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The retail industry spends ______ $28 billion on IT and related systems annually

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Belden Hospital’s chief of staff meets regularly with the staff to ensure that procedures -------- correctly

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New technology ____________ a computer obsolete in a year

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The targets for increased productivity are described as "tough but ________________ "

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Do you often _________ team games during the break?

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Rowena ______ for joy when she heard that she’d won the first prize

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Shoppers can save up to sixty percent ------- ordering their HomeCare Rice Cooker through the catalogue before January

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As of next week, the hotel chain Contempo Inns will be ------- new management

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:

He was so happy that he kept grinning all the time.

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I’m happy ____ that you’ve passed your driving test. Congratulations!

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She refused to answer questions that infringed ________ her private affairs

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Amby Cable ------- £25.00 to all  Internet subscribers after the weeklong  service interruption

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Norvo Financial has built an ------- client base in a short period of time

Her courage not only inspired her followers but moved her rivals as well.

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Mr. Akagi was unable to buy tickets for the concert because ------- was soid out.

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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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Until Mr. Mansell returns from the management meeting at headquarters, Ms. Klebold ------- all customer complaints

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Fifty years ago, many people__________from tuberculosis eventually died.

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:

Although not widely sold, that book is considered to be best book on the subject.

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Yesterday, --------- office received the package of book covers you sent on October-3

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_______the time passes, _______I feel! The deadline of my thesis is coming, but I have just finished half of it