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Eugene Rivera, who negotiated an agreement between the two firms, reported that the details would be settled ------- the next several days.

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The sequel to last year's film Galactic Express made $400 million worldwide, ------- is more than the first movie earned.

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A top competitor withdrew from the international tennis tournament due to a ------- injury.

He didn't permit them----------- through the military zone. He forced them …........ another way. 

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In an emergency, an alarm in Hamley Towers will sound, indicating that everyone inside must  __________  the building immediately.

He advised me ….... the facts before I made a decision …... the job. 

Michael Sean offers a .................. of highly customizable options which are unmatched in the furniture industry today.

A _______ is a spacecraft that is designed to travel into space and back to earth several times.

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The launch of Blanca Restaurant was successful  _______  , but the proprietor wished the event had attracted greater attention from local media.

Most governments tax people on the amount of money they ____ each year.

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These city girls are used_____ in the field.

Anyone who wants to ............... in the meeting is expected to send an e-mail to the following address within the next two weeks

Although Edgar Allan Poe is recognized as the originator of the mystery story genre and as a master of the short story, literary critics and the general public have debated the extent of both his genius and his madness since his death in 1849. Poe rose from destitute beginnings as an orphan to a childhood of relative comfort when a wealthy businessman took him in. As a young man, however, he descended through poverty and mental illness to an early death at the age of forty. In his short career, he produced dozens of poems, stories, and critical essays that reflect his brilliant creative intellect.

At twenty, Poe moved to Baltimore to live with his impoverished aunt and her daughter, where he eventually married his fourteen-year-old cousin, Virginia. Poe was obviously devoted to his young wife, and idealized images of her appear in many of his female characters. It is difficult to suppose, however, that they had a close relationship, since she was many years younger than he was and chronically ill with tuberculosis. Although Poe wrote for various newspapers and magazines during this time, making great strides in literary criticism and developing his short-story style, he achieved no monetary success.

His sensitive personality and a hereditary tendency to neurosis contributed to a tragic mental decline; however, this only seems to have reinforced the brilliant imagery and fascinating morbidity that he achieved in his tales. Many critics speculate that Poe also suffered from alcoholism and opium addiction. The fantastical quality of his work earned him a devoted posthumous following in France, but he was generally disparaged by his American contemporaries.

According to the author, critics disagree about —–.

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Mr. Evans took a taxi to avoid being late, but the theater show had ______________  begun by the time he arrived.

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He promised to keep ..............us while he was abroad.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

I clearly remember talking to him in a chance meeting last summer.

My cousin tends to look on the bright side in any circumstance.

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At the station, we often see the sign............... " for pickpockets".

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Southenic Electronics’ technicians are on hand 24 hours a day  _____________  you can be at ease knowing help is always available.

The school construction project is proceeding ............... now that the schoolyear is over.

Choose the best answer among Ạ, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: A number of Britain’s beaches fail to  ….. European standards on cleanliness.