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Mr Smith,______is a retired teacher, often does volunteer work to help the poor and the disabled people

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With ski season fast ______, investors are wondering whether the ski lodge will be completed by the first snow fall

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This time yesterday I ________________ tennis with my classmates

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If we don’t do anything ______ the ice on the poles from melting, the earth will be flooded oneday

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 ------- of tasks can make a manager’s job easier and help other employees learn new skills

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

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I've been looking for a new stereo system for my car, and this is just the _________

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:

They were unable to detect the problem with the airplane’s engine.

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There is only one _______ to the problem, but it costs a fortune

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Ms. Ellis designed one of the most ------- marketing campaigns the department had seen

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My grandma tried pizza for the first time while she ………. in Italy

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Don’t hesitate ________ me a ring if any difficulty arises while signing the contract with the landlady

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I'll be upstairs, so could you __________ my phone calls up there, please?

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Digital media have a great ____ on people's lives and society.

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We have seen the violent ________________ of crowds of protesters

I live in a/an ____ with my parents and my elder sister in the coastal area.

All workers are required to use the sheet provided to -------- their working hours and have their manager sign the form to verify the hours at the end of each day.

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Keeping the Deal, Jan Butler’s latest volume on management style, is her most commercially    ------- book to date

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The study of consumer behavior will be repeated in order to ensure the ------- of the results

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Once I saw all of the presents stacked under the tree, I thought I would ________ curiosity before Christmas morning

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The woman said she ____ in that company for over 20 years