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Choose the best choice for each item.
Fred: Hold on there, Mike, Where are you running off to?
: Oh, hi Fred. Can’t stop to chat I’m already late for work.
21___ you're always busy lately. If it isn’t work, it’s studies or
something else. You don’t have time for your friends anymore. When you took
that full-time job | warned you:__22_!
I think you were right. Now I see that it was__23__ too much responsibility
all at once. My grades in school are already starting to go down.
Fred: There you are! 24 your hours at work and maybe drop a course or two,
at least for this semester?
Mike: Maybe I'll do that. At this rate my health is liable to suffer, too.
Miki
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It’s fortunate
That’s no excuse
No doubt about it
Don’t lock a gift horse in the mouth
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
Don’t bite off more than you can chew
Don’t count your chickens before they're hatched
23, a chance to assume
a success to ask for
a mistake to take on
an opportunity to show off
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24. Who doesn't care about
How do you go slow on
What's more important than
Why don’t you cut down on
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25. A farmer had 17 sheep. All but nine died. How many sheep does the farmer have left?
9
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26. The doctor gave you three pills and told you to take one every half hour. If you follow
her instructions, how long will the pills last?
1. one hour
two hours
three hours
one and a half hours27.
28.
29.
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Allof the following comparisons between Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 planes are
directly stated in the diagram EXCEPT the .
1. weight
2. — operating range
3. first delivery date
4. passenger capacity
‘An Airbus A350 plane could carry more passengers than a Boeing 787 because the
former has
1. more types
2. alonger tail
3. awider body
4. better engines
The number of planes ordered shows that Boeing
i has gained more orders since 2007
2. could make planes faster than Airbus
3. might lose its market share to Airbus
4, can sell more planes to airline companies30.
31.
33,
figure
fortune
busy
happy
rumor
campaign
rust
faith
People have long been superstitious about numbers, and
‘some numbers seem to have widespread significance ...
NINETENELEVENTWELVETHIRTEEN
‘Seven has always been considered a special number.
Ancient Egyptians thought the world was a four sided
house with three gods in it, making seven parts, Tae
Roman believed that people’s__30_ changed
completely every seven years. According to the Rihle,
the world was made in seven days. And when we are
extremely __31___ and say, ‘I'm in seventh heaven.’,
we are referring toan Islamic belief where Seventh
Heaven is the best of all possible heavens. The seventh
son of a seventh son is thought to be born very lucky.
But there is a widespread 32 that if you break a
mirror, you will have seven years” bad luck. This is
because people used to believe that their__33__ was,
reflected in the mirror.
2. personality
4. opportunity
2. upset
4. active
2, conflict
4. superstition
2 soul
4. strength