PART 1 VUCABULARY (15 minutes, 10 points, 4.5 point each) LnI{S{]wDh
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17. Surely it doesn't matter where charities get their money from: what ______much is what they do with it. .h4\{|
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19. As he was a thoroughly professional journalist, he already knew the media______. JN4fPGbV
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20. There was little, if any, evidence to substantiate the gossip and, ______, there was little to disprove it. -oyO+1V
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