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With the dawn of space exploration, the notion that atmospheric conditions on Earthmaybeuniquein the solar system was strengthened. 

My father said to me, “ Why are you late? Did you miss the train?”

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Dams are used to control flooding, provide water for irrigation, and generating electricity for the surrounding area.

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If we _______ the environment together, we can minimize serious pollutions.

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When you see your teacher approaching you, a slight wave to attract his attention is appropriate.

Are the years you (1) _________ at school the best years of your life? Personally, I found most lessons rather uninteresting. We had to sit at our (2) _________ in silence and (3) _________ attention. The teachers used to (4) _________ on the blackboard and ask us difficult questions. We also had to (5) _________ lots of homework, and (6) _________ it in on time. We had to wear a school (7) _________, and we had to obey lots of (8) _________ I left school as soon as I could and started work. I read books at the public library, and later I decided to (9) _________ college. I really enjoyed studying because I was older and knew that I wanted some (10) _________. When I was at school, I was just the wrong age!
(4).............................

This serves to illustrate people’s utter ______ in the face of machines that are meant to serve their basic needs. 

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The nominating committee always meet behind closed doors, lest its deliberations become known prematurely.

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I clearly remember talking to him in a chance meeting last summer.

- What an attractive hair style you have got, Mary!

- _______

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After teaching English in Vietnam for ten years, Nicolas decided to buy a house and spending the rest of his life there.

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Something was strange happened yesterday has been worrying me. I really don't know what to do.

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– Would you like a drink? --- ____________.

Joe asked me _______ that film the night before.

Jamei: “ Don’t eat so much junk food !

I hardly ever see my host friend anymore, we were slowly ______ apart.

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These investments have remained dormant for several years

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The government has made an attempt to avert the crisis.

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He seems to make the same mistake over and over again.

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Paper was so expensive during the Middle Ages that it has to be used sparingly.

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Xoansinging is a vocal art of villages in the ancestral land of PhuTho. It has been ________ for generations and the oral tradition is still very much alive today.