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1. Sales have decreased in recent years, so the shop

owners…………………….down their business before they

start to lose money.

1. close 2. closed
3. had closed 4. are closing
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2. Howard Boyd, turning 96 this year, is a

conservationist who …………………..a life time
studying the ecology of Pine Barrens.
1. spent 2. has spent
3. spends 4. is spending
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3. Some villagers reported that wild elephants

………………………………their buffaloes, out of
the woodlands.
1.had chased 2. has chased
3. were chased 4. would have
chased
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4. Customer can make their own choice about

the insurance and ………………….not buy it at
the same dealer where they bought the car.
1. must 2. could
3. need 4. should
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5. It can sometimes be difficult to get all the

food…………………………...on time for a large
group of people.
1. cooked 2. to cook
3. cooking 4. to be cooked
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6. Poland has finished ………………………its first

national stadium for the Euro 2012 football
championship.
1. to build 2. building
3. of building 4. to have built
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7. It is generally recommended that an

adult…………………….as few regular fats as
possible to lose weight.
1. eat 2. eats
3. ate 4. will eat
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8. An increasing number of flood victims will be
at risk of water-borne diseases………………they
receive urgent medical care.
1. if 2. while
3. provided 4. unless
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9. Patients who had emotional support
were………………….to live six months longer
than those without it.
1. three more times likely
2. more three times likely
3. three times more likely
4. more likely three times
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10. On July 6, the earth was ………………..from

the sun for the year 2010.
1. as far 2. farther
3. the farther 4. the farthest
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11. The sun’s position in the

sky……………………….seasonally and
throughout the day.
1. changed 2. changes
3. has changed 4. is changing
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12. Since the 1950’s the Thai elephant

population ……………………….significantly from
over 130,000 to 2,500.
1. drops 2. dropped
3. has dropped 4. was dropping
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13. Nutritionists suggested that everybody

…………………….enough dietary fiber each day
to help lower the risk of heart disease.
1. consume 2. consumed
3. consumes 4. was consuming
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14. The judges revealed yesterday that

………………performers managed to move the
audience with their songs.
1. almost 2. most the
3. some of 4. none of the
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15. MTech Company is developing a new type

of cloth…………………….nano silver, a
substance that helps prevent bacteria.
1. contained 2. containing
3. to contain 4. to be contained
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16. Two famous Japanese baseball players

decided …………………to their hometown after
the tournament.
1. to return 2. returning
3. of returning 4. that they return
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17. New research suggests that volcanic

eruptions millions of years
ago………………….extinction of the dinosaurs.
1. could cause 2. would cause
3. might have caused 4. should have
caused
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18. It would be a great scientific achievement if

we………………….at the speed of light.
1. had travelled 2. could travel
3. would have travelled 4. should be
travelling
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19. Besides Chad and Rwanda, the Republic of

the Congo is another …………………..country in
Central Africa.
1. speak-French 2. spoke-French
3. French-spoken 4.
French-speaking
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20. When computers develop a large number of

errors overtime, they do not operate
…………………..they used to.
1. as fast as 2. so faster as
3. so fast that 4. less faster then