He …….selling motorbike for 10 years 

Sales of the Chinese toys dropped ____sharply when the TV news reported that high levels of toxic lead had been found in painted toys.

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The computer has dramatically affected ______ photographic lenses are constructed.

Reviewers often  ....................  books as “hard to put down” or “hard to pick up again”.

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The red dress is ______________ than the blue dress.

Unlike football, a water polo game is  ................. into quarters.

Probability of extinction depends _______ both the population size and fine details of the population demography.

Nga is very modest, always _______her success.

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There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened _______ a sudden loud noise.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option for each of the blanks.
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.
(35)..............................

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------ the terms of his employment contract, Mr. Allen receives 1.5 times his regular pay rate for overtime hours.

Ben would have studied medicine if he _______ to a medical school. 

The new building at the corner of the street will be ______ because it hasn’t been built to be earth quake proof.

After a meal in a restaurant, you ask the waiter for the ......................

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: My ……priority is to find somewhere to li ve.

Many scientists ................ all their lives to working out answers to problems.

________ is destroying larger areas of tropical rain forests.

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She looked ...........  when she heard the ................  news. 

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HGS Company was awarded the construction contract as it had a  _____________  bid than any of the other competing firms.

The negotiations got off to a____ start, as neither side was willing to even consider the other's proposal.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

I told you clearly and definitely not to write your answers in pencil, Smith!