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(iii) (a) will (b) must (c) was (d) has to

(iv) (a) the (b) a (c) of (d) an
(v) (a) on (b) at (c) by (d) of
(vi) (a) finishes (b) finished (c) finish (d) finishing

Answers: (i) (c) to (ii) (b) any (iii (a) will (iv) (d) an

(v) (c) by (vi) (b) finished

2. So / (i) it seems that we want to work / (ii) at work worth doing. We want / (iii) work to
be helpful and respected, but we do not want to / (iv) through our work. We want our
stomachs to be flat and our arms to be /, (v) but we do not want to work out / (vi).
(i) (a) always (b) often (c) rarely (d) frequent
(ii) (a) easily (b) easy (c) easier (d) easing

(iii) (a) own (b) my (c) one (d) our
(iv) (a) struggling (b) struggles (c) struggle (d) struggled
(v) (a) stronger (b) strong (c) strength (d) strongly

(vi) (a) daily (b) days (c) date (d) day

Answers: (i) (b) often (ii) (a) easily (iii) (d) our (iv) (c) struggle
(v) (b) strong (vi) (a) daily

3. Life is a constant / (i) between giving into the ease of distraction or overcoming the /
(ii) of discipline. It is not / (iii) exaggeration to say that our lives and our identities are /
(iv) in this delicate balance. What is life, / (v) not the sum of a hundred thousand daily
battles and tiny decisions to / (vi) fight it out or give it up?
(i) (a) imbalance (b) balancing (c) balance (d) balanced

(ii) (a) paining (b) pain (c) pained (d) pains
(iii) (a) an (b) a (c) one (d) the

(iv) (a) define (b) definition (c) defines (d) defined
(v) (a) so (b) and (c) is (d) if
(vi) (a) if (b) neither (c) either (d) only

Answers: (i) (c) balance (ii) (b) pain (iii) (a) an (iv) (d) defined

(v) (d) if (vi) (c) either

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