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1. ___ cheetah is ___ world’s fastest land animal.
2. There is no feeling on __earth like winning for the first time.
3. __ Earth rotates round the sun.
4. __Mars and __Earth have orbits which change with time.
5. __Most cats hunt for mice.
6. The plants should not grow in __dim light.
7. It is scary to go so far in __ dark.
8. __ captain always keeps a log .
9. __Captain Cook reached __ Gape of Good Hope in spring of 1771.
10. __Saint Helena is a volcanic tropical island in __ South Atlantic Ocean.
11. __England is a country that is part of __ United Kingdom.
12. We are giving __ little dinner today to celebrate __ event of our son’s graduation.
13. I am going to burn __ midnight oil trying to prepare for the exam.
14. Are there any shops open at __midnight?
15. We are starting off very early in __ morning.
16. __ truth about __ Titanic has never been revealed.
17. I hate __cold weather.
18. __Most of the passengers felt sick on the board of the ship.
19. Until __ nineteenth century, __ carpet was usually considered a work of art and was made by hand.
20. These two countries have been at __war for two years.
21. __morning after morning of late he has taken his dog for a walk through the park.
22. In late September there is a period of unseasonably warm weather __Indian summer.
23. __ Pacific is a very large sea to the west of __North and South America.
24. The zenith of __Perugia’s influence came with the defeat of Siena in 1358.
25. __ dinosaur is a reptile that was the dominant land animal duringmost of __ Mesozoic Era.
26. If you cook __rice you usually eat it with __meat or vegetables.
27. __ tiger lives in —Asia and belongs to __ same genus as __ lion, leopard, and jaguar.
28. __Baker Street is a street in the Marylebone district of __ City of Westminster in __London. It is named after builder William Baker, who laid out the street in __ 18th century. The street is __most famous for its connection to __ fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, who lived at __fictional 221B Baker Street address on __ north of the street.
29. The famous intersection is known as __ Bank, which includes __ huge Bank of England complex, __ Royal Exchange, and __ Stock Exchange.
30. __ busiest shopping area is Oxford Street, where such large department stores as__ Selfridges, John Lewis, andMarks and Spencer are located.
31. __ East End is the part of London east of __ City as far as __ River Lea, including the Docklands.
32. __ Roof of the World is a metaphoric description of the high region in the world, also known as __High Asia.
33. If you look at __ sun at __dawn, it looks like a cake.
34. Jack is __ black sheep of his family.
35. At __dusk and nightfall, __ waxing crescent moon and the dazzling planet Jupiter couple up together in __ southern sky.
36. The period from the end of __ 15th century has become known as __ High Renaissance, when Venice and Rome began to share __Florence’s importance and Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo were active.
37. Sun rises in __ east and sets in __ west.
38. We had a five-acre garden where we grew everything you can grow in __East Texas.
39. It's hard not to overindulge at __Christmas.
40. __Easter day is named after the Saxon goddess of spring, Eostre, whose feast took place at __ spring equinox.
41. Pearls grow inside __ shell of __ oyster and are used for making expensive jewellery.
42. __ pearl is __ abnormal growth resulting from the invasion of the body of the mollusk by a minute particle of foreign matter, such as __ fine grain of sand.
43. On display are earrings, necklaces and bracelets made from __ jade, amber and amethyst.
44. Jade has always been prized by the Chinese and Japanese as __ most precious of all stones.
45. Without __wisdom __wealth is worthless.
46. In 1880 Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent on __ apparatus for signaling and communicating called a Photophone.
47. __ Chinese were __ first to make porcelain.
48. The brown circles on the map mark the destinations in __southern Namibia, between Windhoek and the southern border along __ Orange River.
49. The popularity of __ Internet has soared.
50. In 1957, the Soviets launched Sputnik 1 into outer __space.