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1. Although it is first described as a county in 1065, its southern boundaries at, before and ______________ are uncertain.

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Distance from airport to St Thomas:

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Day after day we hear about how unstoppable anthropogenic development is causing global warming. According to an increasingly vocal minority, however, we should be asking ourselves how much of this is media hype and, how much is based on real evidence. It seems, as so often is the case, that it depends on which expert you listen to and on how you chew the statistics.

The author ________________________

4. I’m sorry to bring this __________, but I thought you’d offered to pay for this dinner.

5. Measuring someone’s personality allows _______ to predict how healthy they are likely to be.

6. Last year's winter was _________ cold and snowfall was frequent.

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Which aspect of roof garden design is mentioned?

8. ________ claim there should be no government restrictions but others disagree.

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Margaret believes employers should look for job applicants who _________

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Planning an eco-friendly holiday can be a minefield for the well-meaning traveller, says Mark Watson. If there were awards for tourism catchwords that have been hijacked, diluted and misused then ‘ecotourism’ would surely earn first prize. The term initially surfaced in the early 1980s reflecting a surge in environmental awareness and a realisation by tour operators that many of their clients wanted to believe their presence in a foreign land would not have a negative impact. It rapidly became the hottest marketing tag a holiday abroad could carry.

The term ‘ecotourism’ has become an advertising gimmick.

11. More resources are needed to maintain a large aged population with an acceptable _________ of life.

12. _________________________ we observed students in the lab on almost 100 separate occasions.

13. Which of the following types of language is NOT suitable in academic writing?

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Even further to the east is the Giant’s Causeway stunning coastline with strangely symmetrical columns of dark basalt – a beautiful geological wonder. Samuel L. Johnson, an 18th century writer, famously once said of the Causeway that it was worth seeing, but not worth going to see. That was in the days of horses and carriages when travelling was difficult. But it is certainly well worth a visit. The last lingering moments of the twilight hours are the best time to savour the full power of the coastline’s magic; the time when the place comes into its own.

The writer believes that the Giant’s Causeway is worth going to visit.

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Which organised activity can children do every day of the week?

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What time does the TGV train leave Paris?

17. We'll be looking at the three main causes of social change around the world, and we'll have one or two examples of _______________.

18. Which of the following adverbs is the most informal?

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No past eruptions have shown us the true extent of the damage which volcanoes can do. Yellowstone National Park in the USA occupies the caldera of an ancient volcano of extraordinary magnitude. Modern surveys show that its centre is rising. At some point in the next 200 million years, Yellowstone could erupt again, and if it does, the whole world will be transformed. Yellowstone could erupt tomorrow. But there’s a very good chance that it will give us another million years.

An eruption of Yellowstone is likely to be more destructive than previous volcanic eruptions.

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Perfumes and fragrant spices were precious commodities in antiquity. They were very much in demand, and at times even exceeded silver and gold in value. Therefore they were considered to be luxury products, used mainly in the temples and in the homes of the nobility and upper classes.

Since perfumes and spices were luxury products, their use was exclusive to the noble and the wealthy.