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<exercise subhead="dragdrop"/><media type="none"/><head><title>Drag and drop</title><task>Match the two halves of the sentences. Click on the text to complete the sentence and then drag it into the appropriate box.</task></head><body>
<item><text>Gold has been the preferred </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">means of exchange for centuries.</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>He played on the Irish junior </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">soccer team.</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>The list serves as a useful </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">reminder of the issues to consider.</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>I don't like quizzes because my general </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">knowledge is so poor.</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>She allowed us a considerable </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">degree of freedom.</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>She has lost none of her old </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">sparkle as a jazz singer.</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>The French president is enjoying unprecedented </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">popularity due to his anti-war stance.</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>Only he understood the complicated </text><choice_g><choice correct="y">mechanics of his business.</choice></choice_g></item>
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