The influence of the nation’s literature, art, and science have captured widespread attention.

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At least 11 people were killed when a four-storey building in the earhquake.

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They were playing in the garden when__________.

His parents never allowed him ________.

Rudolph Nureyev has become one of the greatest dance the ballet world has ever known .

Most Polar seals retreat to open water during the winter, but a few types have learn to survive on and under the ice all year round.

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She complained_________ when she heard that she had to work on Sunday.

Often a headache is caused by the contraction of one of the muscle group that cover the skull, thus causing spasm and pain.

If either of you take a vacation now, we won’t be able to finish this work.

There is nothing more annoying than you are interrupted when you are speaking.

From 1905 to 1920, American novelist Edith Wharton was at the height of her writing career, publishing of her three most famous novels.

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I'm very ______ to you for putting in so much hard work.

Emergency relief, including medicines, clothing, and foodstuffs, were sent to the earthquake zone immediately following news of the disaster.

VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES: Choose the best options 

The man _______ opinions I respect most is my father. 

Above 80 percent of the laborers at the construction site are temporary workers.

Among the parameters that determine whether an environment is suitably for life as we know are temperature, water availability, and oxygen content.

He has been hoped for a raise for the last four months, but his boss is reluctant to give him one.

The native people of the Americans are called Indians because when Columbus landed in the Bahamas in 1492, he thought that he has reached the East Indies.

Hailey’s comet was named after the astronomer Edmund Hailey, who was the first to realize that some comets appear in regular cycle .

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correcting in each of the following questions.

He wrote a false beard so that nobody couldn’t recognize him.

There is no Oxygen in space to support the combustion of fuels as is there in the air on the Earth.