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action, before you start is helpful. It is best to (c) ____________ multiple ideas and
brainstorm for solving a problem.

(a) (i) holding an open mind (ii) have an open mind
(iii) having an open mind (iv) seeing an open mind

(b) (i) should not work (ii) does usually work
(iii) will surely work (iv) might not work
(c) (i) be prepared with (ii) not prepare with

(iii) have prepared with (iv) have preparation of
7. The most difficult subjects (a) ____________ to the most slow-witted man if he
(b) ____________ any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made
clear to the most intelligent man if he (c) ____________ that he knows already,
without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him.
(a) (i) might be explained (ii) can be explained

(iii) cannot be explained (iv) should be explained
(b) (i) has not formed (ii) has always formed
(iii) has already formed (iv) had always formed

(c) (i) has firmly persuaded (ii) is firmly persuade
(iii) is firmly persuaded (iv) of firmly persuaded

8. Humans (a) ____________ view of the world in order to survive. If your model of
reality is wildly different from the actual world, then (b) ____________ take effective
actions each day. However, truth and accuracy are not the only things that matter to
the human mind. Humans also seem to have a deep (c) ____________.

(a) (i) needed a reasonably accurate (ii) need a reasonably accurate
(iii) needs a reasonably accurate (iv) need a reasonable accurate

(b) (i) you struggle to (ii) you struggled to
(iii) you struggle for (iv) you struggled as
(c) (i) desires to belong (ii) desire to belonging

(iii) desired to belong (iv) desire to belong
9. China (a) ____________ Vietnam, and the Project had been created to develop anti-
malarial medications that (b) ____________ to the soldiers. The disease had become
a huge problem. Just as many Vietnamese soldiers were dying from malaria in the
jungle as were dying in battle. The scientists (c) ____________ by looking for clues
anywhere they could find them.
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