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Choose the best answer from the options A, B, C and D.

 
Don't Lose Hair

Hair grows in cycles. There is a ___1___ phase, then a resting and shedding phase. Usually, everyone ___2___ some hair during the shedding phase. But male pattern ___3___, the most common form of hair loss ___4___ men, is different. It shortens the ___5___ growth phase. So hair grows less and rests longer, ___6___ in thin hairs that are barely visible. ___7___ there is no growth at all. Certain treatments work by ___8___ the growth phase. With more hairs growing longer and thicker ___9___ the same time, there may be improved scalp ___10___. No one can predict how well a treatment may ___11___ for one. But research suggests that patients ___12___ a large number of growing hairs ( at least 3/8 inch or longer ) ___13___ to have a better response. Most treatments are ___14___ they say they are -- treatments and not cures. Most treatments need at least 4 months of twice-daily ___15___ before there is evidence of re-growth.

                 
1.   (A) grow   9.   (A)

at

(B) grown     (B) in
    (C)

growth

      (C) on
    (D) growing       (D) during
                 
2.   (A)

loses

  10.   (A)

coverage

(B) drops     (B) covering
    (C) misses       (C) covers
    (D) removes       (D) cover
                 
3.   (A) baldness   11.   (A) be
(B)

balding

    (B) do
    (C) bald       (C)

work

    (D)  --       (D) count
                 
4.   (A) in   12.   (A)

having

(B) on     (B) holding
    (C) within       (C) retaining
    (D)

among

      (D) keeping
                 
5.   (A) hair   13.   (A) seen
    (B) hairs'       (B) seems
    (C)

hair's

      (C)

seem

    (D) hairy       (D) seeing
                 
6.   (A)

resulting

  14.   (A) that
    (B) growing       (B) which
    (C) coming       (C)

what

    (D) falling       (D) those
                 
7.   (A) Then   15.   (A) apply
    (B) However       (B) applied
    (C) Although       (C) applying
    (D)

Eventually

      (D)

applications

                 
8.   (A)

prolonging

         
    (B) shortening          
    (C) widening          
    (D) completing          
                 

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