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Alpha Clothing Store is a family-owned business offering high-quality men’s chothing at ……… prices.

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Our country is trying its best to accelerate the rate ___ economic growth.

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Ms.Mendoza has agreed to work_______as a weekend chef at the restaurant until a suitable replacement can be found

Districts in wealthy suburbs often have fully staffed libraries with abundant resources, spacious facilities, and curricular and instructional support. In  __________school districts in many poor areas house their libraries in ordinary classrooms or in small rooms. 

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: 

Tim and Tom look similar although they are not brothers.

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She is busy ........ for her wedding.

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She wanted to remove the color from the curtains, so she____________ them. 

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“ What’s taking you so long?”- “I’ll be there as soon as I ....... my keys.”

 ______, he did not receive respect from the people.

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The effective use of landscaping makes the difference between  having a real garden and --------------- a collection of plants.

       _____________ he had a suggestion he didn’t raise his hand.

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The unit is simple and unobtrusive, and as a space-saving measure,  it is not…....... with an ice or water dispenser.

It is relatively easy for computers to speak. A computer that says 'please' and 'thank you' in the right places is (1) ______ miracle of science , but recognizing the words that make up norm al, continuous human speech is another (2)________
Not until now have computer been programmed to (3) _____to a range of spoken commands. Until recently it was thought that computers would have tobe programmed to the accent and speech hahits of each user, and only then would be able to respond (4) _____to their master's or mistress's voice. Now rapid progress is being made (5) ______ systems programmed to adapt easily to each new speaker.
The IBM Tangora system, under development at the end of 1980s was claimed to (6) ______ a spoken vocabulary of 20,000 words with 95 percent accuracy. The system includes a processor that can make informed guesses as to (7) ______ is a likely sentence. That system has been programmed not only with grammatical rules, but also with an analysis of a vast quantity of office correspondence.
On the (8) _______of this information, the machine can calculate the probability of one particular word following another. Statistical probability is necessary for computers to interpret not only speech but also (9) ______ data.
Security systems can distinguish between faces they have been taught to recognize, but never has a computer been able to match a human's ability to make sense of a three-dimensional scene (10) ______ identifying all objects in it.
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She’s so______________ , I can’t remember the last time she did a day’s work!

Free _______ area is a designated group of countries that have agreed to eliminate tariffs, quotas, and preferences on most goods among them

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Mary will have finished all her work _______.

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

“I’m sorry, madam. This is the fixed price and there is no discount.”

However, some graduates actually like the idea of ______ a career in teaching English long-term, and there are numerous courses at various levels of teaching, from the fast-track TEFL to a diploma or masters.

Stress is important. We all need a certain amount of it in order to (1)____fulfilling lives. However, if we have too much of it, it can have the opposite effect. Some people can tolerate greater (2) _____of stress than others, but most of us will (3)____at some time in our lives. It is, (4)____, a good idea to learn a few stress management techniques. Identifying the cause of the problem we have, so that we can (5)_____it more effectively, is one of the first steps towards reducing stress. The second thing is talking to a person you can trust, who will listen and, if necessary, give you some positive advice. Not only are smoking and drinking (6)____ to our health, they actually increase stress (7)____ than reduce it. So, next time you want to relax, instead of reaching for that glass of wine or a cigarette, have a warm bath or go for a walk. Walking has more than health (8)______. It helps you think more clearly, (9)______. Pets have calming influences on us, unless they make noise which irritates us. In fact, unwanted noises should be avoided as far as possible. On the other hand, laughter is one of the best ways to make yourself feel (10) _______better.
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I can’t tell you very much about the subject, I’m afraid. I only have a very ______ knowledge of it myself.

We are all too dismissive of traditions in our modern world, but they can have very strong pull _____ us.