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Old Behrman, the main character in the short story The Last Leaf by William Sydney Porter, is a simple, kind-hearted artist who always dreams of painting a masterpiece.

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I was really looking forward to going to the game and I could hardly wait until the _______ day came

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After being chased by the police a long way, the criminal managed to escape by the skin of his ____________

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I still keep wondering if I was doing ______ right thing when I asked my father for __________ permission to leave school

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Scientists have __________ hope of finding a complete cure for cancer before 2010

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 People in Korea gave books to schools in Indonesia, and Indonesians taught Koreans a traditional dance. This exchange helped them learn about each other's culture.

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Last week, we ______ an interesting film about the animal world

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The higher the content of carbon dioxide in the air is, ____

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Gravity is the cause of the earth’s spherical shape. In other ____, it results in the earth’s spherical shape.

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We’ve been tearing our ________________ out trying to decide what to do

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: We …….. a contract with the supplier.

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The panda’s natural________is the bamboo forest

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The results of the research are _______ at the end of the chapter.

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“Please don’t misunderstand me. I just want to pay you a (n)________”

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Humans will enjoy longer life expectancy when they are more conscious of what they eat and do.

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Public schools have dropped the _____ when it comes to teaching kids about art and music

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These figures don’t make sense -have we _______ somewhere?

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It was not ____ the next morning that Mike began to think about where he was to go.

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She ________________ her job as an event manager to become a self-employed baker.

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San Francisco, America’s romantic city, has always been a haven for the artists and writers ____________ have left at least part of their hearts there