14. Choose the correct alternative. 1) Historian/A historian is a person who studies history/the history. 2) Panda/The panda is a large mammal which lives in China/the China. Pandas/The pandas have black and white fur and eat bamboo/the bamboo shoots. 3) We visited wildlife park/a wildlife park last week. It was interesting experience/an interesting experience. 4) Sally’s going to buy new car/a new car next month. She wants one which runs on lead-free petrol/the lead-free petrol. 5) We stayed at hotel/a hotel by the sea/the sea. Room/The room was very comfortable and a view/the view was fantastic. 6) Simon was last/the last person to arrive at party/the party. He had been waiting for taxi/the taxi for an hour. 7) Susan doesn’t believe in ghosts/the ghosts. She thinks that supernatural/a supernatural is a product of people’s/the people’s imagination. 8) Clothes/The clothes I bought yesterday were very cheap. There was sale/a sale in one of department stores/the department stores in a city centre/the city centre.

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1. A historian is a person who studies history.
2. The panda is a large mammal which lives in China. Pandas have black and white fur and eat bamboo shoots.
3. We visited a wildlife park last week. It was an interesting experience.
4. Sally’s going to buy a new car next month. She wants one which runs on lead-free petrol.
5. We stayed at a hotel by the sea. The room was very comfortable and the view was fantastic.
6. Simon was the last person to arrive at the party. He had been waiting for the taxi for an hour.
7. Susan doesn’t believe in ghosts. She thinks that the supernatural is a product of people’s imagination.
8. The clothes I bought yesterday were very cheap. There was a sale in one of the department stores in the city centre.

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