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He is one of those rare employees who has remained with the organization through thick and ______

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Yes, we went away on holiday last week, but it rained day in day out.

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Some people like nothing better than to paint the town ____ at every opportunity, but I prefer to stay at home and watch cartoons.

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The people applauded __________ than before when Bobo the Clown came out.

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The panda’s natural________is the bamboo forest

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I believe they are about to ______ a law that bans people from public places if they're smoking

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Jack prefers to be a big_______in a small pond so he works for a small company with only sixty employees

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.

Heavy rain makes driving on the road very difficult.

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____, instructed me how to make a good preparation for a job interview.

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He said that the songs were “_________ inappropriate” for schoolchildren

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Here is a copy of the new Perry Hodder novel. It’s____________________ off the press.

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The singer was _________ on the piano by her sister

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True education does not _______ simply being taught to remember the facts

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English teaching is considered a good example of a volunteer job which often turns ______ a career

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the undelined part that needs correction in each of the following questions:

Unless (A) you get your kids doing (B) the housework, you will have to (C) do it all (D) by yourself.

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My parents lent me the money. __________, I couldn’t have afforded the trip

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The ASEAN gross domestic product grew ____ 4.6% to reach US$ 2.57 trillion in 2015

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentence."Our prices are comparable ______ those in other shops."

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____ was Giovanni Luppis, an officer in the army of the Austrian empire, who first came up with the idea ofa self-propelled anti-ship weapon

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Everyone would go into the hall for assembly and then afterwards we'd go to our respectable classes

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Our task is too difficult to accomplish, ______?