1.______recent report stated that the number of Spanish speakers in the U.S. would be higher than the number of English speaker by_____ year 2090.
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2.If you go by ______train ,you can have quite a comfortable journey, but make sure you get _____fast one.
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3. It is often said that ____teachers have _______very easy life.
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4.I can't remember when exactly the Robinsons left _____city ,I only remember it was ______ Monday.
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5.If you grow up in ______large family, you are more likely to develop _____ability to get on well with ______others.
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6.Mrs Taylor has ___8-year-old daughter who has _____gift for painting –she has won two national prizes.
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7.Afetr dinner he gave Mr. Richardson ________ride to ________Capital Airport.
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8.On May 5,2005,at ___World Table Tennis Championship ,Kong Ling hui and Wang Hao won the gold medal in men's with ____score of 4:1.
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9.I knew______John Lennon,but not ____famous one.
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10.The book tells ____life story of John Smith ,who left _______school and worked for a newspaper at the age of 16.
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11.When you come here for your holiday next time, don't go to _____hotel; I can find you ______bed in my flat.
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12.If you buy more than ten, they will knock 20 pence off________.
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13.____on-going division between English –speaking Canadians and French-speaking Canadians is _______major concern of the country.
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14.When he left _____college, he got a job as ______reporter in a newspaper office .
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15.The most important thing about cotton in history is ___ part that it played in ____Industrial Revolution.
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16.While he was investigating ways to improve the telescope Newton made _______discovery which completely changed ____ man's understanding of color.
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17.It is ___world of wonders, _____world where anything can happen.
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18.The Wilsons live in ______A-shaped house near the coast. It is _______17th century cottage.
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19.Tom owns ______larger collection of ______books than any other student in our class.
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20.For a long time they walked without saying ___word. Jim was the first to break _____silence.
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