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Poet Yoshino Nagao will read from her latest ------ collection at Argyle Library on Friday.

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All employees, including part-time workers, are  ___________  for gym membership at Fitness First.

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The company operates in  _________  with quality management standards, as established in the technical specifications.

Women no longer have to do hard work nowadays as they used to,     ?

When the alarm rang, Hai ______ out of bed quickly.

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Members who renew their newspaper subscription at least one month prior to its -------will receive a 5 percent discount.

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Mr. Son had studied  _____________  for six years before he created his first Web site.

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The Sahara is the ….....….. hot desert in the world, and the third largest desert behind Antarctica and the Arctic, which are both cold deserts.

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Mr. Fox was so   __________ of everything his team had achieved that he decided to give a bonus to everyone on it.

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: He stretched himself …. on the sofa and fell asleep.

American football differs slightly in rules and field size from a style of football  _______ mostly in Canada, called Canadian football. 

Seaward of the continental shelves_______ the Arctic Basin proper, which is subdivided into a set of three parallel ridges and four basins (also known as deeps).

Why don’t you save the money you ____ from your Saturday job?

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.
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my father says he’d _____ the operation unless it is absolutely necessary

The cosmopolitan flavor of San Francisco is enhanced by .................. shops and restaurants.

I don’t feel like  _____ home; what about _____ out for a walk?

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

A number of practices at local festivals have come under strong scrutiny in recent years.

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The restaurant has a  _____________  decorated room that is perfect for hosting childrent's parties.

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As its name suggests, “Painting for Beginners” caters  __________  to those who have never studied the craft before.

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.