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Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
Teddy Bear Clinic
You may well ask yourself what a middle-aged journalist is doing taking a very old, soft, furry toy bear, with the (53) _____ remnants of a mouth and only half an eye, to a woman's house? Well, if you too have a teddy with a bit missing, if its fur is moth-eaten or, (54) _____ the thought, if it has been chewed by a pet dog, do not (55) _____, for Jacqueline Evans can help. Jacqueline runs the Teddy Bear Clinic from her home in Bath, England. Having examined my teddy, she discovers that he has also suffered the unwelcome (56) _____ of carpet beetles and lost some of his fur. Unlike me, most of Jacqueline's 150 clients worldwide send their bears to her by post, but by (57) _____ arrangement she will have a consultation with owners in her tiny workroom. There she explains what can be done for the bear, or more rarely, (58) _____ the news that it is beyond repair. Mine, it seems, just requires minor surgery.
53. A. mere B. rare C. pure D. spare
54. A. vanish B. end C. perish D. decline
55. A. surrender B. collapse C. quit D. despair
56. A. attention B. awareness C. consideration D. notice
57. A. earlier B. former C. anterior D. prior
58. A. cuts B. breaks C. splits D. cracks
53. A. mere B. rare C. pure D. spare
54. A. vanish B. end C. perish D. decline
55. A. surrender B. collapse C. quit D. despair
56. A. attention B. awareness C. consideration D. notice
57. A. earlier B. former C. anterior D. prior
58. A. cuts B. breaks C. splits D. cracks