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1. Until he took off his glasses __________. tR2IjvmsX
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3. A good reader can tell the difference between words that sound __________, and know ____________ to use them. Ym0Xl(Se
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4. 90 percent of all English writing ____________ 1,000 basic words. n; !t?jnf.
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6. Don’t ever drive past a hitchhiker, ____________? 30[?XVI&
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7. As a senior professor she should have known better ____________ to get involved in such a scandal. L suc*Ps
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9. Leonardo da Vinci ____________ caged birds in order to have the pleasure of setting them free. H9nZ % n
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10. In China, customers pay far less for a DVD than ____________ countries. ,Ea.t s>
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13. If only I ____________ play the guitar as well as you! m'oVqA&
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14. It’s high time we ____________ cutting down the rainforests. !);}zW!
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16. Loudspeakers were fixed in the hall so that everyone____________ an opportunity to hear the speech. SECL(@0(^
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17. I am surprised____________ this city is a dull place to live in. c<DsCzX
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18. Susan is very hardworking, but her pay is not____________ for her work. !ssE >bDa
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19. It is imperative that the government ____________ more investment into the shipbuilding industry. #}:VZ2Z
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20. Land belongs to the city; there is ____________ thing as private ownership of land. pc:K5 -Os
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21. My daughter has walked eight miles today. We never guessed that she could walk____________far. UyD=x(li
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22. The statistics ____________ that living standards in the area have improved drastically in recent times. ZMg% /C
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23. There are only ten apples left in the baskets, ____________ the spoilt ones. AG/nX?u7)t
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25. There used to be a petrol station near the park, ____________? s-*
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26. It is an offence to show ____________ against people of different races. e_ \4(4x
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27. A great amount of work has gone into ____________ the Cathedral to its previous splendour. 0-l
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28. The thieves fled with the local police close on their ____________. "%qGcC8
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29. The economic recession has meant that job____________ is a rare thing. /_26D0}UuF
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30. Many people nowadays save money to ____________ for their old age. WH/r$.&
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31. The tone of the article ____________ the writer’s mood at the time. :HMnU37m W
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32. The job of a student accommodation officer____________ a great many visits to landladies. J@p[v3W
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33. Our family doctor’s clinic ____________at the junction of two busy roads. 5~aSkg,MD
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34. She was so fat that she could only just ____________ through the door. 0Evmq3,9
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35. After the heavy rain, a builder was called to repair the roof, which was ____________. aO yAP-m,
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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. H9x xId?3u
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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: g%4-QCZ,
For a wrong word, underline it and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line. I'`Q_5s5
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