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- 4. The bag that my brother uses to carry his ice hockey equipment in is so _____________. The horrible smell almost killed me when I opened the bag.
- 6. I can't understand why some older people in Japan have purple hair. I'm really ____________ to know why they choose to color their hair purple.
- 8. A pathogen is a more scientific word for __________.
- 10. Tokyo University has a strong ______________ for having very smart students. It's not easy to pass the entrance exam.
- 11. My sister's bedroom is so _____________. She leaves her clothes everywhere and she never puts her books away.
- 12. Heart __________ is the number one cause of death in America.
- 14. I don't let my dog lick my face because there are probably a lot of germs in the dog's ___________ and I might get sick.
- 15. Sir Isaac Newton discovered the ____________ of gravity. People say it was a serendipitous discovery when an apple fell from a tree onto Newton's head. But I'm skeptical about that story. I doubt it's true.
- 17. A good sponge can __________ a lot of water.
Down
- 1. The Sahara desert is a _____________ dry area in Northern Africa. It's too large to cross it on foot.
- 2. A good doctor must always ___________ his hospital tools and equipment before the next patient comes into his office. That way germs don't spread.
- 3. You shouldn't kill a dango mushi (which is called a "pill bug" in English) because they are totally __________ creatures. They won't hurt you.
- 5. We are lucky that Sir Alexander Fleming made one of the most __________ scientific discoveries in the history of the world. In other words, he was lucky to be in the right place at the right time to find it.
- 7. My father is a brain ___________, which means he sometimes cuts open people's skulls and works on their brains.
- 9. "Time ___________ all wounds" is a famous English expression which just means that bad health or bad situations get better after some time goes by.
- 13. Some fungi can produce and _________ a slimy substance that is wet to the touch and looks disgusting.
- 16. I left some apples in a bag in my closet for two months and now those apples are ____________. They are almost completely black.
