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 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 26

A healthy way to know a city Maybe you are staying in a city, and there is no park nearby where you can take your morning job. One of the more recent trend is to go on a running tour, but you are not leading the way. Rather, a running enthusiast (25) _____ knows the best (26) ______ in the city acts as your guide. You are going out for a run, but you are also being shown highlights of the city while you are doing it.

Guided running tours are a trend that seems to be catching (27) ______ in quite a few of the bigger cities in the United States. New York City, Chicago, and San Francisco are just three of the major cities that have running tours in (28) ________. They offer these tours to individuals, groups, and even for corporate events. If you are going into a city with colleagues to attend a business meeting or a convention, what better way is there to see the city and network with others (29)_________ while taking a healthy run?

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She got up late and rushed to the bus stop.

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She nearly lost her own life in a(n) _____ to save the child from drowning.

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You must always have a good breakfast every morning _____ late you are.

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With the development of (A) the Internet and the World Wide Web, businessmen (B) do not scarcely have (C) as much traveling as they used to (D).

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He spent part of _____ afternoon telling them ____ news he could not tell them by telephone.          

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Had I studied harder, I _____ better in the last exam.

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My cousin obviously didn’t_________ much of an impression on you if can’t remember meeting her.

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I could not get the job because I did not speak English well. Now I regret it.

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The______ north we go, the less likely we are to meet high temperatures.

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The storm gradually decreased in ______ as it came close to the coast.

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I deeply regret ____ to her so severely last night. She was badly hurt.

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“Don’t forget to turn off the tap before you leave,” Grandma said.

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The film was so ______ that, even though I tried not to, I ended up crying.

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_____Ann by phone, James decided to email her.

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Tom writes French as well as he speaks it.