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9. A recent study _______ birds in the Amazon rainforest 13. _______ the semester is finally over after a tiring exam
suggests that birds have gotten physically smaller week, students can spare some time for their hobbies in
_______ the last forty years. order to relax.

A) into / from A) Because of
B) on / over B) Despite the fact that
C) in / within C) Even though
D) from / in D) In spite of
E) to / for E) Now that

10. Uganda _______ that it _______ $537 million between 14. Many software businesses provide free versions of
2016 and 2020 on climate-related projects, but they could their products to their customers, _______ with limited
not be completed. functionality.

A) would announce / will have spent A) owing to
B) is going to announce / has spent B) albeit
C) had announced / spent C) inasmuch as
D) announces / will be spending D) lest
E) announced / would spend E) thanks to

11. Since October 4, 1957, when the Union of Soviet Socialist 15. _______ an oncoming train, he did not panic, so he was
Republics (USSR) _______ Sputnik, the first artificial able to retract his leg in time.
satellite to orbit Earth, we _______ into space.
A) Seen
A) have been launching / travelled B) To be seen
B) have launched / have travelled C) Having been seen
C) launched / have been travelling D) Seeing
D) had launched / was travelling E) To see
E) launched / had been travelling

12. Researchers carried out a genomic examination _______ 16. Global warming _______ worse; consequently, extreme
a huge and enigmatic family of human proteins to show weather events such as floods, droughts, heatwaves,
that it is responsible _______ harnessing the human and cold blasts _______ more frequently for a couple of
genome’s millions of transposable elements. years.

A) in / from A) gets / are occurring
B) to / in B) is getting / have been occurring
C) on / from C) got / were occurring
D) about / over D) has got / had occurred
E) of / for E) was getting / will occur

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