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Option2
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Option3
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Option4
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1. West of Newport -----, one of the many mansions surrounded by acres of gardens
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where the Aston stately home stands
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the stately home stands of Aston
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the stately home of Aston stands
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stands the stately Aston home
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2. Putrefaction ----- by bacteria and not by a chemical process.
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to be caused
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causing
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caused
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is caused
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3. In the Sonora desert, the daytime temperatures ----- to 50 degrees Celsius.
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rise
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rising
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to rise
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risen
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4. ----- publicly executed in 1536 for making what his enemies considered a false translation of the Bible, William Tyndale wrote a version which became the foundation of subsequent English versions
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As if
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After
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When
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Although
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5. ---- capable of walking upright, apelike Australopithecus did so only for short
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As if
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Through
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Until
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Because
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2
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6. ----- erupting in May 1980, Mount Saint Helens continued erupting intermittently throughout the following year.
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After
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Such as
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Since
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As if
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1
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7. ----- having seized their prey with their mouths, pythons swiftly coil themselves around it and suffocate it.
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Until
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Because
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Since
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After
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4
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8. ----- running, grizzly bears are capable of attaining speeds of 35 miles and hour.
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So that
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When
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Through
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So
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3
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9. -----, their small size and the thin soil make them easy prey to a hiker’s heel.
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When alpine flower can resist wind, cold
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When alpine flower can resist wind, cold
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While alpine flowers can resist wind, cold
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Alpine flowers resisting wind, cold,
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3
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10. ----- making a person ill enough to warrant hospitalization, position ivy does not kill.
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As soon as
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Since
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While
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So that
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3
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11. ----- declaring the area useless, Daniel Webster could not have foretold how irrigation would make California’s Imperial Valley bloom
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Because
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When
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Though
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So that
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2
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12. ----- plowing the field, the farmer uncovered a dinosaur jawbone
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As though
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While
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Since
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Until
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2
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13. ----- pandas eat bamboos almost exclusively, they are also carnivorous
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Not only
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Until
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As soon as
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Although
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4
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14. Although ----- a country illegally is risky, the alien who finds work may believe the risk worthwhile.
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when entering
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he enters
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entering
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having entered
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3
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15. --- sighting an approaching car, some drivers tend to speed up.
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When slowing down instead of
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Instead when slowing down at
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When instead of slowing down
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Instead of slowing down when
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4
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16. -----, the travelers, found that their flight had been canceled because of the severe snowstorm.
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That they arrived at the airport
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As soon as arriving at the airport
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At the airport
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They arrived at the airport
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2
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17. The Andean condor glides on a air currents and doesn’t flap its wings ----- it must do so to reach updrafts.
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because
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until
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that
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as if
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1
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18. ----- to England remain strong, the Channel Islanders are exempt from most British taxes.
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Although their ties
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Although tied
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Before their ties
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Tied
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2
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19. When competing in a demolition derby, ----- until their cars are demolished
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that drivers continue
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drivers must continue
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drivers continuing
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although drivers must continue
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2
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20. ----- governments point with pride to increasing mechanization in agriculture human and animal power still produces a significant portion of the world’s food
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Since
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Because
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So that
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While
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4
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21. -----, tobacco farmers had not yet felt its effect.
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Though a campaign against smoking
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That there was a campaign against smoking
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That there was a campaign against smoking
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There was a campaign against smoking
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3
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22. There were few settlements along the North Carolina coast ----- many problems for seafarers
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because the offshore barrier posed
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before posing the offshore barrier
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while posing the offshore barrier
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that the offshore barrier had posed
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1
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23. ----- since the death of her father
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The ancestral home of my mother abandoned
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My mother’s ancestral home standing abandoned
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My mother’s ancestral home has stood abandoned
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None
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3
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24. Drew was a ----- boss, one who gave generous holiday bonuses and often overlooked minor lapses in judgment.
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miserly
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supercilious
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disingenuous
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gregarious
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4
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25. ---- the owner and buyer finally agreed on a price for the house
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They had been bargaining for several weeks
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After bargaining for several weeks
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After several weeks they began bargaining
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As if bargaining for several weeks
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2
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26. ----- of the tranquilizer, the scientist put a tag on its ear and recorded details about the animal
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While under the effect the deer
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While being under the effect the deer
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While the deer was under the effect
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While the deer under the effect
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3
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27. ----- the finish line first, the runner gave up
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Having failed to reach
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Having failed reaching
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He failed to reach
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That he failed reaching
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1
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28. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark made their epic journey across North America in the years from 1804 --- 1806
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to
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between
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over
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for
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1
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29. Clay incense burners ----- effigy lids were excavated near Becan.
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out
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from
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with
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before
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3
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30. The black bear suddenly appeared from ----- the tent
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behind
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out
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with
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after
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1
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31. Wilbur Wright flew his airplane ----- France in 1909
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on
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upon
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until
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over
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4
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32. Mount Rainier towers nearly three miles ----- sea level
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up
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at
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along
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above
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4
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33. The winter snow was -----16 feet deep in places
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across from
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up to
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out from
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out of
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2
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34. While ----- a visit to Georgia, Eli Whitney learned of the need for a machine that could clean cotton
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of
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on
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above
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for
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2
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35. As densely populated as the city is, there are surprisingly few people seen ----- the streets.
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to
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at
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of
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on
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4
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36. The treasures came from a second, ----- room
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the smallest
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as small as
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much smaller
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more small
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3
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37. Bryce Canyon is 56 square miles of badlands, towering, pinnacles, and -----
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It has eroded forms that the grotesque.
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Forming grotesque erosion
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There are grotesque forms of erosion
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Grotesque eroded forms
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4
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38. The Searight collection ----- of the Middle East by European artists covers the past two centuries.
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of some 6,000 drawings and paintings
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About 6,000 drawings and paintings
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Some 6,000 drawings and paintings big
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About 6,000 drawings and paintings in all
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1
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39. The shrinking range poses ----- to Africa’s elephants
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a graver threat that is long term
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the gravest long-term threat
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long term the gravest threat
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a long-term threat graver
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4
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40. ----- in astronomy, the discovery of Uranus was by accident
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It was like my finds
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Like many finds.
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Alike many finds
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Many alike finds.
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2
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41. The stories show how ----- humans have been trying to live in harmony with nature.
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during the earliest times
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that the earliest times
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from the earliest times
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because earliest times
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3
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42. -----, Mozart has already written his first composition
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his age was six
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by the age of six
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he was six
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six years old.
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2
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43. Julius Caesar did not conquer Britain but instead stayed a few weeks, took some hostages, and -----
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Before returning to Boulogne
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He returned to Boulogne.
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Then to Boulogne.
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Returned to Boulogne.
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4
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44. Today shire horses as seen more and more in their traditional role ----- work horses.
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alike
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as
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like
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as if
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2
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45. ----- was debated, the more people became involved
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The longer the issue
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The longer issue
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The long issue
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The longest issue
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1
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46. The Viking Ship Museum houses ----- ever recovered.
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three finest funeral ships
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the finest three funeral ships
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the three finest funeral ships
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the three funeral finest ships
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2
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47. -----, black bears climb trees
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Unlike grizzly bears are
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Grizzly bears are unlike
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Grizzly unlike bears
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Unlike grizzly bears.
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4
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48. The exquisite antique bottle was carved ----- marble
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from
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by
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about at
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at
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2
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49. A fist-sized tarantula was crawling ----- of his hand.
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by the yard
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Between a yard
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about at
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at
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4
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50. Deep in the Rio Bec area of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula -----.
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does a 1,250-year-old pyramid lie
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a1,250-year-old pyramid lie
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lies a 1,250-year-old pyramid
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lies a 1,250-year-old pyramid
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3
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51. The Pacific Crest Trail is America’s -----.
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longest footpath
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the long footpath
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the longest footpath
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footpath the longest one
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Entrance Exam Questions of Class 11 (ENGLISH Page 1)
Friday, June 17, 2011
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