Question: 1 The boys gathered a bundle of ........

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Question: 2 Over by the railroad tracks, there was a heap of ........

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Question: 3 In the distance, the onlookers could see a fleet of ........

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Question: 4 As she looked up, she saw a flight of ........

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Question: 5 The flock of ....... stayed together.

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Question: 6 A swarm of ....... gathered around the swamp.

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Question: 7 A crowd of ....... lined up to see what was happening.

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Question: 8 There was a long row of ....... near the beach.

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Question: 9 The herd of ....... kept eating as the wind blew past them.

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Question: 10 At the show, we saw many different schools of ........

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Question: 1 The other ....... in this anecdote is a young woman called Sally Fairweather.

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Question: 2 She too lives in this ....... and remote village where Andrew has his cottage.

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Question: 3 Now Sally is an entirely different kettle of fish. Her philosophy runs as follows: "Worrying never gets you anywhere and life is too short to ....... time imagining the worst."

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Question: 4 In a word she is the complete ....... in temperament of Andrew. Here comes another cliche: opposites attract.

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Question: 5 But you must remember that two years ago the two main characters hadn't met, which was surprising when you consider the close ....... of Andrew's cottage and Sally's.

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Question: 6 If you take the first left after the post office, you come to Sally's place and if you take the second ....... to the right after that you come to the cottage where Andrew lives.

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Question: 7 The next participant in this village drama is the weather, which ....... a very significant part in English life.

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Question: 8 It was late April and the sun had disappeared behind dark heavy rain clouds but Andrew had already set ....... for the local pub.

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Question: 10 Fortunately he made it to the pub before the storm ........

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Question: 1 An eagle, if pressed for food, might ....... a small baby that had been left in the open unprotected, but such an opportunity must occur very rarely.

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Question: 2 Finland and the Finnish upper secondary education system constitute a good example of the fact that it is possible to ....... very extensive readjustments with a view to making a system more flexible and adapted to individualized learning.

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Question: 3 India and Iran will continue to deepen ties and ....... bilateral projects, including the tri-nation pipeline and a multi-billion dollar gas deal.

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Question: 4 The liver regulates most chemical levels in the blood and excretes a product called bile, which helps ....... waste products from the liver.

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Question: 5 China's cultural industry was given a boost last week after the government announced its plan to ....... cultural reform in more than 20 provincial areas.

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Question: 6 Items such as pointed scissors and ice skates are examples of articles that are not permitted in your ....... baggage when boarding an aircraft.

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Question: 7 An employee with 400 accrued sick leave hours at the end of the fiscal year will ....... into the new fiscal year 360 hours of sick leave and 8 hours of additional annual leave.

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Question: 8 When irrigation has no ....... system, the evaporating water deposits a gradual build-up of salinization, which is eventually damaging to plant life.

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Question: 9 The Scottish Parliament has appointed Mr. Maley to ....... an assessment of the current cost estimate and likely completion date of a new information technology project.

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Question: 10 Animals and humans use the evaporation of water to ....... heat that is absorbed from the sun or generated by metabolic activity and exercise.

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