There are _____ bottles of milk in the fridge.
I am surprised that you _____ it before.
I am meeting him _____ the corner of High and Main Street.
Driving a bus all day is _____ than people think.
The holiday rep had a long _____ with us about the resort on our first day.
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Surrounded by forested mountain slopes are the town of Telluride, a former gold-mining town 7,500 feet above sea level.
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That film is about the boy which lost all of his money in the fire.
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My father often spends a hour working in the garden everyday.
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The robot slowly realized it’s power over humans and proceeded to take over the world.
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“If I were you, I wouldn't read the job advertisement and position description carelessly.”, Helen said.
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The traffic accident caused a traffic jam, which lasted 2 hours.
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She's only lived in Paris for a few weeks, so I'm sure she doesn't speak French very well.
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No professional golfers that have won the Open award so far are younger than the guest on our show.
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I don’t have a lot of money so I can’t buy a car.
Read the following passage then choose the best answer to each question below.
Since its foundation, the city of Venice has sunk deeper and deeper into the muddy lagoon bed. Its inhabitants reacted to this by simply piling one floor on top of the other just to keep the level. Up to six floors per house can be found today. Unfortunately, the situation has deteriorated dramatically since the 1930s. In less than 30 years, Venice sank more than it did before during two centuries. Although the reasons are complex, there is one cause in common: human beings. First, the industry of Mestre and Marghera used the groundwater of the lagoon, leading to a rapid sinking of the city. Second, chlorine and nitrogen wastes as well as wastewater from the major cities have attacked the petrified oak trees and slowly dissolved them. Global warming also causes more and more flooding, which is a further burden for the city.
Up to now, there have been numerous projects for the protection of the lagoon, which are more or less effective. The GENESIS (gigantic electronic control dams at the entrance to the lagoon) project will regulate flooding in the city in the future, while other conservation projects have tried to eliminate industry in the lagoon – with limited success so far. To make matters worse, the population of Venice is shrinking. More and more Venetians are moving to Mestre. Venice is increasingly left to the tourists and greedy traders, but whether it is beneficial to the preservation of Venice remains to be seen.
What is the passage mainly about?
According to the passage, all of the following are the reasons to the rapid sinking of the city EXCEPT ______.
The word ''them'' in paragraph 3 refers to ______.
The GENESIS project ______.
The word “shrinking” in paragraph 4 mostly means ______.