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The company’s income this year has increased _______ about 5%, compared with that of last year.

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He asked______him some money.

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:

Searching for alternate forms of energy does not necessary mean the abandonment of fossil fuels as an energy source.

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The CEO of True Home Estates -------hires agents who have overcome obstacles in their lives

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:

Thanks to the technological advancements, user-run programs have proliferated over the past years

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions. "The audiences ____ show their tickets before entering the concert hall."

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It started bucketing ____________ just as I began cycling home

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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She _______ working on that manuscript for 2 years now.

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Tax ________________ have been offered to attract industry to the region

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As stated in the company guidelines, sales agents receive ------- for time spent traveling to meet with clients

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They _________ their house since they arrived last Monday.

My husband and I both go out to work so we share the _______.

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People wearing carnival costumes ------ the streets of Rio de Janeiro

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Many ------- are currently signed up for Trax Communications’ most affordable data plan

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William worried that his _____________ bleeding was a symptom of cancer

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Filmmaker Jordan Petrov will soon release Digital Horizon, a ...........documentary about the rise of technology during the 20th century

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Mai, Hoang and.........went swimming last week.

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If you're going to come, please let me know in_________

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Why didn’t you come to see us when we are having lunch?

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After Peter Saks ------- the Sales Department, he eliminated the policy that let sales staff use company cars for personal business