the words.

Ho Chi Minh City is ______ than Nha Trang.

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John was really a silly boy. I still remember ______ very stupid questions.

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All of the radio and TV stations_________ the news of the peace plan yesterday.

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The only thing I could see in him was a certain______________ for action, (keen)

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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.
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