TEST TOEIC 7 ppt

TOEIC 7
1. Barcelona and Brazil playmaker
Ronaldinho was ____ 2005 European
Footballer of the Year on Monday.
a. christened
b. named
c. identified
d. rejected
2. The 25-year-old was favorite to claim the
Ballon D'Or, having ____ won the 2004
FIFA World Player of the Year and the
inaugural FIFpro award.
a. already
b. yet
c. still
d. all ready
3. The Ballon D'Or is ____ accepted to be
the highest accolade available to a player
plying his trade in Europe.
a. wide
b. width
c. widen
d. widely
4. Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard ____
second, while Liverpool's Steven Gerrard
finished third.
a. went
b. reached
c. came
d. moved
5. Arsenal striker Thierry Henry was fourth

in the voting, followed by AC Milan and
Ukraine forward Andriy Shevchenko, who
____ last year.
a. wins
b. has won
c. had won
d. won
6. Ronaldinho was instrumental in helping
Barcelona ____ their first Primera Liga
title since 1999 last season, scoring nine
goals and providing many more.
a. clinching
b. to clinching
c. clinched
d. to clinch
7. His form this season seems to be even
more impressive with ____ great goal in
Sunday's win over Racing Santander
seeing him match last year's entire
league haul after just 12 games.
a. other
b. another
c. the other
d. each other
8. He has also been a key figure for Brazil,
____ the world champions top the South
American qualifying group.
a. helping
b. helped
c. help

d. to helping
9. Ronaldinho is ____ Brazilian to win the
award for performances at Barcelona,
after Ronaldo in 1997 and Rivaldo in
1999.
a. third
b. the three
c. the third
d. three
10. The Ballon D'Or is voted for by European
football journalists ____ by French
magazine France Football.
a. selecting
b. select
c. selected
d. selection
11. The award celebrated its 50th
anniversary in Paris ____ Monday night
and was first won by Stanley Matthews
while he was at Blackpool in 1956.
a. at
b. on
c. in
d. for
12. Time is running out for 25-year-old
Australian drug trafficker Nguyen Tuong
Van, ____ is due to be executed at
Singapore's Changi prison on Friday.
a. which
b. that

c. whom
d. who
13. His death sentence has sparked
widespread ____ in Australia.
a. criticism
b. critic
c. critical
d. critically
14. The Canberra government has ____
pleaded for clemency, as have lawyers,
trade unions and church groups.
a. repeated
b. repetition
c. repeatedly
d. repeating
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15. Singapore remains unmoved, and insists
the hanging will go ahead ____ planned.
a. until
b. as
c. so
d. while
16. Nguyen was arrested carrying ____ 400
grams of heroin at Singapore's Changi
airport in late 2002.
a. most
b. the most
c. mostly of
d. almost
17. The Australian government believes

Nguyen should not face the gallows ____
he has no previous criminal convictions.
a. although
b. therefore
c. unless
d. because
18. In a letter to his Australian ____ , the
Speaker of the Singapore Parliament,
Abdullah Tarmugi, said there was no
room for compromise.
a. colleague
b. counterpart
c. partner
d. acquaintance
19. According to Amnesty International,
about 420 people ____ in Singapore
since 1991, mostly for drugs offences.
a. have been hanged
b. have hanged
c. were hanged
d. will be hanged
20. At the weekend Australian Prime Minister
John Howard ____ his fifth personal plea
to the Singaporean leadership, during the
Commonwealth Heads of Government
Meeting in Malta.
a. did
b. accepted
c. made
d. rejected

21. Mr Howard warned that Singapore could
prepare for "lingering resentment" in
Australia if the execution ____ ahead.
a. goes
b. went
c. will go
d. had gone
22. He has, however, rejected calls for
boycotts of Singaporean companies,
____ trade and military sanctions with
one of Australia's closest Asian allies.
a. either
b. but also
c. as well as
d. together
23. Several last-ditch efforts to save him
have been suggested, including taking
Singapore to the International Court of
Justice or arranging a prisoner swap, but
legal experts have said ____ are likely to
succeed.
a. not
b. no
c. neither
d. none
24. Some church leaders have called on
Australians to observe a minute's silence
for Nguyen on Friday, ____ overall
opinion remains mixed.
a. but

b. so
c. however
d. nevertheless
25. The last Australian ____ overseas was
Michael McAuliffe.
a. was executed
b. to be executed
c. to be executing
d. to be execute
26. The barman from Sydney was hanged in
Malaysia in June 1993, after ____ eight
years in prison for heroin trafficking.
a. served
b. to serve
c. serving
d. serve
27. In 1986 two Australian citizens, Kevin
Barlow and Brian Chambers, were also
hanged in Malaysia after being ____ of
drug smuggling.
a. cleared
b. acquitted
c. released
d. convicted
28. Struggling US car-parts maker Delphi has
delayed plans to ____ staff wages,
reducing fears of a strike at the firm.
a. boost
b. earn
c. cut

d. raise
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29. GM, which owned Delphi until 1999, has
agreed to temporarily give up previously
agreed ____ reductions on Delphi parts
for 2006.
a. price
b. prices
c. priced
d. pricing
30. The price of gold has continued ____
relentless climb and looks set to pass the
$500-an-ounce level this week.
a. her
b. its
c. their
d. it
31. Its rising value is being driven by ____
demand for jewelry and moves by some
countries to increase their gold reserves.
a. strongly
b. strength
c. strengthen
d. strong
32. The threat of terrorism and the ensuing
economic uncertainty has also added to
gold's image as safe ____ .
a. investment
b. invest
c. investing

d. investor
33. Analysts say that the gold price is likely
____ past the $500-an-ounce mark, even
if some investors decide to take their
profits at that price.
a. continuing
b. continue
c. to continue
d. to continuing
34. Platinum prices have also ____ in recent
months, driven by strong jewelry demand
and the metal's important role in car
exhausts.
a. stabilized
b. diminished
c. decreased
d. surged
35. Oscar-winner Julia Roberts still ____ as
the highest-paid actress in Hollywood.
a. ranks
b. names
c. considers
d. selects
36. Hollywood Reporter's annual Women in
Entertainment Power list suggests she
____ $20m a film, despite her recent
career break to have twins.
a. pays
b. earns
c. wins

d. succeeds
37. Roberts, ____ last film was Ocean's
Twelve, will return to acting in 2006
making her Broadway stage debut.
a. whom
b. who
c. which
d. whose
38. Roberts became the first actress ____
the likes of Tom Cruise in the ranks of the
$20m-per-movie stars after scooping the
best actress Oscar in 2001.
a. joined
b. joining
c. to join
d. to joining
39. She picked up the People's Choice
Award on nine occasions ____ 1991 and
2004 - an illustration of her enduring
popularity with film-goers.
a. from
b. between
c. among
d. since
40. Nicole Kidman commands an ____ $16
million to $17 million per movie.
a. estimated
b. estimate
c. estimating
d. estimates

41. The No. 3 and No. 4 spots were held by
Reese Witherspoon, currently starring in
Oscar hopeful "Walk the Line," and Drew
Barrymore, ____ take in $15 million a
movie.
a. both of whom
b. whom of both
c. of both whom
d. both whom of
42. British Airways is to cut almost 600 ____
jobs by March 2008.
a. manage
b. manager
c. managed
d. management
43. The job ____ are the first big move by
new chief executive Willie Walsh to cut
the firm's costs.
a. loss
b. losses
c. lost
d. loses
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44. The brunt of the reduction will hit senior
management, whose numbers are
expected to fall ____ 414 to 207.
a. to
b. between
c. from
d. among

45. A gradual rise in the state pension age to
68 has been put forward as part of a
____ proposed shake-up of UK pensions.
a. major
b. majoring
c. majority
d. majored
46. In return, the basic state pension would
be increased and would rise with line with
earnings ____ prices.
a. rather
b. rather of
c. instead than
d. rather than
47. Under Lord Turner, the commission has
spent three years ____ at ways to reform
the UK's pension system.
a. looking
b. look
c. to look
d. looked
48. Rescuers are ____ hope of finding more
survivors at a Chinese coal mine hit by
an underground blast on Sunday.
a. creating
b. living
c. losing
d. destroying
49. The ____ toll at the Dongfeng mine in
Heilongjiang province reached 146 on

Tuesday, as more bodies were found.
a. dying
b. death
c. dead
d. died
50. Relatives of the victims gathered outside
the mine's gates - ____ temperatures of
-15C on Monday night - demanding to be
let in.
a. because
b. on account of
c. despite
d. however
51. Authorities say the blast occurred ____
coal dust caught fire, knocking out the
colliery's ventilation systems.
a. while
b. when
c. but
d. unless
52. China's mines are considered the world's
deadliest and this year ____ , 3,000
deaths have been reported.
a. lone
b. lonely
c. lonesome
d. alone
53. The China Daily newspaper says that
following a drive to increase safety, 9,000
illegal coalmines have been closed down

____ September.
a. since
b. in
c. for
d. by
54. The paper also admitted that the central
government's attempts ____ safety were
being compromised by local authorities
ignoring unsafe mines.
a. improving
b. improve
c. to improve
d. improved
55. Two Chinese firms have been ordered to
pay compensation to drinks maker
Societe Jas Hennessy, and to stop ____
items breaching its trademarks.
a. sell
b. selling
c. to sell
d. sold
56. A Shanghai court said wines marketed by
Xiang Mu Tong Trading and bottled by
Xiamen Golden Huanya Food were too
____ Hennessy's name.
a. similar to
b. same
c. the same
d. similar
57. They had been ____ under the names of

Hanlissy or Henglishi in Chinese.
a. product
b. production
c. producing
d. produced
58. The wine was sold as "French cognac
brandy" in local supermarkets, ____ had
been bottled in China.
a. and
b. so
c. but
d. however
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59. Overseas firms are ____ looking for court
protection for their trademarks, patents
and other intellectual property in China.
a. increase
b. increased
c. increasing
d. increasingly
60. Politicians and campaigners have
pledged to focus ___ HIV prevention to
stop the spread of the virus.
a. in
b. on
c. about
d. at
61. EU ministers issued the first pan-
European pledge of their commitment to
limit the spread of HIV/Aids, the world's

____ .
a. fourth biggest killer
b. the four biggest killer
c. the fourth biggest killer
d. four biggest killer
62. They backed efforts to give people
around the world better access to
condoms and effective information on
how to ____ their risk of infection.
a. pose
b. take
c. reduce
d. involve
63. More than 40m people around the world
are living with HIV/Aids. Five million
people ____ so far this year.
a. had been newly infected
b. have been newly infected
c. were newly infected
d. will be newly infected
64. US economic ____ accelerated to an
annual rate of 4.3% in the three months
from July to September.
a. grow
b. growing
c. grows
d. growth
65. ____ fears that the cost of rebuilding after
hurricanes Katrina and Rita, coupled with
record oil prices, would slam the brakes

on growth.
a. It had been
b. There had been
c. They had been
d. Having been
66. The World Bank has approved a $100m
____ to Iraq to help reduce overcrowding
in the country's schools.
a. loan
b. mortgage
c. debt
d. loans
67. Oil giant Total is to compensate Burmese
villagers ____ claimed they were used as
forced labor during the building of a major
gas pipeline.
a. which
b. whom
c. who
d. whose
68. Eight Burmese villagers sued Total in
2002, claiming they were forced to work
on the project ____ their will.
a. on
b. in
c. against
d. with
69. They alleged that Total ____ that human
rights violations would occur during the
construction of the pipeline, jointly built by

Total and US firm Unocal.
a. must have known
b. must have knowing
c. must had known
d. might have known
70. The 39-mile pipeline connecting Thailand
to the Andaman Sea was completed
____ the mid-1990s.
a. since
b. in
c. for
d. at
71. The compensation will be ____ to the
eight plaintiffs in the case and anyone
else able to prove they were also used as
forced labor in the area during
construction work.
a. spent
b. charged
c. fined
d. paid
72. Total said most of the money would go
towards improving housing, healthcare
and ____ in the region.
a. educating
b. educator
c. education
d. educate
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73. Total has already spent $12m ____

humanitarian aid for the 45,000 people
living there, many of whom worked on the
project.
a. on
b. at
c. in
d. with
74. Earlier this year, Unocal agreed to pay
undisclosed ____ to residents of the
region following allegations that Burmese
soldiers guarding the pipeline project had
committed rape and murder.
a. price
b. fine
c. fee
d. compensation
75. The United Nations has accused Burma's
military government ____ failing to stamp
out forced labor, saying it remains a
"serious problem".
a. in
b. of
c. on
d. about
76. Surgeons in France have carried out the
first face transplant. The woman had lost
her nose, lips and chin after being ____
by a dog.
a. savage
b. to savage

c. savaged
d. savaging
77. In the controversial operation, tissues,
muscles, arteries and veins were taken
from a brain-dead ____ and attached to
the patient's lower face.
a. donors
b. donation
c. donate
d. donor
78. Doctors stress the woman will not look
like her donor, but ____ will she look like
she did before the attack.
a. no
b. not
c. nor
d. none
79. It has been ____ possible to carry out
such a transplant for some years, with
teams in the US, the UK and France
researching the procedure.
a. technical
b. technically
c. technique
d. technician
80. Skin from another person's face is better
for transplants as it will be a ____ match
than skin from another part of the
patient's body, which could have a
different texture or color.

a. better
b. good
c. well
d. best
81. Concerns relating to immunosuppression,
psychological impact and the
consequence of technical failure have so
far prevented ethical ____ of the
procedure in the UK, though doctors here
are fully able to perform transplants.
a. approve
b. approving
c. approved
d. approval
82. The ____ French patient from the
northern French town of Valenciennes
underwent extensive counseling before
her operation, which is believed to have
lasted at least five hours.
a. 38-year-old
b. 38-years-old
c. 38-old-year
d. 38-old-years
83. The French magazine Le Point reports
that the tissues, muscles, arteries and
veins ____ for the transplant were taken
from a multi-organ donor in the northern
city of Lille, who was brain-dead.
a. needed
b. need

c. needing
d. to need
84. The operations were ____ by a team led
by Professor Bernard Devauchelle and
Professor Jean Michel Dubernard.
a. carried on
b. carried off
c. carried out
d. carried away
85. In a statement, the hospital said the
woman had been gravely disfigured in
the attack ____ May this year.
a. on
b. in
c. at
d. since
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86. It added that the woman - who wishes to
remain anonymous - was in "excellent
general health" and said the graft looked
____.
a. normally
b. normalize
c. normality
d. normal
87. ____ any other transplant patient, the
woman will have to take
immunosuppressant drugs to help her
body cope with the donated tissue.
a. Alike

b. Likes
c. Resemble
d. Like
88. Doctors working in the field say many
could benefit from the procedure, ____
10,000 burns victims in the UK.
a. include
b. including
c. includes
d. included
89. Samsung pleaded guilty Wednesday to a
charge it participated ____ a worldwide
price-fixing conspiracy that damaged
competition and raised PC prices.
a. on
b. at
c. in
d. about
90. U.S. District Judge Hamilton ordered
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. to pay
$300 million — the second-largest ____
in a criminal antitrust case.
a. fine
b. charge
c. fee
d. expense
91. The sentence was the culmination of a
three-year ____ into price fluctuations in
the dynamic random access memory
market from April 1999 to June 2002.

a. research
b. investigation
c. experiment
d. test
92. Prosecutors said Samsung and ____
companies conspired in e-mails,
telephone calls and in-person meetings
to fix the price of chips used in personal
computers and other electronic devices.
a. another
b. others
c. other
d. the others
93. A meditating teenage boy in south-central
Nepal is drawing the ____ of scientists
after attracting huge crowds in the past
six months and earning himself the name
Buddha-reincarnate.
a. attendance
b. intention
c. participation
d. attention
94. They are considering how ____ him
without disturbing his meditation.
a. to examine
b. to examining
c. examines
d. should examine
95. Ram Bahadur Bamjan's friends, relatives
and managers say he has been

meditating without ____ water for six
months.
a. drinking
b. to drink
c. drink
d. to drinking
96. They add that he will ____ for another six
years until he gains enlightenment as did
the Buddha some 250km away in
Lumbini in western Nepal.
a. carry on
b. carry off
c. carry out
d. carry away
97. Word ____ quickly about the teenager,
and people around began to visit Bamjan,
15, who has been sitting cross-legged in
a traditional Buddha posture under a
peepal tree.
a. created
b. spread
c. exchanged
d. uttered
98. His hair has grown ____ and has almost
covered his eyes. Villagers say he has
grown weak.
a. length
b. lengthened
c. long
d. lengthily

99. The dramatically increased movement of
people has generated economic ____.
a. reforms
b. ties
c. strategies
d. opportunities
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100. Makeshift shops have sprung up, and
offerings in cash and kind are on the ___.
a. mend
b. rise
c. wane
d. run
101. Local people have formed a committee
to make sure that Bamjan gets the right
environment to meditate and ____ the
influx of visitors and the offerings they
make.
a. to managing
b. managed
c. managing
d. to manage
102. Some say he has eaten nothing since
he began his meditation, ____ that he
used to take a milk-like liquid from the
roots of the peepal tree at the beginning.
a. another
b. other
c. others
d. the other

103. Most people can live without food for
several weeks, ____ the average human
can survive for only three to four days
without water.
a. however
b. still
c. but
d. or
104. Followers of holy men and ascetics
have often ascribed extraordinary powers
to them, but such powers are seldom
subject to ____ inspection.
a. science
b. scientific
c. scientifically
d. scientist
105. The number of people seeking real
evidence here ____ . Under pressure,
locals have asked the administration to
find out the truth.
a. is increasing
b. are increasing
c. have been increasing
d. were increasing
106. Mr. Koirala said scientists from the
Royal Nepal Academy of Science and
Technology were due to arrive to ____
the examination.
a. encourage
b. meet

c. ignore
d. conduct
107. Bamjan's family members say they
have no ___ what is going on.
a. knowledge
b. idea
c. hope
d. faith
108. His mother fainted when she found out
___ son had undertaken an indefinite
meditation.
a. she
b. our
c. her
d. hers
109. The family said Bamjan was different
____ his four brothers. They said he did
not speak much and stayed aloof.
a. to
b. from
c. in
d. against
110. Bamjan undertook meditation when he
returned from a tour of Lumbini, ____
Buddha was born.
a. which
b. that
c. whom
d. where
111. Mexico says it opposes a US plan to

build more fences along the border in
order to control ____ immigration.
a. illegal
b. illegally
c. legal
d. legally
112. About 10 million Mexicans live in the
United States and more than four million
are said to stay ____.
a. illegal
b. illegally
c. illegality
d. illegalize
113. More than a million ____ every year as
they try to enter the US to look for work.
a. have been arrested
b. were arrested
c. will be arrested
d. are arrested
114. Experts said the migration trend would
continue ____ the huge wage gap
between the US and Mexico.
a. therefore
b. in spite of
c. because of
d. because
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115. President Bush toured US states to
rally support for his strategy to control
immigration. He wants ____ security

along the Mexican frontier.
a. more severe
b. tighter
c. more valuable
d. more effective
116. The US Supreme Court is hearing a
challenge to a state law that requires girls
under 18 to notify ____ one parent before
having an abortion.
a. at least
b. at the least
c. at less
d. at the less
117. Under the New Hampshire law minors
can have an abortion without telling a
parent only if their life ____ in danger.
a. were
b. would be
c. had been
d. is
118. Anti-abortion campaigners and pro-
choice advocates faced each other on
the steps of the Supreme Court as initial
____ were due to begin inside.
a. argue
b. argument
c. arguing
d. arguments
119. Minors who want an abortion must
inform at least one parent in 19 states,

____ 24 others require parental approval
before a procedure.
a. while
b. because
c. when
d. however
120. Cathay Pacific is to bolster its fleet as
____ faces increased competition in the
Asian long-haul market.
a. he
b. they
c. it
d. its
121. The Hong Kong-____ carrier is
acquiring 19 planes - 16 Boeing 777-
300ERs and three Airbus A330-300s.
a. centered
b. based
c. located
d. identified
122. The deals, which will expand Cathay's
fleet to more than 110 planes by 2010,
will enable it ____ more routes and
develop Hong Kong as a global hub.
a. opening
b. opened
c. to open
d. open
123. Cathay is acquiring 12 planes ____
from Boeing and seven planes on lease

from the International Lease Finance
Corporation.
a. directed
b. direction
c. direct
d. directly
124. South Korea's ____ of flat-screen TVs
are to slash prices in an effort to boost
market share.
a. two largest manufacturers
b. the two largest manufacturers
c. two larger manufacturers
d. the two large manufacturers
125. Samsung Electronics and LG
Electronics are set to cut retail prices of
LCD (liquid crystal display) sets in their
home ____ by more than 20%.
a. marketer
b. marketing
c. market
d. marketed
126. Despite the popularity of flat-screen
TVs, analysts have warned that over-
supply in the sector could force prices
____ sharply.
a. up
b. over
c. on
d. down
127. LG Electronics recently announced

plans to spend $485m on building a flat-
screen ____ facility near Seoul in
partnership with Dutch firm Philips
Electronics.
a. produced
b. production
c. productive
d. producing
128. Samsung, the world's leading flat-
screen producer, is also increasing
production in anticipation of ____
demand next year.
a. low
b. surging
c. disappointing
d. weak
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129. Experts believe next year's football
World Cup will spur interest in flat-screen
TVs in South Korea and Japan, ____
have qualified for the tournament.
a. both of which
b. both of them
c. which both of
d. of both which
130. The European Central Bank has raised
____ rates by a quarter of a percentage
point to 2.25%.
a. interesting
b. interestingly

c. interested
d. interest
131. The European Union has granted
Ukraine market economy status - seen as
a key step to boost trade ____.
a. disputes
b. gaps
c. ties
d. embargoes
132. Mr. Blair and other EU leaders also
backed Ukraine's bid to ____ the World
Trade Organization.
a. participate
b. involve
c. leave
d. join
133. This is the first summit between the EU
and Ukraine since the Orange Revolution
a year ago, ____ brought pro-Western
President Viktor Yushchenko to power.
a. that
b. which
c. who
d. what
134. Dedicated gamers have started
queuing for the long-awaited Xbox 360
which makes its debut in the UK ____
midnight.
a. at
b. in

c. on
d. until
135. Microsoft's machine is the first next
generation games console ____ on sale,
ahead of those from Sony and Nintendo.
a. going
b. to going
c. will go
d. to go
136. Retailers however have warned that
fans may be disappointed as most shops
have ____ sold out of all their stock due
to limited supplies.
a. yet
b. still
c. already
d. ever
137. Some gamers have been expressing
their ____ at the expected shortage of
Xbox 360s in online forums.
a. satisfaction
b. frustration
c. joy
d. excitement
138. The Xbox 360 is one of the most
eagerly-awaited consumer electronics
____ of the year.
a. debuts
b. debuted
c. debuting

d. debut
139. The console sold out quickly when it
was ____ in the US last week.
a. produced
b. advertised
c. released
d. declared
140. This is the first time that a console
maker has launched a product ____
simultaneously across the world and the
ambitious plan has led to supply
problems for Microsoft.
a. most
b. the most
c. almost
d. most of
141. Some 300,000 Xbox 360s are likely to
be available for Friday's European
launch, though ____ is far expected to
exceed this.
a. supply
b. demand
c. desire
d. trade
142. Sony and Nintendo are planning to
release ____ next generation consoles
during 2006, giving Microsoft an edge
over its rivals by launching the 360 now.
a. its
b. her

c. our
d. their
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143. The software giant is virtually tied with
Nintendo for second place, way behind
Sony, in a games market ____ $25bn
globally.
a. worth
b. worthy
c. worthily
d. worthless
144. An 80-page handwritten script by
Beethoven, ____ was missing for 115
years, has sold for £1.1m at auction.
a. who
b. which
c. whose
d. whom
145. International ____ over how to fight the
global HIV/Aids pandemic has persisted
on World Aids Day.
a. disagree
b. disagreements
c. disagreeing
d. disagreement
146. Australia and East Timor have agreed
on how to share energy resources
beneath the sea between ____ .
a. themselves
b. them

c. their
d. theirs
147. Australian Foreign Minister Alexander
Downer said details of the agreement
would not be released ____ a signing
ceremony, which is to be held sometime
next month.
a. unless
b. so that
c. until
d. despite
148. An Australian court has jailed an HIV-
positive man for 12 years for ____
unprotected sex with two European
tourists.
a. having
b. have
c. to have
d. to having
149. South Africa's economy should be able
to reach and sustain an annual growth
____ of 6%.
a. acceleration
b. cost
c. rate
d. speed
150. The airline's huge loss is largely the
result of exceptional items associated
____ its bankruptcy reorganization.
a. to

b. about
c. over
d. with
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