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22. We need to take steps to counter the _____ decline in our export market. ei{s* :SN .z[+sy_
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23. Her handwriting is so bad that it is barely _____. LS txM6 6:B5PJq
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24. We’re going to _____ what we’ve learned so far by doing some revision exercises today. '$ p2(CXw $hKgTf?
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25. Kevin made one last _____ attempt to persuade Sandra to go with him, then left. p 8]8XQQ PA,j;{,(b
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26. The school agreed to _____ their decision until they had spoken to William’s parents. K# %_ c: R
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28. The _____ between the two sets of figures suggests that someone has been stealing money from the bank. * A E EXBfzK)a
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29. The idea that a good night’s sleep will cure everything is a complete _____. Oe{gMKcA\ 3R{-\ZMd
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30. Before a bill can become law it has to have the full _____ of both Houses of Parliament. X|] 24/Pp {'b8;x8h
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31. The image is _____ by a series of lenses within the telescope. F!,fn; tLc sRMzU
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32. Strangely enough, the most obvious explanation did not _____ Jackie until the next day. x X* g N!m%~},s//
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The law introduces strict __40__ on the sale and advertising of tobacco. Companies will have to __41__ the contents of cigarette smoke. __42__ giving tar and nicotine contents on cigarette packets, says the government, __43__ will be required to list other toxic constituents of smoke alongside their __44__. But with some 4000 such toxic components, the government plans to __45__ only a handful on each packet. brdmqA+ kA b1#=q0Zl
Health groups __46__ this move, but are disappointed that the law fails to demand that cigarettes be __47__ in generic white packets with the brand name given in standard black lettering. “We have a major __48__ here,” says LeGresley. rd+T b'j5v <oO,
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The new bill, which is __49__ by the Canadian Tobacco Manufacturers’ Council as “very extreme”, is now being rushed through parliament. It is designed to discourage cigarette sales to the young, __50__. Young people buying cigarettes will have to show proof of age, just __51__ they do for alcohol. The bill also __52__ cigarette ending machines and mail-order sales. Glgzv"OI p 7X|r';"?i
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39. A. sketches B. drafts C. codes D. regulations e UN $5 i ]R@G5d
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41. A. incorporate B. comprise C. disclose D. confess @Bp _NQ% 2{CSH_"Z7
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76. 现在的年轻人心怀不切实际的抱负,追逐地位和财富,正在把自己弄得很痛苦。在最近的一个调查报告里,半数以上年轻人说:如果他们到30岁还没有一个长期的合作伙伴,银行里没有存款,没有一个高级的事业职位,没有一辆豪华车,没有家, 他们会感到好似失败了。显而易见,这是治疗痛苦的妙方。但是不可避免地,只有少数人会实现这些目标,而大多数人觉得自己失败了。更何况,即使表面上看似赢家的人也身处感到好像是失败者的大风险之中。