( ) 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 WangHao

　　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 knock20pence off________.

　　A. a price B. price C. the price D. prices

　　( )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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　　( )15The most important thing about cotton in history is ___part that it played in ____Industrial Revolution.

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