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No passengers are allowed on --------board the aircraft's door has been closed.

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: 

The life boat rescued the crew of the sinking ship

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Voice __________ technology is a software program or hardware device that has the ability to decode the human voice.

Ten million text messages are sent on ____ every minute.

The group monitoring the election estimated that about ten percent of the ballots were not counted for ______reason or______.

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Jeans are very popular with (23) _________ people all over the world. Some people say that
jeans are the “uniform” of youth. But they haven’t always been popular. The story of jeans started (24) _________ two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy made pants so the cloth made in Genoa (25) _________ “jeanos”. Accordingly, the pants were called “jeans”.
   In 1850, a salesman in California began selling pants made of canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, “Levi’s pants” became (26)_________ gold miners, farmers and cowboys. Six years later, Levi began making his pants with blue cotton cloth called denim. Soon after, factory (27) _________in the US and Europe began wearing jeans. At the time, young people actually didn’t wear them very much until later on.
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Seaton Landscaping makes sure that customers receive .................. service for a good price and within a reasonable amount of time.

A few vehicles were ................. damaged by the recent hailstorm and will have to be replaced immediately.

 “Have you seen Kate?” “No, but she  ..............  be at her desk.”

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The results of the test are only as meaningful license, as the quality of the specimen __________   for paperwork analysis.

Howard prefers that I ____ to his party.

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How many.................. were there in all?

.................. Monday, employees can retrieve their checks from the secretary in the Payroll Department

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He died............ heart disease.

She spent money as if she __________ the daughter of a millionaire.

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During the flood, army helicopters came and tried to evacuate ……………….. injured.

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We /go / school late / because / rain / heavily.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence:  I can’t ride my bicycle….. there isn’t any air in one of the tires.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: A large number of churches…........ ruin after the war.

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Ms. Chang was promoted to section chief ------- only six months on the job.

Ms. Gamble, who . .............. an influential literary critic in the 1980s, is now a contributing writer to the National Gazette newspaper.