MA ENTRANCE- EXAMINATION REVISION
Designed by NGUYEN VAN TUAN
Department of English
Hue College of Foreign Languages
Hue University

Test Format and Marking Scheme
Part 1: READING COMPREHENSION
1. Fill in each blank with a suitable word or phrase taken from the box. (15 marks/1 m for each correct answer)
2. Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions below. (30 marks/1.5 m for each correct answer)
3. Read the passage carefully and then fill in each blank with one suitable word. (10 marks/1 m for each correct answer)


Test Format and Marking Scheme
Part 2: WRITING
1. Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce complete sentences from the following sets of words and phrases. (15 marks/1.5 m for each correct answer)
2. Rewrite the following sentences using the cue words at the beginning of each sentence so that the second sentence has the same meaning as the first. (15 marks/1.5 m for each correct answer)
3. Translation. (15 marks/1.5 m for each correct answer)


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 1- Passage 1
1. To establish contact with another person, to recognize his/her existence, and to show friendliness.
2. No, they don’t. The formulas for greetings usually don’t carry any literal meaning.
3. Yes, they do.
4. Find the host or hostess to say thank you and goodbye.
5. Watch other people or ask them what they should do.


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 1- Passage 2
1. The writer gets a lot of letters from people.
2. They complain that they have a cold which won’t go away.
3. It could be dangerous.
4. “Drugs”
5. To see whether the drugs we’re taking are all right for us.


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 1- Passage 3
1. It takes up the land more than one year.
2. It is sown in July.
3. It is harvested in August and September.
4. They are cut with an old-fashioned machine.
5. They are beaten using traditional tools to reduce them to small seeds.


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 1- Passage 4
1. “ Englishmen are interested in cars as much as tea.
2. Yes, they do.
3. A modern car is comfortable and economical but it is very expensive.
4. A small car uses less petrol and is easy to park.
5. It is suitable for small family and it cannot run fast.


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 2- Passage 1
1. He saw a house on fire.
2. S/he was shouting for help.
3. No, he couldn’t.
4. He broke down the door and went in.
5. After a few minutes the whole house was in flames.


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 2- Passage 2
1. Between 1815 and 1914.
2. The main/major cause was the rise in population which in turn led to land hunger.
3. Other causes include politics, physical hunger, religion.
4. No, they did not.
5. America always remains a magnet to the ambitious and the energetic (who are ready to commit themselves to the land that gives them a second chance).


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 2- Passage 3
1. We received 80% of our information about the world through our eyes.
2. Yes, they are.
3. When we look at something nice our pupils get bigger.
4. For example, we can wink at someone or raise our eyebrow.
5. Sunglasses make someone appear mysterious or dangerous, because they hide the eyes and so we can’t see the signals.


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 2- Passage 4
1. The debate is about the banning of smoking at a London language school.
2. Jannie Muray.
3. To protect staff and students from the effects of passive smoking
4. Colombian Mariana Gomes, a first Certificate student.
5. Studying for an exam is stressful work. Cigarettes can calm our/their nerves.


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 3
1. It is a stable, culturally diverse and democratic society with a skilled workforce and a strong, competitive economy.
2. No, it is not.
3. 60000 years
4. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
5. On 26 January 1788


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 3
6. It stands for Computer Aided Translation
7. To help translators to work efficiently
8. By breaking texts into segments (sentences and sentence fragments) and presents the segments in a convenient way
9. The main function of CAT tool is to save the translation units in a database, called translation memory
10. TM can be re-used for any other text, or even in the same text


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 3
11. They fight/struggle for equal rights.
12. During the periods of social adversity
13. Violent revolution, word war and the rigor of pioneering in an underdeveloped land.
14. A shortage of men
15. The result was that women had to perform many of society’s vital tasks


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 3
16. He is regarded as one of the founders of powered flights in Europe
17. He did it by hanging a rope ladder from the largest kites.
18. He was trained in clockmaking.
19. 300-400
20. A film projector, a motorcycle, an aeroplane and an electric car


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 4.1
1. Around 600 A.D.
2. A famous Italian explorer
3. He told them that paper money was an excellent system of payment.
4. In 1600
5. Because bank notes were much easier to use than silver and gold.


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 4.2
1. A form of oxygen
2. Because it protects living things from dangerous rays of the sun
3. The very thin ozone layer above Antarctica
4. Since 1970
5. Some kinds of penguins are becoming fewer in number


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 4.3
1. Rich port
2. In 1493
3. Many of them died in wars with Spanish and from diseases brought from Europe
4. Yes, it is.
5. Spanish and English


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 4.4
1. They have a processing unit, an arithmetic and logic unit, and a memory.
2. About the size of the end of a finger
3. Computers can also do all kinds of work.
4. He puts information about the sale into a computer.
5. During the night the computer system works on the information from all the sales that day.


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 5
1. It is a children’s holiday.
2. Strange clothes and marks
3. In the early evening
4. A few pieces of candy
5. To give to the United Nations Children’s Fund


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 5
6. Of the way peoples of different ways of life and different languages can live side by side under one government
7. 25 million
8. Less than 44%
9. Europe, Asia and the USA
10. Quebec


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 5
11. On peninsula between two rivers, the York and the James
12. Virginia
13. In 1633
14. Because of its location in the middle of the peninsula
15. Because the soil drainage was better there than at the Jamestown location, and there were fewer mosquitoes


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 5
16. In a standardized way
17. Because all the answers can only be either right or wrong
18. With a key
19. Each/every child
20. It indicates his level of intelligences in relation to an established average


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 6
1. It was off the Pacific Coast.
2. They wanted their wedding to be small and quiet.
3. The weather was supposed to be fair.
4. When they got there, they found a crowd of bikers watching the view.
5. When the bridegroom kissed his bride, the bikers clapped their hands and rang their bicycle bells loudly.


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 6
6. It is the exchange of goods between nations.
7. No nation has all the commodities that it needs.
8. No, it isn’t.
9. A country often does not have enough of a particular item to meet its needs.
10. Because it consumes more than it can produce internally.


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 6
11. The role of our servant and companion.
12. It would pull a plough and take a soldier through a dangerous situation in battle (or do most of the other things that have attracted painters and writers to the animal ever since the dawn of history) .
13. Virtues and qualities.
14. The horse is controlled by the wishes of its owners.
15. Its beauty, speed and strength.


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 6
16. Primary schools, secondary schools and universities.
17. Yes, they are.
18. The two grades of state schools are primary schools and secondary schools.
19. At Christmas, Easter and in summer.
20. Education/Schools/Schools and Grades/Schools, Classes, and Lessons in Great Britain.


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 7- Passage 1
1. Yes, it is.
2. The sea and rivers are being poisoned by radioactive wastes, by chemical discharges and by the dumping of dangerous of toxins and raw sewage.
3. The great rain forests and the frozen continents alike are seriously threatened.
4. Millions of ordinary people do .
5. Despite that fact, we can create environmentally-clean industries, harness the power of the sun, wind and waves for our energy needs .


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 7- Passage 2
1. Most customers who go to supermarkets to buy from a shopping list .
2. Because the task of shopping is finished.
3. An important fact in helping a customer choose what to buy, is where a product is placed on a shelf .
4. Yes, it does.
5. The comfort and convenience of shopping centers is another factor which makes them popular with customers .


Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 7- Passage 3
1. The study in New Zealand has revealed that a person who gets up early is less likely to survive the day than the one who lies in bed until 8 or 9 o’clock.
2. 500 people.
3. Dr. Prudence White said, “ We don’t fully understand the link, but we know that the risk of a heart attack is highest in the early morning. Perhaps if you’re lying in bed you stand more chance of surviving an attack.
4. Another possibility is that people who get up early in the morning are more likely to eat a traditional cholesterol-rich breakfast or sausages, eggs and bacon.
5. It seems we no longer need an excuse for lying in bed longer.

Read the texts and answer the questions
TEST 7- Passage 4
1. Headaches were ascribed to evil spirits .
2. The treatments range from cutting our part of skull to concoctions of cow brain and goat dung.
3. The most significant advance is that they (headaches) are not the results of emotional stress.
4. Until recently, many doctors thought that imbalances in the body’s systems were to blame.
5. It seems we no longer need an excuse for lying in bed longer.

Sentence Building
Example 1:
1. I/take/shoes/avoid/make/noise.
I took off my shoes to avoid making noise.
2. I/will never/tell/secret/woman.
 I will never tell the secret to the woman.
3. If I/see/him/I/him/lift
If I see him, I will give him a lift.
4. It/cold/us/have breakfast/garden
 It is too cold for us to have breakfast in the garden



Sentence Building
Example 2:
1.I/very/surprised/letter/receive/you/this morning.
I am very surprised at the letter which/that I received from you this morning.
2. In this letter/you/said/I/not pay/book/send/one month ago.
 In this letter you said that I did not pay for the book / which was sent/you sent to me one month ago.


LITTLE THINGS

Little drops of water
Little grains of sand
Make the vast ocean
And the pleasant land.
Little deeds of kindness
Little words of love
Make the Earth happy
Like the Heaven above.
DREAMS
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

WITHOUT YOU
What would I be without you?
Without you I would be like:
The ocean without water
The night sky minus the stars
The world without people
The pen without ink
Living without a heart.
Without you my life will not be complete.

Sentence Building
TEST 1
1. I am writing to thank you for your email.
2. It is lovely to hear from you.
3. I am sorry (that) I have not written/for not having written since we last met.
4. As you know, I have just enrolled/got enrolled in an MA course.
5. The course is rather difficult and I have to do a lot of work.


Sentence Building
TEST 1
6. I will graduate from the course in December next year.
7. Then I hope/ that I will have/to have a chance to visit you in your country.
8. I really look/am really looking/forward to seeing you again.
9. Please send my regards to your parents and your wife.
10. I wish you/Let me wish you/all the best for/in the new year.


Sentence Building
TEST 2
1. It is time we made more efforts to prepare for the/our exam.
2. They look/are looking forward to hearing a/the lecture by/of Professor Brown this semester.
3. His son enjoys watching detective films but he does not like reading detective stories.
4. Neither she nor I am going to attend the wedding.
5. When we were younger, we used to walk long distances.


Sentence Building
TEST 2
6. How long has your father worked/has your father been working in this factory?
7. If you do not go to the party, I will not go either.
8. She grew so fast that she was not able to wear her favorite skirt.
9. It is not possible for students to smoke in the class.
10. He is too young to have the front-door key.


Sentence Building
TEST 3
1. The train will arrive in Hanoi in two hours.
2. The doctor whom you saw at the party is my friend.
3. We do not know when the manager will return.
4. The book is so interesting that I have read it twice.
5. Did you hear that news on the radio this morning?


Sentence Building
TEST 3
6. When I met her, she was talking to her teacher.
7. The accident happened while he was driving on the highway.
8. It took them two years to build that bridge.
9. My parents used to drink tea after dinner.
10. I remember seeing Dr. Smith on television several/many times.


Sentence Building
TEST 4
1. He switched on the light so that he could see what he was doing.
2. We often go to the library to read books.
3. My mother is making some coffee in the kitchen now.
4. Now she dances more beautifully than she used to.
5. There is not enough fresh air in big cities.


Sentence Building
TEST 4
6. People continue to smoke in spite of the fact that they know the dangers.
7. How long does it usually take you to finish your homework?
8. That man cannot read the newspaper because he has lost his glasses.
9. We are so tired that we do not want to watch the film.
10. They look forward to seeing their children as soon as possible.


Sentence Building
TEST 5
1. I usually go by bus but today I am going in my brother’s car.
2. She made a lot of mistakes in her composition last week.
3. His mother was so busy that she did not/ could not come to the party.
4. It is difficult to get used to eating with chopsticks.
5. It takes him a long time to read a newspaper in English.


Sentence Building
TEST 5
6. My sister did not feel well so she went to bed last night.
7. You are free to do what you like.
8. They look forward to meeting their relatives.
9. Neither the boy’s teacher nor his parents are satisfied with his progress.
10. We enjoy/enjoyed seeing the film because it is/it was interesting.


Sentence Building
TEST 6
1. The accident happened while she was driving on the highway.
2. I will graduate/am going to graduate from the course in June next year.
3. How long does it usually take her to finish her homework?
4. I want to rent a motorbike for three days to travel around/in the city.
5. They look/are looking forward to hearing another/the lecture from Professor Smith this/next semester.


Sentence Building
TEST 6
6. It was very kind of you to send me a nice gift last week.
7. Robert enjoys watching the news program on TV at/every night.
8. When she looked into the refrigerator all the food had gone.
9. They warned us not to sleep without mosquito nets in the forest.
10. It is/was difficult for handicapped people to shop in supermarkets.


Sentence Transformation
TEST 1
1. I’m interested in reading scientific books.
2. If he doesn’t phone her immediately, he won’t get any information.
3. Human life has been changed by science and technology.
4. It was such a wonderful result that she decided to have a celebration.
5. She asked John to go to bed then.


Sentence Transformation
TEST 1
6. Although the weather was cold, we all went out for coffee.
7. We haven’t decorated this room for years.
8. Jerry makes two thousand dollars a month as an accountant.
9. The people prevented the thief from escaping/trying to escape.
10. The owner whose daughter has just come back from the US is very rich.


Sentence Transformation
TEST 2
1. The streets haven’t been cleaned this week.
2. It is such a dirty restaurant that no one wants to eat there.
3. He told Lan to bring her swimming things in case it was sunny.
4. The girl whose father has just come back from Hanoi is beautiful.
5. If Susan hadn’t eaten many ice-cream cakes she wouldn’t have felt/been sick.


Sentence Transformation
TEST 2
6. In spite of the fact that he didn’t speak Dutch/being unable to speak Dutch, Bob decided to settle in Amsterdam.
7. Margaret accused John of damaging her bicycle.
8. He is said to be in the French Foreign Legion.
9. Passing the coming driving test is not easy.
10. Hardly did they pass the exam due to their laziness.


Sentence Transformation
TEST 3
1. Unless we start conserving fossil fuels now, it will be too late.
2. Neither the moon nor the planet Mars has an atmosphere.
3. If he had hurried, he would have caught the train./wouldn’t have missed the train.
4. We are going to have our car repaired next week.
5. The tea was so hot that I couldn’t drink it./too hot for me to drink.


Sentence Transformation
TEST 3
6. Because of the fact that she behaves well/ her good behavior/, everyone loves her.
7. Great progress has been made in our economy in the last few years.
8. I began studying/to study English three years ago.
9. I wish I had gone to the party last Sunday.
10. The driver asked the passengers not to get off the bus while it was moving.

Sentence Transformation
TEST 4
1. You don’t have to be over 18 to get married.
2. Neither my girlfriend nor I can speak Russian.
3. He is said to be a millionaire.
4. John told Alice that he had seen the film three times.
5. I would rather not go to the cinema.

Sentence Transformation
TEST 4
6. If John hadn’t got up late, he would not have missed the train.
7. Robert doesn’t drive as carefully as Jane does.
8. The river is not clean enough for me to swim in.
9. He offered to carry the bags upstairs for her.
10. Listening to live music is more exciting than (listening) to records.

Sentence Transformation
TEST 5
1. She has worked as an accountant for ten years./has been working as an accountant for ten years.
2. He suggested singing and dancing together./that we should sing and dance together.
3. The sea is not warm enough for him to swim in.
4. Never have I seen such an interesting film.
5. The fog prevented us from driving.

Sentence Transformation
TEST 5
6. A new university is going to be built in this region.
7. Going out with friends at weekends is exciting.
8. In spite of the fact that these apples do not look very nice, they are delicious.
9. Mary has not visited/seen her parents for ages.
10. Unless you work harder, you will lose your job.

Sentence Transformation
TEST 6
1. Mary hasn’t decorated that house for years.
2. The excursion has to be cancelled due to the bad weather.
3. His sister asked him not to make such a mess in his room.
4. It is impossible for flowers to grow/to grow flowers in such poor ground.
5. My brother drives more carelessly than I do.

Sentence Transformation
TEST 6
6. I’d rather you didn’t smoke in the lecture hall.
7. In spite of the fact that his leg was broken/his broken leg, he managed to get out of his car.
8. Because the weather is cold, the crops are late this year.
9. This is the first time I have eaten this kind of food.
10. Peter is not old enough to see this romantic film.

Translation
TEST 1
1. If I were you. I would not forgive him.
2. English is considered/regarded as an international language; it is used/spoken by billions of people in the world.
3. It takes/took him two hours to complete/finish/do his exercise.
4. Paul was/is so disappointed with his exam that he could not/cannot smile.
5. He has travelled to/been to many countries in the world.

Translation
TEST 2
1. When the telephone/phone rang, I was talking to a foreign visitor/tourist.
2. Hanoi can be regarded as/considered as/seen as one of the most ancient/the oldest cities in Asia.
3. We are supposed to finish/complete this project as soon as possible.
4. It was/is too dark for us to go out./It was/is so dark that we could not/cannot go out.
5. Coca Cola is the most famous soft drink in the world.

Translation
TEST 2
6. Ông bà Brown không thích báo chí và truyền hình đưa tin về đám cưới của họ.
7. Chúng ta nên dùng bàn chải và kem đánh răng có chứa chất flo để đánh răng ít nhất hai lần mỗi ngày.
8. Khi Uri Geller chỉ mới ba tuổi, cậu bé đã biết mình có khả năng phi thường.
9. Năm mươi năm trước, thủy điện cung cấp 1/3 lượng điện dùng ở Mỹ, nhưng ngày nay chỉ cung cấp 4%.
10. Để thành công, quảng cáo cần phải thu hút sự chú ý của khách hàng và thuyết phục họ rằng họ cần mua sản phẩm đang được quảng cáo.

Translation
TEST 3
1. At first English is thought to be easy to learn. But in fact, the more we learn, the more difficult we feel.
2. Prizes are bestowed/awarded/given in six categories/fields: literature, physics, chemistry, medicine, economics and peace.
3. London is the capital of the UK and one of the biggest cities in the world.
4. That engineer will explain how this machine works.
5. Newspapers play an important role in our life. They help us to know what is happening in the country as well as in the world.

Translation
TEST 3
6. Việc trở thành thành viên của Tổ chức thương mại thế giới đã tạo ra nhiều cơ hội mới nhưng cũng mang lại nhiều thách thức cho Việt Nam.
7. Tại cuộc hội thảo được tổ chức tại Tokyo ngày 20/10/2006, thủ tướng Nguyễn Tấn Dũng cho biết: ” Việt Nam sẽ tiếp tục cải thiện môi trường đầu tư để thu hút đầu tư nước ngoài.”
8. Gần đây Tổ chức y tế thế giới đã thông báo rằng bệnh đậu mùa gần như đã bị xóa sạch ở hầu hết các nước trên thế giới nhờ việc tiêm chủng/phòng mở rộng.
9. Ti vi không những giúp con người giải trí mà còn dạy con người nhiều điều quan trọng.
10. Khi sống ở quê tôi thường đi dạo vào buổi sáng.

Translation
TEST 4
1. Cho dù người khác/ai nói gì đi nữa, tôi vẫn thích phim Việt Nam.
2. Lái xe từ ngoại ô vào trung tâm mua sắm trong thành phố mất sáu tiếng đồng hồ.
3. Người ta nên cấm một số hàng nhập ngoại để giúp ngành công nghiệp trong nước.
4. Chúng ta phải nhớ rằng phụ nữ cũng rất thành công trong tất cả các lãnh vực ngoài việc sinh con và nuôi dạy con cái.
5. Trước khi phát minh ra tem, người ta trả tiền cho người đưa thư cho mỗi bức thư mà họ nhận được.

Translation
TEST 4
1. The staff at the hospital were well equipped to deal with the epidemic.
2. We are supposed to complete this project as soon as possible.
3. I am sorry to inform you that you will not get a pay-rise this year.
4. Examinations of this type are organized every year in the training institutions.
5. Please come back early next month if you want to have more information.

Translation
TEST 5
1. If it does not rain/it is not rainy, I will go swimming with my brother.
2. It usually/often takes two hours to drive from Hue to Danang.
3. Have you ever been/travelled overseas/to a foreign country?
4. This city is/was so big/large that I get/got lost many times.
5. Hue is one of the cultural and tourist cities in Vietnam.

Translation
TEST 5
6. Học ở một nước nói tiếng Anh sẽ giúp bạn hoàn thiện kỹ năng tiếng Anh của mình. Việc học ở đó còn giúp bạn thăng tiến trong nghề nghiệp nữa.
7. Với dân số trên 7 triệu người, TP Hồ Chí Minh cần phát triển nhiều cơ sở hạ tầng công cộng.
8. Đại hoc RMIT được thành lập vào năm 2002 với khoảng 2000 sinh viên, là cơ sở đào tạo đại học nước ngoài duy nhất hiện nay.
9. Hệ thống chăm sóc sức khỏe của thành phố này tương đối phát triển với khoảng 100 bệnh viện hay trung tâm y tế nhà nước và hàng chục phòng khám tư nhân.
10. Vắc xin phòng chống căn bệnh này đang được chế tạo nên chưa có sẵn.

Translation
TEST 6
1. If I were her, I would not receive/accept this gift.
2. How long has he worked in/for this company?
3. We all know that English has become increasingly important in Vietnam.
4. The teacher asked us to show our student cards. After that/Then he checked our attendance./he called/took the roll.
5. A new school will be built in the city, near the park next year.

Gap fill
TEST 1
1. Besides 2. put off 3. on

4. how 5. so that 6. too

7. enough 8. used to 9. such

10. thanks to 11. at 12. what

13. make 14. neither 15. behalf

Gap fill
TEST 2
1. put out 2. enough 3. arrived

4. died 5. weather 6. go out

7. worrying 8. having 9. why

10. but also 11. felt 12. again

13. might 14. at 15. touch

Gap fill
TEST 3
1. brought up 2. bad temper 3. of

4. off 5. in spite of 6. by herself

7. out of 8. sunrise 9. since

10. let 11. but 12. covered

13. strange 14. complaining 15. stand

Gap fill
TEST 4
1. catalogue 2. shelf 3. subject

4. reference 5. published 6. classified

7. keeping 8. to have 9. eating

10. to avoid 11. you have 12. brushing

13. advertising 14. convinced 15. mislead

Gap fill
TEST 5
1. happened 2. to 3. on

4. Besides 5. of 6. travelling

7. used to 8. such 9. because of

10. in 11. progress 12. arrange

13. Either 14. as if 15. satisfied

Gap fill
TEST 6
1. is getting 2. for 3. regularly

4. resources 5. weather 6. accident

7. documentary 8. prevent 9. catalogue

10. holiday 11. touch 12. arrive

13. arrange 14. of 15. put out

Gap fill
TEST 1
1. are/become 2. published 3. from

4. years 5. this 6. as/when

7. as 8. guide/guidebook/brochure/booklet
9. in 10. has

Gap fill
TEST 2
1. as 2. most 3. such

4. made 5. from 6. more

7. interested 8. as 9. hours 10. less

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TEST 3
1. university 2. Founded/Established/Set up

3. also 4. America 5. named 6. and

7. During 8. into 9. examinations 10. at

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TEST 4
1. enough 2. lungs 3. breathe in

4. needed/used 5. increases 6. more/much

7. from/in/of 8. which/that 9. the body 10. not

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TEST 5
1. more 2. holidays 3. the

4. so 5. in 6. from

7. seen 8. where 9. built/constructed

10. into

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TEST 6
1. attending 2. when 3. the

4. time 5. without 6. were

7. on 8. meal 9. least

10. than


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