The old manager has just retired, so Tom takes ________his position.

 

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. "As soon ____ the class had finished, the students ran out, screamed and shouted."

In order to avoid boredom, the most important thing is to keep oneself  ................

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By being thrifty and shopping wisely, housewives in the city can feed an entire family on as little as 500.000 VND a week.

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People’s fingernails and toenails, according to a recent study, are nowadays growing more quickly. Research (35) _____ out at the University of North Carolina indicates that the speed at which human nails are growing has increased by (36) _____ 25 per cent over the last 70 years. The results of the study show that the (37)_____ human fingernail now grows about 3.5 mm a month, (38) _____ just 3 mm seven decades ago. Toenail growth, (39) _____ only about 2 mm per month, was also up on the figure (40) _____ in a similar survey done 70 years ago. Researchers (41) _____ the rapid increase down to changes in lifestyle, particularly the greater awareness of the importance of regular exercise and a healthy diet. This, they point out, is in (42) _____with similar trends in the height and weight of present-day adults. Interestingly, it appears that nails have a propensity to grow fastest (43) _____ warmer conditions, with the quickest growth rate among young people, and men. The fastestgrowing nail is on the middle finger while that on the little finger is (44) _____ the slowest, at only a fraction over 3 mm each month.
(43)..............................

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I wear a hat .............. I don’t want to be sick.

Dwelling primarily in the ice Northern Polar seas, beluga whales are characteristically small, white, agile, and elusive.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 35 to 44.
In Korea, in former days the marriage between a man and woman represented the joining of two families, rather (35)_____ the joining of two individuals. The event (36)_____ Taerye (Great Ritual), and people from all over the village or neighborhood participated. The ceremonies and events surrounding the actual marriage were long and (37)_____ . Professional matchmakers paired up likely candidates for marriage, with the new couple often meeting for the first time at their wedding. The families considered many factors in the decision, consulting with fortune tellers for (38)_____ about the couple's future life together. During the Chosun period, people married (39)_____ their early teens, with the girl often being several years older than the boy. The groom usually traveled to the house of the bride for the ceremony, then stayed there for three days (40)_____ taking his new bride to his family's home. The actual ceremony involved many small rituals, with many bows and symbolic gestures. The (41)_____ were expected to control their emotions and remain somber. (42)_____ Koreans have kept several aspects of the traditional ceremony, most modern ceremonies resemble Western marriage ceremonies more than (43)_____ Korean ones. However, many folk villages and museums across the country regularly perform ceremonies to (44)_____ the traditions alive.
(41).......................

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The giraffe is conspicuous in the grasslands because of its long neck.

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The team wasn’t playing well, so the coach took the bull by the horns and sacked several senior players.

The ______ of the scheme is to send more than two thousand pairs of used football boots to South Africa.

I have gone to the doctor’s to have a checkup. - You____ . You just had your check-up last week!

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I can’t stand ............. on the underground when it is busy. 

In order to grow vegetable properly, gardeners must know______

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. "People in Australia are so environmentally-friendly that they create the _____ country in the world."

It finally ______ home to me that it was time to buy a place of my own.

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If it ................, we will go to the movies.

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Mary and her younger sister have many ........................

The ................. north we go, the less likely we are to meet high temperatures.

 I don’t think you can do it, and………………my mother 

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Have you seen Peter lately? I’ve been looking .............. him this week.