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4. | North and South ___ are the only two countries with "North" and "South" as part of their names. | 5. | Criminals often put a ___ on their face to hide their identity. | 6. | If you take a ___ by car, you now pay three times as much for gas in 2008 as you did in early 2001. | 8. | New ___ techniques allow patients to recover from surgery much faster than in the past. | 9. | There will be a lot of ___ment in the theater if someone yells "Fire!" | 10. | "Soylent Green" is a science fiction movie about the Earth in the ___. There will be simply too many people and too little food. | 12. | Because the federal government doesn't hire enough air traffic controllers, a ___ is sure to happen at one or more airports. | 15. | People who take drugs or drink alcohol risk losing ___ of their faculties. | 16. | Most people prefer an immediate ___ to a mail-in rebate. |
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1. | ___ ships are floating hotels that stop at various ports so passengers can buy lots of overpriced junk. | 2. | Bob's wife ___s him to play golf on Mother's Day; he must spend the day with her. | 3. | The male ___ on the plane walked out of the bathroom completely naked and then tried to open the emergency door in mid-flight. | 7. | Even though they are 217 miles above Earth, astronauts aboard the international space station can see the ___ ___ of China. | 11. | Occasionally, everyone has a sudden ___ to scratch some part of their body. | 13. | ___ is the capital city of Japan and was the site of the 1964 summer Olympics. | 14. | "Any ___ in a storm" = "Beggars can't be choosers." Sometimes you have to settle for less than you want. |
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