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The teacher testified to the boy’s honesty when he was accused of stealing from another student. (27 p275)

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As a newspaper reporter, she always wanted to get information at first hand.

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I can’t go out this morning. I’m up to ____ in reports.

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Thanks to the invention of labor-saving ________, domestic chores are no longer a burden.

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Could you please stop ________ so much noise?

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Chocolate is prepared by a complexity (A) process of cleaning, blending (B) and roasting cocoa beans, which (C) must be ground and mixed with (D) sugar.

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Grover Cleveland was the only (A) American president served (B) two nonconsecutive (C) terms (D).

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Any student who neglects his or her homework is unlikely to do well at school.

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The village was ________ visible through the dense fog.

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He is doing very badly but he tries to ___________ appearance.

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If you ________ in my position, what would you do?

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Although both of them (A) are trying (B) to get (C) the scholarship, she has the highest (D) grades.

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She neglected her study during the term,_____she couldn’t pass the exam.

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____ one of the most beautiful forms of performance art, ballet is a combination of dance and mime performed to music.

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________ me to phone them before I go out.

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She played ______ piano confidently, but her timing was not good.