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   GAP YEAR

In the professional or career world, a gap year is a year before going to college or university and after finishing high school or (1) ____ a year off before going into graduate school after completing a bachelor as an undergraduate. (2) ____ this time, students may engage in advanced academic courses, extra-academic courses and non-academic courses, such as yearlong pre-college math courses, language studies, learning a trade, art studies, volunteer work, travel, internships, sports and more. Gap years are sometimes considered a way for students to become independent and learn a great deal of (3) ____ prior to engaging in university life.

Australians and New Zealanders have a tradition of travelling overseas independently (4) ____ a young age. In New Zealand, this is known as “doing an OE” (Overseas Experience). Sometimes, an OE is (5) ____ to one year, but often Australians and New Zealanders will remain overseas for three to five years, with many working short-term in service industry jobs to fund their continuing travels. Europe and Asia are popular destinations for doing an OE. In Australia, through exchange programmes and benefits for youth, there are so many opportunities for a young person to broaden their (6) ____ through travel in a gap year.

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During the last 400 years, most scientists have  ________on mathematics in their development of their inventions or discoveries.

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Since the Depression of the 1930’s, social programs such as Social Security have been built into the economy to help avert severity business decline

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New York City surpassed the order Atlantic seaports in partly because it developed best transportation links with the interior of the country.

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Only when black bear has been spotted by the forest rangers will  portion of the park be closed down

________ my experience, very few people really understand the problem.

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The nitrogen makes up over  78 percent of the Earth’s atmosphere, the gaseous mass surrounding the planet.

Cancers and AIDS, which are ‘_______________ now, will be cured successfully.

He always complained ________ his mother about his work.

Those workers are in difficulty because wage increases cannot keep up ____________ inflation.

I had a glance at the article, but I haven't read it yet.

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Dinosaurs are traditionally classified as cold-blooded reptiles, and recent evidence based on eating habits, posture, and skeletal structuralsuggests some may have been blooded.

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It is said that the government is about to make the go ahead to plans the building of a new runway at Londons Gatwick airport.

We sometimes go away from the city to the countryside for a_________ of fresh air.

By 2025, it will be widely accepted that schools and pre-schools have ______________ extremely important role to play in_______ future of our world.

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Transfer taxes are imposed on the sell or exchange of both stocks and bonds.

 In the future, maybe all cars that run________ petrol will be replaced by solar cars.

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The ancient Romans used vessels equipped with sails and banks of oars to transporting their armies.

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Most of types of dolphins live at less twenty-five years, and some species may reach 50 years of age.

Fortunately, the hospital's new air-conditioning system __________when the first heat wave of the summer arrived.

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