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Exercise "Complete the text", created by betty84 (a free exercise to learn English):
Results of the 2 753 people who have taken this test:
Average mark: 59.5 / 100 Share


Latest member with a 100/100 (perfect mark): colocolo / FRANCE, on Tuesday 10 January - 11:32:
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Stats (2250 candidates)
Question 1 passed: 60.9 %
The Times is one of Britain's oldest and most influential newspapers. It *(begin) in life in 1785.

Question 2 passed: 55.2 %
It *(start) by John Walter.

Question 3 passed: 54.3 %
In those days it *(cost) two and a half old pennies.

Question 4 passed: 53.6 %
In the nineteenth century,The Times *(develop) a reputation for accurate reporting and independent editorial views.

Question 5 passed: 50.4 %
Now it *(sell) over 650.000 copies a day.

Question 6 passed: 50.6 %
It *(publish) in London, along with its sister newspaper, The Sunday Times,

Question 7 passed: 37.8 %
which *(have) at last ten sections and takes all week to read !

Question 8 passed: 36 %
The Times *(have) an excellent reputation for ever 200 years said its editor,

Question 9 passed: 51.1 %
who *(work) for the paper since 1980,

Question 10 passed: 88.6 %
and now we *(try) our best to continue that tradition in order to produce a newspaper for the twenty-first century.


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