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It is desirable that the hotel manager ____ to call the maintenance staff every 6 months to clean up the air conditioners

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The new software at Patel Industries has been working ------- since it was installed last year

There are many reasons _____ taking regular time with our family is important:

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I tend to doubt the _________________ of separating a child from its family whatever the circumstances.

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:

Developing new technologies are time-consuming and expensive.

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_______ five minutes earlier, you would have got some pizza left to eat.

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My father was as poor as a church _________ growing up, so his sole focus was to give his kids every opportunity in life that he missed out on

Where is Jimmy? - He is ____ work. He is busy ____ his monthly report.

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Anyone --------- the product through e-mail should send an appropriate amount of money and keep the receipt

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Quan (start) (drive) to work 5 months ago because he (buy) a car.

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The lecturer’s monotone voice is really ___________

This is ______ the best eel soup I have ever eaten.

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Ms. Rivera agreed to work on the holiday _____ Mr. Grant could attend the conference

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A: "Why did she buy such an expensive car?"
B: "Well, she lives in a wealthy part of town—I bet she just wants to ________ the Joneses."

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At 8 o’clock this evening my friends and I will have watched a famous film at the cinema

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How I wished at that moment that I ___________ a car; then I would have driven back from the party instead of letting him take the wheel when drunk.

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Among the cities that were being ------- as the location for the Public Art Expo, Miami was eliminated due to its climate

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:

Some land is best used if two or more different kinds of crops are grown on it alternately; on the other hand, it is better to grow the same crop continuously.

Many companies interviewed plan to........................more personnel, while 20 percent expect to reduce their payrolls.

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If you still want to maintain this relationship, you ____ behave improperly like that

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He was busy yesterday, otherwise he _______ to the meeting