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The government believes that reducing regulations will ____________ economic development in the region

With the ............................ of the soup it was a wonderful meal.(EXCEPT).  A. exceptionality B. excepted C. exception D. excepting 

A large number of inventions and discoveries have been made ________ accident

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Living expenses in this country, as well as in many others, is at an all-time high

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Press lightly ------- the pedal with your left foot to release the vehicle’s parking brake

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…………Mega Foods imports only one kind of cheese now, the company will be importing a total of five varieties by next year

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Sally's parents were busy working all the time when she was a baby, but her grandparents ___________her with a great deal of love

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He still ____________ the dream of playing professional soccer.

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Employees are under constant pressure to _________________ deadlines

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It was the advent of television which really transformed sportsmen.

He died in 1960. He received the bravery award in 1970.

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:

Every Saturday we eat at the restaurant because I am crazy about Vietnamese cuisine.

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Please hold any phone calls for Ms.Tanaka ------- she will be in meetings all day.

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There _______________ great changes in our village in the past few years

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The students were told to write the essays by ----------- and not to let anyone assist them

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It is recommended that clients book the Desert Rose Ballroom for their event more than four months --------

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Growth is of very immediate environmental concern because ____ the more pollutants we throw out into the atmosphere.

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She was __________ that her article had been published.

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I certainly regarded the tapping of my phone as an __________ of my privacy

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The social worker has taken countless kids under his _______ over the years, and many of them stay in contact with him years later

At the age of 50, Robby William ____ his career after spending his twenty years playing electric guitar.