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tournament
poultry
mould
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He had never experienced such discourtesy towards the president as it occurred at the annual meeting in May.
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The arrival of a great wave of southern and eastern European immigrants at the turn of the century coincided with and contributed to an enormous expansion of formal schooling.
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The Minister has tried to cushion the blow somewhat with a cut in taxs to help the citizen during the pandemic.
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Polish artist Pawel Kuzinsky creates satirical paintings filled with thought-provoking messages about the world.
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None of her novels lends itself to being made into a film; they just simply lack a coherent storyline.
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Biologists long regarded it as an example of adaptation by natural selection, but for physicists, it bordered on the miracle.
She had got so accustomed _____ the new system that she could finish her work ahead of time.
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THE BEGINNINGS OF FLIGHT
The story of man's mastery of the air is almost as old as man himself, a puzzle in which the essential clues were not found until a very late stage. However, to understand this we must first to the time when primitive man hunted for his food, and only birds and insects flew. We cannot know with any certainty when man first deliberately shaped weapons for throwing, but that of conscious design marked the first step on a road that leads from the spear and the arrow to the aero-plane and the giant rocket of the present day. It would seem, in fact, that this to throw things is one of the most primitive and deep-seated of our instincts, appearing in childhood and persist into old age. The more mature ambition to throw things swiftly and accurately, which is the origin of most outdoor games, probably has its in the ages when the possession of a suitable weapon and the ability to throw it with force and accuracy the difference between eating and starving.
It is significant that such weapons were and brought to their final form at an early stage in history. If we were restricted to the same materials, it is doubtful we could produce better bows and arrows than those that destroyed the armies of the past. The arrow was the first true weapon capable of maintaining direction over considerable distances. It was centuries before the man himself could fly.
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Life originated in the early seas less than a billion years after the Earth was formed. Yet another three billion years were to pass before the first plants and animals appeared on the continents. Life's transition from the sea to the land was perhaps as much of an evolutionary challenge as was the genesis of life.
What forms of life were able to make such a drastic change in lifestyle? The traditional view of the first terrestrial organisms is based on mega fossils-relatively large specimens of essentially whole plants and animals. Vascular plants, related to modern seed plants and ferns, left the first comprehensive mega fossil record. Because of this, it has been commonly assumed that the sequence of terrestrialization reflected the evolution of modern terrestrial ecosystems. In this view, primitive vascular plants first colonized the margins of continental waters, followed by animals that fed on the plants, and lastly by animals that preyed on the plant-eater. Moreover, the mega fossils suggest that terrestrial life appeared and diversified explosively near the boundary between the Silurian and the Devonian periods, a little more than 400 million years ago. Recently, however, paleontologists have been taking a closer look at the sediments below this Silurian-Devonian geological boundary. It turns out that some fossils can be extracted from these sediments by putting the rocks in an acid bath. The technique has uncovered new evidence from sediments that were deposited near the shores of the ancient oceans-plant microfossils and microscopic pieces of small animals. In many instances, the specimens are less than one-tenth of a millimeter in diameter. Although they were entombed in the rocks for hundreds of millions of years, many of the fossils consist of the organic remains of the organism.
These newly discovered fossils have not only revealed the existence of previously unknown organisms but have also pushed back these dates for the invasion of land by multi-cellular organisms. Our views about the nature of the early plant and animal communities are now being revised. And with those revisions come new speculations about the first terrestrial life-forms.
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Which of the following resulted from the discovery of microscopic fossils?
Which of the following conclusions would the author probably agree with?
John is broke, and he is going to borrow some money from Laura.
John: “Have you got any money left?”
Laura: “Unfortunately, _____.”
Little Deon: "This herb smells horrible!"
Mommy: "_____, it will do you a power of good."
Joe and Matt met at a friend’s farewell party.
Joe: "I thought you were too tired."
Matt: "_____ I’ve decided to go. I feel I owe it to him."
Waiter: "Hello, I’ll be your waiter today. ______"
John: "Yes. I’ll have orange juice, please."
A: "The company needs a _______ leader if we want to go further in the future."
B: "I totally agree with you."
Choose the best way to rearrange the following sentences in order to make a meaningful conversation.
a. I really like your apartment. It's very spacious.
b. No. I mean it! It's one of the most spacious apartments I've ever seen.
c. Oh, go on! You're just saying that!
d. Well, thanks for saying so. I'm glad you like it.
Choose the best way to rearrange the following sentences in order to make a meaningful conversation.
a. Oh, I don't really like that.
b. Did you happen to hear that the USA and Europe have just signed a new trade agreement?
c. I'm absolutely sure. I heard it on the 7 o'clock news.
d. That can't be. Are you certain?
Choose the best way to rearrange the following sentences in order to make a meaningful conversation.
a. Gee - uh... I don't know where to begin. What do you want to know?
b. Hmm. That's interesting. Do you enjoy your work?
c. I'm a civil engineer. I design roads and bridges for the city.
d. So, tell me a little more about yourself.
e. Well, let's see... What do you do?
f. Yes. I like it a lot.
Choose the best way to rearrange the following sentences in order to make a meaningful conversation.
a. That saves a lot of money.
b. How are you doing that?
c. That’s a good deal.
d. I’m trying to stretch my dollars.
e. I bought three pounds of potatoes for a dollar.
f. I started shopping at the dollar store.
Choose the best way to rearrange the following sentences in order to make a meaningful conversation.
a. Don't you remember? It's the blue one with gray and yellow stripes.
b. Hmm. Which one is that?
c. Oh, that one. I know where it is. I'll get it.
d. The one the children gave you.
e. Which one?
f. You should wear your new tie with that jacket.
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Far more devastating for the author than the loss of his house to fire was the destruction of the sole copy of his latest novel.
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They were being very secretive about what had happened at yesterday's meeting.
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It is no exaggeration to say that there was not a single person in the audience who was not moved by the sentimental play.
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The manager is quite sure that the volume of business we'll have dealt with by the end of our first year will exceed the initial estimates.
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Some of the football fans began to riot when the referee awarded their rival team a dubious penalty.
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We were promised by the travel agent about the facilities at the hotel when we made our reservations. When we arrived, it barely had any of them.
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In summer in India, the heat is the most intensive in the plains. However, it lessens as you move up into the mountains.
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Ethiopia was isolated from the rest of the world for centuries by both enemies and geography. Therefore, it has retained unique traditions.
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In the past, Orange County used to be full of orange groves. Now, there are mainly housing tracts due to urban sprawl.
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CFCs were used in aerosols, refrigerators and solvents. It also made a dangerous hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica.
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(1)__________. Victims of bullying reported poor mental and physical health, more symptoms of anxiety, depression; feeling sad, being lonely; vomiting; sleep disturbance; nightmares; body ache; a headache; abdominal pain, and frequent illnesses. (2)__________, depression, violent behavior, and substance abuse are among the most mediated factors between bullying and suicide. (3)__________, peer victimization and low academic performance are often correlated because children who are chronically victimized experience negative emotional and psychological outcomes. (4)___________. A recent study among primary school children revealed that verbal bullying among female students was associated with poor academic performance on writing skills. Physical bullying is likely to degrade students’ performance on numeracy, and writing for both males and females. (5)___________, temporary victimization can seriously impaired students’ academic performance and achievement.
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