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5. Moderate exercise, a relaxed lifestyle, and a balanced

1. The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis posits that scarcity of diet tend to prolong life, _____ smoking, excessive
hair is an adaptation to an aquatic environment, _____ drinking, and mental stress shorten the life span.
it has little support amongst scientists and very few
aquatic mammals are, in fact, hairless. A) whereas
B) therefore
A) furthermore
C) whereby
B) hence
D) moreover
C) as a result
E) indeed
D) in particular
E) but

6. _____ his previous lack of interest in biblical

archaeology, Feyer would spend two years on what
2. At the meeting, the president of the association will turned out to be a labour of love.
represent Turkey ____ the Turkish government.
A) In case
A) in addition to B) While
B) on the verge of C) Although
C) in pursuit of D) Despite
D) with a view to E) Owing to
E) on behalf of

7. Hussein says he was _____ asked _____ did he attempt

3. Monica Tabalon graduated from nursing school in the to calculate the odds that the tomb was the final
Philippines two years ago, but she still has not found resting place of Christ, left it untouched.
a job ______ the growing demand both locally and
internationally. A) so / that
B) no sooner / than
A) while
C) neither / nor
B) for
D) either / or
C) despite
E) both / and
D) as
E) although

8. _____ scientists try to make sense of our senses, they

also seek to imitate or even improve on them to
4. The grasshopper is an insect found in all _____ the serve us in new ways.
most frigid parts of the world.
A) As
A) although B) As though
B) but C) As soon as
C) because D) Despite the fact that
D) also E) Seeing that
E) while

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9. Observers in Africa will be treated to Earth's shadow 13. The more cigarettes you smoke a day, and the longer
creeping across the face of the moon, _____ those of you've smoked, the higher your risk of lung cancer.
us in the Western Hemisphere will see a rising orb _____, the risk rises the deeper you inhale and the
that is already partially blocked. earlier in life you started smoking.

A) in spite of A) However
B) even if B) Therefore
C) while C) Similarly
D) because D) Conversely
E) for E) Indeed

10. Via his works, we cannot catch the inflection of his 14. _____ the medical literature has featured only
voice, his pregnant silences, his body language. scattered case reports of sword swallowing-related
_____, we can know him in a way that his best friends injury, sword swallowers in fact played an important
could not. role in medical history.

A) Therefore A) On the grounds that

B) In contrast B) Although
C) For instance C) Due to the fact that
D) Specifically D) In view of the fact that
E) That is to say E) In so far as

11. Some creatures found as fossils in the Shale are 15. In planning, the architect must inquire into the
ancestors of animals alive today, _____ others have essence of the activity, its purpose technique, and
gone extinct and are not like any existing living thing. site ______ he must be able to imagine it as part of a
whole.
A) before
B) until A) although
C) as soon as B) much as
D) while C) so
E) whenever D) but
E) and

12. “We have two options.” he wrote. “_____ try to

discover the genes important in malignancy by a 16. Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder affecting
piecemeal approach, _____ sequence the whole mainly girls or women, _____ boys or men can also
genome.” suffer from it.

A) Neither/nor A) nevertheless
B) Either / or B) due to the fact that
C) Both /and C) since
D) Not only / but also D) such as
E) No sooner / than E) despite

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17. The cause of anorexia nervosa is unknown, even 20. The word “depression” is often used to describe when
though it is likely that _____ inherent biological factors someone is feeling “low”, or having “got out of bed
____  factors in the patient's social environment play on the wrong side”. _____ , doctors use the word in
a part. different ways.

A) both / and A) Moreover

B) neither / nor B) Thus
C) either / or C) That is
D) no sooner / than D) Consequently
E) hardly / when E) Nevertheless

18. _____ the increased popularity and presence of online 21. We are no happier ____ average incomes have more
learning opportunities, _____, many researchers and than doubled since 1950.
practitioners are decrying the lack of a research-
validated framework to guide their design. A) in case
B) in view of
A) Owing to / no matter
C) even though
B) Despite / even if
D) in that
C) Because / although
E) in spite of
D) In spite of / however
E) Despite the fact that / whereas

22. All students in Israel confronted with cultural

difference and inter-group conflict and violence _____
19. For most people, acne tends to go away by the time the ongoing struggle between Jews and Arabs in
they reach their mid- 20s; _____, very sensitive Israel.
people may continue to have the disorder until they
reach their 40s. A) even if
B) although
A) therefore
C) owing to
B) however
D) however
C) hence
E) despite
D) as a result
E) besides

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23. Sky watchers west of the Mississippi will miss this 24. We don’t have to go shopping, _____ do we have to
lunar show, _____ another eclipse on August 28 will dine at home.
favour them.
A) for
A) because B) or else
B) but C) yet
C) despite D) so
D) owing to E) nor
E) in view of

25. High heat causes rapid loss of water ______ sweating.

A) in spite of
B) due to
C) until
D) since
E) much as

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Answer Key:

1: E 14: B
2: E 15: C
3: C 16: A
4: B 17: A
5: A 18: D
6: D 19: B
7: C 20: E
8: A 21: C
9: C 22: C
10: B 23: B
11: D 24: E
12: B 25: B
13: C

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