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(d) The homeless living are left to cope with fire loot­
                          ing pestilence fear, and the burden of rebuilding what
                          the planet so easily shrugs away.
                       10. Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
                          (a) Given by the people of France to the people of the
                          United States as a symbol of a shared love of freedom
                          and everlasting friendship, the Statue of Liberty is the
                          largest freestanding sculpture ever created.

                          (b) It weighs 450000 pounds and rises 1,51  feet above
                          its pedestal.
                          (c) More than 100 feet, around, Ms. Liberty boasts eyes
                          two and a half feet wide.
                          (d) Her upraised right arm; extends forty two feet.

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                       Ddnh dau cau cho cac doan van sau:
                       1.  Long-time Boston resident’s still talk about the molas­
                          ses flood that engulfed the citys’ north end, on January
                          15 1919 Many people were sitting near the Purity, Dis­
                         tilling  Corporations  fifty  foot high molasses  tank en­
                         joying the unseasonably warm day. The tank was filled
                         with over two million gallons of molasses and it was
                         about to burst apart. First molasses oozed through, the
                         tanks rivets then the metal bolts popped out the seams
                         burst and tons of molasses’ burst out in a surge of deadly
                         goo. The first wave over twenty five feet high smashed:
                         building’s  trees  people  and  animals  like  toys.  Sharp
                         pieces of the tank sliced through the air injuring scores
                         of people. After the initial destruction molasses, con­
                          tinued to clog the street’s for days. Many survivors had
                          to have their clothing cut off dried molasses turned cloth­
                          ing into cement.  People, were stuck to sidewalks and
                          benches  molasses glued telephone receiver’s  to  ears
                          and hands. The disaster left over 20 people dead and,
                          more than 50 hurt.
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