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  Lead poisoning in children is a major health concern. Both low and high doses of paint can have serious effects. Children exposed to high doses of lead often suffer permanent nerve damage, mental retardation, blindness, and even death. Low doses of lead can lead to mild mental retardation, short attention spans, distractibility, poor academic performance, and behavioral problems.

  This is not a new concern. As early as 1904, lead poisoning in children was linked to lead-based paint. Microscopic lead particles from paint are absorbed into the bloodstream when children ingest flakes of chipped paint,plaster,or paint dust from sanding. Lead can also enter the body through household dust, nailbiting, thumb sucking, or chewing on toys and other objects painted with lead-based paint. Although American paint companies today must comply with strict regulations regarding the amount of lead used in their paint, this source of lead poisoning is still the most common and most dangerous. Children living in older, dilapidated houses are particularly at risk.

The word "dilapidated" is closest in meaning to which of the following?

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He wanted to know _________shopping during the previous morning.

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The Red Cross is an international organization that helps people who are suffering from the results of war, diseases or _______.

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Roget's Thesaurus, a collection of English words and phrases, was originally arranged by the ideas they express rather than by alphabetical order.

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Each time you turn it on, with appropriate hardware and software, it is capable of doing almost anything you ask.

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He advised them _________ in the class

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We had planned to walk right round the lake, but the heavy rain made this impossible.

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Williams is working _______ an export company. He intends to apply _______ another job because he is not satisfied _______ the salary.