The article analyzes the impact of the tax base  ...........  real estate prices and sales.

 _______ difficult exercises, Lan always manages to complete them without  any help from her teacher.

Mary expected ............... to her dreamy university, but she wasn't.

Choose the best answer:
 He made one last futile effort to convince her and left home.

We appreciated  ........   more opportunities  ............  part in the story - telling contest.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  “Whatever happened to that fortune-teller?” “I don’t know. She ….. around here in a long time.”

............... wait for no man.

You'll have to wait at the bus stop _    the bus comes.

What_________! 

Every country has its (1) _________ traditions, some of which have existed for centuries. In my opinion, we should do everything possible to preserve them.
Some people think that in today's high-tech world traditional celebrations are too old-fashioned and (2) _________ to our lives. However, (3) _________ such as Carnival, are important, as they bring communities together and make us think about other people and not just computers. 
(4) _________ argument against traditional festivals is that they are expensive to organise. To some extent this is true, particularly when there are firework (5) _________ or parades. On the other hand, it is a small price to pay for brightening up our lives with entertainment and colour. (6) _________, celebrations like the 'Fallas' in my home town of Valencia (7) _________ many tourists and their money.
Finally, although I agree that some traditional customs (8) _________ their original significance, they can provide an opportunity for us to learn about our past. For example, Bonfire Night teaches British children about a particular period of their country's history.
To conclude, traditional celebrations are (9) _________ great pleasure and interest, and they are certainly (10) _________ keeping.
(8)...............

You are not allowed to go out now _    a strong storm.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions: 

As all of US cannot be available today, let's put off the discussion till later.

Identify the error in each sentence: 

Only after food has been dried or canned that it should be stored for later consumption

___________ so happy and excited.

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

As well as being a necessary life-saving skill, swimming also (26)________us with a source of great pleasure and relaxation. Swimming, as well as other water sports like diving, surfing or just floating on your back, are some of the best ways to have (27)________and keep fit at the same time. Water sports are enjoyable for people of (28)________ages and even babies can learn to swim.

For elderly people or (29)________with physical handicaps, swimming provides gentle, yet effective exercise. Swimming for fitness and recreation has been popular (30) ________the earliest times, for instance in ancient Egypt, Greece and Roma. Swimming competitions developed in the nineteenth century and swimming races were (31)_______ in the first of the modern Olympic Games in 1896. Now water sports are (32)________ all over the world and most towns have at least one swimming pool.

Most water sports - swimming, surfing and water-skiing, etc, take (33)________on the surface of the water, but scuba divers explore deep below the waves.

There they can find fascinating sea creatures and strange rockformations. Some archaeologists are divers. (34)________search the seabed for wrecks of ships sunk hundreds of years ago which (35)________ objects that show how people lived in ancient times.

(26)________

I am not going to sit here and let her insult me. I demand that she immediately _    for what she has just said.

Research has shown that students, especially those in high schools and universities, can learn  ...........  they do from instructions and textbooks.

He apologized for the ________he had caused. 

It is necessary that a life guard ................ the summing pool while the children are taking their swimming lessons.

The accident  .......   was the mistake of the driver.

If the wall weren’t so high, I _____    it up to take my ball down.