Academic discourse/hedging/making claims/data commentary

INSTRUCTION: complete the following sentences with the most appropriate

expression from the choices given.

1 An axis is an imaginary line ______________________ which a body is said to rotate.

 A.      in

 B.      on

 C.      by

 D.      with

As predicted _____________ the model, quality enhancement is an inbuilt structure in

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the company's structure

 A.      from

 B.      by

 C.      in

 D.      with

A credit bureau is an organization ____________which businesses can apply for financial

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information on potential customers.

 A.      to

 B.      by

 C.      in

 D.      with

4 As defined ________________ the introduction, sexual violence is a form of sexual harassment

 A.      by
  B.      in

 C.      with

 D.      from

As noted ________________ our discussion, prolonged exposure to morphine also produces apoptosis
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in cell structure

 A.      in

 B.      by

 C.      from

 D.      with

6 If I joined the Addis Ababa University, I____________prefer to study railway engineering

 A.      will

 B.      would

 C.      shall

 D.      can

7 As can be seen _______________ figure 5, the GNP of many countries has increased

 A.      from

 B.      in

 C.      with

 D.      by

8 A thermometer is an instrument __________which temperature can be measured.

  A.      in

 B.      by

 C.      with

 D.      from

9 As we can see ____________ table the size of world population is increasing.

 A.      from

 B.      in

 C.      on

 D.      over

As shown _____________line of best fit, there is no clear statistical relationship between fiscal
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costs and crisis length.

 A.      by

 B.      in

 C.      with

 D.      on

11 As reported _____________ the previous literature, factors that cause malaria may be prevented in advance.

 A.      by

 B.      in

 C.      from

 D.      with
12 Systematic surveys were conducted ___________ to the decision that draught has occurred in the country.

 A.      bringing

 B.      leading

 C.      referring

 D.      inviting

An eclipse is a celestial event _____________which one body such as a star is covered by

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another, such as a planet.

 A.      in

 B.      on

 C.      by

 D.      with

14 __________, it is going to rain as the sky is full of clouds and the weather forecast indicates

 A.      perhaps

 B.      surely

 C.      maybe

 D.      probably

15 Inferences were drawn____ the given data and consequently conclusions were made.

 A.      from

 B.      on

 C.      by
  D.      since

16 Given the insufficiency of evidence we have, it _________________.

 A.      will rain

 B.      will likely rain

 C.      will probably rain

 D.      will unlikely rain