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fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :
Have you paid your taxes up to date? The tax collector inquired if ….

  • A. You have paid your taxes up to date
  • B. I had paid my taxes up to date
  • C. I paid my taxes up to date
  • D. Have I paid my taxes up to date
  • E. I have paid my taxes up to date
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65

fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :
A policeman stopped me and I ….to the police station.

  • A. Was taken
  • B. Took
  • C. Am taken
  • D. Will be taken
  • E. Walk
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66

fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :

Visitors…. Pass beyond this point. It is forbidden

  • A. needn’t
  • B. don’t have to
  • C. could not
  • D. cannot
  • E. must not
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67

fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :
There was …. much noise at night that we couldn’t sleep

  • A. Such a
  • B. Such
  • C. That
  • D. Very
  • E. So
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68

fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :
We left …. U.S.A, and crossed …. Atlantic ocean to …. Europe

  • A. the/the/…
  • B. …/…/…
  • C. …/…/the
  • D. the/…/a
  • E. …/an/…
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69

fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :
…. Several bad air-crashes recently.

  • A. There is
  • B. They are
  • C. There were
  • D. There have been
  • E. There are
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70

fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:
…. a good film. Wasn’t it?

  • A. It is
  • B. Was it
  • C. There is
  • D. It was
  • E. There was
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71

fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five option
I can’t mind the light. I don’t know …. about electricity.

  • A. Something
  • B. Nothing
  • C. Anything
  • D. Nobody
  • E. Anybody
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72

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:
Asmau, did you see the snapshop of ….

  • A. Yourself
  • B. You
  • C. Yours
  • D. Yourselves
  • E. Herself
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73

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:
Without …. words he accused him directly of treachery

  • A. amending
  • B. modifying
  • C. mixing
  • D. mincing
  • E. meaning
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74

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:
The house will look all the better …. this new coat of paint

  • A. for
  • B. under
  • C. against
  • D. upon
  • E. over
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75

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:
Excuse me, do you mind …. i smoke?

  • A. because
  • B. if
  • C. since
  • D. while
  • E. against
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76

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:
If …. one day we would talk about it for weeks

  • A. a lion was coming into this room
  • B. a lion was coming into tis room
  • C. a lion came into this room
  • D. a lion is coming into this room
  • E. a lion is going to come into this room
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77

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:
He bade them …. to his house

  • A. welcomed
  • B. are welcome
  • C. to be welcome
  • D. to have been welcome
  • E. welcome
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78

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:
As …. of you that can come are welcome

  • A. each
  • B. any
  • C. many
  • D. more
  • E. most
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79

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:
He looked …. everyone in authority as an enemy

  • A. on
  • B. at
  • C. in
  • D. about
  • E. against
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80

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:
I told him …. he had no chance

  • A. quite by frankness
  • B. quite frankly
  • C. quite in frankness
  • D. quite being frank
  • E. quite to be frank
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81

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:
Government should prevent smugglers …. their contraband

  • A. to sell
  • B. to be selling
  • C. from selling
  • D. having sold
  • E. to selling
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82

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:
He passed so well …. he was awarded a scholarship

  • A. since
  • B. because
  • C. that
  • D. while
  • E. thus
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83

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:
A pioneer, he …. the institution from his own resources

  • A. found and funded
  • B. founded and funded
  • C. was finding and funding
  • D. had found and funded
  • E. was founded and funding
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84

Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:
They tried to cash in …. the people’s ignorance

  • A. under
  • B. against
  • C. about
  • D. with
  • E. on
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