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Chloe was so engrossed in a brown _______ that she didn't hear the doorbell

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I think ________ outside in the open air is much more enjoyable than ________ exercise in some stuffy gyms

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Do you know the boy________we met at the party last week?

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Changes in American eating ______ over the last twenty years are blamed for a variety of health problems.

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"Please accept my apology for arriving late," Nga said to her teacher.

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The environmental protection plans submitted to the council were developed by various organizations working ------- of each other

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Management have granted a ten percent pay rise in ______________ to union pressure

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More________90 per cent of the students passed the test.

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An increase in a nation's rate of savings ultimately ______ to lower interest rates for business and consumer loans.

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Participants in the charity run will tackle a very ------- 25-kilometer course through Keller National Park

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I'm trying to get funding for my project, but so far I'm up against a ________ wall and have made only $20

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The corporate fitness center is  equipped ------- fourteen stationary  bicycles

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For years the workers have had to tolerate low wages and terrible working conditions (CLOSEST)

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For a man ____________ imminent danger of losing his job, he appeared quite unruffled

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It was Dr. Watson who _________ us how to deal with this problem

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After the physics lesson, the children know that water ____ at 100 degrees C

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

Jane has such bewitching smile that almost everyone seems to dote on her.

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While we __________dinner at a restaurant, someone came to the house and _________ this note

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Every manufacturing plant in the country must comply with ail ------- safety regulations

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I will not be here next week. I am going to be ________ business in London

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------- opening a bakery, Mr. Laxalt had worked in the food industry for fifteen years