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Fill in the gap with the correct word. Ten million text messages are sent on__________every minute.

Fill in the gap with the correct word. Do you mind if I just__________a quick phone call from here?

Fill in the gap with the correct word. The telescope will photograph distant galaxies, __________an attempt to understand their past.

Fill in the gap with the correct word. Do you know who_______the fact that sound travels in waves?

Fill in the gap with the correct word. Be careful! You might give yourself a/an_______shock!

Fill in the gap with the correct word. Your teacher says you've really_______in physics over the last year.

Fill in the gap with the correct word. My computing exam is_______next week.

Fill in the gap with the correct word. She wears_______skirts_______dresses.

Fill in the gap with the correct word. She was wearing a fine gold chain on_______ankle.

Fill in the gap with the correct word. There are two roads into the town, and you can take_______.

Fill in the gap with the correct word. We guarantee that_______item of the dinner service will be replaceable for a period of ten years.

Fill in the gap with the correct word. _______witnesses responded to the police appeal after the accident.

Fill in the gap with the correct word. We would like to add that_______medallion is inscribed with the name of its lucky owner.

Fill in the gap with the correct word. I’m_______tired_______hungry.

Fill in the gaps (A—F) with the correct parts of the sentences (1—7). One part is extra. The discovery of three planets In 1781, William Herschel, viewing the sky, recognized that an object in the constellation of Gemini was moving against the background of stars. At first, he thought he was looking at a new comet, but upon further investigation realized A . Herschel named his discovery ‘the Georgian planet’ after his patron, George III. Other names proposed included Herschel and Uranus. Eventually Uranus became the universally accepted name. Uranus is similar in composition to Neptune, and both B larger gas giants Jupiter and Saturn. In the 19th century it became evident that the orbit of Uranus did not follow Newton’s law of Gravitation. Many astronomers began to question whether Newton’s theory applied to an object so far from the sun. However, two astronomers, John Couch Adams in England and Urbain Le Verrier in France, both independently came up with the theory C by a more distant planet. Working to Le Verrier’s calculations, astronomers at the Berlin Observatory D . They had discovered the eighth planet of the solar system, Neptune. It was observed on 23 September 1846 by Johann Galle, and its largest moon, Triton, was discovered shortly thereafter, though none E telescopically until the 20th century. After the discovery of Neptune, astronomers F the solar system for a ninth planet. In 1930, an American astronomer discovered the last of the known worlds of our solar system, Pluto. EXTRA PART: