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The show had already taken £4 million in advance _________________.

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The V.S. Center database will allow you to find the best volunteer opportunities -------- on your preference

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________ as taste is really a composite sense made up of both taste and smell

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The government is building a school in this area

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That's an interesting job offer - I'd give it some serious _________________ if I were you

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For me,_____ is not important

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He _________________ to the theatre tonight. He has got a free ticket

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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It should be a priority for world leaders ________ durable solutions for world peace rather than ________ their time and effort on transitory ones

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In addition to the evening concert series, Centennial Park will ------- be hosting several events for children this summer

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The Central Bank _________ in the currency markets today to try to stabilize the exchange rate

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:

Though he’s rich, he prefers to live in a modest little house.

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:

Transgender people are denied the ability to join the armed forces due to discriminating policies implemented by the government.

This is ______ the best eel soup I have ever eaten.

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Almost everybody _____________________ by the time we arrived

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Skymills Insurance ------- grew from a small business to a midsize company with 350 employees

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Jensen Telecom ------- four call centers in the Philippines by the third quarter of next year

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Online trading has been slow to _________________ in this part of the country.

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Online visitors report that our company's Web site is somewhat ------

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------- on the city’s ongoing revitalization project, Mayor Owen promised that residents would be pleased with the results

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