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Based on the text, judge the following items.

In “the inspectors” (line 5), the definite article can be omitted.
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“bad" in “reception was sometimes bad" (line 9) is not the contrary of better.

3

Based on the text, judge the following items.

The relative pronoun which is a correct alternative for “who" in “centenarians who neither smoke nor drink" (line 15).

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Based on the text, judge the items below. “them” (line 22) refers to “applications” (line 21).
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Based on the text, judge the following items.

"bad" in "reception was sometimes bad" (line 9) is not the contrary of better.

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Based on the text, judge the following items.

A little is considered a correct alternative for "a few" in "a few channels" (lines 7 and 8).

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Based on the text, judge the following items.

The article “a", in “but a gene could" (line 2), refers to a specific gene.

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Based on the text, judge the following items.

The adverb “often” as in “these food fads are often based” (line 18) is more commonly placed before the verb to be.
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The relative pronoun that can be used instead of “who” in “with parents who can check” (lines 8 and 9).
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Based on the text, judge the following items.

If is not a correct alternative for “Whether" in “Whether this is going" (line 24).

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Cultures that value group harmony tend to avoid public disagreement.
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Based on the text, judge the following items.

The term “wellderly" (line 7) refers to anyone who turns 80.

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Based on the text, judge the following items.

In paragraph 1, according to some doctors, fad diets have recently contributed to making the obesity issue much worse.
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Based on the text, judge the following items.

In 1993 the dog population in Britain increased by 7 million.
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Based on the text, judge the items below. Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage realized that, besides calculation, the Analytical Engine could be used for other purposes.