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The chef at the new restaurant across the street has been praised for ------ unusual yet delicious recipes

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The directions for Masuda's do-it-yourself projects are comprehensive enough for ------- a novice builder.

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Kenny was so ____________ when he forgot the words to the song during the performance

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His parents think it’s time for him___________ married.

It is the underserved ____ that damaged his life and his family. 

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My parents live in London. They ________________ there all their lives

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His manner was perfectly ____________, but I felt uncomfortable

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They are_________ their time and money to their children.

The fitness club -------- a steadily increasing number of customers and is eager to develop new programs.

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In a strong display of confidence, the firm’s board of directors ------- approved the merge

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

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Financial experts have ________________ signs that the economy is beginning to improve.

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:

Did she get the better of you in the argument?

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Smokers generally do know that smoking is extremely harmful, but it’s just that they can’t help _____________ it

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______ CDF Inc. stood to make a larger profit by selling its aging Texas plant to rival Albacore Inc., it decided instead to sell for less to the relative new-comer Telebrite, to help cement a strategic partnership aimed at checking Albacore's dominance

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The meeting has been put ________ to Friday as so many people have got the flu

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Uma had a cup of coffee waiting _________________ me, along with a plate of biscuits

MY BEST FRIEND
I have several good friends but I (1) ________ that my best friend is Ellen. We (2)________ friends with each other since we were very young because she (3)________ next door to me. We have always been in the same class at school, although she has always been much cleverer than me. I don't mind (4)________, because she often helps me with my homework! Anyway, I've always been better at sport than she is. I always (5)________ her at tennis and she doesn't like that. In fact, she hates losing at anything and gets very annoyed if she does. That's the only thing that I don't like about her. Otherwise, she has (6)________ humour and she's always making me laugh. We get on very well together, although occasionally we've had arguments - usually about silly little things. Ellen and her family moved to another district last year but I still see her a lot. We're planning to go on a trip around Europe next summer, I'm really (7)________ to it because I think we'll have a lot of fun and see exciting places. Of course, it's going to be hard -to afford such a wonderful and exciting trip and so we're both going to get jobs and try to (8)________ enough money for it.
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I will lend you some money, but you ____ pay it back to me next week.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

We had a ____________ of a time at Jason's party yesterday. 

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The story is about theft, fraud, and _______________ on an incredible scale