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The sale of drugs is controlled by law in most countries.  

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Helen likes to listen to music, (A) to go to the cinema,(B) to chat on the phone (C) and going shopping. (D)

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Children enjoy telling and listening (A) to ghosts stories, (B) especially (C) on Halloween night. (D)

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Professor Jones said  (A) that a good way to improve (B) your language are (C) learning to practise (D) it.

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Lack of water  and nutrients has impeded the growth of these cherry tomato plants. 

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People  _________can speak English can be understood in many countries. 

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The primary causes of species extinction result _________habitat destruction, commercial exploitation and pollution. 

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Toxic chemicals in the air and land, contaminated water and increased water temperatures have also driven many spices to the verge _________ extinction. 

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If you run _________Nam, give him my best wishes. 

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We bought some __________ 

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The picture is _________; the thief will be most disappointed when he tries to sell it 

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We had better to review (A) this chapter carefully (B) because we will (C) have some (D) questions on it on our test tomorrow.

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________you do better work than this, you won't pass the exam 

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 33 to 42. Fill in the appropriate word in question 41

                TRAFFIC LIGHTS

The first traffic signal was invented by a railway signaling engineer. It was installed (33) ___ the Houses of Parliament in 1868. It (34)_____ like any railway signal of the time, and was operated by gas.  (35) ____, it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident discouraged further development until cars became common.

(36) ____ traffic lights are an American invention. Red – green systems were installed in Cleveland in 1914. Three - color signals, operated (37) _____ hanz d from a tower in the (38) _____ of the street, were installed in New York in 1918. The first lights of this type to (39) ____ in Britain were in London, on the junction between St. James’s Street and Piccadilly, in 1925. Automatic signals were installed (40) ____ year later.

In the past, traffic lights were special. In New York, some lights had a statue on top. In Los Angeles the lights did not just change silently, but would ring bells to (41) _____ the sleeping motorists of the 1930s. These are gone and have been (42) ____ by standard models which are universally adopted.

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To our surprise, the so-called cheap shop was ________ was expected.