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9. In a human body, there are around 30 trillion cells, 13. The recent study, which is one of ---- first to provide
and ---- them is bound to an internal process known evidence that sleep deprivation causes anger,
as endocytosis to keep ---- flow of cellular nutrients has revealed that losing just ---- hours of sleep at
strong and healthy. night makes you angrier, especially in frustrating
situations.
A) each of / either
A) the / enough
B) neither of / all
B) a / many
C) every one of / the whole
C) the / a few
D) either of / both
D) Ø / most
E) none of / every
E) the / any

10. ---- people may have difficulty adding heart-healthy 14. ---- newly hatched sea turtle must be able to crawl
veggies to their diet due to a gene that causes ---- out of its nest into the ocean within ---- minutes to
chemicals to taste bitter. avoid being prey to predators.

A) No / much A) A / a couple of
B) Some / some B) Ø / plenty of
C) Any / a few C) The / a majority of
D) Many / a little D) Any / a great deal of
E) Enough / any E) Some / a vast quantity

11. Green hydrogen generation from water splitting 15. A study published in the Journal of Bone and
has piqued ---- attention in recent years because Mineral Research has revealed that youngsters who
hydrogen is ---- high-energy-density fuel. watch ---- television could have lower bone mineral
content than ---- who do not, which may lead to poor
A) quite a few / a
bone health later in life.
B) a large amount of / Ø
A) plenty of / this
C) a number of / the
B) many / their
D) a great deal of / a
C) lots of / those
E) a big sum of / the
D) several / these
E) much / that

12. ---- researchers at the University of Exeter have 16. The oldest tropical rainforest, which is 135 million
stated that the bird population in Europe has years old, is packed with ---- plants found nowhere
declined dramatically over the last 30 years, with else on ---- planet.
---- losses coming from the most prevalent species.
A) a great deal of / Ø
A) A few / a great deal of B) a lot of / a
B) Many / a larger sum of C) a vast quantity of / the
C) Some / the majority of D) a large sum of / Ø
D) Any / a couple of
E) a large amount of / the
E) None / a majority of

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