Cotton ___ provides about four-fifths of all-natural fibres used, is the most important natural fibre.

Rest periods ___ aside for snacks and small talk are called coffee breaks, no matter what kinds of refreshments are enjoyed.

Ken has decided to be a firefighter ___ has really upset his mother, since she dreamt of her son becoming a doctor.

We must appoint someone ___ the office while we are out of the country.

An example of a desert ___ is completely uninhabitable is the Empty Quarter of Saudi Arabia.

John Grisham's novels tell stories of courtroom battles, ___ he understands so well because of his legal background.

The smartest way ___ situations like this is to speak to the manager first.

Alcatraz is the name of the prison they used to keep America's most dangerous criminals.

The Tower of London ___ so many important people were at one time imprisoned or executed is today visited by thousands of tourists.

The largest city in the world, Mexico City is still growing at a rapid pace, with 2000 newcomers ___ each day.

The clerk ___ last week seems to be having difficulty coping with the task ___ he has been given.

Atmosphere is the mass of air ___ outward from the surface of the earth into space.

The boy ___ in line behind me kept asking silly questions, ___ rather irritated me.

The convict confessed that it was his desperate poverty ___

Most big firms have a special research and development department ___

A paragraph is coherent ___

He is thinking of retiring to a country house ___

One of the oldest cereal crops in the world is wheat ___

___ which will give them both spiritual and financial satisfaction.

You could draw a few illustrations ___

The burglars had gone straight to the part of the museum ___

Most people continue to buy a daily newspaper ___

___ which explains his fear of them.

There are religious festivals almost every month in Kathmandu ___

It is very difficult to predict the weather in Alaska, ___

Our clerk will bring the documents up for you ___

Choose the most similar sentence: Such a major operation as this has proved completely successful in very few cases.

___, where wild animals used to live.

Choose the most similar sentence: The bag you want is more or less the same price as the one I offered you.

During the winter months ___ most of the trees are leafless and the weather is dull most of the time, I feel rather pessimistic.