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Hi,which word fits into all three following sentences, please?James is able to ........ an enormous amount of factual information in his head.Although the old house has been completely renovated, care has been taken to ........ as many of the original features as possible.When you're buying outdoor adventure clothing, the thing to look for is material that does not ........ a lot of moisture.I hesitate between "preserve","sustain" and "retain". Please guide me. Thank you in advance!

Hrsanei · Accepted Answer

Hi.

In my opinion retain would be the answer, let's see what others say.

Tanit · Answer

I agree with Hrsanei.

Kane, are you practising for the CPE?

Kane159 · Answer

Hi, Tanit
no, I was just at a loose end, so I just tried to take a CPE test to see how good or bad I am at English

I admit that these tests are really difficult and a bit tricky! I'm going to study English at university, and I'll be taking entrance exams which will be similar to this type of exam, that is to say - filling suitable words into gaps.
My level of English is B2 (upper-intermediate). At least I believe so!

Tanit · Answer

I took the CPE and did lots of exercises like the one you posted. Good ol' memories!

If you're looking for some "fill-in the gaps" exercises, you could take a look at the tests in this site:

Good luck with your entry examination!

Kane159 · Answer

Thank you

However, I have a problem regarding to the tests on this site. The result button won't work. Every time I click on it, nothing happens...the tests are great, but don't see a point in taking them if I can't see the results

Do you have any solution, please? I use Google Chrome. Thank you in advance!

Tanit · Answer

Hi Kane,

That's weird! The "check your answers" button is not working for me, either -- both on Chrome and on FF. I'll let the admins know ... thank for that!

Punkybrewster · Answer

Have noted this bug for us to fix soon, thanks!

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