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[ "permitted", "allowed", "agreed" ]
You may be [MASK] to a well-known college or win scholarship, not to mention gaining the admiration of your teachers and parents.
admitted
[ "lost", "strike", "blow" ]
At times, it can almost turn into a funny game of hit and [MASK] .
miss
[ "game", "interest", "result" ]
Some students haven't mastered the [MASK] of test taking, and some fear under pressure or need more time or another way to express what they know.
art
[ "speak", "tell", "talk" ]
Some students haven't mastered the art of test taking, and some fear under pressure or need more time or another way to [MASK] what they know.
express
[ "master", "house", "failure" ]
Being a school [MASK] means learning things out of the school system.
success
[ "points", "ideas", "freedom" ]
Then you have to work things to your [MASK] .
advantage
[ "remembering", "teaching", "understanding" ]
Lots of students are already doing it without [MASK] it.
realizing
[ "bases", "calls", "takes" ]
Getting high grades also [MASK] on knowing each teacher's character.
depends
[ "place", "arms", "classes" ]
For example, I once had to take [MASK] , so one day in between classes I talked to the teacher I had wanted to.
chemistry
[ "among", "after", "before" ]
For example, I once had to take chemistry , so one day in [MASK] classes I talked to the teacher I had wanted to.
between
[ "after", "before", "from" ]
I told him how I'd heard what a really good teacher he was, and how disappointed I was that I'd have to graduate [MASK] having been in his class.
without
[ "effected", "mattered", "did" ]
It [MASK] .
worked
[ "one", "none", "member" ]
But I considered it [MASK] of the grade game we're pushed into playing to aim at going to the best schools.
part
[ "taking", "making", "enjoying" ]
But I considered it part of the grade game we're pushed into [MASK] to aim at going to the best schools.
playing
[ "failed", "feared", "dreamed" ]
A student asked him, "In your experience in politics have you [MASK] ?"
lied
[ "if", "once", "although" ]
The students were chuckling [MASK] every politician always said so.
because
[ "careful", "excited", "shy" ]
Fox wasn't [MASK] .
angry
[ "simple", "useful", "possible" ]
He said, "In this society, perhaps it is very [MASK] to prove that I'm an honest man, but you should believe that in this world there's honesty , which is always around us.
hard
[ "and", "or", "so" ]
He said, "In this society, perhaps it is very hard to prove that I'm an honest man, [MASK] you should believe that in this world there's honesty , which is always around us.
but
[ "selflessness", "knowledge", "power" ]
He said, "In this society, perhaps it is very hard to prove that I'm an honest man, but you should believe that in this world there's [MASK] , which is always around us.
honesty
[ "method", "book", "view" ]
I want to tell you a [MASK] which means a lot to me.
story
[ "show", "prove", "discuss" ]
His son said to him, 'Daddy, i want to [MASK] how you dismantle the pavilion, so can you not dismantle it until I come back from school?'
see
[ "unless", "after", "for" ]
His son said to him, 'Daddy, i want to see how you dismantle the pavilion, so can you not dismantle it [MASK] I come back from school?'
until
[ "apologized", "changed", "succeeded" ]
His father [MASK] .
agreed
[ "forgot", "refused", "arrived" ]
However, after the boy [MASK] , he asked some workers to dismantle the pavilion.
left
[ "finished", "shined", "improved" ]
After the boy returned from school, he found the old pavilion had [MASK] .
disappeared
[ "proudly", "impolitely", "patiently" ]
Therefore, he said [MASK] to his father, 'Dad, you told me a lie.'
unhappily
[ "tired", "satisfied", "clear" ]
His father was embarrassed and said, 'My boy, I was [MASK] .'
wrong
[ "middle", "face", "interest" ]
The father called in the workers again and had them rebuild a pavilion in the [MASK] of the old one.
shape
[ "record", "secret", "appointment" ]
He was not rich, but he kept his [MASK] ."
promise
[ "help", "attract", "criticize" ]
We hope to [MASK] him."
know
[ "brave", "bright", "alone" ]
Fox said, "He has died, but his son is still [MASK] ."
alive
[ "travelling", "running", "regretting" ]
Fox said, "His son is [MASK] here.
standing
[ "trained", "needed", "praised" ]
I'd like to treat this country and everyone in it like my father [MASK] me."
treated
[ "waited", "paid", "prepared" ]
On the outskirts of town, they [MASK] for a sandwich lunch.
stopped
[ "town", "office", "restaurant" ]
While they ate, several boys playing in the street passed by their [MASK] .
car
[ "thought", "doubted", "worried" ]
One of the boys limped .Looking more closely, my father's boss [MASK] that the boy had a clubfoot .He stepped out of the car and caught up with the boy, saying that he was able to help get that foot fixed.
observed
[ "satisfied", "interested", "relaxed" ]
The young boy was [MASK] .The businessman wrote down the boy's name before the boy joined his friends down the street.
delighted
[ "laughed", "apologized", "nodded" ]
The man [MASK] and said to my father, "Woody, the boy's name is Jimmy.
returned
[ "plays", "studies", "stays" ]
Find out where he [MASK] and do your best to get his parents permission to let him have his foot operated on.
lives
[ "determination", "help", "plan" ]
Find out where he lives and do your best to get his parents [MASK] to let him have his foot operated on.
permission
[ "chat", "meeting", "holiday" ]
They finished their sandwiches and went on their [MASK] .
ride
[ "build", "decorate", "paint" ]
It didn't take long for my father to [MASK] Jimmy's house, a small one that needed paint and repair.
find
[ "briefly", "proudly", "calmly" ]
For almost an hour, my father [MASK] explained the plan to Jimmy's parents.
patiently
[ "Excited", "Ashamed", "Tired" ]
[MASK] , they looked at each other.
Confused
[ "visited", "finished", "refused" ]
When my father [MASK] they still weren't quite sure about the generous offer from an unknown benefactor .
left
[ "purpose", "decision", "promise" ]
Later, my father's employer got in touch with the local government with a [MASK] to send someone to Jimmy's home to convince the family that this was a lawful offer.
request
[ "warn", "remind", "argue" ]
Later, my father's employer got in touch with the local government with a request to send someone to Jimmy's home to [MASK] the family that this was a lawful offer.
convince
[ "hotel", "school", "store" ]
Soon, with permission papers signed, my father took Jimmy to an excellent [MASK] in another state.
hospital
[ "anger", "fear", "disappointment" ]
His parents watched in [MASK] as the returned boy stepped lightly toward them.
amazement
[ "agree", "admit", "prove" ]
They still could not [MASK] that a man they had never seen would pay a large sum of money to have a foot corrected for their son.
believe
[ "polite", "humorous", "cautious" ]
The [MASK] benefactor was Mr. Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company.
secret
[ "until", "unless", "Whom" ]
He always said it's more fun to do something for people [MASK] they don't know who did it.
when
[ "watch", "lose", "urge" ]
Many people [MASK] these games on the Internet.
play
[ "awful", "ambitious", "imaginary" ]
Games look more and more [MASK] as computer technology improves.
real
[ "abolish", "resign", "obey" ]
Some games let people [MASK] their own cities.
create
[ "pause", "drag", "approve" ]
Gaming can [MASK] many positive effects.
produce
[ "soon", "still", "just" ]
It can [MASK] help improve eye and hand movement.
even
[ "teamwork", "witness", "profit[" ]
However, gaming can become a [MASK] .
problem
[ "abandon", "favour", "annoy" ]
People with a gaming addiction ofte [MASK] their studies, work, sleep, relationships, food, and family.
forget
[ "conduct", "count", "congratulate" ]
They are often unable to [MASK] the amount of time they play.
control
[ "affection", "energy", "talent" ]
Many gaming addicts spend all their [MASK] on gaming.
money
[ "before", "meantime", "until" ]
It was reported that a man died while playing an Internet computer game [MASK] he had been playing the same game for 50 hours with few breaks .
because
[ "satisfaction", "adaptation", "benefits" ]
It was reported that a man died while playing an Internet computer game because he had been playing the same game for 50 hours with few [MASK] .
breaks
[ "happiness", "pride", "power" ]
More people are getting [MASK] And more people are changing their lives.
help
[ "receivers", "staff", "fellows" ]
Some people might blame the game [MASK] for creating the problem of gaming addiction.
makers
[ "awareness", "encouragement", "sympathy" ]
However, some people are completely the [MASK] .
opposite
[ "reflect", "desire", "declare" ]
"It would be easy for me to blame the game, but I [MASK] hat was not the problem.
realize
[ "fled", "escaped", "accompanied" ]
I [MASK] in an Internet world instead of directly working to solve my problems," a game addict said.
hid
[ "that", "what", "it" ]
Golf is an outdoor sport in [MASK] a player attempts to hit a small hard ball into a hole in as few wings(,)as possible.
which
[ "in", "to", "from" ]
Golf is an outdoor sport in which a player attempts to hit a small hard ball [MASK] a hole in as few wings(,)as possible.
into
[ "play", "provide", "perform" ]
Players [MASK] the ball with one of several kinds of long, slender golf clubs.
hit
[ "relies", "decides", "discusses" ]
The kind of club [MASK] on the location and distance from the hole.
depends
[ "into", "to", "in" ]
The kind of club depends on the location and distance [MASK] the hole.
from
[ "made", "classified", "separated" ]
Golf is played on a course that normally is [MASK] into 18 units, also called holes, of varying lengths and difficulty.
divided
[ "excited", "common", "graceful" ]
Golf is one of the most [MASK] outdoor sports in the world.
popular
[ "singular", "plural", "personal" ]
Millions of men, women, and children play golf as an individual or [MASK] sport, both in high school and college competition.
team
[ "which", "that", "so" ]
Millions of men, women, and children play golf as an individual or team sport, [MASK] in high school and college competition.
both
[ "play", "format", "method" ]
Millions more enjoy golf as a [MASK] of recreation and exercise.
form
[ "individual", "team", "performance" ]
Golf is also a popular [MASK] sport, attracting thousands of fans to tournaments(,).
spectator
[ "creating", "turning", "driving" ]
Golf is also a popular spectator sport, [MASK] thousands of fans to tournaments(,).
attracting
[ "by", "over", "with" ]
Millions more may watch tournaments [MASK] television.
on
[ "similar", "convenient", "familiar" ]
About 5,200 are private courses--country clubs and golf clubs [MASK] to members only.
available
[ "clubs", "golf", "players" ]
Another 6,500 are daily fee [MASK] , which are privately owned facilities that admit the public for a fee.
courses
[ "of", "to", "by" ]
Another 6,500 are daily fee courses , which are privately owned facilities that admit the public [MASK] a fee.
for
[ "admitted", "displayed", "serviced" ]
About 2,200 courses are publicly [MASK] .
owned
[ "high", "weak", "well" ]
No matter how [MASK] he is, he can still improve.
good
[ "idea", "wish", "plan" ]
Do you have a certain [MASK] of doing it or do you just start at the beginning and keep reading until you come to the end?
way
[ "stop", "read", "do" ]
Do you have a certain way of doing it or do you just [MASK] at the beginning and keep reading until you come to the end?
start
[ "after", "before", "unless" ]
Do you have a certain way of doing it or do you just start at the beginning and keep reading [MASK] you come to the end?
until
[ "Few", "No", "All" ]
[MASK] students say that they use the " slow and sure" method.
Some
[ "carelessly", "correctly", "eagerly" ]
By this they mean they read every sentence slowly and [MASK] .
carefully
[ "useful", "important", "old" ]
Every time they come to an [MASK] word they stop to think what it means and, if necessary, look it up in the dictionary .
unknown
[ "textbook", "newspaper", "magazine" ]
Every time they come to an unknown word they stop to think what it means and, if necessary, look it up in the [MASK] .
dictionary
[ "always", "nearly", "almost" ]
In this method a person [MASK] has no time left for reviewing what he has read, for he has used all his time in trying to get the meaning of each word to be sure that he understands everything.
probably
[ "learning", "preparing", "considering" ]
In this method a person probably has no time left for [MASK] what he has read, for he has used all his time in trying to get the meaning of each word to be sure that he understands everything.
reviewing
[ "energy", "mind", "money" ]
In this method a person probably has no time left for reviewing what he has read, for he has used all his [MASK] in trying to get the meaning of each word to be sure that he understands everything.
time
[ "wants", "remembers", "forgets" ]
In this method a person probably has no time left for reviewing what he has read, for he has used all his time in trying to get the meaning of each word to be sure that he [MASK] everything.
understands
[ "said", "given", "known" ]
Other students use what has been [MASK] the "review" method.
called
[ "can", "may", "need" ]
This type of reading is faster than the " slow and sure" method, for the lesson [MASK] be read rapidly or there will not be enough time left for a second reading.
must