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33. ---- instead of buying these skirts in winter. 37. The thick fog could have caused many
accidents in the morning, ----.
A) Patricia would rather not have skipped her
initial needs A) so the captain decided not to set sail
B) Mary shoud have saved her money for the B) yet we are going to start our journey in the
vacation in February afternoon
C) Your daughter might have enrolled a skiing C) but luckily no accidents have taken place
center today
D) I am supposed to donate some money to the D) still, the climbers returned home safely
eating house for the homeless E) however, the traffic was as heavy as usual
E) You could have bought something warm
38. When making a request, the speaker must
34. ---- as people may be asking something. consider the other person’s feelings, ----.
A) During a conversation with people whose A) so speakers generally have to make several
language you know very little important decisions
B) The interpreter has left us for a few minutes B) because the listeners decline the speaker’s
for a glass of drink request
C) You are proficient enough in the language C) as sometimes it may cause embarrassment to
being spoken around you both the speaker and the listener
D) It might not be a good idea to smile and nod D) then the listener makes a choice either to
at all times in a foreign country accept or refuse the request
E) You would sooner be prepared to provide E) but he has been able to use either an informal
them with proper replies request or a formal one
35. ----, but battery failure is probably one of the
most common one. www.englishexampoint.com 39. ----, they may not be aware that they have the
A) There are several points that you need to take disease.
into consideration before you buy a computer A) Although it is not easy for the doctors to
for the office understand the reason of the illness
B) People may invent many excuses when B) By the time they have been aware of the
they cannot be reached through their mobile problem of the handicapped
phones C) Once you can understand the reason of their
C) I work as the public relations officer for a big problem
vacuum cleaner producer D) Because people with high blood pressure may
D) During the Middle Ages when the printing not exhibit symptoms
press had not been introduced to the western E) Whenever doctors make a diagnosis to an
world yet illness
E) There must be almost a thousand people
waiting outside when I arrive at the service point
40. With recent developments in technology, ----.
36. ----, but I don’t think he cannot have imagined
such great success with the Da Vinci Code. A) learning about the events around the world is
hardly getting easier in our age
A) As soon as people notice the beauty of the B) more and more people are going holiday in
town centre summer cottages
B) Mr. Brandon had already received positive
criticism for his new hotel in Las Vegas C) cellular phones are becoming more of a
C) Dan Brown was determined to write a novel nuisance than a convenience
D) Many of the pages from my new book have D) experts can now diagnose most terminal
been stolen diseases at very early stages
E) The second film he produced received few E) technological innovation has gained
positive remarks significant speed in the past two decades
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