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Galileo had highly skilled glassmakers he could ------------ on to provide him with a lens.
PICK
HOLD
CATCH
CALL
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The rules of the club are --------- straightforward.
THEREBY
RATHER
SOMEWHAT
EXACTLY
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------------- systems to fail temporarily.
COMPELLING
MAKING
CAUSING
INFLUENCING
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Glass lenses were then -------- to many other uses.
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TAKEN
TURNED
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The "leap second" is designed to allow the Earth's rotation, which is gradually----------to catch up with atomic clocks.
DECLINING
LESSENING
SLOWING
DELAYING
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Others argue that challenges are -------------- if the second is added at the same time in all countries.
MANAGEABLE
GOVERNABLE
ADAPTABLE
CONTROLLABLE
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-------- researchers are helping brands to produce healthier food.
CURRENTLY
INSTANTLY
LATELY
SHORTLY
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-------------- our lives,the Reading Club clears some mental space.
RELAXING
MODERATING
RELIEVING
SIMPLIFYING
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If it's done ---------- customers don't notice the difference.
REGULARLY
CAUTIOUSLY
REPEADEDLY
GRADUALLY
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Europeans were well aware of the ----------- of glass.
MEANS
PROPERTIES
ASPECTS
RESOURCES
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Some countries are in favour of abolishing the leap second while others ----- that there are many technical challenges.
DISPUTE
QUESTION
DISAGREE
ARGUE
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However scientists only get six months ------- of the need to add a leap second.
INFORMATION
ADVICE
NOTICE
INSTRUCTION
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Galileo was the first person to ---------- the night sky through a telescope.
RECOGNISE
NOTICE
REGARD
WATCH
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