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1. Until he took off his glasses __________. =A @>I0(7
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3. A good reader can tell the difference between words that sound __________, and know ____________ to use them. 6Ps.E
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4. 90 percent of all English writing ____________ 1,000 basic words. _c2WqQ-05
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5. ____________ to develop his talent, Adam could become an excellent artist. <T+!V-Pj*
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6. Don’t ever drive past a hitchhiker, ____________? bgF^(T35
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7. As a senior professor she should have known better ____________ to get involved in such a scandal. g/~XCC^F?
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8. His power was seriously ____________ by a succession of crises, and when he died, a bitter power struggle ____________. Z=?aEU$7
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9. Leonardo da Vinci ____________ caged birds in order to have the pleasure of setting them free. 7N
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10. In China, customers pay far less for a DVD than ____________ countries. !b nyJA
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11. ____________dull he may be, he is certainly a very successful top executive. E"~2./+rd
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14. It’s high time we ____________ cutting down the rainforests. c2t=_aAIPQ
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16. Loudspeakers were fixed in the hall so that everyone____________ an opportunity to hear the speech. - K9c@ ?
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17. I am surprised____________ this city is a dull place to live in. Dn&D!B
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18. Susan is very hardworking, but her pay is not____________ for her work.
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19. It is imperative that the government ____________ more investment into the shipbuilding industry. oE#d
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20. Land belongs to the city; there is ____________ thing as private ownership of land. 6d_'4B
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21. My daughter has walked eight miles today. We never guessed that she could walk____________far. .Fdgb4>BXX
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22. The statistics ____________ that living standards in the area have improved drastically in recent times. R hncBKm*M
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23. There are only ten apples left in the baskets, ____________ the spoilt ones. ogyTO|V=
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25. There used to be a petrol station near the park, ____________? <sBbT `
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26. It is an offence to show ____________ against people of different races. #d6)#:uss
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27. A great amount of work has gone into ____________ the Cathedral to its previous splendour. 8
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28. The thieves fled with the local police close on their ____________. 4h|c<-`>t
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29. The economic recession has meant that job____________ is a rare thing. eA2@Nkw~)
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30. Many people nowadays save money to ____________ for their old age. | )K8N<n
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31. The tone of the article ____________ the writer’s mood at the time.
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32. The job of a student accommodation officer____________ a great many visits to landladies. 'j#*6xD
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33. Our family doctor’s clinic ____________at the junction of two busy roads. D+ l AhEN
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34. She was so fat that she could only just ____________ through the door. '$i:
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35. After the heavy rain, a builder was called to repair the roof, which was ____________. p_RsU`[
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37. Share prices on the Stock Exchange plunged sharply in the morning but ____________slightly in the afternoon. Hus)c3Ty7
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38. His ____________ brain has worked away on the idea of a universal cure. AP3a;4Z#
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39. The couple has donated a not____________ amount of money to the foundation. `aOFs+<)
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40. I hear that it is estimated that the number of people ____________ less than one dollar a day has ____________ one billion worldwide. GV1pn) 4
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The following passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way: 0Fq}
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