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<item><text>Even if my fears were silly, he always had an open ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">ear</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>It's hard to know if it's corruption or just plain ______ by the authorities.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">stupidity</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>Benefits are paid on a sliding ______ according to family income.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">scale</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>The new concept of form reached its fullest ______ in the work of Picasso.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">expression</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>Avoid drinking the tap ______ when you first arrive in the country.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">water</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>I had severe food ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">poisoning</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>the hard ______ of life</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">knocks</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>The Olympics are a wonderful visual ______.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">spectacle</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>There is a striking ______ between eastern and western Europe.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">difference</choice></choice_g></item>
<item><text>We had a blazing ______ over who should do the cooking.</text><choice_g><choice correct="y">row</choice></choice_g></item>
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