Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

The last shipment was refused by the buyer  damage that occurred while the  product was in transit.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

Due to its need for ---------- repairs, the Paliot l2Z conveyor belt is scheduled to be replaced by a more efficient model.

I met a  .............  girl at my friend's birthday party last Sunday.

Nam's success is really __________ to us.

Tom’s neighbors apologized                    the noise.

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 have a vague recollection of meeting him when I was a child.

After I ...........lunch, I looked for my bag. 

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

No vehicle weighing over 3.5 tons is allowed on this bridge, according to traffic signs placed at both ends of the structure

The tourist industry is (1) ……. to be the largest industry. Before 1950 one million people travelled abroad each year but by the 1900s the figure (2) ….. to 400 million every year. (3) …… large numbers of tourists, however, are beginning to cause problems. For example, in the Alps the skiers are destroying the mountains they came to enjoy. Even parts of Mount Everest in the Himalayas are reported to be covered (4) ….. old tins, tents, and food that have been (5) ……
But at a time when we have (6) ….. freedom to travel than ever before, more and more people are asking how they can enjoy their holidays (7) ….. causing problems by spoiling the countryside. Now there is a new holiday (8) …… called "Holidays That Don't Cost The Earth". It tells you (9) ….. you can help the tourist industry by asking your travel agent the right questions (10) ……... you go on holiday.
(1)...............

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

Did anyone acknowledge responsibility for the outbreak of the fire ?

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence below.

_______ for my train the morning, I met an old school friend.

Robert is getting ready to realize his dream: opening a business __________ plants on the Internet. 

They had a very happy……….

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.
(8)......................

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

Ms.  Cheon’s  presentation  tried  to  address  investors’unease___________negotiations surrounding a potential merger with the Tandell Corporation.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

We are happy to………..that the Annual Business Innovations  Fair will  be held at the Hervath Conference Center in Mayville.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

First we see their faces from far away, and then we see a______.

Choose the best answer from the four options given (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence.

The quality- control process will be revised due to the large number of product flaws……… reported.

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I worked .....a volunteer guide in the Asian Students’ sports competitions last year.

…………his appointment as our head of accounting services, Paul Robinson was working as a high-powered merchant banker in London.

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An accurate…………of surveys is imperative to building a good understanding of customer needs.