1. Read the text and choose the missing phrase.

Pre-existing conditions

Please note: you will not be covered for any pre-existing medical conditions that you may have. A condition will be considered pre-existing if it is a condition you have received treatment for, or one you knew about or in our reasonable opinion you (..).

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2. Read the text and choose the missing phrase.

A laptop thief with a conscience has posted a memory stick containing precious data to a professor, a week after stealing the device. The professor, who (..) when it came to backing up data, had left her bag hidden behind the stairwell of her apartment block. She soon realised her bag had vanished along with ten years irreplaceable data.

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3. Read the text and choose the missing phrase.

ACON International Travel Insurance lets you enjoy your vacation with the peace of mind that if something goes amiss, we'll be here to help you 24/7, 365 days a year. With our Premium International Travel Insurance Policy, you are dealing directly with the insurer. (....) there is no extra agent,2s commision.

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4. Choose the correct sentence.

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5. Choose the correct sentence.

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6. Choose the word that does NOT collocate with the noun: Peter was admitted to hospital suffering from (…) vision.

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7. Choose the word that does NOT collocate with the noun: The man gave Clare a (…) look.

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8. Wilfred Thesinger, the legendary explorer once said, ‘We live our lives second-hand’. Sadly, his words are true for far too many of us, as we (…) in front of the television, engrossed in ‘reality’ television, living our adventures through the words and pictures of others.

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9. In many northern myths the raven was creator of the world, bringer of daylight, but also an aggressive trickster. Many traditional stories turn on the unpleasant ways in which Raven gets the (…) of a human adversary.

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10. Many owners of tigers believe they are saving an endangered species. But their cubs have no (…) among wild tigers. They are a mixture of Sumatran, Siberian and Bengal tigers, which would not survive in the wild.

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11. A new European Union directive introduced today means the likes of Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber could all be sporting earplugs onstage as they churn (…) their greatest hits.

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12. The names Marcel Marceau and mime became (…) linked in the public mind, he toured the whole world doing his mime show based on the antics of 'Bip', the character he created.

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13. Throughout the UK, councils spend £15 million a year removing chewing gum from the streets, and £4 million of that is in London alone. Indirectly, this is (…) taxpayers' money.

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14. In my experience Italians seem obsessed with using English words, and will (…) an English word into a sentence even when a perfectly good native word will suffice.

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15. It's not just budding young entrepreneurs who start up new businesses. Fifty-year-old Jane Owers, from London has left her job in education to make her (…) as a florist.

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16. I think kids were (…) from the harsh realities of the world a lot more in the past.

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17. Don't be too (…) - it's only a minor setback.

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18. For years, they have been (…) me to take up some regular exercise. Fortunately, I have been able to put off the evil hour when I had to make a decision.

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19. Stress is in danger of becoming one of those words - along with empowerment and creativity - that is made worthless through (…) and overuse.

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20. Tyrannosaurus rex was a messy eater which probably flattened its prey under one foot, and it would have had revolting breath. Its mouth (…) serrated teeth like steak knives and food would have remained trapped in the teeth.

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21. A recent Ministry of Defence document paints a picture of (…) reality for the future.

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22. One day in the later 1980s, disaster struck Lee Jones's family farm. Hail in the middle of July wiped out almost everything (…) to the harvest season.

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23. The highlight of this past week's science news was the images (…) back from the Curiosity rover, providing conclusive geologic evidence that water flowed on Mars.

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24. With just under 600,00 residents, Kingston (…) with life, noise and activity, and if you venture downtown, you'll see the rough edges.

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25. We had to cancel our holiday, which was frustrating.

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