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PART L LISTENING (S0p)
Session 1. You will hear a lecturer describing some Investigations Into the Session 3. You will hear an Interview with a man called Jon Simmon, and a
sense of taste. for questions from 1 to 7, complete the table below. Write woman called Clare Harries, who both work as life c:oachM, and decide
NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer (!~el----~ whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F).
INVESTIGATING TASTE 1. Jon feels that the job of a life coach Is based on individual experiences.
Procedure Result Cause 2 Oare says she became a life coach because it involved something she enjoyed dotng.
More yellow added to Subjects believed extra Brain Influenced by 3. Jon thinks the most important to understand about reJatJonships ls that They start
I green colour of cans (2) ······-···•·· .. added to product presentation with the lndMdual's attitude to him- or herself.
drink 4. Jon and Oare both think the most important message to get over to dients is to
Gum chewed until It Is Mint flavour returns Sweetness necessary forJ make good use of your particular skills.
(3) ·••w••··· ..····then again minbness 5. Jon and Oare both feel the most rewarding part of their job lS watching another
with sugar _ _ __ person develop theJr confidence
e drink tasted cold (5) ......
m drink
....... Temperature affects Wrlta your answers here:
and at room tern rature seems sweeter sweetness ~ I1. ! 2. I3. : 4. I s.
Ofsps eaten In rooms With louder 01Jnch, Sound affects taste
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which were (6) ··••m••.... ••• : ~ ~~~.~sp perceptions Session 4. You will hear a radio interview with • ghost hunter called
C.rlene Belfort. For questions 1-5, choose the best answer.(10p)
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Variety of cheese sauces Subjects believed some (8) ............._.affects 1. How did,.cartene become a ghost hunter?
red sauces tasted less stron taste rce tions A. she wanted to contact her dead grandmother
Two different flavoured ' Subjects still tasted Brain is filling the taste B. she grew up In a haunted house
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(9) ··--····.. ······tasted strawberry when no 'gap' C. her parents encouraged her
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er there - - -- 2. Who does cartene mostly work for?
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A. people who want reassurance
Write your answers here: B. people who want to contact loved ones
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12.6. I~: I 4. C. people who want to find a ghost
3. How does carlene detect when ghosts are present?
A. She feels cold.
Session 2. Rebea:a and Geralnt are university students. They are talking B. She gets evidence from her equipment
about dubs and societies at their university. Usten to their conversation C. She feels them touching her hair.
and write the correct answers In the spaces. (16p) 4. What does cartene think about people who don't believe her?
1. The Welcome Fair is In the university _ _ _ _ _ hall. A. She doesn't understand why they think that.
2. Rebecca's friend ts the president of the _ _ _ _ _ society. B. She thinks they don1t have enough evidence.
3. Rebecca wants to try _ _ _ _ _ _and archery, because she hasn't tried C. She wants them to experience it for themselves.
them before. s. What does cartene feel about her business? •
4. Rebecca was In the team at school. A. She realises she is taking advantage of customers.
5. Rebecca ls studying
------ at university. B. She feels she is providing a service.
6. Geraint Is thJnking of joining the society. C. She wants to expand and make more money.
7. You can do caving and in the Adventure Oub. Write your answers here:
8. Geralnt didn't enjoy going with his school.
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Write your answers here: PART 11: LEXICO - GRAMMAR (40p)

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Section :t.. Choose the word or phrase that best fits each blank In the C.The moon which
about photosynthesis, the process
f oltowlng sentences.. (20 p) 16. Bkx:hem ists have solved many of the mysteries
political
1. She used her weekly column In the local newspaper as a _ _ for her _ _ plants make food.
D. In that
views. A. by which B. through which C. which
C. vessel o. passage 17. The defendan t refused to answer the proseOJt or's questions __
A. means B. vehicle
2. _ _ to have stolen aedit cards, he has been investiga ted for days. A. because he was afraid it would Incriminate him
A. Suspecting B. Having suspecte d B. for fear that they will incriminate him
C. Suspected D. To be suspected C. because he was afraid that his answers would Incriminate him
3. _ _ as taste is really a composlte sense made up of both taste and smell. D. fearing that he will be lnoimlnated by It
A. That we refer to B. What we refer to 18. John: '"Travel broadens the mind.• - David: 'Well, _ _ "
D. What do we refer to A. If you ask me B. it's the point of no return
C. To which we refer
rhymes for birthday cards is really easy. It's money for old _ _ C. that's true up to a potnt D. 111 see what I can do
4. Writing care of
A. boot B. rubbish C. bread D. rope 19. _ _ recent incidents, we are asking our OJstomers to take particular
5. He has two big houses in this country, _ _ his villa in France. their personal belongings.
D. but for A. From all account of B. Bearing in mind
A. let alone B. not to mention C. apart from
C. After all D. In the light of
6. We all decreed that - -
20. On the island _ _ the only representation of the isJands' handicraft.
A. there be an end to their quarrel B. their quarrel should put an end to B. does it remain C. did It remain D. remain it
D. their quarrel be coming to an end. A. remains
C. they ended their quarrel then
7. The chairman quickly _ _ rumours that he was planning to resign. Your answers: '
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C. Forget it D. That's an idea
9. Another assumpt ion is that _ _ cellular networ1cs are too costly and draw too Section 2. Fill each gap with the conect form of the words in bradcets. (1.0
much power to do the job. p)
1. These objectJves are certainly _ _ _.We have to try new ones. (ATTAIN
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A. long-range B. long-lived C. long-standing D. long-lasting
she apologize d because she seemed _ _ sorry 2. He admitted that his cruel joke was._ _ _ .(INTEN D)
10. I know she was not lying when
for what she had done. 3. The._ _ _ answer to my questJon was •no~ (VARY)
4. He is normally very_ _ _ _ so you will be lucky if you get any Information
out d
A. reluctantly B. genulnety C. constantly D. gorgeously
_ knowledge of the Asian him. (COMMUNICATE)
1L The company is lookJng for a person having a(n) _
5. He Is laughing _ _ _. (HEART)
market
C. undivided D. whole 6. Justire Is often as a blindfolded woman hoking a pair c:I scales.
A. Intimate B. detail
spent the day sorting through a box full of _ _ . (PERSON)
12. She
B. odds and ends C. sick and tired D. 7. We hope to see more___ _schools where children c:J different races can get
A. leaps and bounds
used to working together. (INTEGRATE)
trlal and error
8. His plan is _ _ _ good, but It won't work In practice. (THEORY)
13. lf she spent tlve years in Paris, _ _ her French is so bad?
C. how on earth D. how come 9. The novel was pulished and quiddy became a (an) _ _ _ .(SELL)
A. any old how B. any how
10. William Shakespeare ls probably the most famous _ _ _ in histo,y. (PLAY)
14. It was surprising the government was re-elected, _ _ that they had raised

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PART III. READING (60p)
an optical ntusion.
A. That the moon B. The moon
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 section 1. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or educatJon • Is not something students from other parts of the world necessarily en:,oy.
D) best fits each gap. Write your answer in corresponding numbered boxes. The standard of teaching In our schools Is also second-to-none, another thing (3)
(lOp) _ _ _ can't be said everywhe.re. I mean, in Greece, for example, state school
THE VALUE OF WALKING teachers are oft.en (4) _ _ _ indifferent that students are forced to attend extra
New research reveals that walk.mg just 9.5 kilometers (six miles) a week may keep study classes at night - the (5) _ _ _ of which has to be borne by their parents.
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your brain sharper as you get older. Research published in the October 13 online Issue Not alone Is this a waste of money, It also eats (6) _ _ _ students free time. The
of Neuro/ogy(l) ___ that walking may protect aging brains from growing smaller situation ls similar In South Korea - students have private lessons 1n the evenings to
and, in (2) _ _ _ preserve memory In old age. help them (7) _ _ _ their state school grades, and sometimes, between state
.. Brain size shrinks In late adulthood, which can cause memory problems," study author school dasses, (8) _ _ _ lessons and homew<:>f'X, there are literally not enough
Kirk Erickson of the University of Pittsburgh said (3) _ _ _ a news release. "Our hours In the day, (9) _ _ _ to exhaustion and burnout In a worst~case scenano,
findings should encourage further well-designed scientific {4} _ _ _ of physical and, even in the best one, a significant reduction In the amount of lelsure time
exerase In older adults as a very (5) _ _ _ approach for preventing dementia and available to pursue healthy activities and partake in the kind of fun and games that
Alzheimer's disease." For the study, the team asked 299 dementia-free seniors t:o should characterize youth. In Britain, we go to school from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.; we
record the (6) _ _ _ they walked each week. have the evening to enjoy (10) _ _ _ young and that ts how It should be; tr> quote
Four years later, the participants were tested to see If they had developed (7) _ __ a weJl-known proverb, "You're only young once.•
of dementia. Then after nine years had passed, scientists scanned the participants' Write your answers here:
brains to measure size. At the four-year test, researchers discovered subjects who
walked the most had (8) ___ their risk of developing memory problems by 50
per cent At the nme-year checkpoint. (9) _ _ _ who walked at least 9.5 kilometers
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a wee.k, had brains with a larger volume than those who didn't walk as much. each question. (10 p)
This 1s not the first study to promote the benefits of walking in seniors. For example, last THE FUTURE OF EXAMS
sprtng, Harvard University found that women who walked regularly at a (10) _ __ Like it or not, technology Is already an established part of the exam process and tne
pace had an almost 40 per cent lower risk of stroke. only argument still to be fought at this year's e-assessment conference and exhibition,
1. A. Informs B. provides C. suggests D. notifies taking place in London this week, ,s just how much further In that direction we should
2. A. result B. tum C. sequence D. case go.
3. A. of B. in C. below D. over At one end, little has changed. Srudents still, by and large, take exams in much the
◄. A. trials B. attempts C. searches D. course.s same way as they always have. They walk into a room full of desks with an lnvig0ator
s. A. tndic.ative B. promising C. fortunate D. Ideal on hand t:o tell them when to start and stop and to make sure no one is textfng anyooe
6. A. distance B. length C. duration D. extent else, and everyone is tic.king the right boxes, or writing out the answer In longhand if
7. A. signals B. factors C. signs D. features required. It's once the ink has dried that the real change in the system kicks in. Instead
s. A. depressed B. declined C. reduced 0. dropped of divvying up the scripts between the thousands of markers, they are now scanned
9. A. those B. one C. that D.anyone Into a central computer and the markers then access them online.
10. A. brisk 8. hard C. crisp D. brief The benefits are obvious. It's quicker, cheaper and more efficient. The really dull
Write your answers here: components, such as multiple choice or simple questions such as -name four things
~!-: --1f.-· I~: --;:--~- ~-~0.--3 that contribule to global warming," can be marked automatically or by tess
experienced markers, whereas questions requiring a more nuanced. longer answer
can be left to the old hands. Your best markers don't have to be wasted on the
Section 2. Read the passage and fill In each gap with ONE suitable word. straightforward stuff.
(10p) Students can also benefit "Markers can now give much more precise f ~ " says
People often groan about the faults of our education system, but I think we Just like Kathleen Tattersall, who chairs the Institute of Educational As-sessors. "We can tell
t:o complain; my gut feeling is most people are actually only too aware of (1) _ __ someone almost exactly what he or she needs to do to Improve a grade because we can
lucky are to have such a high quallty of formal education open (2) _ _ _ them for show them what they got right and wrong. This Is partiOJlarty useful for anyone looking
free all the way up to the end of secondary school. What we take for granted - free
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to resit a January exam In the summer, because teachers c.an tailor lndMdual revision D. mature students
plans for au their st\Jdents. • 3. The word "chalra" in the fourth paragraph ls closest in meaning to _ _.
For all its advantages, no one reckons that this assessment modeJ ls the finished artide. A. emulates B. supplants C. presides D. follows
'there are dlfficulties that need to be ironed out,• says Martin Walker, a fonner English 4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a benefit of computer marking?
teacher and a principal examiner for one of the main boards. "Because markers are A4 better utilisation of examiners
now often onty given a few questions from each paper, It's hard to get an aCaJrate B. more Interesting questions can be set
feel of exactfy what a student does and doesn't know. When you had an entlm exam C. many set questions do not need human markers at all
soipt tn front of you, you could build up a picture of the candidate's range of O.flnandaladvantages
knowledge, so when there was room for doubt In an answer, you could make a 5. The word "'entire" In the fifth paragraph Is closest tn meaning to _ __
judgement can based on previous responses. It's much harder to do that now." A. absurd B. abridged C. gross D. partial
"1'here are also llmits to what you can easily read on screen," he adds. "In my 6. One advantage of the new system is that _ _.
experience, most examiners end up printing out the long essays and working from a A. teachers can fOOJs on students' weaknesses before retakes
ha.rd mpy, which ts both time-consuming and slightly self-defeating." The danger, as B. students only need to retake the parts of the exam that they failed
Tattersall coocedes, is that schools end up teaching only what technology Is capable C. students can delay taking the exam for an extra six months
of assessing. "Rather, we have to look at how IT Is used in the dassroom to improve D. examiners can construct comprehensive revision plans
teaching and learning and base our exams on that modet,• she says. 7. What Is stated to be a disadvantage of the rurrent system?
It Is certain that we are only halfway through the electronic revolution. In the coming A. Many examiners complain that the work is boring now.
years, more and more exams will be oompleted - as well as marked - onllne, and the B. Examiners no longer have enough work.
government and the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority will have to think hard C. Examiners have a limited impression of the candidate.
about ways cl maintaining standards. D. Examiners aren't as skillful as they used to be.
By far the easiest form of online testing to Implement is multiple choice. A student can 8. The word downside# in the eighth paragraph is dosest In meanlng to _ _
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take the test online and it can be automatic.ally marked instantaneously; this system A. drawback B. perfection C. firmness D. mode
is almost foolproof. The downside is that most people associate multiple choice with 9. What is implied about the general perception of multiple-choice testing?
dumbing down, on the grounds that anything that can be reduced to a yes or no, right A. It Is easy for a student to cheat
or wrong answer Is bound to be over-simplified. B. It reduces the student's writing skills.
"'Not true,• says-Stevie Pattison-Dick, head of communications for Edexcel. "Some C. It lowers the standard of the exam.
multiple-choice exams may be quite straightforward, but if they are, they only reflect D. It's impossible for a computer error to be made.
the level of knowledge a student is expected to attain. There's nothing Inherently 10.According to Stevie Patterson-Dick, multiple-choice exams ___.
simple about multiple choice. We've become very sophisticated In our question setting A. do have a large element of chance in them
and are able to aoss-referenc.e the answers, so an examiner can now tell whether B. are not always the best way to test medical students
someone Just got lucky by ticking the right box or actually understood the process on C. are by far the best way to test students on partirular subjects
which he or she was being assessed-• One of the final exams a medical student has D. can be composed In a way that makes students reaffirm their knowledge
to pass before qualifying as a doctor is multiple choice, so this method of assessment Write your answers here:
has to be extremely rigorous.
1. The writer believes that _ _
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A. nothing d significance has changed In the exam system
8. a revolution in exam taking may soon be initiated Section 4. Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow. (20p)
C. many students cheat by using their moblle phones The following reading passage has seven paragraphs, A-G. Chooee the
o. technology doesn't greatty affect students when they sit exams correct heading for paragraphs B-G from the 11st of headings below.
2. What does the writer mean by 'Aold hands" in paragraph 3?
~ retired examiners Ust of Headings
B. exper1enced examiners
C. examiners who have reached a certain age
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The biological dock C Thus aging and death should not be seen as Inevitable, particularly as the orgarusm
ii Why dying is beneficial possesses many mechanisms for repair. It is not,, In pnndple, necessary for a
iii The aging process of men and women biological system to age and die. Nevertheless, a restricted Ute span, agtng, and
iv Prolonging your life then death are basic characteristics of life. The reason for this Is easy to remgmse.:
v Limitations of life span In nature, the exJstent organisms either adapt or are regularty replaced by new
vi Modes of development of different species types~ Because of changes In the genetic material (mutations), these have new
vu A stable life span despite improvements characteristics and in the course of their individual lives, they are tested for optimal
viii Energy consumption or better adaptation to the environmental conditions. Immortality would disturb
Ix Fundamental differences in aging of objects and this system - it needs room for new and better life. This is the basic problem of
organisms evolution.
, x Repair of genetic material D Every organism has a life span which is highly characteristic. There are striking
differences in hfe span between different species, but within one species the
parameter is relatively ronstant For example, the average duration of human Dfe
has hardly changed in thousands of years. Although more and more people attain
Example Answer an advanced age as a result of developments in medical care and better nutrition,
Paragraph A v the characteristic upper limit for most remains 80 years. A further argument against
the simple wear and tear theory is the observation that the time ·within which
Paragraph B 1. _ _ organisms' age lies between a few days (even a few hours for unicellular
Paragraph C 2. _ _ organisms) and several thousand years, as with mammoth trees.
Paragraph D 3. _ _ E If a life span Is a genetically determined biok:>glcal characteristic, It ls logically
Paragraph E 4. - - necessary to propose the existence of an internal d ~ which in some way
Paragraph F 5. _ _ measures and controls the aging process and which finalty detennines death as
Paragraph G 6. _ _ the last step in a fixed programme. like the life span, the metabolic rate has for
A Our life span Is restricted. Everyone accepts this as "biologically'' obvious. "Nothing different organisms a fixed mathematical relationship to the body mass. In
lives for ever!" However, In this statement we think of artificially produced, comparison to the life span thls relationship is "'inverted": the larger the organism
technical objects, products which are subjected to natural wear and tear during the lower its metabolic rate. Again this relationship is valid not only fo.r bl.rds, but
use. This leads to the result that at some time or other the object stops working also, similarly on average within the systematic unit, for all other organisms (plants,
and is unusable rdeath" in the biological sense). But are the wear and tear and animals, unicellular organisms).
loss of function of technical objects and the death of living organisms really similar F Animals which behave '1rugally" with energy become particularly old, for example,
or comparable? crocodiles and tortoises. Parrots and birds of prey are often heJd chained up. Thus
B Our "dead" products are '"static", dosed systems. It is always the basic material they are not able to "'experience lifeH and so they attain a high Ufe span In captivity.
which constitutes the object and which, In the natural course of things, Is worn Animals which save energy by hibernation or lethargy (e.g. bats or hedgehogs)
down and becomes ·older". Aging In this case must occur according to the laws of live much longer than those which are always active. The metabolic rate of mice
physical chemistry and of thennodynamfcs. Although the same law holds for a can be reduced by a very low consumption of food (hunger diet). They then may
living organism, the result of this law 1s not inexorable In the same way. At least live twice as long as their well fed comrades. Women become distjnctJy (about 10
as long as a biological system has the ability to renew Itself It could actually become per cent) older than men. If you examine the metabolic rates of the two sexes you
older wfthout aging; an organism is an open, dynamic system through which new establish that the higher male metabolic rate roughly accounts for the lower male
material continuously flows. Destruction of old material and formation of new life span. That means that they live life "'energeticallY- - more intenslvefy, but not
materiaJ are thus fn permanent dynamic equilibrium. The material of which the for as long.
organism ls formed changes continuously. Thus our bodies continuously exchange
G It follows from the above that sparing use of energy reserves should tend to extend
old substance for new, just like a spring which more or less maintains its fonn and
life. Extreme high performance sports may lead to optimal cardiovasrutar
movement1 but fn which the water moleo.Jles are always different.
perfonnance, but they quite certainty do not prolong life. Relaxation lowe~
metabolic rate, as does adequate sleep and in general an equable and balanced
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personality. Each of us can dENelop his or her own energy saving programme with 10. People believe that Leonardo da Vind foresaw the invention of
a Dttle self-observation, critical self-control and, above all, logical consJ.stency. aircraft.
Experience will show that to eve ln this wav not only increases the life span but Is (BEUEVED)
also very hearthy. This flnal aspect should not be forgotten. The Invention of aircraft. .......................... foreseen by Leonardo da Vind.
Questions 7-10 11. Mr Porter has to lock all the doors at night after everyone has
·Complete the notes bel.ow. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the left.
passage for each answer. Write your answers In blanks 7-10 on your answer (R!SPONSIBLE)
sheet. The person who..........................all the doors at night after everyone has Jett Is Mr
Porter.
• Objects age In aa:ordance with principles of (7) _ _ and of (8) _ _ 12. Jack was worried that he couldn't think of any new Ideas for the
• Through mutations, organisms can (9) _ _ better to the environment. advertising campaign. (INABILITY)
• (10) • wouJd pose a serious problem for the theory of evolution. What worried Jack. ............................up with any new ideas for the advertising
Write your answers here: campaign.
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PART IV: WRITING (60 p)
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swimming
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The pool doses In ten minutes, so there isn't enough time to go

1. I don't thin you'U have much difficulty understanding the local It. ...........................now as the pool closes in ten minutes.
dlalect.(FIND) 14. Pavel's advice helped me so much that I was able to solve the
I don't thlnk. ........................... to understand the local dialect problem
2. Mats promised to ring as soon as he got home. (MOMENT) immediately. (SUCH)
Mats ..sakJ tl'Ja.t ....................... ······· ....he got hon,e. Pavel.. ......................that I was able to solve problem Immediately.
3. It's possible that the heavy traffic is delaying Katya. (HOLDING) 15. Because she postponed buying the plane ticket, Vanessa lost the
What may....the heavy traffic. opportunity to go to China. (PUT)
4 .. I wasn't sure who was to blame for the accident. (FAULT) If Vanessa........................ the plane ticket, she wouldn't have lost the opportunity to
I COtJldt1 t tell............................ was. go to OJina.
s.. Att,r Ranjit had discovered the truth, he reported the facts to the 16. Now the tourist have seen how beautiful it is here, therets a
poHce.(OUT) very good
Having........................, Ranjft reported the facts to the police. chance they'll return. (HAVING)
6. Fran:z didn't get to the office until lunchtime. (NOT) The tourist are highly...........................how beautiful it is here.
It ..............................Karl got to the office. 17. Dr Sharp wants you to look after his patients whUe he's away.
7. Many people were discouraged from emigrating by the Idea of (CARE)
aosslng Dr Sharp would like you to............................his absence.
the Atlantic. ( OFF) 18. Yasmin's unde said to her that she should stop her children
What ...............m.............. the Idea of crossing the Atlantic. eating junk food. (LET)
8. Many ~ the emigrant first saw the sea on the day they set sall to Yasmin's unde told her.......................Junk food any more.
America. 19. I was surprised how hard I had to work when I became a
(TIME) teacher. (EXPECTED)
For many emigrants, the day they set sail to America was.......................the sea. I had to.......................... when I became a teamer.
9. At the time, scientists did not reaHse how Important their finding 20. We wlll send your new passport tomorrow, provided your
were. paperwork Is in order. {LONG)
(FAILED) Your new passport wi/1.......................... your paperwork is In order.
At the .tJme, .sdentJsts............................of their findings. •
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