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------- registering for online banking is not required, we strongly recommend it to all of our customers

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I can’t believe that you ________ all the threeexercises. You just started five minutes ago

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My car broke down yesterday, so I ____ catch a taxi to the office

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The government is not ____________ to the idea of a Freedom of Information Act

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___________________, a dog chased us down the street

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Of course I'm coming since I don't want to _______________ on all the fun!

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The organization was established to ____________ conditions for the disabled

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The occurrence of heavy rains during the month of May is fairly -------

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Educators are complaining that students rely on social media so much that they lose the ability to think critically.

A: My speaking skill is getting worse.

B:   ...........  , I would speak English in class more regularly.

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For the last fifteen years, Matlock, Inc., has consistently ------ among the nation's ten leading toy manufacturers

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I don’t know why you are doing that now. You know it _______ finished yesterday

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While on this field trip, please be very attentive to ensure that children are constantly supervised and never left on ---------

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They last saw each other six months ago

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The outstanding .......... from our customers helped to ensure that Ms. Bayern would stay with the company

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Please cut my hair _______ the style in this magazine

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:

Efforts by the company to improve its productivity were hampered by lack of funds.

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It was Dr. Watson who _________ us how to deal with this problem

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Some poisonous gases can enter the body by ___________ through the skin

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Rain is predicted this weekend, ------ the office picnic will have to be postponed

With greatly increased workloads, everyone is                            pressure now.