G) awfully, h) cheap; eventually; expensive, i) certainly; good, j) well.

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Than an aircraft, c) Los Angeles is larger than Chicago, d) The blue skirt is more

Stylish than the pink, e) Jack is more reliable than Tom. f) My bags are heavier

Than yours, g) Learning a language is more difficult than learning to drive a car.

h) You're / You are thinner than before you went on holiday.

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duty-free (shop), d) Cigarettes are cheaper at/in the duty-free (shop) than in

normal shops, e) Will we have to / Are we going to have to pay duty on these

things? 0 You can put your bag under the seat in front of you. g) Will you

please fasten your seat belt(s) now? h) Smoking is not allowed here, i) You

shouldn't be afraid of flying, j) What time did you arrive?

d) Before, e) whether/if. f) If.

k) that. 1) whether/if, m) that.

G) Although.

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a) (The United States / U.S. consists of) 50 (states), b) (The capital of the

United States is) Washington, c) No, it's also the " federal district". (There is, of

Course, also the state of Washington in the northwest corner of the United States.)

d) No, he's also the head of government, e) No, (s)he's only the head of government,

f) Because it's the most powerful country, and its fashions and policies,

goods and weapons, executives and soldiers have shaped today's world to a much

Greater extent than those of any other nation, g) There are rain forests and deserts,

And mountains and prairies in the U.S. h) On one and the same November

Day the temperature may be 28 degrees in Texas and -7 degrees in Alaska,

i) Americans may be " old-stock" Americans or the descendants of immigrants from

European, Asian and Latin American countries, they may be American Indians or

The descendants of African slaves, or they may be foreigners who have become

Naturalized, j) About 15 per cent of Americans live in poverty. The poverty rate is

Highest in Mississippi (25 per cent) and lowest in Wyoming (8 per cent). Nationwide

The poverty rate is 11 per cent for whites, 30 per cent for Hispanics, and 35

Per cent for blacks, k) Perhaps there would be no jeans, T-shirts, Coca-Cola, hamburgers,

Soap operas, or supermarkets. (Etc.) 1) Jeans, T-shirts, Coca-Cola, hamburgers,

Soap operas, supermarkets, ballpoint pens, and personal computers have all