House prices have risen dramatically this year.
→ There has ____________________________________________________.
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Although Jimmy was the stronger of the two, his attacker soon overpowered him.
→ Despite his ____________________________________________________.Circle the option A, B, C, or D that needs correcting.
Antarctica, which is largely covered by ice, receive hardly any rainfall.
Choose among A, B, C, or D the one that best fits each of the blanks.
You shouldn't have criticized him in front of his friends. It was extremely__________ of you.
Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. For each question, circle letter A, B, C or D next to the answer you choose.
Dolphins communicate mainly by (46)________ of sounds. These sounds not only (47)________ whistles, but also so-called pulsed sounds, which are often described as squawks, barks, rasps, etc. However, they also use breaching (jumping and falling back into the (48)________ with a loud splash) and pectoral fin (or flipper) and tail (or fluke) slaps (hitting the flipper or fluke on the water surface). Body posturing and jaw popping also have a role in (49)________. As for language, we do not know (50)________ they have one. Several studies have demonstrated that dolphins can understand a structured language like (51)________. This has been demonstrated for a number of other animal species as well (gorilla, California sea lion, and parrot). Some studies also indicate that dolphin vocalizations are complex (52)________ to support some form of language. (53)________, it has not been demonstrated (54)________ that they can undoubtedly communicate (55)________ themselves.
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.
John didn’t celebrate until he received the offer of promotion in writing.
→ Not until ______________________________________________________.Use the word in capitals at the end of these sentences to form a word that fits in the blank space.
One (36. CHARACTER)________ of the modern world is that people increasingly find themselves living side by side with people from other cultures. While in the past people with different cultures were able to live quite (37. SEPARATE)________ , high mobility and freedom of movement mean that we are more likely today to be confronted with people whose way the life is (38. FAMILIAR)________ to us. In such circumstances, (39. RACE)________ is a real danger.
People feel a tremendous (40. LOYAL)________ to their own culture, and are often unwilling to develop an (41. APPRECIATE)________ of the positive aspects of other cultures. They may feel that another culture presents a threat to their own (42. INHERIT)________, one that could even lead to the (43. APPEAR)________ of certain aspects of their way of life. Often, however, this threat is more a matter of (44. PERCEIVE)________ than reality and different groups live in (45. RELATE)________ harmony in many parts of the world.
I don’t intend to apologize to either of them.
→ I have _________________________________________________________.
It was only when I left home that I realized how much my father meant to me.
→ Not until _______________________________________________________.Amelia Earhart, that was one of the pioneers in aviation, attempted to fly the world in 1937, but she and her plane mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean.
