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Monthly wages are paid on the first day of each month _____________   travel expenses are reimbursed on a weekly basis.

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

During the height of the season, tourists arrive in droves to see Shakespeare’s birthdayplace.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions: 

After many year of unsuccessfully endeavoring to form his own orchestra, Glenn Miller finally achieved world fame in 1939 as a big band leader.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: Fire crews have been operating at full……..

We would have sent him a Christmas card if we .................. his address last year.

Anna needed some money, ________, she took a part-time job.

While my mother ________ a film on TV, my father was cooking dinner. It was March 8th yesterday. 

Millions of people visit London every year from all  _______ the world.

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The Trails Store will  ____________  add a section for hiking equipment.

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Can you tell me the reasons for ........... the Mother’s Day?

Many  _______ receive the first two years (freshman and sophomore years) of postsecondary education at community colleges before pursuing a bachelor's degree at a four-year institution. 

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The Sahara contains complex linear dunes that are ________ by almost 6 kilometers.

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Over the past five years household incomes have increased  _________  , accompanying a sharp decline in the unemployment rate.

She likes meeting people and _____ of a travelling so she wants to apply for a receptionist or tourist guide.

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All members of the sales team must attend next Thursday's meeting so that ___________   can see the sales forecast presentation.

The atmosphere at work was so bad that Brian eventually decided to hand in his notice.

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Despite receiving rejections from several major publishers, Ian Wright _______________   to become a world-famous novelist.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: You must lend me the money for the trip…… , I won’t be able to go.

United Parcel Service (UPS) believes that its employees should give the firm a fair day’s work for a fair’s day pay. The package delivery firm seems willing to give more than a fair’s day pay. But in (35) ____, UPS expects maximum output from its employees. Since 1920s, the firm’s industrial engineers have been studying every detail of every task (36) ____ by most UPS employees. From their studies have come time and motion standards that (37) ____ how those tasks are performed and how long they should take. Drivers, for example, are expected to walk to a customer’s door at a speed of exactly three feet per second. They are told to knock as soon as they get there, rather than (38) ____ time looking for a doorbell. Work engineers are (39) ____ riding with drivers, timing everything from stops at traffic lights, to wait at customers’ doorway, to stairway climbs, to coffee break. And they are not (40) ____ to pointing out the occasional inefficiency. Additionally, supervisors ride with the least good drivers, noting how they work and constantly (41) ____ them until their work is up to standard. The (42) ____of all this work engineering is efficiency, and UPS has been called one of the most efficient companies anywhere. It's also a highly profitable company. Most drivers take the regimentation in stride: many show (43) ____ in meeting the UPS standards each day. Others, however, feel that they are constantly being pushed, that it is impossible for them to (44) ____ at work. UPS officials claim that the standards provide accountability. And, they say, employees who work according to UPS standards should feel less tired at the end of the day.
(43).........................

Mary ............. with her dolls when she was younger.

Johnny sometimes visits his grandparents in the countryside.