Question

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1 Now that my brother is ________ university student, he has to do ________ lot of reading.
2 As soon as I can get ________ decent video camera, I'll start making ________ videos to put online.
3 Turn down ________ radio. I can't hear ________ word you're saying.
4 ________ whales can remain submerged for ________ long time.
5 ________ lawyer believed in his client's innocence.
6 I want to live in ________ quiet city where ________ air is clean.
7 Tom wasn't ________ driver of the car that crashed into ________ supermarket on ________ Park Street.
8 No place in ________ world is as beautiful as ________ Swiss Alps.
9 They say she is ________ kindest woman on ________ earth.
10 I think it's possible for ________ people to live on ________ moon.
11 I dressed up as ________ vampire for ________ Halloween.
12 In ________ United States, ________ cars drive on ________ right‐hand side of the road.
13 What's ________ height of ________ Empire State Building?
14 The Humboldt current is ________ cold ocean current that flows north along ________ west coast of ________ South America.
15 ________ honesty is one of ________ most beautiful things in ________ world.
16 ________ young boy playing ________ banjo in front of ________ train station was good.
17 ________ hunger kills more people every year than ________ AIDS, ________ malaria and ________ tuberculosis combined.
18 ________ Hokkaido is located in ________ northern part of ________ Japan.
19 ________ Browns are ________ elegant and happy family.
20 Such ________ economic program will help ________ rich at ________ expense of ________ poor.
21 According to ________ Chinese, ________ five elements are ________ metal, ________ earth, ________ fire, ________ water and ________ wood.
22 ________ Shetland Islands are part of ________ United Kingdom.
23 ________ tower you see over there is ________ Eiffel Tower.
24 ________ Africa is ________ continent, but ________ Greenland is not.
25 As ________ rule, he arrives at ________ office at about nine-thirty in ________ morning.
26 ________ River Severn is only 354 km, but it is ________ longest river in ________ England.
27 Mary said that she could speak not only ________ Portuguese, but also ________ Spanish.
28 Many people go to ________ South Dakota to see ________ Mount Rushmore.
29 Tom survived for three years on ________ small island in ________ Pacific Ocean.
30 ________ Buddhism has its beginnings in ________ India.

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