Đề HSG TP.HCM 2019–2020 — Ngày 1
Đề thi chọn đội tuyển học sinh giỏi THPT TP.HCM, năm học 2019-2020, ngày thi thứ nhất
Đề thi chọn đội tuyển học sinh giỏi THPT môn Tiếng Anh — Sở GD&ĐT TP.HCM. Đây là đề ở trình độ C1–C2, khó hơn hẳn đề tốt nghiệp: ngoài trắc nghiệm còn có điền từ, chia dạng từ, sửa lỗi và viết luận.
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Bảng câu hỏi
Vận dụng tiếng Anh USE OF ENGLISH
Trắc nghiệm từ vựng – ngữ pháp – thành ngữ
Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete each blank.
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1. I get absolutely no job ______ when my work load is so high.
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3. The ______ of online media has affected the sale of traditional newspapers and magazines.
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4. Plenty of countries in Europe restrict free speech, but, using the internet, ______ can speak freely to their supporters.
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6. Farmers complain that margins are very ______ today largely because the supermarkets dictate the prices they can get for their produce.
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8. My brother and I never really got on very well. We were constantly ______.
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18. It was one of the year's most popular events, with ______ audiences every night.
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19. Designers try to get celebrity ______ of their products, as a kind of walking advertisement.
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20. They were accused of ______ of the terms of the contract, thus being liable for the payment.
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21. Parents are ______ proud of their own children's success, for they are the very first to construct it.
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22. The judge is soft on first-time offenders. Usually, all he does is give them ______.
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23. The foreigners were amazed at the ______ variety of goods in the huge department store.
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24. After years of devotion and persistence, the scientists have achieved ______ deserved success.
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25. Gina wishes she had produced a better script for the sit-com. It is clear that the spirit is willing, but the ______ is weak.
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26. Some houses in the black's neighborhood were burnt down ______ the murder of the young white man.
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27. S1: "What are his plans for after graduation?" S2: "He's got a summer job, but ______, he has no idea."
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28. I'll leave you my phone number in case ______ in touch with me.
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29. The news report on the African famine was so touching with the images of starving children with ______ bellies.
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30. She has never been to Brazil before; ______ a chance to apply for a job in a Hispanic country.
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31. The local committee doubted that smart classes ______ out any benefits to the children in the rural areas.
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32. While you pedal ______ on the exercise bicycle, a machine will be monitoring your breathing and heart rate.
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33. If I were you I'd apologize ______ for negligence.
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34. You have been ______ lately. Is everything going OK at work?
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35. Garbage ______, the beach looked much better than it used to be.
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36. Susie would sooner ______ the speech in a more impressive way; the audience could have been convinced.
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37. The teacher insisted that Jackie ______ the answers from his friends.
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38. The cashier can't have given us the change, ______?
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39. Carlos is hopeless ______ making decisions. He even dithers for ages over which toothpaste to buy.
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40. To trace the package, you need to know the exact address of the person ______.
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41. ______, we refused to cooperate further with that company.
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42. Dave ______ in the team today if he had not gone down with an attack of asthma.
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43. After hearing the insults, the young man stomped out of the room in high ______.
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44. We have a lot of ______ data which suggest the problem is on the increase.
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45. The local factory could ______ 1,500 engines a day before the Second World War.
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46. It was Janet, his long-serving assistant ______ in high esteem.
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47. Why do all of you intend to report on the same author? I can't figure out ______ the books from the library at the same time.
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48. Supposing we ______ all those years ago, who do you think you ______?
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49. A photo of a crying girl ______ my attention.
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50. It's a ______ that new mothers have to go back to work after six weeks.
Điền từ có phương án GUIDED CLOZE
Đọc đoạn văn rồi chọn từ hợp nhất cho mỗi chỗ trống
Passage A
Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C or D) for each blank space.
"We live in a 1 age. Young people no longer respect their parents. They are rude and impatient. They frequently 2 taverns and have no self-control."
Does this sound familiar? Those who think it does may be surprised to find out that this comment is actually a(n) 3 from an Ancient Egyptian tomb. However, replace the word "taverns" with "bars" and it may begin to sound all 4 familiar to today's youth.
It seems that people manage to find a way to complain about the youth today from every possible 5. Whether in newspapers, television shows, or even general 6, young people seem to be everyone's favourite 7. People may claim that young people are getting rowdier, or have become ruder than the "good old days", when they 8 respect to their elders. The "good old days" refer to people's nostalgic memories of the past.
However, have there ever been any "good old days" when it comes to young people? 9 there be any truth to the claims that today's young generation is the worst ever? Or are these complaints something which every young generation has had to 10 deal with since Ancient Egypt?
I believe that there is probably some truth to the idea that young people are more impatient than they once were. Isn't this obvious, 11? We live in an extremely connected world with huge 12 of information right at our fingertips. Technology has enabled us to do things more quickly, so naturally, we expect things to be done more quickly. This doesn't just apply to young people though, this applies to us all!
Nevertheless, people may still argue that young people are more arrogant and reckless than they once were. 13 this is because young people are 14 portrayed in the media, or because they actually are getting worse, is 15 discussion.
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Passage B
At present, scientists simply do not know the right criteria for 16 making a clone of an animal. So far five species have been cloned - cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and mice - but at a 17 price. For example, a total of 8,919 eggs from cows have been used to create cloned embryos, of which only 71 live calves were born. More than a quarter of these were larger than normal, some had serious mental 18 and many were found to have underdeveloped lungs. Twenty-six of them died young, making a(n) 19 success rate of about one in 200 eggs. There is no reason to assume that the success rate for humans would be better and the disappointment and pain caused by miscarriages, deformities and early deaths would 20 be much greater.
21 though these arguments against human reproductive cloning are, the 22 of success is even more alarming. Imagine this scenario: a young boy grows up in the 23 of a gifted brother killed in a car accident. At each stage in his life, the achievements of his 24 sibling are 25 up to him and his own 26 are constantly ridiculed. Normally such a child would protest that he should not
have to live up to unreal expectations. But this boy cannot, for he is a clone, created from a cell taken from his brother's body. Or consider the situation in which a person creates a clone of himself or herself to 27 infertility. A child created this way would be the identical genetic copy of his father (or mother). So how would he react if his parent 28 prematurely to an illness of genetic origin? Such worries may once have seemed 29 and remote, but, according to Ian Wilmut, creator of the world's first cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep, the issue is so 30 as to demand a national debate among psychologists and biologists.
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Đọc hiểu READING COMPREHENSION
Đọc kỹ bài rồi trả lời câu hỏi
Passage A
Choose the item (A, B, C or D) that best answers the question or best completes the unfinished statement about the passage.
Moyamoya is a rare disease that creates blockages in arteries deep inside the skull, cutting off blood circulation to parts of the brain. The name is Japanese for "puff of smoke", which is what the disorder looks like on X-rays: a wispy cloud of fragile blood vessels that develop in the brain where normal vessels are blocked. It was first identified in Japan in 1959. Most patients with moyamoya are children from 5 to 15, or adults from 30 to 40, and nearly two-thirds are female. Some have strokes; others, in earlier stages, have temporary speech problems, headaches, seizures, or attacks of numbness or weakness in their limbs. The symptoms, though transient, can occur so often that people cannot function. Some adult patients also notice problems with thinking or memory. But sometimes the symptoms are mild, ignored by patients or misdiagnosed as coming from pinched nerves or migraines.
The arterial blockages in moyamoya are different from the arterial blockages caused by fatty deposits in atherosclerosis. In moyamoya, the inner surface of the arteries and the muscle in the artery walls grow thicker until the vessels actually close off. The shutdowns occur in a limited but vital area near the base of the brain, a loop of vessels about the size of a coin 2.5 cm in diameter, called the Circle of Willis. It looks a bit like a traffic circle - with branches that provide nearly all of the brain's circulation.
Over the years doctors tried giving moyamoya patients aspirins, blood thinners, and other stroke-preventing drugs. They also tried opening blocked vessels with balloons and severing nerves believed to be causing artery spasm. None of these treatments were effective. Surgery to restore blood flow is the only thing that works. The most common operation is a bypass of the pinched-off vessels. Because the disease seems to affect arteries at just a few specific points, surgeons can usually find healthy vessels to splice together, rerouting blood around the blockages. In children or other patients whose arteries are too small to sew together, surgeons use other techniques, like placing a scalp artery or other tissue containing blood vessels on the brain so that branches will grow into the oxygen-starved areas.
The bypass does not cure the disease, but it effectively treats it. The goal is to perform the operation before patients have the big stroke, the devastating one that changes their life forever. Amazingly, a huge majority of patients, 95 percent or more, have no further strokes or related problems after the surgery.
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1. How are moyamoya and atherosclerosis similar?
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2. What is true of the symptoms of moyamoya?
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3. What is so critical about the Circle of Willis?
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5. What is the ultimate goal of bypass surgery?
Passage B
Lifestyles have changed. Population density is rapidly increasing, more single people are living alone,
and life in the city is becoming ever more impersonal and lonely. Nevertheless, we all need an outlet for our
caring and nurturing instincts and, increasingly, we are turning to pets for unconditional affection. People want
to own a pet, but they don't want the ties, time and effort that dogs demand and, as a result, there has been a
dramatic rise in the popularity of cats.
The term ‘behavior therapy’ usually evokes images of a patient lying on a couch while a psychiatrist
asks questions about their disturbed childhood so, naturally, the idea of a cat behavior therapist may be
amusing to some. Nevertheless, as people are buying expensive pedigree cats, they are becoming more
prepared to pay to find solutions to any problems their pampered pets may be facing.
Feline behavior problems could be due to medical ailments, diet or environmental influences. Although
few cats display problems, some can exhibit obsessive compulsive disorders, such as those recognized in
humans, so feline behavior therapy is a growing part of available support services for cat owners in Britain and
the USA. The ultimate aim is to help owners to understand their cat's behavior and establish a mutually
beneficial relationship between owners and their pets, with advice and solutions for overcoming any problem
behavior which might arise.
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7. Some people might consider the phrase ‘cat behavior therapist’ amusing because
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8. People in modern time resort to pets as a way
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Passage C
Great emotional and intellectual resources are demanded in quarrels; stamina helps, as does a capacity
for obsession. But no one is born a good quarreller; the craft must be learned.
There are two generally recognised apprenticeships. First, and universally preferred, is a long childhood
spent in the company of fractious siblings. After several years of rainy afternoons, brothers and sisters develop
a sure feel for the tactics of attrition and the niceties of strategy so necessary in first-rate quarrelling.
The only child, or the child of peaceful or repressed households, is likely to grow up failing to understand
that quarrels, unlike arguments, are not about anything, least of all the pursuit of truth. The apparent subject of
a quarrel is a mere pretext; the real business is the quarrel itself,
Essentially, adversaries in a quarrel are out to establish or rescue their dignity. Hence the elementary principle: anything may be said. The unschooled, probably no less quarrelsome by inclination than anyone else, may spend an hour with knocking heart, sifting the consequences of calling this old acquaintance a lying fraud. Too late! With a cheerful wave the old acquaintance has left the room.
Those who miss their first apprenticeship may care to enroll in the second, the bad marriage. This can be perilous for the neophyte; the mutual intimacy of spouses makes them at once more vulnerable and more dangerous in attack. Once sex is involved, the stakes are higher all round. And there is an unspoken rule that those who love, or have loved, one another are granted a license for unlimited beastliness such as is denied to mere sworn enemies. For all that, some of our most tenacious black belt quarrelers have come to it late in life and mastered every throw, from the Crushing Silence to the Gloating Apology, in less than ten years of marriage.
A quarrel may last years. Among brooding types with time on their hands, like writers, half a lifetime is not uncommon. In its most refined form, a quarrel may consist of the participants not talking to each other. They will need to scheme laboriously to appear in public together to register their silence.
Brief, violent quarrels are also known as rows. In all cases the essential ingredient remains the same; the original cause must be forgotten as soon as possible. From here on, dignity, pride, self-esteem, honor are the crucial issues, which is why quarreling, like jealousy, is an all-consuming business, virtually a profession. For the quarreler's very self-hood is on the line. To lose an argument is a brief disappointment, much like losing a game of tennis; but to be crushed in a quarrel ... rather bite off your tongue and spread it at your opponent's feet.
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Dạng từ WORD FORMS
Chia đúng dạng của từ gốc cho sẵn
Phần A
Use the correct form of the word given to fill in each blank.
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1. CRS in France is a ______ organization which can help the official army of the country. (MILITARY)
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2. Teenagers nowadays love to make use of blending technique in their ______ of new words for their own communication. (COIN)
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3. It is essential that the government exercise ______ in the hope of healthy development of its economy. (INTERVENE)
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4. Dan Brown's works, most of which have attractive plots, are considered ______ to a great number of readers. (PUT)
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5. The local festival and the football match ______ took place, turning a quiet town into a noisy congested tourist attraction. (CONTEMPORARY)
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6. Good pool players believe they are having a happy life without realizing their ______ youth. (SPEND)
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7. Two Chinese girls ______ talked to each other in Mandarin in a crowded bus. (CONSCIOUS)
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8. Good dictionary definitions ______ between similar meanings. (AMBIGUOUS)
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9. The recent factory closures and job losses are just a(n) ______ of the recession that is to come. (TASTY)
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10. O'Neill Cycles provides very good ______ services, with a ten-year guarantee and a one-year parts guarantee. (SELL)
Phần B
Put the words given in the correct blanks. You have to use their correct forms to make a meaningful passage. There are TWO words you cannot use.
- AWARE
- GUIDE
- REAL
- RESPONSIBLE
- WORK
- HEALTH
- USE
- ASSIGN
- ALLY
- FORMULA
- POWER
- PUT
Believe it or not, smartphone use can be beneficial for teens. Teens use smartphones to connect with peers, seek help on school 11, and they can even use apps to help them get organized. Although it might seem like teens are constantly connected, many use their devices within 12 limits.
It's important to 13 teens to take control of their own use of smartphones and create and maintain a healthy balance. This isn't a one-time conversation. A few things you can do help provide 14 and support include the following:
• Educate: Talk openly about the benefits and potential pitfalls of screen time. Lecturing rarely yields positive results, but asking your teens for 15 about the pros and cons can spark lively conversations. What can we gain from using our smartphones 16?
• Make a plan: Talk about setting healthy limits and boundaries for the family and what checks and balances you can use to stick to them. Remember, teens aren't the only ones prone to 17. What happens if parents are pushing the family screen time limits?
• Monitor use as a family: Teens look for 18 when they feel like they're being watched. Make monitoring a family goal so that teens own up to their usage and behavior online. There are several apps available to monitor how and when your teens use their phones. Talk with your teens about 19 limits.
• Create a check-in policy: Phones, tablets, and laptops should be removed from the bedroom at night to curb sleep disturbance and insomnia. 20 a plan to check devices in at a certain time in the evening and out in the morning.
• Establish screen-free zones: Meals, family outings, and social gatherings are examples of times when frequent checking negatively affects relationships. Set boundaries for screen use in these settings and stick to them.
Điền từ không phương án OPEN CLOZE
Điền MỘT từ thích hợp vào mỗi chỗ trống
Passage A
Fill in each blank in the following passages with ONE suitable word to make meaningful passages.
We live surrounded by objects and systems that we 1 for granted, and which profoundly change the way we behave, think, work, play and at 2 lead our 3. Look, for example, at the place in which you are reading this now, and see how much of 4 surrounds you is understandable, how much of it you could either build yourself or repair if it 5 cease to function. When we start the car or 6 the button in the elevator, or buy food in the supermarket, we 7 no thought to the complex devices or systems that make the car move, or the elevator rise, or the food appear on the shelves. By this century we have become increasingly relied on the products of technology. They have already changed our lives: at the simplest level, the availability of transport 8 us physically less fit than our ancestors. Many people are alive only because they have been given 9 to diseases through drugs. The vast 10 of the world's population relies on the ability of technology to provide and transport food. We are unable to feed or clothe or keep ourselves warm without technology.
Passage B
When people play sports or spend a lot of time 11 on a hot day, their bodies become sticky and wet. Sometimes this happens when people are nervous, excited, or anxious. This salty watery substance produced by the human body is known as sweat. Although sweat may smell bad, it is mostly 12 of water. It has some minerals as well, such as sodium, which is why it has a 13 taste. Sweat 14 because of a process known as perspiration, which is essential to survival. Perspiring is a way of
regulating body temperature. Perspiration on human skin evaporates and takes heat away from the body before it damages our 15 organs. If this process doesn't work, the organs will not be able to function properly.
Fortunately, humans have sweat glands in the skin that become 16 when the brain senses that the skin has become too hot. There are two kinds of sweat glands: eccrine and apocrine. Eccrine sweat glands are all over the body and are only found in primates and humans. They are the primary form of 17 for people. They are believed to have developed along with people's smooth and relatively hairless skin. Apocrine sweat glands are located only in 18 certain areas of the body as the armpit. In the 19 of humans, these sweat glands are mainly involved with hormonal and emotional stimulation. For many other animals, they are the most important to control body heat. Both eccrine and apocrine sweat glands release sweat through the 20 of perspiration, helping the body to cool down when it gets too hot.
Passage C
Femininity today is associated with being independent, outspoken, compassionate and kind, a new study has found. The research reveals how the idea of femininity has evolved over the decades - 50 years ago, 53 per cent of people said to be 21 meant to be "a good mother and caring", while 41 per cent of people considered being "delicate and sweet" an essential 22 of being a woman.
Now, however, attitudes have evolved, as the study of 2,000 women by Always Platinum reveals. Today, women are striving to show compassion and kindness, be good friends and 23 other females in the workplace. The study also found that 26 per cent of people believe it's in 24 30s that women find the perfect balance of being soft and strong - almost 9 in 10 believe it's possible to be assertive and get what you want in life whilst 25 being caring.
The research confirms what many people will have already known about how the 26 of femininity has evolved. As society makes 27 steps towards gender equality, what it means to be masculine has also come under 28.
Many people have made strides to debunk concept of "toxic masculinity" - the idea that being a man involves being aggressive, stoic and dominant 29 women. As what it means to be feminine evolves, 30 seems to be developing too.
Viết lại câu SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
Viết lại sao cho nghĩa không đổi, dùng đúng từ khoá
Rewrite the sentences so that they mean almost the same as the ones before them. You have to use the exact words given in brackets.
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1. People in big cities are reportedly threatened by violence day and night. (CONSTANT)
People in big cities are ______.
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It was ______.
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On ______.
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4. Too many journalists came in the hall that she had to struggle in a crowd to reach the reception desk. (WORM)
Such ______.
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5. The young footballers were so excited to have a new friendly coach, but he turned out to treat them exceptionally severely. (FIST)
Excited ______.
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6. Auntie Janet becomes very emotional, for she has watched those sappy movies. (PIECES)
Had ______.
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7. It was not until the violence had subsided that homeowners came out to carefully examine the damage. (STOCK)
Violence having ______.
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8. It is obvious that a new clerk never has enough courage to blame the boss for the behind-schedule report. (NERVES)
There is ______.
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9. You should tell the tax office how much you have earned this year. (EARNINGS)
It's about ______.
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10. Tom ran into Jerry only a few days ago while buying cheese. (OTHER)
Tom stumbled ______.