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9. A female polar bear gives birth to only one baby a year 13. Contrary to the common belief that sharks are aggressive
and breastfeeds it _______ until the next mating season. animals, Australian researchers have found out that sharks
are _______ tolerant of and patient with people and they try
A) attentively
to avoid people.
B) brutally
C) suspiciously A) mutually B) favourably
D) unanimously C) desperately D) incredibly
E) vaguely E) merely

10. Mistakes can feel _______ humiliating; on the other hand, 14. _______ somebody because they do not know something
since the human brain has the ability to put them to good you know means forgetting that there used to be a time
use, people can learn from their failures in mistake-friendly when you also did not know it.
atmospheres.
A) Looking down on
A) accurately B) Putting up with
B) enthusiastically C) Getting along with
C) permanently D) Standing up for
D) utterly E) Making up for
E) carelessly

11. The _______ of the Montessori philosophy is about creating 15. When compared to the past, people with mental illnesses
space for independence and growth rather than waiting are currently more willing to seek medical help, which
nearby or controlling younger children. shows that attitudes towards such illnesses have _______
over time.
A) implementation
B) alteration A) included
C) consumption B) proved
D) justification C) shifted
E) assumption D) replaced
E) attracted

12. Linguists study how people _______ knowledge about 16. The fact that two neighbouring countries are having a
language, how this knowledge interacts with other political _______ pushes either of them to invest a lot in
cognitive processes, how it differs across speakers and defence industry so as to protect their country from possible
geographical regions, and how it may be computationally attacks that may come anytime from the opposite side.
modelled.
A) agreement
A) acquire B) reconciliation
B) invent C) ceasefire
C) operate D) devotion
D) erase E) conflict
E) surrender

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