His aggressive style contrasts __________ with that of his low-key predecessor.

The mountain gorilla is on the verge of ...........................

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He took a vow to abstain from smoking.

When I borrowed his book, he was angry as if he_____ the most precious thing in this world.

Although the patient’s condition is serious, she seems to be out of ..................

Thanks to the invention of labor-saving  ..............., domestic chores are no longer a burden.

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

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The computer has dramatically affected ______ photographic lenses are constructed.

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Species become extinct or endangered for ____ number of reasons, but ____ primary cause is the destruction of habitat by human activities.

The International Red Cross has about 97 million volunteers whose main  ..................  is to protect human life and health.

For more than 20 years, the Vietnamese government has pursued the open - door........................ and continued to woo foreign investment.

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The government decided to pull down the old building after asking for the ideas from the local residents.

Many an environmentalist, in addition to many economists, _____ that if oil supplies _____ in the near future, we would find it hard to fulfil our energy needs.

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This quartet of extraodinarily talented musicians generated a phenomenal number of pieces that won gold records.

Colleges in the newly formed United States, in recovering from the adverse effects of the American Revolution, inaugurated a broad curriculum in response of social demands.

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There is still  ______________  work to be done, but was not concerned about meeting the deadline.

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Health One Hospice's board of directors hopes to  ___________  the institution with a partner that shares similar values.

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Be ............! He is looking at you.

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. "Often, computer – animation companies first _____ motion tests with simple computer-generated line drawings before selling their computers"

Gwendolyn Brooks, which won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950, had 75 poems published by the time she was twenty.

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We’ve bought some ________ chairs for the garden so that they are easy to store away.