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New Transit Options Coming!
City Council yesterday ---66--- to approve the proposed subway extension into the Glostrup zone of Copenhagen.---67---. This has encouraged developers to build more apartments there. Moreover, the creation of the nearby Albertslund Technology Park has added thousands of new jobs. These ---68---opportunities have been the key to attracting more people to the district. Since development began, however, it ---69--- the area's transit capacity to its limits, causing local residents and businesses to campaign for a subway extension. A few council members opposed the proposal, pointing out the high expense of underground transit. Nevertheless, the building of the subway extension will proceed at an estimated cost of €650 million and should be operational within five years.

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Question 1:
A. failed
B. reacted
C. voted
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"Vote" means "to express your choice or opinion, especially by writing a mark on an official paper or by raising your hand" which has the most appropriate meaning among four options 

D. hesitated
Question 2:
A. Tourism to the area has grown in recent years thanks to a popular campaign.
B. The population in this area has been increasing because of low property costs.
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B is correct since it can connect to the sentence before it: "This has encouraged developers to build more apartments there."

C. The district's transportation costs are increasing at an unprecedented rate.
D. The closure of the Glostrup line was announced just two months earlier.
Question 3:
A. education
B. employment
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"Employment" means "the fact of someone being paid to work for a company or organization" which has the most appropriate meaning among four options

C. volunteer
D. sponsorship
Question 4:
A. will stretch
B. stretches
C. will be stretched
D. has stretched
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Because there is "since" (Since development began), we need to use present perfect tense 

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