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9. Some students wrongly interpret failure as resulting from 13. Human hearing is not ______ sensitive ______ that of a bat
lack of ability ______ lack of effort, and do nothing about or a dog, but human beings make a wide range of sounds.
it since they believe that ability, unlike effort, is something
A) both / and
they really cannot do much about.
B) neither / nor
A) rather than C) as / as
B) similar to D) whether / or
C) in case of E) either / or
D) in terms of
E) except for

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10. Palaeontologists ______ that small mammals ______ the 14. The production of plastics and their accumulation in the
extinction of dinosaurs by eating their eggs; however, natural environment are increasing at an unprecedented
currently they think the rise of mammals was an effect of rate ______ indiscriminate use, inadequate recycling, and
the demise of dinosaurs. dumping in landfills.

A) may think / could have caused A) owing to
B) must think / would have caused B) as opposed to
C) used to think / might have caused C) rather than
D) had to think / should have caused D) except for
E) would think / must have caused E) in spite of

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11. ______ bacteria were discovered in the 17 century, 15. The discovery of a completely intact dinosaur embryo in
infectious diseases were thought to be caused by sickly China, which is at least 66 million years old and ______
smells. from its egg like a chicken, ______ new light on the
relationship between the behaviours of modern birds and
A) Once
those of dinosaurs.
B) Given that
C) Since A) is able to hatch / may shed
D) Until B) was about to hatch / will shed
E) Even if C) would hatch / could shed
D) was supposed to hatch / would shed
E) might hatch / should shed

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12. On the black market, prices of ______ thousand dollars 16. Asteroid fragments and the first dinosaur fossils from
are paid for the extremely rare hyacinth macaw, which is an asteroid impact 66 million years ago ______ by a
______ sought after by enthusiasts. palaeontologist at a dig site in North Dakota, which could
be the first physical evidence that dinosaurs ______ by an
A) any / a lot
asteroid impact.
B) each / neither
C) several / much A) were unearthed / have been wiped out
D) some / a little B) had been unearthed / would be wiped out
E) enough / all C) would have been unearthed / were being wiped out
D) were being unearthed / had been wiped out
E) have been unearthed / were wiped out

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