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<exercise subhead="dragdrop"><media type="none"/><head><title>Drag and drop</title><task>Match the words and definitions. Click on a word then drag it into the appropriate box.</task></head><body>
<item><text>the danger of copycat ______ in the wake of the shootings</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">crimes</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>He spent his sabbatical ______ doing research in Moscow.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">year</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>She stood looking out over the flat ______ of fields.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">expanse</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>The general's ______ in his army proved misplaced.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">confidence</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>Medical students had a high dropout ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">rate</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>The soldiers built a pontoon ______ across the Euphrates.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">bridge</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>The terrorists parked the van with its deadly ______ in a dark alleyway.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">cargo</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>I got myself into a complete ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">mess</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>I took a straw ______ among my colleagues to find out how many can use chopsticks.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">poll</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>It was the final race of a hard ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">season</choice></choice_g></item>
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