1．In the information age, the messages the average Westerner is ______ with are not religious but commercial. %
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2．______ my return, I learned that my supervisor had gone to the lab and would not be back for several hours. b(|%Gbg@c
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3．If the team was in financial trouble, would the owners sell stock to fans to keep them ______？ XN~#gm#
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4．Apart from its low cost, the appeal of iron as a building material lay in its strength, its ______ to fire, and its potential to span vast areas. [j:}=:feQ
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5．Sophisticated equipment, white coats and medical ______ serve to make most lay people feel ignorant and less important. u}-d7-=
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6．She felt really bad when she realized that she had lost her watch. It wasn't expensive but it had sentimental ______. .8T\Nr\~2
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8．Don't tell Mary your plans or she'll tell everybody. She is always ______ her mouth off. ERp:EZ'
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9．According to the latest population ______ the number of people in the world will go up an alarming 100 percent. lS
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10．Everything seemed so ______ that it was difficult to suspect that it was a lie. Po Yr:=S?
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11．The tender woman felt that keeping silent might be the only or the ______ way out of the miserable situation. U9<_6Bsd
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12．I'm ______ according to my own experience, that the present situation will continue for a long time. F1 <489
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13．______ John I began to trust my feelings and began to believe in my ability. (g%JK3
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14．In Tokyo trading today the US dollar fell and Japanese ______ dropped to their lowest level in three months. 'fS?xDs-v
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15．______, after long pondering, I arrived at the following conjecture. v$t
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16．He is setting out for the country and sends you a thousand thanks and ______. r
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17．If you understand why the question is being asked, you will feel less inclined to regard the interviewer as unduly ______ his nose into your private business. 5+y@ ]5&g
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18．Pam loves children but she doesn't like them when they're noisy. It gets on her ______. | d~B]65t
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19．His presidential address in New York ______ on the importance of communication between science and industry. 6
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20．It would seem that Miller cannot have been on friendly terms with the gardeners there, or he would have made a ______ of visiting them.
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