Worksheetsprepositions 8
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
The objective ---- a proper diet is to achieve and maintain a desirable body composition and a large capacity •••• physical and mental work.
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To protect whales and dolphins -·--the coast of Hawaii, a court in California has temporarily banned the US navy from using powerful sonar equipment -··· a military exercise in the area.
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As it had in World War I, Argentina proclaimed neutrality ----the outbreak of World War il, but in the losing phase it declared war ----the Axis powers.
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Today, spam mail constitutes more than 90 per cent •••• all e-mail traffic all •••• the world.
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Some types of microscopic organisms, called hyperthermophilic bacteria, can survive •••• extremely high temperatures, sometimes even •••• 100°C.
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lnsects that live in colonies, such as ants, bees, wasps, and termites, have long fascinated everyone, ···- naturalists ·-- artists.
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A gene giving humans a preference •••• sweet foods was recently identified --·· researchers.
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Scientists estimate that an individual bone has a one ·-·· three per cent lifetime risk of fracture, based on data •••• a variety of species.
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The great majority of osteoporotic hip fractures in the US occur in adults •••• 50 and result from minimal •••• moderate trauma, usually a fall from standing height or less.
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in the lale 1950s and early 1960s, 85,000 baby teeth were collected •••• children in the Midwestern US as part of a study of a possible link •••• the testing of atomic bombs and human health.
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Evidence clearly shows there is a preventive effect •••• aspirin and other anti-inflammatory drugs •••• colorectal cancer.
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We humans, like all warm-blooded animals, can keep our core body temperatures pretty constant regardless •••• the physical conditions in the world •••• us.
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Compared with the United States after 9/11, lndia has reacted •••• the Mumbai attacks •••• restraint.
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The Houston Caribbean Festival brings a feast ·-· music and colour •••• the streets of downtown Houston each year.
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Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, the highest mountain -·· Africa, rises 5,895 metres •••• sea level.
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-·· some cancers, the best therapy is a combination •••• surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy.
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The modern era of Shakespeare scholarship has been marked ---an enormous amount of investigation ---the authorship, text, and chronology of his plays.
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Homer --- the Byzantines was simultaneously a literary model, an instructional textbook, and a guide ----personal morality and wisdom.
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From the mid-fifteenth century ----, Lisbon began to emerge as a significant market -slavery.
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Since prehistoric times, man has recognized the influence -- heredity and has applied its principles ----the improvement of cultivated crops and domestic animals.
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The most useful geothermal resources are hot water and steam trapped in subsurface formations or reservoirs and having temperatures ranging --- 80" -- 350° centigrade.
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The changes of energy in nuclear reactions are enormous ---comparison ---those in chemical reactions.
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----the fourteenth century, some architects broadened their studies ---- light and began to explore the science of optics.
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Following the recent death ofa former Miss Argentina due to complications arising ---plastic surgery, questions are being raised --the risks of such cosmetic procedures.
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An understanding of the link ---- inflammation and cancer requires knowing how the body reacts ---- invaders.
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