People come to this small northern country for many reasons, lured, perhaps, by the promise of spectacular ___________ friendly natives, and a vibrant arts scene.
A) scene B) scenery C) view D) panorama
COLLOCATION- SPECTACULAR SCENERY
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Smoking does a great ________ of harm to your health.
Deal
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Although the rugged Highlands _________ about two-thirds of the land area, most people live in the Central Belt.
A) take out B) take in C) take up D) take off
PHRASAL VERB- TAKE UP
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I didn't realise what she would suffer in the first place.
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Little__________ would suffer in the first place.
DID I REALISE WHAT SHE
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Others just want to get away from it all and, digging __________ old memories from their English Lit class of gallant heroes
A) off B) down C) on D) up
PHRASAL VERB- DIG UP
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_________ from the obvious health risks, smoking is an ugly, unpleasant habit. Most people would prefer to avoid a room that someone was filling with smelly smoke
Apart
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So how did these seemingly _________ cars, built in large numbers and owned by kids become so valuable? DISPOSE
DISPOSABLE
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Muscle cars were never intended to be valuable. In fact, the whole idea behind
muscle cars was to make them _________ and fast.
EXPENSIVE
INEXPENSIVE
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The image, the speed, the lifestyle were all highly addictive. Looking back, the muscle car years were _________ brief moment in time that we will never see the likes of again.
RELATIVE
RELATIVELY
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Scotland _________ of an area of 30, 418 square miles - so it's a fairly compact and "doable" country - with a population of about five million people
A) consists B) includes C) embraces D) comprises
VERB + PREPOSITION- CONSIST OF
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The _________ majority of the population lives in the Central Belt between Glasgow, Scotland's largest city, and Edinburgh, Scotland's capital.
A) expansive B) vast C) expanding D) spacious
COLLOCATION- VAST MAJORITY
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Most people are astounded when they hear the recent sales results of the most _________ muscle cars. We call them two-comma cars, cars that are worth so much money that you need two commas to separate all the zeroes in the price. DESIRE
DESIRABLE
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But ________ the same time, these smokers continue lighting up when they go out for a drink.